Nationals at Dodgers, 7:10PM PT, TV: SPNLA, MASN
“Zack, Save Us!” Well, maybe that’s overwrought. Nonetheless, the Dodgers are hoping that Zack Greinke, who’s 11-2 with a Major League-leading 1.71 ERA, can stop their four-game losing streak. If nothing else, they’re hoping he can get to the seventh or eighth inning so they don’t have to go to their beleaguered bullpen before then.
Greinke’s mound opponent will be rookie righthander Joe Ross, who’s 3-3 with a 2.80 ERA, 47 strikeouts and only four walks in 45 big league innings.
It’s Lakers Night at the ballpark, which is probably not as big a deal after the last two seasons the basketball team has had as it would be if we were still in the 1980s.
Lineup:
Dodgers lineup:
Rollins SS
Callaspo 3B
Gonzalez 1B
Ethier LF
Grandal C
Puig RF
Pederson CF
Hernandez 2B
Greinke P
— Eric Stephen (@truebluela) August 11, 2015
NPUT
If Puig was motivated by being placed on waivers, the FO should think of more such incentives.
Virtually every player is placed on revocable waivers, it is how a club determines which of its players are of interest to other teams.
A thoughtful analysis of recent bullpen issues: http://dodgersdigest.com/2015/08/12/dodgers-bullpen-construction-errors-potential-fixes-and-the-future/
Link! We won! Where are you?
I’m here, I’m here! I was eating dinner when the last out was made! Yabba dabba doo!
Great game. We needed it.
Yes indeed.
And, 100. Time for bed.
Kershaw vs. Zimmermann tomorrow night,
We all needed that.
Night friends. Hope it keeps rolling tomorrow!
Bullpen was lights out. Words I thought I’d never say again.
We don’t lose!
We win!
Woo-HOO!!!
At least Joc is walking a lot again.
He hit one ball really well. It went foul, but the swing was great.
Well now, that’s more like it. Great to have Yimi back.
Yimi is yummy.
Earned runs allowed by Greinke this season, including tonight:
0 — 10 times
1 — 6 times
2 — 3 times
3 — 2 times
4 — 0 times
5 — once
6 — once
7 or more — no times
Yimi was sharp.
Yippe Yimi.
Okay, Yimi. Help us out here.
Hate to say it but I wonder if Dodgers need another run or two just to be safe. That’s sad to say with a 5 run lead.
Nicasio? Garcia? Avilan? Baez? Howell? Is Garcia even back yet?
So, I see you’re listening in to the live audio from the Dodger dugout…..
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Is that what Honeycutt was just nervously asking himself as he looked at his notes? 🙂
Zack, bearing down. Now for the tightrope.
Good swing by Pederson. And then…
I’m glad for Greinke. He’s been working hard.
Yes!!!
Love hearing the LA home crowd cheering. It was pretty quiet last night.
It certainly was….
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Looking at the scoreboard…..
I told my wife that the Dodgers had a ” Walk Off” last night……
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The Dodger fans… They’re just gathering their things and ” Walking Off “….
🙂
Clint not the best outfielder, thank goodness.
He’s an old friend, though.
Has actually done a good job for them filling in for Zimmerman at first.
Another big opportunity here for Puig. Doesn’t need a home run, but an extra base hit would be nice.
Yeah a triple works.
You called it!
Let’s break this one open. Greinke may not last beyond 7th given pitch count.
Yes, he’s at 86 through five.
Rollins at first, none out, up 2-0, Callaspo up. Let’s try the hit-run.
Bloody Alberto again!
Just got home…. looked at the score…..
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RBI’s prediction from last night ? … looking great ! – Keep it up!
Jonny: A belated welcome back.
Thanks a million, Scoop!
My reputation was on the line there for several innings.
You and Zach are all we need tonight…
On behalf of myself and fellow bloggers on this site, thank you very much, Mr. Puig.
that’s what saying ‘we are not going to trade you the rest of the year’ will do to you
Good point.
