Dodgers at Brewers, 11:10 AM PT, TV: SPNLA, FSWI, Telemundo
RHP Kenta Maeda (4-2, 5.21 ERA) will pitch for the Dodgers and RHP Zach Davies (5-3, 5.18 ERA) goes for the Brewers.
Maeda has had two successive starts in which he’s given up three runs in the first inning and held the opposition scoreless in the next four. He’s 1-0 with a 1.46 ERA lifetime against the Brewers. Davies gave up two earned runs on six hits over five innings to the Mets his last time out but got no decision for his trouble. He’s only faced the Dodgers twice, both times in 2016. He gave up HRs to Turner, Grandal, Trayce Thompson and Seager in those games.
This day in Dodgers’ history:
- 1940 The Cardinals play their first night game at home, losing to Brooklyn, 10-1, despite Joe Medwick’s 5-for-5 performance that included three doubles. The honor of hosting the first evening tilt in St. Louis that took place on May 24 was given to the Browns, after the two teams finally agreed to split the $150,000 cost of installing lights at Sportsman’s Park, the ballpark they share.
- 1957 At a seventy-five minute show-down meeting at City Hall with Walter O’Malley and Horace Stoneham, the club presidents of the Dodgers and Giants, respectively, Mayor Robert Wagner is told by the owners neither club has a commitment to move out of New York – and none to stay in the Big Apple. The teams, who have been given permission by the National League to explore the possibility of moving their franchises to the West Coast, are assured by His Honor that the city will be of assistance in replacing the Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field, the aging ballparks the clubs call home.
- 1964 At Connie Mack Stadium, Sandy Koufax throws his third no-hitter in three years, blanking the Phillies 3-0. The Dodgers’ southpaw, who will add a perfect game to his resume next season, joins Bob Feller as the only other modern major leaguer to pitch three career hitless games.
- 1968 Don Drysdale, pitching his sixth consecutive shutout, defeats the Pirates, 5-0. The Dodger right-hander will extend his major league record scoreless streak to 58.2 innings before yielding a run in his next start. Later that evening at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, Robert Kennedy, giving his victory speech for his win in the California primary before being fatally shot, tells his followers in the packed ballroom, “I’d like to express my high regard to Don Drysdale, who pitched his sixth straight shutout tonight.”
- 1972 The Dodgers retire Roy Campanella’s uniform number 39. Campy, who won the MVP three times catching for Brooklyn in the fifties, joins Jackie Robinson (42) and Sandy Koufax (32) to be honored in this manner.
- 1976 In an 11-0 victory at Dodger Stadium, Mets right fielder Dave Kingman hits three home runs. Sky King’s two-run dinger and two three-run round trippers drive in eight runs, a new club record.
- 1990 En route to a 6-0 complete-game victory, 22 year-old Dodger right-hander Ramon Martinez limits Atlanta to three hits. Pedro’s older brother, who will finish the season with a 20-6 record, strikes out 18 batters during the contest.
- 1998 The Dodgers trade the 1995 National League Rookie of the Year Hideo Nomo (2-7 with a 5.05 ERA) and reliever Brad Clontz to the Mets for pitchers Dave Mlicki and Greg McMichael.
Lineup when available.
Today's Dodger lineup at Brewers:
Forsythe 3B
Seager SS
Taylor CF
González 1B
Bellinger LF
Grandal C
Barnes 2B
Hernández RF
Maeda P pic.twitter.com/5WugygIk1a— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 4, 2017
NPUT
One of baseball’s true (if tragic) characters has died: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/04/sports/baseball/jimmy-piersall-died-mental-illness.html?_r=0
I remember reading about him, but did not know much about his antics and attempts to overcome them.
A.J. got his game-winning single v. the Snakes at the end of a 14-pitch AB.
Alex Cora says go some more, kid.
Vinnie was having a ball calling it and Dave Roberts was in the dugout grinning like a demon.
Alex Cora says “Hold my beer.”
Dodgers runs in last five games of this road trip: 1-0-2 (12 innings)-10-0. We won two of those five and went 4-3 on the road trip.
We were in all 5 at least.
Next game for me will be against the Nats, Tuesday 4:10 am. If it goes 4 hours I might catch some of it.
