Dodgers at Padres, 6:10 PM PDT, TV: Bally Sports SD, SPNLA
RHP Max Scherzer (11-4, 2.65 ERA) takes the mound for the visiting Dodgers and RHP Yu Darvish (7-7, 3.70 ERA) does the same for the Padres.
Today in Dodgers’ history:
- 1939 At Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field, NBC televises the first major league game in history on experimental station W2XBS, covering a doubleheader split in which the Reds win the first game, 5-2, and the Dodgers take the nightcap, 6-1. The network employs two cameras, one behind home plate, showing a wide view of the field, and the other on the third base line to capture the plays at first base.
- 1947 Dan Bankhead becomes the major league’s first black pitcher. The 27 year-old right-hander doesn’t do well in a relief stint, giving up ten hits and six runs in 3.1 innings in a 16-3 loss to the Pirates, but the Dodger rookie hits his only big league home run in his first major league at-bat.
- 1965 At Shea Stadium, the Mets beat the Dodgers, 5-2, making Tug McGraw (2-2) the first Mets pitcher to defeat Sandy Koufax (21-7). Previously, New York had lost 13 consecutive times to the future Hall of Fame southpaw.
- 1993 The Mets announce that Vince Coleman will remain on paid administrative leave until the end of the season, effectively ending his playing career with the team. Co-owner Fred Wilpon’s unequivocal decision that the controversial outfielder, who signed a four-year $11.95 million contract before the 1991 season, will not ever put on a Mets uniform again is the result of Coleman admitting to tossing a M-100 firecracker from a Jeep departing from a Dodger Stadium parking lot last month, injuring three people.
Lineup when available.
Tonight's #Dodgers lineup at Padres: pic.twitter.com/Kjjlj8UlfK
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 27, 2021
NPUT
Sweep!!! Puds DOA at 12:13 am. EST
East Coast bias!
From coastal Ohio?
I think the hitting part of Belli’s game is not really going to come back to 2017-2019 levels until next year.
I agree. The strength is just not there yet.
You are talking about baseball in general?
Barrell one Belli.
RBI Belli.
AJ lead off triple! Woot!
When there isn’t a Will, there’s still a Barnes!
Mookie and Nunez up. Beaty and Lux down until Sept call ups.
They’ll be back when rosters expand.
Kelly activated, Gonzalez demoted, Kershaw set for another bullpen session tomorrow. Oh, and this will please WBBsAs, Charlie Steiner is one of six inductees into the Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame (he’s a Bradley graduate).
Great, Steiner should immediately retire to Illinois, but will it play in Peoria?
Kelly was activated yesterday and pitched briefly.
Yippee!
Dodgers win!
Pham is such a whiner!
Get the last out Joe! No mercy.
Gotta tip the hat to Machado’s hustle there.
And for not spiking McKinney…
Just what he is known for.
Hahaha.
So close but no cigar.
Get out the brooms.
Kelly also looking sharp!
Don’t falter here Dodger pen. Stay strong and finish it off.
No drama.
Exactly.
Nice catch.
What a grab.
So much for AJ’s cycle.
Good point!
Grisham giveth (triple) and Grisham taketh away (dinger).
10ks for Max. Just incredible.
Jumbo Jack Max. It’s a gas.
Dude was in the zone.
Max in on fire. Just what we
needed tonight. I’m still a little bit in shock that he’s on our team now.
So is San Diego.
We also seem to have gotten the better second baseman.
Frazier has flopped.
Down goes Frazier, down goes Frazier.
Touche.
They hit the beach ball right to the security guard. LOL
This is National Dog Day, so here I am with the late Clouseau. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/521e10809fc7e685f3540821ba6a87462146aae5b0b42386571584119a00e0e1.jpg
What a great pair!
Looks like Scherzer could go 8.
Max is at his sharpest tonight.
Breezin’
Come on Max. Finish him off here.
Wow. What a DP.
Fantastic DP
Sweet DP!!
Pham is unhappy.
It was ball four, but it’s Max and well-framed.
The Twinkies have catcher Willians Estudillo on the mound, and he just threw a 38 mph curveball.
Nice sac fly Cody!
AJ with the toughest part of the cycle.
Yeah, but they’ll need to score quite a bit more to get him three more ABs.
Descriptive more than prognostic.
Would Muncy have gotten that?
Hard to say. That ball was smoked.
Bellinger might have – taller with longer arms.
I was just thinking that myself
Muncy also a lefty, ball to his left.
Seeeeeeeeeeeegs!!
Let’s go!
Pile it on.
Hopefully. Get Mookie going here to add to the fun.
Seegs rbi double!
Yeah Trea. A double is better than a walk.
Bitten by the Barnes snake.
Barnesie!!!!
This is the A’s starter who got hit in the face by a liner. https://twitter.com/MartinJGallegos/status/1431066431320256515?s=20
Sorry to hear that old friend Kenta Maeda might need TJ surgery.
Yep. That sucks.
Oh no! I hate hearing that.
Me too. Sad fact: “With Maeda’s injury, the Twins are without all five members of their Opening Day starting rotation…”
2B Trea Turner R
SS Corey Seager L
RF Mookie Betts R
3B J. Turner R
LF AJ Pollock R
CF C. Bellinger L
1B B. McKinney L
C A. Barnes R
P Max Scherzer R
The latest from the Litterbox. https://twitter.com/juanctoribio/status/1431037575922208773?s=20
This guy from Canadia was briefly a Dodger: https://albertadugoutstories.com/2017/08/02/alberta-kid-with-an-american-arm/
Did you purposely misspell Canada?
His story is pretty well known here in Canada.
You misspelled “Canadia.”
Ok thanks Mr. Amerca.
America is the Western Hemisphere. We are all Americans.
LAT’d. but it bears repeating:
That was an epic. It also, despite the abominable ghost runner rule, made a strong case for abolishing the DH.
Intentionally walking hitters to successfully get pitchers out when they bat makes a case for getting rid of the DH? How so?
The DH eliminates strategy from the game.
True. I forgot how much everyone loves the strategy and drama of an intentional walk.
It forces the hand of the opposing manager.
So to be clear you like intentional walks more than actual pitcher-batter confrontations which is kinda the heart of the game. I respect your moxie sir.
If you can’t play a position, you don’t belong in the lineup.
You could just as easily say if you can’t hit you don’t belong in the batters box.
DH’s could/can play in the field better than most pitchers can hit.
To be honest, I think the new way of thinking about DH is that it can give regulars “a day off” but still allow their bat to be in the lineup and allows more playing time for bench players. You might be thinking of it differently, but I doubt the Dodgers would think about it in the same way as you.
Normal NL baseball gives more playing time to bench players.
But this way they would be less bench and get more starts. A win for everyone.
Good afternoon/evening everyone. What a heck of a marathon last night. Very glad to come out on top. The ineptitude of both offenses was amazing. Likewise the pitching for both sides was incredible. So was it good pitching shutting down the hitting or bad hitting making the pitching look good? Probably a combination of both.
Really looking forward to getting Mookie back tonight. It could be like adding nitrous injection to the hemi. Go Dodgers.