Reds at Dodgers, 7:10PM PT, TV: SPNLA
Zack Greinke brings his 2-runs-or-fewer per start streak (now at 22) and his gaudy 7-1, 2.01 ERA record out to face Alfredo Simon, who’s got a 6-2, 2.31 ERA record of his own.
Hanley Ramirez’s sore calf kept him out of the last few games, but he’s back in there at shortstop tonight. Matt Kemp is still out, which is surely not making him happy.
Updated #Dodgers lineup:
Gordon 2B
Crawford LF
Puig RF
Ramirez SS
Gonzalez 1B
Ethier CF
Butera C
Figgins 3B
Greinke P
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) May 27, 2014
NPUT
Writer says Greinke has outperformed Kershaw since signing.
And his coming influenced Howell to also, to some degree.
http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/76679892/los-angeles-dodgers-pitcher-zack-greinke-outperforms-clayton-kershaw#!Q2IHT
It appears that Crawford’s injury does not look good.
“It didn’t look good,” said Manager Don Mattingly. “The video didn’t
look good, Stan [Conte, head trainer] didn’t sound good. We always say
we’ll wait until tomorrow to see, but it didn’t look good.”
Boston interested in upgrading their outfield and Ethier has been named as a person of interest. Might the Dodgers bring up Pederson if Ethier traded and might the Dodgers get a catching prospect Blake Swihart?
I generally agree we should trade one of our outfielders if we can get upgrade the current roster, but given the frequent injuries we suffer I am not sure if it’s the right thing to do. Given Fenway’s dimensions, might the Red Sox be more interested in Kemp, giving him a fresh star?. Until this year, I never would never have imagined that Kemp could be traded, but we cannot keep Pederson in the minors after this season and may even want to bring him up during the summer. Swihart was the top draft pick of Boston in 2011 and they are bringing him up gradually. He is doing well now at Double-A. He hits for average but hasn’t shown much power. I would say he is at least two years away.
I am good with him being Dodgers catcher in 2016 with Ellis moving to Manager. Pedroia is probably campaigning for Ellis now.
Why? does Pedroia know AJ?
I meant Ethier
At 6:30 p.m., I’ll be boarding a flight to Oslo, but I just learned that Norwegian Airlines has free WiFi, so I’ll be able to watch the game on the iPad.
Watching a game from 35,000 feet in the air is pretty neat. Have a safe flight.
There are wireless towers at strategic points in the Atlantic Ocean? 😉
According to Dodgers.com’s Earl Bloom, “[Crawford] was later diagnosed with a moderate sprain. X-rays were negative.”
Nice win, but too bad about Crawford. Hope he heals quickly.
Matt may get to learn left field pretty quickly as a result
3 games in a row, Dodger bats have “quality games” (4 or more runs) . . . Dodgers win all 3. Defense has also done well.
Let’s have the kind of 9th inning in the field that I like when I’m flying: uneventful.
Uribear replacements have done well at the plate.
Way to struggle back for a K instead of BB, JP!
Injury delay? Who?
CC — leg.
Ruh-oh.
Hanley!
ZacK!
Get the K, Zack!
I feel this is close to being comparable to a Rule 9 violation, so let’s put it this way — Have Dodger fans been happy for three consecutive games this season?
Reds ink old friend Carlos Marmol to minor league deal.
*casual acquaintance
Two-month stand.
and now we bat around, Carl back again
c’mon dee, a single makes it up to 7
nice Chone
AGon speed!
I didn’t know you could have those 2 words in the same sentence!
Dee makes me forget that Crawford is actually fast.
lets make this count
Dre drills it! (only his 3rd?)
Been swinging bat well lately, but few dingers.
certainly not like a few years ago, where it seemed to be every second game with many a walkoff included
“Those were the days, my friend . . . ”
Perhaps these can be even better!
On a more uplifting note, saw a newspaper cartoon today named Drabble, which I’d never seen before.
Dude stuck in traffic muses, “traffic is moving very slowly…gonna be a long drive home”..turns on radio, hears, “and now, for the play by play, here’s Vin Scully”….dude smiles and thinks “just the way I like it.”
Here’s that strip.
Have you seen this particular Pearls Before Swine strip? One of the worst puns ever.
Loved it and passed it to my brother this morning.
A fellow Dodger fan, he stopped following baseball after the strike, but he welcomes any and all news about Vin.
Verducci’s suggestions to pick up the galactic pace of baseball. Dodgers figure prominently in his analysis:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mlb/news/20140527/pace-of-game/?eref=sihp
“the number of pitching changes continues to rise. Pitching changes have increased 27 percent in the past 20 years and 78 percent in the past 30 years.”
And how many six-pitcher games have the Dodgers had this year? A whole bunch.
I hope Hanley’s healthy enough not to hurt himself any further. Meanwhile, it was interesting to see how smooth Arruebarrena is, even in limited circumstances.