Game 125, 2023

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Dodgers at Guardians, 4:10 PM PDT, TV: Bally Sports Great Lakes, SPNLA

LHP Clayton Kershaw (11-4, 2.48 ERA) pitches for the Dodgers and RHP Xzavion Curry (3-1, 3.24 ERA) does likewise for the Guardians.

Today in Dodgers’ history:

  • 1958 Gil Hodges hits his 14th career grand slam in the Dodgers’ 10-1 victory over Milwaukee at LA Memorial Coliseum. The first baseman’s bases-full round-tripper establishes a new National League record, but is far fewer than Lou Gehrig’s major league mark of 23.
  • 1989 In the 11th frame of an eventual 22-inning 1-0 loss, the Expos’ Youppi! becomes the first mascot to be thrown out of a game when Dodger manager Tommy Lasorda complains to the umpires about the hairy orange giant’s behavior at Olympic Stadium. The L.A. skipper takes exception to the loud noise caused by the hairy creature’s running leap onto the visitors’ dugout before sneaking back into a front row seat.
  • 1989 In that same game, the second-longest shutout in big league history ends when Rick Dempsey hits a home run in the top of the 22nd inning, giving the Dodgers an eventual 1-0 victory over the Expos at Olympic Stadium. The Astros blanked the Mets for 24 frames en route to a 1-0 win at the Astrodome in 1968.
  • 2000 Team president Bob Graziano apologizes to a female couple who were asked to leave Dodger Stadium on August 8th because the two shared a kiss during a game. The pair felt the action of the eight security guards was discriminatory because the couple’s friends, a man and a woman, also kissed but were not ejected.
  • 2013 At a Dodger Stadium press conference, LA announces Vin Scully will continue to broadcast Dodgers’ games for his 65th consecutive season. Some of the historic moments the Hall of Fame broadcaster has called include Don Larsen’s perfect game in the 1956 World Series, 19 no-hitters, including four thrown by Sandy Koufax, Hank Aaron’s 715th home run, and Kirk Gibson’s dramatic walk-off home run in the 1988 Fall Classic.

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71 thoughts on “Game 125, 2023”

  19. Including that 4th inning single, Mookie now has 21 hits in his last 37 ABs. That’s a batting average of .568 during that period.

  20. Yarbrough has shown, in limited time, that he can be a long man out of the pen. I wonder why Roberts didn’t consider putting in his when the game resumed.

    • We would need Bletchley Park to figure out what in the hell Doc is thinking most of the time.

          • I have long felt that Roberts’ deficiencies as a skipper with how he uses pitchers are camouflaged during the regular season because we are often far ahead in the standings. But not always — I hope this game is not such an example — and certainly not in short post-game series.

          • Though he actually manages pitchers differently in the playoffs than in the regular season, as almost all managers do.

          • How he manages the pitchers with a large lead in the standings to rest them and audition them for the playoffs is also different from the rest of the regular season. Not sure if anything is being camouflaged. Rather, you and most others just don’t like how he manages them during the playoffs, which is fine.

  21. Maybe the middle and bottom of the order will show up today. Top 3 guys can’t be expected to do it all.

  23. Teams were allowed to add a 27th player. It is Pepiot for the Ddogers, the starter in the regular scheduled game.

  26. According to the Associated Press story, it will not be considered a doubleheader. That means the teams will not be able to add a player. I wonder who the Dodgers will pitch. Pepiot was scheduled to pitch the reguar game, set for 1:10 p.m.. Cleveland time.

  30. Well, this is certainly not ideal for us. I was at the game on August 3, 2006 with Greg Maddux pitching at Great American Ballpark. He had a no hitter going thru 6 innings and then we had a rain delay. Maddux did not return after the delay. Very disappointing.

  31. Didn’t realize that Orel threw out the first pitch tonight at the Ja…, Progressive Field. Was 1995 ALCS MVP for the Clevelands.

      • I just checked weather.com, which is talking about flash flood warnings, but I am not sure exactly where in that area. Nonetheless, chance of precipitation in Cleveland looks strong for many hours, including tomorrow during the day and evening.

  33. Gnatcloser Doval blows his third straight save in Filly, but then Kimbrel does his worst in the tenth.

  35. Thinking what a thrill it must be for the Cleveland fans to get a look at Klayton pitching.

  37. Unusual number of right handed bats in the lineup versus the righty. Our lefty vets hurting?