Red Sox at Dodgers, 1:05PM PT, TV: FS1, SPNLA, NESN
The Red Sox send LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (2-4, 5.91 ERA) out to do battle with the Dodgers’ Ross Stripling (2-3, 4.14 ERA). Rodriguez has a 2.63 ERA and has gone at least five innings in all four starts since he was brought up from Pawtucket July 16. Stripling gave the Dodgers 3 2/3 innings of relief last Sunday when he replaced Bud Norris, who left after a dozen pitches with a mid-back strain. He’s replacing him again today, as the Dodgers have placed Norris on the 15-day DL.
The Red Sox will have David Ortiz at first base for the first time this season. Manager Farrell said Friday that “his bat in our lineup is an important one and it will be in the lineup tomorrow.”
Lineup:
Today's Dodger lineup vs. Red Sox:
Kendrick 2B
Seager SS
Turner 3B
González 1B
Hernández CF
Reddick RF
Van Slyke LF
Ellis C
Stripling P— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 6, 2016
The giants lose.
NPUT
Offense letting MadGum down. Nats 1-0 bottom of the 7th.
*BadGums
On my way to Mexico Won’t land until after the game is over. Have fun and good luck!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kahp_kmOFzQ
A-Rod moves into management.
So, he becomes a supplier instead of a consumer?
Woo-HOO!!! (Granddaughters in bed)
The Angles have DFA’d Lincescum, whose career might be over.
The Giants offered him a mega-year contract a couple of years ago. He opted to sign a much shorter one to keep his options open.
A pity he didn’t accept it, but they’re still paying Gnatt Cain and Peevy, and will be paying Smarmy for several years beyond that.
He’s only 32. Wouldn’t be fun to think of yourself as washed up at that age.
He might conceivably have a limited future as a middle reliever.
The great majority of professional baseball players don’t last that long. Lincescum had a record of success, but it was not sustainable.
How about retired?
Whoopee!
Good win!
We win!
After the first inning, very little drama.
I was on the edge of my seat waiting for Reddick to get his first Dodger hit!
Snort!
Against a lefty no less.
I know I wondered why the Dodgers honored Big Papi, but the Red Sox honored Vinnie before the game with a framed photo of the program for the game which served as his audition for Red Barber back in 1949.
Classy
Does that happen much – the visiting team doing a presentation? Haven’t heard of it too much. But it is obviously well deserved for Vin. And yes very classy by the Sox.
No game in Boston this year (barring WS, of course)
Ok Jansen. You got this.
Oh yea. Riddick gets a hit.
Was it just because he went through the waiver process that Puig’s time with OK Dodgers not starting until tomorrow? Or were the Dodgers trying to save Puig some long bus rides? Either way looks like he begins with his triple A time with the Iowa primaries.
I will not be able to go to the game tomorrow, but I hope to see Puig on Monday.
You live in OKC?
Iowa. It is a home game for the Cubs.
OK, I forgot that. Senile dementia here.
If it was in OKC I still might have gone. It is only a nine hour drive and I am retired.
“Only” a nine-hour drive?
Hanley looks overmatched v. Dayton (as do the rest of the Bosox).
HanRam entertaing striking out.
Had no idea that Ruben Amaro is now the Bosox first base coach.
Guess he wanted out of being a suit in the FO.
I saw an interview with him earlier this year in which he said exactly that. The Sox were surprised he’d ask about the job, but he said he’d like to be back on the field.
Persona non grata in Philly?
SVS the other day went on his own according to Doc.
Dayton was excellent in the sixth.
Reddick’s had some bad luck at the plate, but he’s mastered the sun field.
Can we re-do the trade with Oakland? Not asking for much – just a different pitcher and a different hitter. I’m kidding of course but really bummed that Hill is not available to pitch yet – and that Reddick can’t get a hit yet.
Ugly AB for Joc!
He can look really overmatched at the plate sometimes.
Multidimensional, he can strike out pretty as well.
AGon crushes one!
Crushed is very generous.
As Vin suggested, he’s not tossing it back.
Corey!
Stripling really righted the ship.
Way to go Ross. Pitching into the 6th is a great accomplishment.
A rara avis, even!
Actually he pitched through five, rather than into the sixth.
Reddick is 0-for Dodgers
No longer.
So naming your child Mookie, automatically predestines him to be a Major League Baseball player.
Vin says that this particular Mookie was named after basketball’s Blaylock.
SVS hasn’t gotten untracked all year, has he?
Like several others, he hasn’t been healthy enough long enough.
Much better inning v. the bottom of the order.
Hard work by Stripling to get out of it.
Still, in the midst of all this disorder, the Dodgers are still serious contenders.
Not a good start.
Meanwhile, Rich Hill has a new blister. Maybe they should just amputate and get it over with.
So is he not starting tomorrow?
According to Jon, Hill is not pitching and Mc Carthy is moving up.
Hernandez and SVS leave me cold in this lineup. I wish that Toles were still on the team. However, if Pederson is not starting I guess that Hernandez has to play centerfield.
I expect Toles will be back by month’s end, but he’s another lefty bat. This is where you notice Puig’s absence.
True, and also Trayce Thompson’s, not to mention Carl Furillo’s and Tommy Davis’.
In the smallest sample size possible, Toles had one AB vs. a lefty for the Dodgers and got a hit.
Thompson’s not due back until September 1. I’ve never seen a season with such a constant assault of injuries.