Giants at Dodgers, 6:10 PM PDT, TV: NBCSBA, SPNLA
LHP Alex Wood (1-1, 4.80 ERA) gets the ball for the Giants; RHP Bobby Miller (3-0, 0.78 ERA) gets it for the Dodgers. It’s a little hard for me to believe, but this is old friend Alex’s 11th year in the big leagues. He’s got a 72-61 W-L record with a 3.48 ERA in that time.
The Dodgers selected the contract of LHP Bryan Hudson and designated RHP Tayler Scott for assignment.
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 17, 2023
- 1915 Cubs right-hander reliever George Washington Zabel, called into the game with two outs in the bottom of the first inning, throws 18 and 1/3 innings of the Cubs’ 4-3 victory over the Robins at Chicago’s West Side Park. ‘Zip’, establishing the major league record for the longest relief stint in one game, beats Brooklyn starter Jeff Pfeffer, who tosses a 19-inning complete-game. (Pfeffer won 113 games for Brooklyn and lost only 80 in a nine-year career with the Robins.)
- 1956 Joe Adcock’s ninth-inning home run off Brooklyn right-hander Ed Roebuck, his second round-tripper of the game, proves to be the game winner in the Braves’ 5-4 victory over the Dodgers. The blast to left field, which clears an 83-foot wall at the 350-foot mark, is believed to the only homer ever to land on the roof at Ebbets Field.
- 1956 Fred Haney, named yesterday to replace Charlie Grimm, wins two games in his managerial debut with the Braves when the team sweeps a doubleheader against the Dodgers at Ebbets Field, 5-4 and 3-1, starting a streak of 11 consecutive victories. The club’s former coach will compile a 341-231 (.596) record, guiding Milwaukee to two pennants and a world championship during his four seasons at the helm.
- 1976 At Shea Stadium, Dave Kingman hits a walk-off homer to give the Mets a 1-0 victory over the Dodgers. Sky King’s game-ending blast comes off Charlie Hough in the 14th inning.
- 1992 Dodger farmhand Mike Piazza, believing he was low balled in his contract negotiations, takes exception to the team giving a reported bonus of $500,000 to top draft pick Ryan Luzinski, a 220-pound catcher from Holy Cross High in Delran, New Jersey who will never play in a major league game. Next season, Piazza will be selected as the National League’s Rookie of the Year, and will hit .331 in seven seasons for LA.
One more item from the history books: on this date in 1962 Met Marv Throneberry’s apparent first inning triple becomes an out on an appeal play for missing second base in an 8-7 loss to San Francisco at the Polo Grounds. When New York manager Casey Stengel questions the call, he is told by the umpire, according to legend, “Don’t bother arguing Casey, he missed first base, too.”
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Color me furious, especially when I have to listen to Steiner’s call.
Why
I threw my red crayons away
NPUT @0800 HST, 1100 PDT, 1400 EDT
I got out of the Blaisdell Center Concert Hall just in time to hear Vesia give up that grand slam. Seeing and hearing “Cats” for the third time was far better than watching/listening to this ball game.
Their only shutout loss more lopsided than this since moving to Los Angeles was an 18-0 loss to the Reds in Cincinnati on August 8, 1965.
A Series championship year.
C’est La Vie. Whip’em tomorrow.
Well, should see some roster moves tomorrow.
Wouldn’t count on much in that regard.
Vesia?
very likely
Snakes have tied Spiders 2-2 after four.
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Damn I loathe Crawford.
Easily the most loathsome of the Gnats since B*nds.
Bonds and Clemens are the two most loathed players in baseball in my opinion.
C’mon Guardians.
Using up all their BALCO™ Flaxseed Oil in one night.
Vesia to OKC tomorrow. I hope.
Probably IL as they need to bring Grove back for a start.
Whatever it takes to make him go away.
Well. That’s it for me. See you all tomorrow.
Take Vesia with you.
Leafing us?
Wow. This is the pits.
Offense MIA tonight.
Overall, a June swoon.
