Game 14, 2014

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Dodgers at Giants, 7:15 PST, TV: SPNLA.

Josh Beckett takes the mound for the Dodgers. His previous start, his first since May of last year, was against the Tigers on April 9th. He went four innings, threw 85 pitches, gave up five hits and five runs (four earned), and struck out five while walking only one. Facing him will be Tim Lincecum, who’s 0 – 1 with a 9.90 ERA. In his two starts so far, Lincecum has given up 11 earned runs on 15 hits and a walk in 10 innings. However, he’s 9 – 6 in his career against the Dodgers with an ERA of 2.94.

Lineup when it appears.

90 thoughts on “Game 14, 2014”

  2. 1. Frustrating loss.
    2. Unbearably slow tempo.
    3. League being League.
    …
    On we go…. 🙂

    • One more thing…. IMHO….
      …
      Hanley Ramirez, for all he can do at the plate, is far from ‘elite status’ at fielding the SS position.
      …
      My suggestion: Hang on to him til the trade deadline, and away he goes to the AL.
      You can’t replace his bat, but you can sure help your staff out.

      • And then what? Bring up Guerrerro, who’s trying to learn second base rather than playing shortstop? Slot Turner in there? Sign Stephen Drew, who by that time will have missed half the season?

        Your alternative to Hanley has to be able to catch the ball and hit at least passably well. Who might that be?

        • My thought is simply that he is not worth any “mega deal”-type money and, more importantly,… term…..
          …
          IMHO. Within about 2 yrs., he’ll have DH written all over him.

          • As I remember it, Bill Russell wasn’t very highly regarded as a defensive shortstop, nor did he hit anywhere close to what Ramirez does. Yet he stuck for 8 years. I think management has concluded it will take the occasional error (4 to date this season) if he brings in more runs with his bat than he kicks away with his glove. I suspect most of the Dodgers’ pitching staff would agree with that.

            I also think if Dee Gordon had hit the way HanRam does they’d have been ecstatic to have him playing shortstop, errors or no.

  3. Disappointed with the outcome, naturally.

    I only caught up with the game “live” in extras (tho I was tracking the score on my phone), but did not have a good feeling when Kenley blew it. Then I read about the other wasted offensive opportunities.

    Really disappointed League was there and not Paco . . . but I think this may be his last chance. The owners DO want to win and I think they will eat the $ promised League after giving a final chance. If Paco was out of options I think the same would be true for League.

    The only good news is I DID pack it in after the top of the 11th and got some sleep. I even resisted to the urge to check the score in the middle of the night. (Can’t promise the same in September!) Glad to see Jamey’s luck continued.

  4. It was aggravating to see a bad personnel decision cost the Dodgers a game so immediately. By the time League entered, I was almost resigned to the loss, but was so wiped out I couldn’t even curse.

    Also, at the start of a long stretch with no days off, it’s bad to have the bullpen overworked – though the Gnats have the same problem today, at least.

    • It seams unfair that a ground ball can make pitchers and hitters alike be a goat or hero depending on whether it is caught or it finds a hole.

  5. Question for long-time Dodger watchers–

    Think it was Don Sutton, watching former Dodger pitcher Alejandro Pena and frustrated with his slow pace, called him a “human rain delay.”

    Is Beckett’s pace in Pena’s league? Tough call?

    Pena was pretty solid. And on the ’88 WS champion team. Guess we can hope for the same outcome with the current slowpoke.

  34. Don’t have a good feeling about this.
    But with Beckett starting, I didn’t expect it to be close.

    • Same boat. If I stay up and they lose, feel even worse. So I’m in shutdown mode, but keeping the game on.

  52. Lincescum, I think, still has a future in the bullpen, where he can be effective for an inning or so.