Dodgers at Blue Jays, 4:07PM PT, TV: SPNLA
Kenta Maeda (3-1, 1.41 ERA) goes to Canada for presumably the first time in his life and the poor guy has to work. He’ll pitch tonight against Marcus Stroman (4-0, 3.77 ERA). Maeda had an extra two days of rest thanks to the oddities of the schedule and all the Jays’ right-handed bats. It was decided he matched up better against the Canadian team than against the Rays.
Roberts says Kendrick will DH today and Gonzalez will fulfill those duties tomorrow.
The Dodgers have a center fielder named Logan Landon playing for the low-A Great Lakes Loons, and yesterday he did this:
.@Logan_Landon with an incredible diving catch! Hey @SportsCenter, take a look! #DiveIn #SCTop10https://t.co/in8HaOAWJa
— Great Lakes Loons (@greatlakesloons) May 6, 2016
Lineup when available.
NPUT! Sorry for the delay, folks, I didn’t notice this was a day game.
Mr. Milk&Eggs delivers.
Manteca (mantequilla) con huevos.
Yes, manteca is a different thing in Mexico. (huevos as well – blanquillos)
But huevos are not.
Depende del contexto.
Joc seems to have gotten it together!
He’s been steady.
I wonder whether those of us on Hawaiian time have failed to realize this is an afternoon game that starts in about 15 minutes (2:07 p.m. Buenos Aires time).
See above. 🙁
We played well, which makes this even more frustrating. Two bad pitches, with their men on.
Not really. Except for one inning, the offense continued to fizzle. Maeda pitched well, though, and Joc appeared to learn from his first two ABs.
Defense wasn’t half bad either…
Puig’s throw was worth the price of admission.
I know our RISP numbers are better than we think, but it sure FEELS like we miss three or four scoring chances every game.
I am thinking that they are pretty bad.
#18, a little below the middle. Stats. I don’t think they include today’s games yet.
Checked. We are at BA .251 compared to NL average of .261, but it is better than our overall BA, which is .241
Phooey. Not sure that walk was a good idea, with Pilar hitting in the 400s. Hindsight.
Wow. I didn’t see that bunt coming.
A bunt? Really?
It was gutsy, but to no avail…
See it our way, NYC!
Tying run at plate!
C’mon, CC! Be a hero!
Making soup, violating rules. That’s me.
What rule?
Guessing #1.
Yup. See above. In my defense, I was alone.
When Blanton gave up the dinger… Let’s just say I didn’t say “fudge,” more than once.
Rule-breaking doesn’t occur unless it’s typed into a comment box. 😉
Oh, fudge. Killed by the dinger. Blanton’s ERA jumped from 0.77 to 2.77 in one swing.
8 hits, 2 runs. Where are all our HRs?
It’s not as if we have even shown much warning-track power.
Lucked out there. Not really Liberatore’s day.
Maeda’s thrown lots more pitches than Stroman and, when you throw that many, you’ll eventually make a mistake.
Maeda left with 102 thrown. Stroman’s thrown 106.
Giving up a dinger to Bautista puts him in lots of good company.
Stroman went deeper into the game, but lost it quickly.
Maeda is a magician.
His Cy Young Award equivalents in Japan weren’t handed out like lollipops, that’s for sure.
Incredible throw by Puig to get Barney on what looked to be an easy double. He missed the cutoff, though.
His fourth assist of the young season.
Would like to see us put up at least a 6-spot. We’ve scored more than 5 runs only twice in the last 17 games.
So would I, but Stroman’s awfully good.
Maeda’s ERA is about 3.5, however.
Maeda has been awfully good this season too.
I like Maeda a lot, but Stroman impresses me more with his combination of youth and talent.
Stroman is really good. Very tough matchup for Maeda.
Decent catch.