Dodgers at Cubs, 5:00PM PT, TV: SPNLA, ESPN (out-of-market only), ABC7
The last time the Dodgers saw Jake Arrieta it was a Sunday Night Baseball game on ESPN in which Jessica Mendoza made her second ESPN appearance and he threw a no-hitter against them. That was last August 30. Since then he’s thrown another no-hitter, hasn’t lost a game yet this season, and is currently 9-0 with a 1.72 ERA. Scott Kazmir (4-3, 4.84 ERA) has been improving (he’s 3-1 in May with a 4.13 ERA) since a poor start, but he’s got his work cut out for him. He’ll need to hold the Cubbies at bay and hope the Dodgers can get a couple of runs off Arrieta.
Oh, the Cubs have won all of the last 23 starts Arrieta has made. That ties a Major League record.
Lineup when available.
New Dodger lineup:
Utley 2B
Seager SS
Gonzalez 1B
Pederson CF
Thompson RF
Kendrick 3B
Grandal C
Crawford LF
Kazmir P— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 1, 2016
Personnel news: Julio Urias will be brought back up to replace Alex Wood, who’s been placed on the 15-day DL with elbow soreness. Yasiel Puig has been scratched from today’s game with a sore left hamstring and Alex Guerrero has been designated for assignment.
NPUT
I’m puzzled. If you look at the schedule page at ESPN, you’ll see the attendance figures for prior games way off on the right. Yesterday (the opener with the Cubs) they drew 41,470 with Hammel starting. Today with Arrieta starting they drew 34,681. That seems bassackwards. Wouldn’t you expect the game that showcases the 9-0 pitcher whose starts the Cubs have won 23 consecutive times to be a sellout?
I believe that a place like Wrigley gets a lot of tourist fans (I know that I have done it several times), who combine a visit to the Windy City with a day at the park to see their team play the Cubs – you can hear a lot of cheering when the visiting team does something good. Yesterday was a holiday day game.
Maybe that’s it.
One hit for the Cubbies after we got only one yesterday. Turnabout is fair play!
Woo-HOO!!!! Just got home. What a great surprise!
15-12 this month. Much better than the 12-13 record from April.
Let’s hope for something like 20-7 for June
My mistake. The Dodgers were 16-12 in May. Even better!
The Dodgers are playing good ball so far on this road trip.
At worst now, we finish the Cubs series 6.5 games behind SF. Which, considering they are playing the worst team and we are playing the best, is not too bad. Better than 7.5 or 8.5 anyways.
A very pleasing, unexpected win
We win!
The pitching linescore makes it look like Kershaw pitched tonight:
8 innings – 1 hit, 1 walk, 10k’s and no runs.
Make it 9 innings – 1 hit, 1 walk, 10 k’s, and no runs!
Until this inning, I had been thinking – I’ve seen this game before. As in, last night vs the Cubs (2-0, only 1 hit.)
But as of right now, we are out Cub-ing the Cubs!
I like our chances!
Seager. Yes. Thank you.
Ha ha. True.
Don’t count outs Dave. Don’t count outs.
(3 outs to go.)
Good at bat by Howie. I’ll applaud the SF to drive in a run.
surely we can convert this chance
And hopefully we can keep on converting!
Yes. Gonzo is the man right now.
New pitcher Richard has an ERA of 6.00. Can’t be as good as Jake, I’m guessing.
The Cubbies had to use almost their whole pen yesterday.
Nice, Mr. Blanton, nice.
Good news is that Jake is at 107 pitches so he won’t go much longer either.
And Turner strikes out. Not good.
Squandered a chance, and Arrieta doesn’t give you many.
So hard to know. Pull Kaz or let him bat and pitch longer. If only there were not 2 outs.
Good game so far. Very well pitched on both sides.
The Dodgers have doubled their hit total from yesterday!
More than that, they’ve gotten more off Arrieta than the Cubs have off Kazmir!
That was less interesting. Crawford – speed never slumps – if you use it!
That was interesting. Nice throw by Montero!
Gonzo gets a hit which is great start against the Jake.
Better than last time.
Without eyes or ears. What’s the deal on the delay? Rain I imagine.
According to Alanna, https://twitter.com/alannarizzo/status/737793665565753345
Looks like Guerrero is on his way out the door.
https://twitter.com/McCulloughTimes/status/737770392585015297
Amplification of above.
In Seattle today, James Shields of the Pads achieved a game score of -1 (yes, minus one). Quite a feat.
We got this!
And we did!
Yes!