Giants at Dodgers, 4:15 PM PDT, TV: fox
The visiting Giants send one-time Dodger LHP Alex Wood (6-7, 4.20 ERA) to the mound to face the Dodgers’ LHP Julio Urías (8-6, 2.89 ERA). Wood faced the Dodgers once earlier this season; he gave up three runs on four hits in 5 1/3 innings and took the 9-1 loss when the Dodgers’ bullpen did what the Giants’ pen could not: hold the other team scoreless the rest of the game. Urías is 1-1 against the Giants this season, winning the day after Wood lost in May and losing a month later despite giving up just two runs on three hits in six innings. Those were the only runs the Giants got in the game, but that was enough to hand the Dodgers the 2-0 loss.
Today in Dodgers’ history:
- 1939 Using yellow dyed balls, the Cardinals beat the Dodgers 5-2 at Sportsman’s Park. The experimenting with the use of the colored sphere, which is designed to make the ball easier to see for the players and the fans, started in Brooklyn last week and will be tested once more, in a September game played at Wrigley Field.
- 1962 Jackie Robinson becomes the first black player inducted into the Hall of Fame. Joining the Dodger infielder in the Cooperstown ceremony are fireballer Bob Feller, veteran manager Bill McKechnie, and outfielder Edd Roush.
- 1965 Dick Stuart homers in the first inning in the Phillies’ 5-1 win over New York at Shea Stadium. ‘Dr. Strangeglove’, who played in Boston for the previous two seasons, becomes the first player to have gone deep in each of the 19 major league ballparks now in use. (Ed. note – Nineteen ballparks because both Los Angeles teams, the Angels and Dodgers, share the ballpark in Chavez Ravine. – LP)
- 1974 At Three Rivers Stadium, Dodger first baseman Steve Garvey, a write-in All-Star starter, singles and doubles to help the National League beat the Junior circuit, 7-2. Mike Schmidt, also a write-in, plays in his first Midsummer Classic thanks to radio intern Howard Eskin’s on-air campaign which urged Phillies fans to stuff the ballot box for their young third baseman.
Lineups when available.
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NPUT
Joey Bart bloop. Ridiculous.
Joey K Bart inexplicably manages to avoid his second of the night.
Kapler evades having to say that the Gnats were cheating yesterday.
The solid blue uniforms are hideous.
Agreed.
Dodgers now have best record in baseball, by percentage points over the losing Yanquis.
Wow!
.67741935 to .67708333
WOOT! Looks like another perfect day.
He’s been calling that a strike all night long. Gotta swing.
Price does good work!
Yes!
Ring ’em up!
Woo-HOO!!!!
Hey, now, get this last out!
Bart, do your thing
He failed.
Oops.
Like I said…
Do we always have to have anxious moments?
Yep.
Price to nail it down.
Moranta was great. Then he lost the zone.
Always tense at some point with the Gnats.
That’s enough, Moronta.
Price on.
Come on Moranta.
Ump ready to go home. Anything close is a strike.
Three more outs.
Cody has 7 grand slams in his short career, behind only Pujols among active players. That’s kinda startling.
FREDDIE!
Blast!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdnyvtGP-Gg
¡Julito!
I was hoping for a Lamb Slam…
Dieter playing Mission Impossible when the Gnats try to pick a Dodgers runner off at first.
Dieter playing Kate Bush.
From a Gnatblog: “We make up for our poor defense by being painfully slow.”
Well done, Freddie!
Max being MAX!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv5xonFSC4c
Max being Max.
Not a routine play – tough short hop.
Julio is built like a fireplug. A solid lad.
He’s no Phlablo, though.
TREA!
Alex has found his gopher ball.
MOOKIE!
Joey K Bart back on beam.
Quite an AB for Mookie.
At the game! Wish you were here.
https://twitter.com/michaeljduarte/status/1550712802460909569
It’s been a franchise tradition since at least 1951. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/02/13/giants-cheating-home-run-1951/
The Athletic profiles Mookie Betts.
LAT’d – Over the past couple days, the Dodgers have done well by letting the Gnats beat themselves.