Dodgers at Rockies, Game One, 12:10PM PT, TV: SPNLA, ROOTRM
Game Two, 5:10PM PT, TV: SPNLA, ROOTRM
The postponement of Tuesday’s rainout till today means the Dodgers will pitch Ross Stripling (3-5, 4.13 ERA) in the opener and Rich Hill in the nightcap at 5:10PM PT. Stripling will face Tyler Anderson, who was the scheduled starter on Tuesday before the rainout. Hill will face rookie Jeff Hoffman, (0-2, 8.10 ERA).
Lineup, Game One:
Lineup, Game Two:
NPUT
Lester fails to get the no-no but, most importantly, Gnats lose! Lead now 2-1/2 games.
Well done cubbies and Lester for a complete game and the win!
I will not jinx Jon Lester by saying anything more than that he is pitching an interesting game through six at Wrigley.
Grant Pythonesquely summarizes last gnight’s Gnats: “…the Gnats were fish-slapped to death. Some of the wounds were self-inflicted. Some of them were the baseball gremlins pulling the fuselage apart while William Shatner watched.
The bullpen ain’t great, but the lineup sure makes it look worse. The Gnats put their relievers in tough spots more often than any team in baseball. It’s so easy to grumble about the bullpen blowing another game — I just spent 500 words on it — but the Gnats had three hits.”
I would disagree that the Gnats put their relievers in more tough spots than the Dodgers do, though – the difference is that the Dodgers’ pen is excellent.
Chi beats SF tonight. SF 2 games behind.
And sounds like Puig will be called up. It feels like the right move in terms of having the best performing players playing as the team tries to win the division.
https://twitter.com/DodgerInsider/status/771538083468632064
https://twitter.com/McCulloughTimes/status/771538484033036289
Gnats lose! Lead back up to two games.
Cubs now have a lead!
Scoop is now officially the Dodgers’ mufa (per the Fund for Education Abroad):
Also the name of an Uruguayan tango group that I saw a couple years ago in a small bookstore in Mvdeo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vCwsxyrSts
Was that in the Ciudad Vieja?
Yep.
Was it Puro Verso?
That’s the place!
The one on the peatonal, then? I wouldn’t call it small:
Venue for music is small (upstairs).
Now for some home cooking, as the gaints are off on a long road trip that includes the Cubbies, Coors and the Snakes.
Once again, you have misspelled “Gnats.” Also, out of respect, we should always capitalize the word.
Does this put Toles into the discussion of a corner outfield spot for next year?
Yes not to mention the rest of this year. Why not play someone that will be back next year instead of a rental?
Actually the consideration should be who can help you best to win now, an argument that Toles seems to win as well.
It’s always great to have a surplus of quality players.
Clearly, all the Dodgers needed was for me to leave town. Just saw the final score when my plane landed. Stunned.
I feel for you Scoop. You plan this trip, then the rain hits, you have to miss a game, and finally the Dodgers learn how to hit a little white ball all over again. I hope you had a good time.
Holy smokes I don’t believe it! I just turned on SportsCenter after dinner to see the scores and there’s Neil Everett showing run after run after run being scored by the Dodgers, and then Toles’ grand slam! What a game to give up on!
Woo-HOO!!! Driving home from a job in Newport Beach which kept me
busy over the past two days, I turned on the game just in time to hear the Toles Grand Slam. Made for a fun drive.
The downside is being subjected to Steiner.
I was a bit distracted by work and, when Utley grounded out to end the eighth, I thought that was the game. I am pleased to have been mistaken.
https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/771191057123905536
Never in doubt.
We win!
How sweet it is!
Game over!
Put a lid on it Kenley!
Prevent defense in the outfield.
Ump has a plane to catch.
8-2, it was 8-2!!
(Don’t) forget it Jake, it’s Coorstown.
Hopefully this will be the final when Scoop’s plane touches down.
Won’t he be a bit surprised.
What a welcome home that would be.
Toles with his Alex Guerrero moment.
ESPN flashed back to that.
possible turning point of our season
Or at least the month.
The game was already in September over here
and this with the ump missing a bunch of calls.
Now we need Kenley
Link left too early
I surely did!
wow and wow
I’m speechless.
OMG! Toles!
Oh my Dog!
I’m still hanging in there.
and you are rewarded!
Do ask for whom the bell Toles…
It Toles for thee!
Go-ahead batter at the plate.
Josh with a chance to shed goat label here.
First ribbie (and Scoop missed it)!
Got done in August. Barely but he did it.
Oh JT – that might have been your pitch right there.
A walk, a bloop and a blast to tie it up. Let’s get it done.
Step one: Check.
Step two: Check.
Step two: Double check.
Step one: Double check.
Step three: Check!!
step 2,3,4 and 5
With all those steps – it’s my new favourite dance!
If Jansen comes in to the game down 3 – in this park does that still count as a save opportunity? 🙂
Work to do in the ninth.
A glimmer of hope and life here for the Dodgers.
Tying run at the plate!
if only kendrick had a double (or better) instead of a sac fly
I wonder what kind of pep talk Roberts gave the team between the games, if any.
Try the potato salad?
I’m taking the rest of the night off. Bye, y’all.
But wait isn’t still early there – like about 4:40? Enjoy your afternoon and evening Link!
