Red Sox at Dodgers, 4:10PM PT, TV: SPNLA, NESN, MLB Plus free game
The Sox ask David Price (9-7, 4.30 ERA) to win the rubber match of this series, and the Dodgers ask Brandon McCarthy (2-2, 2.76 ERA) to keep him from doing so. This will be Price’s third start of this 11-game West Coast road trip for the Red Sox; he’s pitched 15 innings, given up only four runs and gotten two no-decisions out of it. Today was supposed to be newly-acquired Rich Hill’s first start for the Dodgers but the blister which landed him on the 15-day DL hasn’t yet healed, so McCarthy will pitch with normal rest. He hasn’t made it past the fourth inning in either of his last two starts.
Lineup when available.
Today's Dodger lineup vs. Red Sox:
Kendrick 2B
Seager SS
Turner 3B
González 1B
Hernández CF
Reddick RF
Grandal C
Segedin LF
McCarthy P— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 7, 2016
Segedin? Who’s he? Oh. To make room on the 40-man roster Trayce Thompson has been moved to the 60-day DL.
NPUT
Posting from my Mom’s MacBook as all my efforts to repair my own machine have failed to this point.
promising news on Kershaw
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/17241120/clayton-kershaw-los-angeles-dodgers-resumes-throwing
Prado homers off Cueto, Dee scores, then Yelich goes back-to-back. Fish lead Gnats 4-1 in fifth.
Yelich follows with another.
Cueto drowning in The Fish Tank.
And now it is 5-1 Marlins.
Fish put up a pair off Cueto in the fourth, threatening more.
Who woulda thunk it? The impact of the Gnats’ recent performance is perhaps greater than we thought: https://twitter.com/hankschulman/status/762746108531519492
Will be scouting Puig tonight. Looking forward to getting to see the many players who have been up to the majors this year.
While waiting for the Dodgers to retake their share of first place after the Fish swallow the Gnats in Miami.
Any guesses on what McCarthy’s problem is with his control?
Steve Blass Syndrome (the position players’ counterpart is Steve Sax Syndrome).
And an even later we win!
Woo-HOO!!!
RISP: Bosox 3-8; Dodgers 2-8.
Segedin 2-3.
One game out of first place.
Bah! Network adapter driver fail. I can’t access the net on the machine with the failure, so how am I supposed to get a new copy of the driver?
Pedro’s first PA in the Bigs. Had 2057 in the minors.
I was hoping he’d go deep.
Yeah. Though he only hit 45 in all those PAs in the minors. A very under-powered 3rd base prospect, which is why I guess he switched to pitching. Kenley had no power either as a catcher, hitting 15 dingers in 953 PA.
#16! (Off a righty no less)
#300!
Rob Whatshisname!
Hitting second cleanup.
McCarthy is truly erratic today.
Okay, Brandon, now get your control under control.
Bumgarner pitched a complete-game, two-hitter today vs. the Nationals, and lost, 1-0. Wilson Ramon homered off him in the 7th inning. The Giants went 1-for-9 with RISP. We can gain a game today.
Nats 0-2 RISP.
Still, Nats/Ramos swat Gnats.
Winter acquisition Rob Segedin (ex-Yanqui farmhand) starts in LF today. He’s been raking at OKC.
With Quique back no need for another backup ss.
They do need another RH bat.
Right. A better one than Taylor (though I recall his grand salami fondly).