With help from BALCO™ Flaxseed Oil, Greasylocks is managing to reach the outfield grass tonight.
How about retiring Greasylocks and Balco for the rest of this short series? Resume when we next play these guys?
A taste of adversity for young Miller. Gives him something to work on for the next start.
Giants are feeling quite proud of themselves right now
Belli catches that one.
So would have Joc if for no other reason than he played a shallower CF than most.
The Union 76 orange styrofoam ball that people put on their radio antennas in 1965 has to be one of the all time best promotions. Granted it ended because they bent antennas.
True. They were also a great wag to find your car in a crowded parking lot.
Barnes forgot when it is better to strike out than hit a ground out.
Well, I certainly didn’t think that San Fran would come back and win after trailing 4-0 last night. But tonight’s lineup doesn’t seem too healthy.
Going against a lefty pitcher so there’s that
Well, the honeymoon is over….
Oh shoot.
Miller losing it here.
Joe now saying he has a history of doing that
Nothing against A.J. Ellis, who thankfully came along to replace Rod Barajas, but the current FO has been a major investor in catchers. Barnes is down, but the farm has at least 3 highly rated prospects even after trading both Wong and Ruiz who are starting in the Bigs.
The question is whether any of them is yet ready. They all need more playing time.
None of them would be ready to take over for Smith and none of them would benefit from being a back up catcher.
Miller is walking a thin line here for his scoreless streak.
And it has ended
Only because the infield was pulled in
Pulled in because he muffed the pickoff
Hopefully they will be ready for the 2024 season
Matos giving Steiner a thrill I would guess.
Joc was a speedy youngster and some thought he might steal 25-30 in the Bigs. Not remotely possible anymore, even with the new rules.
I hoped he would be in CF for many years
Couldn’t get past the buffet.
I have family arriving so will miss the rest of the game. Go Blue! Hope to do a late woo-HOO.
Aren’t they Dodger fans?
Serve them Miller
Pederson making Miller work.
And wins the battle.
Just noticed that the Marlins have a better record than the Dodgers. That seems… not right.
Agree but cannot like.
Always felt disheartened when some giant rookie would play well against us, and not looking forward to having to have the fellow play against us for years to come. Imagine how their fans feel about Miller and Sheehan.
Works for me.
I recall being quite pleased when the Dodgers re-signed Barnes last year. It’s been a rough go for him this year.
Man on second no outs, practicing for extra innings. They need it.
Default bunt situation for Barnes.
Too late
Maybe shouldn’t practice that
Steiner must have an anthology of cliches in the booth.
Which one did he use (at the time of your comment)?
Busch with the extra base hit. Learning from Vargas.
Nice Busch
Sheehan/Miller:
9 innings 1 hit 3 walks 4 k’s.
Well there goes the rookie no-hitter.
Sheehan went 6 hitless last night, but Miller only got through 2 hitless innings tonight.
Miller is no Sheehan.
Ha!
But the double play erases the runner which is nice.
Miller is working on his scoreless streak while Sheehan is working on his hittles streak.
San Fran has won 20 out of 29 since mid-May. My question is: How?
For one thing they have perfected the popup play.
Too soon!
Random luck.
Not the Balco? Cream and Clear.
Well, they did get a bonus shipment.
So far the teams are playing like they don’t want a 3 hour game.
MLB audio is so far behind the game action that with Miller’s 4 pitch inning the top of the 2nd inning was over before audio commercial break was over from the bottom of the 1st.
Yeah, it’s really bad.
Ha! It is a disaster.
Gameday crashes constanlty on the iPad.
I wouldn’t have known if there were a delay or not back as a kid listening to Vin in the backyard with my Dad.
A four-pitch inning?
Wood has the funky chicken delivery.
Many thought his delivery would cause arm problems
Deluca with deluxe grab!
Nice catch but made it look more difficult than it was.
Basically no experience playing center in DS. Better safe and sure than sorry in greeting the wall.
Can Miller outperform Sheehan?
Pitch count so far indicates more innings at least.
He’s been pretty efficient.