Dinner prep takes some effort and I do that while the news is on.
come back, everything is OK
Dodgers really don’t want Kenley Jansen to have to pitch in the 9th inning here in Colorado.
I could see him pitching as he has thrown only 30-odd pitches in the past week. None since Sunday, when he threw 12.
Team should have left when Scoop did.
Or just skipped Denver altogether.
Just call me Bob Denver.
Maybe I should have skipped the games. Hanging with an old friend whom
I had not seen in seven years easily overcame the Dodgers’ dismal performance.
Such a weird series. Not strange to see the Dodgers lose necessarily but to not to see hitters get healthy is unimaginable.
And then they go to SD, which is not viewed as a hitters paradise.
Giving an error on a missed catch on a foul ball only to have the batter fly out later in the at bat. If they can do that, then they call label passed balls and wild pitches with no runners on.
Sure, it’s not like they have anything better to do.
Well exactly. Glad you see my point! 🙂
Rox and their fielding are being no help at all.
Toles is the guy you want up there I guess.
Or not so much.
Wonderful play by Turner. I kept thinking that the ball would bounce before it got to Gonzo but the throw made it all the way there – and that ensured it was an out.
If this was a running race, this would be the time where you would want to make a kick to get back into the lead group.
Here we are in the peloton chasing the guy in the maillot jaune</em.
A positive – they didn’t give up any runs that inning.
C’mon, people. Don’t leave me alone and stranded at the Denver airport. I depend upon you for Dodgers therapy.
We got your back. The Dodgers can still pull this one out of the fire.
That’s the spirit!
I owe you a bit of spirit!
Knock Knock
Who’s there?
Toles
Toles who?
Toles ya I should be playing more
That is very good.
Not reporting from Coors Fields. I am at Denver International Airport. Ergo, I CANNOT BE HELD ACCCOUNTABLE FOR THIS GAME.
Don’t miss your flight 🙂
Denver Operational Airport (DOA).
And it looks like you are not the guilty party for the other 2 games given how the Dodgers are playing tonight.
Pull him.
Oops. Too late.
Whoopee.
Bid is not brining his A, B, or even C game so far.
Or did he?
Um, 22 pitches, 9 strikes?
Maybe Hill should have started.
Nud got robbed on strike three to Parra, who clearly swung and missed. He didn’t come close to fouling it off.
For those who haven’t seen the lineup: https://twitter.com/alannarizzo/status/771121730072870912
That’s a welcome change-of-pace.
When I go to the Dodger’s web site, I can always tell they lost, by looking at the captions of the videos. If they feature defensive plays then we lost.
looks like I didn’t miss much
Well the good news is that statistically more double headers are split rather than swept. Of course. statistically the Rockies have a better chance of sweeping than the Dodgers.
Awful, simply awful.
You deserved better. Even if it had been an 8-6 loss, you would have had much more to cheer about.
Headline: Scoop Tempts Fate, Sees Dodgers Shutout in Coors!
Colorado making scoring runs look so easy.
0-for-15 with RISP Monday and today. Haven’t reached the fence.
Scoop, sorry man.
Thanks. Will miss tonight’s game, flying back. Given the way the Dodgers are playing, might not be the worst thing.
Of course, the Dodgers might have the same thoughts about you: Scoops’ gone, now we can unleash.
Now that’s cold, man! 😉
All I’m saying is – we will see in a few hours.
Just joking with you, Scoop!
I understand. It’s OK.
You sir, are a gentleman.
Happy 29th Birthday rookie. Here is a middle/middle pitch for you to hit for your first MLB home run.
Frustrating, particularly sitting at Coors.
No deal completed for Puig.
Pulled back off waivers. He needs to be in LA by the weekend.
So we won’t get Chris Sale in time for the playoffs then.
So far this game has ugh written all over it.
And SF are leading in their game this afternoon.
But hasn’t turned ugly, yet, so sticking around with fingers crossed.
Funny, all of a sudden four runs seems like an insurmountable lead in Coors.
I got there at 3.
Utility players batting fifth thru eighth today. We look flat much like Monday night. Our right-handed batters are all in mini-slumps or worse. We need Puig. Is he coming up tomorrow, later or not at all?…I like Coors Field. The Rockies fans are good-natured in their ribbing, unlike Giants fans at AT&T.
Denver’s a pleasurable place to watch a ballgame. I’m 3-1 lifetime there – 1-0 at Mile High Stadium in 1994, 2-1 at Coors two years ago.
Rob robs.
I’m really getting tired of LeMahieu’s dinkers.
Reporting from Coors Field, Day 3 (Game 2): Weather is good. That is about the only positive thing thus far today.
Heard yesterday that the beer is good, but hoping for the trifecta.
Mulling over Seager as MVP. Are the Cubs so good as a team that Bryant’s value to the team is minimized? Using WAR, roughly, if you subtract Bryant’s 7 the Cubs would lead their division by 7, instead of 14. Take away Seager’s 6 and the Dodgers would trail by 4.
I expect that the Cubs’ excellence will tilt the narrative in Bryant’s favor (and he’s not an undeserving candidate).
Natch.
I guess, when this happens each team gets to have an extra player, I hope our extra player can pitch.
A doubleheader in Coors: Times that try men’s pens.
Jon says that Hill might be scratched in the nightcap in favor of Nud.