That one is not coming back!
Looks safe, but will they overturn the call?
Best slide by a Dodger baserunner this year? Admittedly, there’s not a lot of competition.
Dre has made at least one recent nice slide at home.
Making the first out at third in a scoreless game? Bush, and another example of our woeful baserunning. — MY MISTAKE: THE CALL WAS OVERTURNED.
Dre has made several lately being overly aggressive.
Except that he was safe, with a perfect slide.
A key part of our problem is the performance of P and P since the All-Star break:
Puig: .197/.247/.365/.613 — 20 Ks in 71 ABs
Pederson: .183/.301/.268/.569 — 26 Ks in 71 ABs
Would be nice if they were hitting and more runs could mitigate other problems, but our second half scoring has been on par with the first half. It’s our pitching that has floundered.
They aren’t exactly the M and M combo of the Yankees of old.
And just as I say that, Puig destroys a baseball. 2-0 Dodgers.
Arizona scored 11 runs in the second, San Diego are up 8-0, I hope we catch the fever pretty soon
Entering play today S.F. was 2.5 behind us, Arizona 6.5, San Diego 9.5, Colorado 14.5.
Pfft – I’m not worried …about Colorado.
a 2 run shot here would be nice and relieve a bit of the pressure
Someone order up a 2 run home run? Delivered!
better late than never
Callapso batting second is a first.
Weird thought: I wonder what the Dodgers would have gotten last month in a trade for Greinke? Can you imagine if they had done that? We would have had the best farm system of all time.
His opt out would heave complicated matters (not a Hamels sort of situation).
I know. It would be more like Price or Cueto – which is the only reason why the Dodgers would have hypothetically considered it. Not that they did or should have. This all came from my fevered mind.
Wasted that opportunity. Puig and Joc must be so frustrated they aren’t hitting a lick. I know I am!
Puig and Joc with disappointing PAs.
Or what you said!
Coming in Ross had on;y 4 walks in 45 innings.
Alberto flashing the glove!
Another old friend at bat. (Ned’s first disgrace).
Old friend gets a hit against us.
Greinke shutting down the righties. Harper was supposed to sit tomorrow. Wonder what’s up.
Sore knee, apparently. May be available off the bench.
Thanks. Just saw below.
Nice efficient top of the first.
Hey Link – nothing like a 4 game losing streak to get the comments flowing. I see the last 2 nights were both over 200 (213 and 215) and three nights ago it was 196. Any guess as to why we like to chime in more when things are in the dumps than when things are rosey? I would have guessed it to go the other way!
Misery loves company.
And controversy sells. Every one of us thinks we can manage the bullpen better than Mattingly has the last two days.
Well, the bar’s set pretty low…
He really started off on the wrong foot in the last game in the fillies series bringing in Kenley up three runs when it was a good spot to try out newly acquired Johnson.
Even if it’s you guys. 😉
The Dodgers have just claimed Bryce Harper on waivers. Well, in truth, he’s sitting out tonight with a sore knee.
Nice to know that Johnson and Peralta will be rested and ready for tonight’s game.
Not quite. Peralta to DL, Yimi back up. Peralta with “right neck sprain.” Guess his left neck is OK.
Cue the jokes about injuring his neck whipping it around to follow his pitches after batters teed off.
http://www.truebluela.com/2015/8/11/9128181/joel-peralta-disabled-list-dodgers-yimi-garcia
I wish Peralta a full recovery, but one that takes at least three months.
The waiver wire games are on. Puig put on revocable waivers, claimed, pulled back.
Means he won’t be traded rest of the season, at least.
http://www.truebluela.com/2015/8/11/9133875/yasiel-puig-waivers-dodgers-no-trade
That ought to stir things up in some corners of the interwebs.
As Utley cleared waivers, look for the Giants to engineer a trade to get him from the Phillies.
It wouldn’t surprise me, since the Gnats are Panik-stricken, but Utley pretty much washed-up.