Cardinals at Dodgers, 7:10PM PT, TV: SPNLA
It’s a pitching rematch of last Saturday’s game featuring the Cards’ Michael Wacha versus the Dodgers’ Carlos Frias. Frias won the first game 5-1, going seven innings and giving up just that (unearned) run. Wacha gave up just three hits but four earned runs, including a three-run homer to Yasmani Grandal in the sixth which chased him. It was Wacha’s only loss of the season so far: he’s 7-1 with a 2.27 ERA. Frias is 4-2 with a 4.29 ERA.
Regarding Kenley Jansen’s non-appearance in last night’s ninth inning, Mattingly said repeatedly “he just wasn’t available.”
Update:
Kenley said that high blood pressure coupled with his heart procedure could have made him go in to Afib that's why there was high concern
— David Vassegh (@THEREAL_DV) June 5, 2015
Lineup:
Tonight's #Dodgers lineup vs. Cardinals:
Pederson CF
Grandal C
Gonzalez 1B
Turner 3B
Ethier RF
Guerrero LF
Rollins SS
Hernandez 2B
Frias P
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 4, 2015
NPUT
What a week. Tired as a fan.
To take the bad taste out of our mouths, watch this play by Gio Gonzalez covering first base in the Cubs-Nats game.
This can be a very disappointing team sometimes.
42.59 percent of the time to be exact.
Cue the dramatic music.
Nevermind – just roll the credits instead and walk quietly and sadly out of the theatre.
One last chance for Joc and dinger?
Started to watch Jimmy Fallon clips to counter balance listening to the Dodger game. I’m laughing viewing all the superlatives, I’m crying listening to Steiner.
Blah! The Dodgers are sleepwalking through this one.
I think you’re right. They landed at 5 am.
Getaway day games should be in the afternoon.
— and postponed if it rains?
Six runs! Easy!
Not impossible, but definitely improbable.
That’s the spirit!
Where was that pitch?!?! From here it looked inside.
Keep looking for silver linings. Kenley can rest another night?
That IS a silver lining . . . but especially vs. the Cards, I would like to see him in every one of these games — or sitting because they have more than a 3-run lead.
Coulombe’s ERA now 16.20. Cards must be quaking in their cleats.
Not his fault. Guerrero butchered a catchable ball.
This game is no fun at all.
Terrible route in left field. Wow.
The price of having his bat in the line up.
At least Wacha is out.
The collective ERA of their pen is almost as good as Wacha’s.
You are not helping my mood.
They are good, real good. Best shot is to get to their starters.
Wow. The Cards have a team ERA+ of 149! (Dodgers 110). And this after losing their ace to injury.
They are really really good. Reynolds the only real hole in the lineup.
On offense, they are barely above the league average.
Well, not tonight.
Yep.
Which puts your comment above about ERA in perspective since they have the best record in baseball.
Pitchers only give up 3 runs a game, so they are in most of them.
Also, very annoying.
Same high strike that got Joc.
It’s still a beautiful night. Just maybe not our night.
Frias pitched better than it looks like he pitched.
THat’s at least something.
Love how the crowd got into it.
How about another Grand Salami!?
Or play “Keep the line moving”…
Bird in the hand…
If that means “We;ll take anything positive,” I’m all for it!
Positively, we will take anything good.
Let’s go Dre!
Monday and Steiner are lazy in their analysis. When we got to Wacha last time he was closing in on 100 pitches. He is still in mid-60s.
Steiner is just not all there.
Mid-80;s now, according to them.
Regardless, Go, Blue!
Drat.
Not necessarily a key moment of the game here, but perhaps the most fun potentially.
Man – I type too slowly or at the wrong time or something. That was disappointing,
Think it was pretty key vis-a-vis trying to get back into the game. Giving away an out like that was idiotic. Frias was already in high 80s in his pitch count to boot.
It ain’t last Saturday . . . (yet, anyway)
Frias batting here indicates the state of the pen. (and/or Donnie’s muddled thinking)
C’mon, Joc . ..
It was the fifth inning on Saturday when we got to Wacha.
Deja vu?
Please . . . ?
Ethier threw behind Heyward and they got him in a rundown?
AGon cut off throw.
Ah. Thanks.
We’d better get cracking!
Very quiet crowd.
Down 3-0 with only two hits can bring you down.
— vs. Wacha
Although we beat him Saturday.
5-0 is worse. Fans are fleeing.
Ugh
Can’t give these up.
They are so confident at the plate. For good reason.
They are a bane to the Dodgers (and other opponents) because they are a good team . . . and a good organization, as their track record proves.
They are indeed, but the Gnats have been luckier.
They are a good organization because of Bochy, if nothing else.
FWIW, we did have winning record against them in the regular season from 2010-14.
That’s winning the battle . . . I was thinking of the war . . . like their WS record since ’88.
Just missed it.
Thought that was going out!
Okay, let’s get them back!
As always, gonna need bat support.
Not to mention pitch count…
47 thru three innings.
Could have been 32 or so.
That’s two on Turner.
I knew that error would cost us.
Another unearned run behind Frias.
I’m sure Justin feels pretty bad about it.
More so now.
Can’t give ’em any breaks . . .
The cost of having Turner’s bat.
Wacha dealing. Again.
Frias not doing too badly either.
Especially after the first inning.
Loud out, quiet inning.
Loud out by Joc.
from dodgers.com:
” Zach Lee, the Dodgers’ No. 13-ranked prospect, is in Los Angeles and being evaluated for tingling in his fingers, said manager Don Mattingly.
“The 28th overall pick in the 2010 Draft, Lee was scratched from his scheduled start in Triple-A Oklahoma City on Wednesday as he was dealing with a minor injury.
“Zach’s been here and been having some tingling in his fingers,” Mattingly said. “He’s here to get checked out. We obviously don’t have that report on how that’s going or how that went.”
I’m here. Beautiful night for a ballgame.
I hear Danny Kaye’s voice! Even better, The Harry Simeone Songsters!
I still have a copy of the 45, with a picture sleeve.
Here’s the Dodgers Song by Danny Kaye.
Quick work. Must be why they call you the Linkmeister!
But of course!
Update above on Kenley’s condition which prevented him from entering the game last night.
Kenley cleared to pitch tonight, according to Jon at Dodger Insider
http://dodgers.mlblogs.com/2015/06/04/kenley-jansen-cleared-to-pitch-tonight/
Presently watching the Sawx, and Hanley actually caught a fly ball.
https://twitter.com/kengurnick/status/606579485916467200
So, Don, were you just observing HIPAA rules by not discussing a patient’s health publicly?
Somebody made the comment that, last night in Denver, everybody was under the weather – literally.
Seems Kenley wanted DM to keep mum.
http://dodgers.mlblogs.com/2015/06/04/kenley-jansen-cleared-to-pitch-tonight/