Pirates at Dodgers, 6:10PM PT, TV: SPNLA
The Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw (14-6, 2.12 ERA) pitches tonight against the Pirates’ Francisco Liriano (10-7, 3.45 ERA). Kershaw has an unusual streak going: in each of his last seven starts he’s given up no more than one run. He’s going for his tenth straight win tonight. The left-handed Liriano had a lousy outing last time he pitched, but he’s 3-0 lifetime against the Dodgers. Two guys who’ve had success against him in the past are Heisey (.333 in 15 ABs) and Kendrick (.438 in 16 ABs).
Lineup when available.
Tonight's #Dodgers lineup:
Ruggiano LF
Kendrick 2B
Gonzalez 1B
Turner 3B
Seager SS
Ellis C
Heisey RF
Pederson CF
Kershaw P #Whiff
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 19, 2015
NPUT
Last night I went to my 50th high school graduation reunion in Tacoma. One of the nostalgia questions the emcee asked was “Who won the World Series in 1965?” Before I could even raise my hand, an old friend I hadn’t seen in many years leapt up and said the Dodgers, and that he had always been a Dodger fan (which I didn’t know).
Grins. That’s fun. Did you have a conversation? And did you give him the Elysian Fields URL? 😉
Jeepers, fewer than 20 comments for an entire game? Sometimes the other pitcher’s just on his game, and it looked like Liriano was from the innings I saw (early).
we have gone from 323 comments last week to 20 odd 🙂
I was flying home from a PA. family wedding, and was too exhausted when we got home to do much of anything. I figure I’m usually worth at least twenty comments!
This game won’t matter by the time October rolls around, but it stings tonight. Hate losing when Kershaw is pitching and when they had a chance to distance themselves from SF and NY. Had they somehow swept Pittsburg they would have had the same record as them.
at least we lost to a good team and scored some runs
A good team, yes, but the offense did not show up.
Last chance saloon for the Dodgers in the bottom of the ninth. Perhaps another extra-inning game tonight would be alright.
Bad move using Barnes for Joc. A better hitter, OK but not Barnes…
3 hits is not going to do it. Let’s double the total this inning Dodgers.
Dodgers not hitting tonight. Tough losing Kershaw starts (if the score holds) but better now than next month.
Been spoiled by the last 2 games pitched by Wood and Greinke. By comparison, Kershaw looks like he is struggling.
Ruggiano likes to hit leadoff, it appears.
I’m gonna miss tonight’s game due to other commitments, will just be looking in on phone from time to time. Still, I expect we’ll be looking at six around 10 p.m.
with SF currently losing 5-0, that magic number will be getting lower really quickly
John, did you see the story I linked for you in the last post? Just a few hours ago, actually.
No I didn’t, I’ll check it out now
It was great, Thanks 🙂
Ruggiano, LF
Kendrick, 2B
Gonzalez, 1B
Turner, 3B
Seager, SS
Ellis, C
Heisey, RF
Pederson, CF
Kershaw, P