Dodgers at Rangers, 5:05PM PT, TV: SPNLA, FSSW
The Dodgers hope Brett Anderson goes longer and does better than he did in his last start, when he went only five innings and gave up consecutive home runs to the Diamondbacks’ Paul Goldschmidt and Yasmani Tomas. He’s 2-4 with a 3.57 ERA. The Rangers send out rookie Chi Chi Gonzalez, who’s 2-1 in his first three major league starts with a 0.42 ERA and is holding hitters to a .176 batting average.
Lineup when available.
Tonight's #Dodgers lineup:
Pederson CF
Puig RF
Gonzalez 1B
Kendrick 2B
Turner 3B
Ethier LF
Grandal C
Guerrero DH
Rollins SS
Anderson P
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 16, 2015
NPUT
Doesn’t look like anyone here has any more enthusiasm for this game than I do. I wouldn’t be surprised if the players felt the same way. “Let’s call the whole thing off”….
This espionage thing with Houston and St. Louis is just the tip of the iceberg. baseball is too competitive a business for this to be an isolated case. I think if the FBI sweeps hard enough, they will find more dirt in other places.
Anyone else having trouble opening the Dodgers official MLB site?
I had no problem — wanted to verify my fact below about the anemic offense.
CORRECTION: After I wrote this, I tried and I AM having problems! Maybe they’re embarrassed and don’t want to communicate with anyone.
still raining here at school, lunchtime with kids in, not great news on the game
Too bad the game wasn’t rained out . . . instead of the offense raining on our parade . . . AGAIN (4 games in a row scoring 2 runs or less in “regulation”).
That appears to be the case. Donnie says that they are swinging at pitches out of the strike zone.
This is something new??? Besides, who knows what the strike zone is? It changes with every umpire, every game, even between pitches. It’s a farce.
Not clear what Donnie is getting at. In this game at least against Gonzalez there were only 4 swinging strikes (whether in the zone or not), whereas Anderson got 8. (Zach got 17 in his last start and Klayton 22!).
Good stats. Thanks.
Ugh. I literally got in from a hike and turned on the game as the Rangers were doing a victory dance. Should I watch it?
If you like tying home runs in the top of the 9th and then a walkoff from the first hitter in the bottom of the 9th, sure.
Well drat.
Y’all asleep in this newly-tied game?
Turner!
Sure glad we could save the bullpen today…
Baseball question for the rules experts: (The game sure doesn’t furnish excitement) Puig is on first and Agon singles deep to right. (If it stays in the park, it’s a single for Agon). Puig rounds second and slides headfirst into third. The bag tears loose and he and the bag end up 5 feet outside the foul line. The third baseman tags him; is he out?
Yes.
Women’s National Team beats Nigeria, wins group. Aussies take second place in group, also advance to Round of 16.
🙂
Giants beat the Mariners 6-2.
*Mariners lost to Gnats, 6-2.
This Gonzalez kid is performing like Fernando in 1981.
Except that he’s throwing nothing up there.
Just finished work. Go Dodgers!
Games in 3rd inning, nobody following it?
I am from afar, a rainy day at school, class stuck inside at recess
I turned it on in the 2nd, just after Joc made a catch they were talking about. Haven’t checked the video offerings yet to see it.
The only notable thing to happen so far.
Au contraire… Prince Fielder’s crash and burn rounding third is well worth watching.
Probably the final word on tonight’s game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vv9rv_iN9A
Habemus lineup: https://twitter.com/truebluela/status/610908853941612544
Big storm approaching Texas, so we’ll see if they get the game in. Rox and ‘Stros are now playing, but Houston businesses are sending their workers home early.
Nothing compared to the storm brewing here as we wait for the line up.
In the end, there may not be any lineup, but will there be flight delays? If so, presumably for both teams.
Can see why Agon got a semi-day off. Brutal scheduling.
Brutal? Weather Underground says it’s going to be 111 Saturday here in SoNev…
Meant the travel andlack of days off, but that sure seems brutal. Here in DC the heat index (which factors in humidity) reached 103 at noon. At the same time SoNev checked in at 94, but that was mid morning for yawl.