Wait a minute. After 11 games of the season Andrew Toles and Yasiel Puig lead the Dodgers in home runs with three each?
Diamondbacks at Dodgers, 6:10PM PT, TV: SPNLA, FS-A, MLBN (out-of-market only)
Lefty Patrick Corbin (1-1, 1.80 ERA) goes for the D-Backs and righty Kenta Maeda (1-1, 6.30 ERA) goes for the Dodgers. In Corbin’s last appearance he went six scoreless innings and gave up just four hits against the Indians. Maeda hasn’t gotten past the fifth inning in either of his outings so far this season but got the win last time out despite giving up four runs.
Today’s big event won’t be the ball game, really. It will be the unveiling of a statue of Jackie Robinson at the Left Field Reserve Plaza entrance, where nearly 20% of all fans enter the stadium.
Jackie’s widow, Rachel, and children, Sharon and David, will attend the ceremony. Hall of Famer Frank Robinson will also be there, along with Dodgers icons Tommy Lasorda, Sandy Koufax, Vin Scully and Jaime Jarrin.
Lineup when available.
Tonight's Dodger lineup vs. D-backs:
Forsythe 2B
Seager SS
Turner 3B
Puig RF
González 1B
Thompson CF
Hernández LF
Barnes C
Maeda P pic.twitter.com/iZMusoY5kn— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) April 15, 2017
NPUT
In his spare time, Justin Turner has a Norwegian acting gig. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/69794bc6ac75e437559cd5f27f60a778941f0757530e596d1c96a49b5f4671c1.png
Heh. Justin’s hair is usually cleaner-looking than that. The beard is spot-on, though.
Missed the party last night. Watched the game this morning. Wood and Stripling are going to be awesome in the pen assuming Wood stays out of the rotation.
Yee-haw!
Getting crowded at the top of our division.
Dodgers!
Woo-HOO!!!!!
We win! 🙂
No exclamation point?
What was I thinking?!
I made up for it.
Thanks!
Thompson not there yet.
Puig atones for his earlier gaffe.
Home Run! So who pitches in the ninth?
Kenley finishes. He hasn’t worked much lately anyway, and I’m not sure he even has a save this season.
Nice spot for him to pitch his ERA down without lots of pressure.
Puig!!!!!!!
The man is non-stop (to quote Hamilton.)
Ouch! Justin getting drilled tonight.
Seager has found his swing. Wow!
Great play by Quique – just to avoid being trampled by the Wild Horse.
Hope all this mixing and matching works out for the Dodgers.
4 pitchers in 1 inning seems a bit excessive. Especially if they only face 4 batters total this inning.
Need another rule change. Max of 2 pitchers in one inning?
Apparently Forsythe out because his hamstring has tightened up. Which – if true – ugh. More hammy problems for the Dodgers is just too cliché.
Might give Kike’ a chance to shine at second. The Dodgers need a long term solution at second.
Forsythe was acquired to be the solution, and he’s been excellent so far. Quique stepped in ably last night, though.
Forsythe could be gone as soon as 2017 ends.
There’s a $9 million team option for next year, he’s still pretty young, the results have been excellent so far, and he’s just turned 30. Certainly he’ll be back in 2018.
Alex Wood’s looking really good.
He is pitching so confidently this year. Great to see.
Dodgers perfecting that play of having the runner at third getting hit by a throw from the catcher and then scooting home.
Well at least we tied it again, but to leave the bases loaded. UGH!
Well that error helps a bit.
Maeda not long for this game.
Ahmed – you’re wrecking us tonight.
Battle of good shortstops!
Happening seemingly on a nightly bases at an MLB stadium near you. Lots of good, young shortstop out there.
Yep.
Puig, you need to go to baserunning school.
Classic Grant today commenting on the at bat by Aaron Hill, who was thrust into the line up due to an injury: “(Tyler) Chatwood dissambled him like a table from IKEA”
Brisbee oughtta write a comic novel.
I would definitely read something like that.
He can also be very serious on Jackie Robinson Day. From 2016.
Jackie’s statue. Another pic.
So – as we celebrate Jackie Robinson Day – does anyone think that one day women will cross the gender barrier in MLB? Or any of NFL, NHL, NBA?
Hockey’s been done at the minor league level. Manon Rheaume for Atlanta of the IHL. I don’t remember whether that’s considered a stunt or not.
Wow – I had forgotten all about Manon Rheaume. Being a Canadian, she was big news in Canada. Especially when she played pre-season with Tampa Bay.
Tied up again! Barnes, of all people!
Is that his first of his career?
Yes.
Yelp – 3 run HR is not helpful.
Nice 2-0 lead gone in an instant.
Just tuning in. Appears like the Dodgers are picking right up where they left off yesterday!
Not the way Corbin planned, but I’m not feeling sorry for him.
Seager on fire!
Toles matches his dinger total in 2016 with 115 PA in 32 PA so far this season.
https://www.mlb.com/gameday/d-backs-vs-dodgers/2017/04/15/490255#game_state=preview,lock_state=preview,game_tab=,game=490255
That is today’s lineup
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She is precious. Welcome Iris!
Another Dodger fan is born. More good in the world.
Baby Iris arrived at 2:00am! IMG_6406.jpg
Try posting the picture again!
See above!
Lookit all that hair!
Congratulations, RBI! Real good looking infant.