I presume you are in Europe. Where?
Right now in Cadiz.
First time seeing Gibraltar. Very bigly!
Don’t let the monkeys bite you…
If yesterday was the most exciting game of the season, today’s was the dullest.
Go Padres.
Taylor strikes out. Which means Bellinger can’t hit a 3 run HR.
Chris may have trouble hitting the grand salami with in this situation.
He will have a better shot again at that later in this inning.
Fish beat the Snakes, 6-5.
Helpful.
Still don’t understand why Romo is still on the roster.
Romo does not inspire.
Gnats lose again to Fillies.
Giants relievers gave up four runs in the last four Phillies innings, including three solo homers. Final: Phillies 9-7.
Upvoted, even though you misspelled “Gnats.”
Now you’ve done it, Brewers! Until the Dodgers are down three they don’t get serious!
Silver lining: If the Dodgers lose 2-0 or 2-1, then it for sure allows the bullpen to pitch one less inning today.
You rooting against a tie in order to save the pen?
We can’t always have come-from-behind wins.
Or can we?
Game like yesterday’s really messes up my sleeping patterns for the rest of the season.
Steiner has finally figured out how to pronounce “Aguilar.” Now he should go to work on “Piña.”
Phew. That was a close foul ball.
Our catchers killed the rally. Would have been nice to score at least one run there and cut the lead in half.
Gameday said Bellinger just bunted for a single on a 3-0 pitch. Is that correct?
Sure is. Bunted against the shift.
Indeed it is, but then Grandal GIDPs.
In Miami, A.J. has just singled to put the Fish ahead of the Snakes 6-5 in the seventh.
Go A.J.!
Dodgers have had 3 base runners: 1 hit, 1 walk, 1 error.
Now they need a hit by pitch, catchers interference, and a dropped third strike.
Monday and Kennedy talking about similarities between Kenley’s work this year and last to this point: not much difference in IP or Ks or BBs. Saves are down from 15 to 9.
Wins are up from 1 to 3. And since he has no walks yet this year, they must be down! (Looks like he had 1 walk through June 3 last year.)
And to be honest it looks like he has almost doubled his Ks: 21 through June 3 2016 vs 40 so far this year.
I wasn’t listening very closely, obviously. 😉
Dodgers by no means out of this.
Recent proof–last night.
Weird outing for Maeda: 2R, 2H, 3BB, 7K.
Lots of foul balls and high counts to batters.
Quique swings at ball 3, 4, and 5.
Maeda’a best inning. 3 up and 3 down, and only 15 pitches.
Maeda at 76 pitches through three innings.
So one more inning or 100 pitches whichever comes first?
He and Hill are making it tough on the ‘pen.
The pen also gets stretched when Kershaw games go into extra innings…
Maeda is nowhere close to what he was last year, for some reason. Mechanics? Dunno. But he struggles now where last year he seemed to get in a flow, as I remember it.
Not in the first inning anyway. I read somewhere “Maeda has had two successive starts in which he’s given up three runs in the first inning and held the opposition scoreless in the next four.”
Perspicacious, that writer!
Steiner still unable to distinguish between Peña and Piña. The Cerveceros are not holding an informal music gathering, but they do have a pineapple in the lineup.
30 pitches!
Apparently Thames gets a random drug test after almost every game in which he hits a HR.
Grins. It can hardly be called “random,” then.
That’s what he thinks as well.
Playing with a bit of house money today. Already won the series and also a winning road trip.
But why not win today anyway?!
Speaking of awkward moments, regarding this day in Dodgers history in 1976 (see above) here was Tommy Lasorda’s response when asked his opinion of Dave Kingman’s performance that day. WARNING: IT IS TRIPLE-X RATED:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIwrYH6Urbs
Awkward moments? Yesterday’s starting pitcher and late-inning substitute now both play for the Brewers… https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/4439341e58ab9227d5c12db141a4b116fbab954e8c14a1cefe608dadbbdde0bc.png
Good grief. I wonder if they talked about it. Garza appears to be less than enlightened about women’s rights.
Ugh.
We have lineups… https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/266f652d7e0ff9cfaa0f74d649f4722ed9652fa6504dc3d699f8b8e26300646c.png