Dodgers at Padres, 7:10PM PT, TV: SPNLA, FSSD, MLB (free game)
Zack Greinke is really hard on the NL West in general and the Padres in particular.
He’s 22-2 with a 2.06 ERA against division rivals since joining the Dodgers, and 5-1 against San Diego. His only decision against the Padres this year is a win and he’s allowed them two runs in 20 2/3 innings.
He starts today against Ian Kennedy, who is 0-2 with an 8.71 ERA against the Dodgers this year and 5-9 in his career with a 4.50 ERA. Overall, Greinke is 5-1 with a 1.92 ERA this season and Kennedy is 3-5 with a 6.48 ERA.
Okay, on paper the Dodgers should win. That’s why they play the games, as Chris Berman used to say about some NFL mismatch.
Lineup when available.
Tonight’s #Dodgers lineup vs. Padres:
Pederson CF
Puig RF
Gonzalez 1B
Kendrick 2B
Turner 3B
Ethier LF
Grandal C
Rollins SS
Greinke P
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 13, 2015
NPUT
LAD Bolsinger(4-1, 2.08 ERA)
Pederson, CF
Puig, RF
Gonzalez, 1B
Kendrick, 2B
Grandal, C
Ethier, LF
Rollins, SS
Callaspo, 3B
Bolsinger, P
Looks familiar except everybody’s favorite 3rd baseman is in today. If they play well, nothing he does or doesn’t do will matter. Same result if they don’t play well. I’m glad I’m not buying tickets for games these days.
So much for lopsided match-ups, Link. Yup, that’s why they play the games.
Egad, Chris Berman was right!
So do the Padres still score a million runs a game for Shields or is that trend over now? I see he is 7-0.
Pretty lame game. Sometimes our offense is so anemic it’s hard to believe we’re in first place.
Which is why I was personally surprised they didn’t pinch hit for Greinke in the top of the 8th.
His pitch count was low, and he can hit.
Yes to the first point. As for the second point, he can hit – but Guerrero can hit (and especially pinch hit) a lot better.
Good point. And then, there’s our bull pen. I think it was a tough call, and yes, probably the wrong call, in hindsight. But Greinke, I’m sure, wanted to stay in.
If Kendrick gets on somehow, do you give Guerrero a shot?
Never mind.
Too late.
Oh, man. AGon just not doing his job right now.
Time to DFA him. 😉
Ha!
Another ball called a strike for Adrian.
And another killer GIDP.
Can’t blame the ump for that one.
Nice at bat, Puig!
Just walked by park and heard crowd before audio MLB audio told HR.
Apparently story is once again MIA offense.
Ugh. Our pitchers are going to go on “strike” at some point, and I won’t blame them.
Same movie as last night. Go too far with the starting pitcher and give up the homerun.
That was a fat pitch.
99th pitch, poor guy.
Why the review?
Fan reached for it, but it was still clearly gone.
Arghhh!!!
It feels like the Dodgers will need a HR to score another run.
Wrong team!
Up to Puig, AGon and company.
Greinke gave it a whack but to no avail.
Keep Greinke for the 8th?
Apparently. He’s on deck to hit and no one warming up in the Dodger bullpen.
Good.
Yes! Zach!
There goes Kennedy.
I know we beat their pen last night and I’m glad Kennedy is gone, but their pen is no picnic.
I just think you were right about him getting under their skin.
Flumixed for sure.
Feels like we are in extra innings already. #who will blink first.
Kennedy has them baffled or off stride or something.
At least he’s at 96 pitches. He won’t go nine!
Yeah defense part 2 – double play!!
We need another DP here.
Yeah defense. Rollins with the diving stop.
Who has eyes? Is Kennedy that good tonight?
What’s with all the first pitch swingings?
I can never decide if it is really smart or really dumb to take a good cut on the first pitch. Wasn’t it Ted Wulliams who said it is often the best pitch you will see in an AB? On the other hand, there’s the whole making a pitcher work/high pitch count thing.
Puig on base.
Greinke’s doing his job. Time for the offense to step up. Okay, guys. Let’s score some runs!
Top of the order coming up so now would be a good time to start hitting and scoring.
Well that kinda helps. Runner out on batted ball.
Are you talking about the force out?
Oh, for some reason I thought the a Padre runner got hit by the batted ball.
I see on Gameday it was called a force out. If I heard correctly, the runner was indeed hit by the ball.
Gameday was acting confused…
I’m still in Denver, watching on Game Day. (Just joined the party.) Pretty skimpy comments so far.
I’m just joining in as well. Out at a friend’s 40th bday party.
This game is making me nervous. It shouldn’t be this tight should it?
Pitching duel so far, eh?
If Package looks in now, he’s sure to be disappointed.
But Grandal led off the inning with it! Rally-killer!
(Of all the specious arguments, that one about “good” and “bad” home runs had to be close to the silliest of all time.)
You wouldn’t prefer that the next hitter has the option to GIDP?
How and why Mattingly is still the manager of the Dodgers, from Grantland’s Jonah Keri.
Thanks for this really interesting read! I want to read Molly’s book, too.
I do too.
Called up from Reno, where he had an ERA of 9.00, old friend Allen Webster beats the Gnats and Vogelscheiße 4-2 at The Phone Booth.
LADGreinke(5-1, 1.92 ERA)
Pederson, CF
Puig, RF
Gonzalez, 1B
Kendrick, 2B
Turner, 3B
Ethier, LF
Grandal, C
Rollins, SS
Greinke, P
That’s a solid lineup.