Mets at Dodgers, 6:10PM PT, TV: SPNLA
Zack Greinke starts, two days later than he would ordinarily have done. He and the Dodgers hope the elbow irritation he has been fighting will have dissipated enough for him to return to his usual impeccable self. He’s 12-8 on the year with a 2.75 ERA. Also, and this might be significant, he’s thrown more innings (157 1/3) than any other Dodgers pitcher.
His opponent will be Rookie-of-the-Year candidate Jacob deGrom, a righthander who is 6-5 on the year with a 2.87 ERA in 100 1/3 innings. This is his first time out after coming off the 15-day DL for right shoulder tendinitis.
Hanley Ramirez is still scheduled to come off the DL tomorrow and start at shortstop. For the Mets, Bartolo Colon is back from the bereavement list and will start tomorrow against the Dodgers.
Lineup when available.
#Dodgers lineup vs. #Mets:
Gordon 2B
Crawford LF
Gonzalez 1B
Kemp RF
Ethier CF
Arruebarrena SS
Butera C
Rojas 3B
Greinke P
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 23, 2014
NPUT
4 1/2 up!
Kenley’s always gonna make things interesting.
The 9th tends to bring its own drama, even if we are leading by 3 runs. Kenley is about as good as they get. He has a WHIP of about 1.2 (0.3 higher than last year). And a K rate of 14.3 so his outs are dramatic as well.
The Mets were my team growing up. I kind if remember a lot of games like these two.
I was at the Las Vegas 51’s game tonight — they’re the AAA Mets team — when I “saw” the 9th inning . . . I agree with your comment above — Kenley seems to thrive on drama.
The “baby” Mets (LV) won, so I was happy . . . and happier the Dodgers took care of the “real” Mets.
Ball is carrying tonight!
I’m not entirely sure Adrian’s foot was on the bag when he caught Gordon’s throw, but I’ll take it.
Looked good to me.
Apparently even a fly ball to the outfield is too difficult to achieve sometimes.
Surely for Arby, who is probably constantly being told not to hit them.
There he goes!
Nationals defeat Giants 6-2. Dodgers up 3 1/2 games.
Nats swat Gnats. Dodgers up by four, pending outcome of tonight’s game.
Write for a Murdoch tabloid, do you? 😉
Please note Rule No. 2…
Heh.
Giants – Nats Gameday. It’s also on Fox Sports One TV.
I’m liking the 5 unanswered runs a lot
from espn preview
“Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis is baseball’s worst qualifying hitter since the All-Star break at .140, but he had an RBI double Friday.”
Ethier finally gets a start
Come on Nats, now is not the time to start losing form
That’s much better