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Dodgers: SPNLA
RHP Pedro Avila (1-2, 2.18 ERA) pitches for the visiting Padres and RHP Gavin Stone (1-0, 10.50 ERA) pitches for the Dodgers.
Ryan Yarbrough stayed behind in Florida after #Dodgers series in Miami. His second daughter was born Friday morning then he flew to Washington and started today. He will go on paternity leave, rejoin the team next weekend in Friday. Gavin Stone will come from OKC, pitch Monday.
— Bill Plunkett (@billplunkettocr) September 10, 2023
Here’s a free article from the NYT about all the other Dodger babies born this season. Five boys, one girl.
Pregame notes: Bobby Miller will start Friday and Clayton Kershaw will next start on Saturday.
David Peralta is available off the bench today after being hit by a pitch on the elbow Sunday.
Target date for Joe Kelly’s return is Wednesday.
— Dodger Insider (@DodgerInsider) September 11, 2023
- 1947 Ralph Branca becomes the youngest pitcher to win twenty games in the National League. The 21-year-old Dodger right-hander, who finishes the season with 21 victories, reaches the plateau in his third attempt when Brooklyn beats the Cardinals at Sportsman’s Park, 4-3.
- 1959 The Dodgers end Elroy Face’s consecutive win streak at 22 with a 5-4 victory over the Pirates. The reliever, who will end the season with an 18-1 record, is beaten by Chuck Churn, one of only three major league victories in his career.
- 1966 In his first major league at-bat, John Miller homers off Lee Stange in the second inning of the Yankees’ 4-2 victory over Boston at Fenway Park. The 22 year-old left fielder, whose total of 10 hits in his 32-game career will include just two round-trippers, will become the only player to hit home runs in his first and last major league plate appearance when he goes deep as a pinch-hitter for the Dodgers in his final turn at bat in 1966.
- 1998 Kevin Malone is named as the Dodgers’ general manager, replacing Tommy Lasorda, who is promoted to Senior Vice President of the team. The “new sheriff in town” tenure in Los Angeles will be marked by the signing of high profile players to huge contracts, including Kevin Brown’s seven-year deal making the right-hander the first $100 million man in baseball.
Lineups when available.
New series on deck.#BringTheGold pic.twitter.com/RtTju1V7B4
— San Diego Padres (@Padres) September 11, 2023
Tonight's #Dodgers lineup vs. Padres: pic.twitter.com/VOmnX5cvLU
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 12, 2023