Padres at Dodgers, 7:10PM PT, TV: SPNLA, FSSD
Clayton Kershaw is steaming toward another Cy Young Award with a 17-3 record and a 1.70 ERA. His opponent will be Odrisamer Despaigne, who’s 3-5 with a 3.06 ERA in his first 13 MLB starts. He pitched in LA on July 10 and gave up two runs in seven innings, losing to Kershaw 2-1.
If you thought Matt Kemp was finally getting back to full health and form, you’re right. In fact, this season’s OPS of .831 is only slightly below his career OPS of .842. For the second half of this season he’s got a slash line of .307/.376/.584 with 11 home runs. (That’s Batting Avg/On-Base Pctg/Slugging Pctg, for those of us who never remember).
Lineup:
Tonight's #Dodgers lineup:
Gordon 2B
Ramirez SS
Gonzalez 1B
Kemp RF
Crawford LF
Puig CF
Uribe 3B
Ellis C
Kershaw P
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 8, 2014
NPUT
Mo’s pregame guest — a writer for MLB.com, I believe — said the Dodgers haven’t peaked yet . . . I agree and hope they do these next 7 weeks!
I just checked in after the 4-1 inning . . . when I saw the Pads have 3, I hoped they were unearned and was glad (for once) to see LA have errors . . . how many earned runs did Kersh give up?
Just heard only 1 of 3 was earned . . . all three wishes come true: LA W, Kershaw W, and lowers his ERA.
Just now checking in. Offense clicking, Kershaw cruising, but defense apparently chunking the ball all over the stadium. THREE throwing errors same play? How?
See next post for video.
This game done runned away…
It’s still not Pérez-proof.
Point taken.
Or error-proof.
Laugher! (as the pen chuckles).
Takes on new meaning after that three error fiasco!
Two-error, despite three bad throws.
So, are those two runs earned or unearned?
Unearned.
Thanks. I thought maybe one was earned and one unearned.
CC!
Kemp-O-Matic is back!
also good to see Puig with the RBI
Under 30 pitches in three innings.
And nine in a row.
And Kershaw is looking sharp!
Uribear!
I bet Crawford wishes he stayed at 1st
This is the replay of the “Othello” game, where I split the beginning of the second half of the play with watching the Gameday account of Kersh going the distance for the win.
Hopefully same result, but less drama (suspense) on the field (tho I’m planning on watching “Inception” again at home as rain falls in Southern Nevada . . . about as infrequently as in SoCal).
A-gon re-emerging, Bison healthy & hitting, and Dee showing signs of regaining form . . . . now we need Hanley and Puig to join the party.
Go, Kersh — go, Blue!