Dodgers at Red Sox, 10:35 AM PDT, TV: MLBN (out-of-market only), NESN, SPNLA
Reliever LHP Caleb Ferguson (7-3, 2.81 ERA) opens for the Dodgers; he’ll face the Sox’ RHP Tanner Houck (3-7, 5.08 ERA).
Here’s a good story at ESPN about Cody Bellinger’s hitting revival.
- 1937 Dodger right-hander Fred Frankhouse holds the Reds hitless for 7.2 innings before a heavy downpour ends the Ebbets Field contest. The right-hander’s 5-0 victory will be one of the 31 “no-no’s” erased when MLB redefines a no-hitter in 1991 as a game in which a pitcher throws nine innings or more without giving up a hit.
- 1951 Dodger right fielder Carl Furillo, in the top of the third inning in the team’s 5-0 victory over Pittsburgh at Ebbets Field, throws out Mel Queen by two feet at first base, after the Pirates pitcher had apparently singled into right field. The ‘Reading Rifle’ will lead the NL in assists for the second consecutive season, with opponents becoming increasingly reluctant to challenge the Brooklyn outfielder’s strong arm.
- 1952 The Dodgers set the National League mark for consecutive games with a double play when they complete a twin killing in their twenty-third straight contest, a 10-5 loss to Chicago at Wrigley Field. The fifth inning 1-4-3 DP, pitcher Clyde King to second baseman Jackie Robinson to first baseman Gil Hodges, leaves Brooklyn two shy of the major league record.
- 2005 Jeff Kent becomes the first player to hit 300 homers as a second baseman. The Dodger infielder, who surpassed Ryne Sandberg’s total of 277 last September, is the major league leader at this position, with Joe Gordon holding the American League record with 246 round-trippers.
The Dodgers have recalled RHP Gavin Stone and optioned LHP Bryan Hudson.
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Lineups when available.
Today’s #Dodgers lineup at Red Sox: pic.twitter.com/75CfhhNnf0
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NPUT
Mookie and Freddie are each giving Acuna a run for his money in the MVP race.
Bullpen, hold ’em down.
And then, and then…
https://twitter.com/WmsptSunGazette/status/1695916377524113605
Now on to the Little League World Series championship game. West is leading. Broadcast on ABC
https://twitter.com/WmsptSunGazette/status/1695897610794488301
And then: “5:03 p.m. Curacao scoring play: In the biggest moment of the game, El-Ossais comes up unbelievably clutch. He crushes the second pitch he sees, sending it to right-center for a game-tying grand slam. Curacao ties the game 5-5.”
Woo-HOO!!! (Listening g while driving home.)
Mookie likely Player of the Month, with OPS + 245 so far. Julito had a good shot at Pitcher of the Month as well, until yesterday’s outing, still with 4-1 record and 2.90 ERA.
Wicked good win.
Yippee!
Ballgame.
Personnel news: Gonsolin’s done for the year, Dodgers reacquire RHP Tyson Miller.
A bloody clanker.
Stone’s ERA has climbed back above 10.
OK, that’s enough!
The score allowed Roberts to push Stone into more innings than he would have normally been allowed to pitch. Still, an outstanding outing.
It was a fine outing, but it was time after seven.
Stone wound up with 80 pitches tossed (pun intended)
Se quedó sin gasolina.
En Argentina, nafta.
Pushed Miller as well the other day. Guess it’s the time of the season to push.
Stone’s ERA has dropped below 10.
Outman back to hitting the ball.
Two routine fly balls elsewhere go for a double and home run in Fenway. Stone still looking good.
I expect he’s done for the day.
It’s never easy. is it?
Not often, not often.
THAT’S not what I had in mind.
Mookie’s a Monster!
Max hits it where they ain’t!
Freddie is dancing
AGAIN
It be Outman!
It’s out, a home rn for Outman
A bad case of the “if onlys.” If only he’d done that in the first inning when the bases were loaded for him.,,
I soooo agree. Two vets struck out and one walked, all with runners on second and third and no outs, so at least Outman put the ball in play.
Meanwhile, Stone looking good so far.
Of course a walk in that situation would have driven in a run and passed the baton.
Dodger batting in Boston, through the first inning of today’s game:
Freeman, 5-9, .556
Betts, 5-11, .455
Everybody else, 12-58, 207 (including Muncy’s 3-for-10)
Innings like that bring out the Joe Schultz in me.
Pounding Budweiser, you mean?
https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/balls-clbre
Now there’s a wasted opportunity.
Mookie starts it off.
And Freddie keeps it going.
Wild game in Phoenix last night, as Rojos trailed Snakes 4-0, tied it in ninth, went up by three in 10th but blew lead in bottom of inning, then scored winner on a balk in 11th. Dodgers’ division lead remains at 12, losing Gnats fall behind Cincy in mild card.