Dodgers at Indians, 4:10 PM PT, TV: SPNLA, Sportstime Ohio, MLBN (out-of-market only)
Brandon McCarthy (5-3, 3.28 ERA) goes for the Dodgers and Corey Kluber (5-2, 4.38 ERA) pitches for the Indians.
McCarthy credits much of his success this year (his ERA is at a five-year low) to a newfound reliance on his cutter. He’s now throwing one nearly 32 percent of the time, up from 13 percent the previous three seasons. “I noticed that even bad ones were better than they had been in the past,” McCarthy said. This will be Kluber’s third start since coming off the 10-day DL (lower back strain). In his last two starts he threw six innings in each game, with 18 strikeouts, three walks and just three runs allowed. Before his trip to the DL he gave up seven homers in six starts; he hasn’t given up one since he came back from it.
This day in Dodgers’ history:
- 2003 After being activated from the disabled list by the Dodgers, first baseman Fred McGriff bats cleanup and goes 2-for-4 in his return against the Padres. It was the Crime Dog’s first trip to the DL during his 18-year career.
- 2010 After just seven days in the major leagues, Stephen Strasburg is named National League Player of the Week. The Nationals’ right-handed flame thrower starts his career 2-0 with 22 strikeouts, second to only Karl Spooner, who fanned five more batters in his first two major league starts with the Dodgers in 1954.
Lineup:
Today's Dodger lineup at Indians:
Utley 2B
Seager SS
Turner DH
Bellinger 1B
Grandal C
Taylor LF
Forsythe 3B
Pederson CF
Puig RF
(McCarthy P) pic.twitter.com/ctqXCMF7vI— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 14, 2017
Alanna offers us a lineup… https://twitter.com/alannarizzo/status/875358324367273984
I wonder if Link is aware that today’s game starts at 6 a.m. Hawai’i time…
Ah, the get away day early start. Maybe my local newspaper will actually have the box score in their Friday issue.
Since I did not have eyes on the game last night, I did not totally know the whole story about the appealed double play. How did they call him out in the first place?
It was auto-play umpiring. González came nearly a yard across the bag to catch the ball before relaying it to first. Had he stayed on the bag, it would have been an easy DP. Under the new rule – no vicinity play – Bellinger was clearly safe.
Cleveland writer Max Schlichting summed it up this way: “Gonzalez is not in the neighborhood, somehow he hopped over the fence and ended up in the trailer park next door.”
Not much of a battle of pens as might have been supposed coming into the series.
NPUT @ 0500HST, 0800 PDT
Just checked in and glad to see the Dodgers came out with the win!
We win!
Bottom 9 and KJ coming in.
Shoot! Bellinger hit it hard but nice defense by Gonzalez.
Doesn’t make up for his two earlier blunders.
That’s for sure.
Phew!
Is Kenley available tonight? And should we perhaps bring him in? Like now?
This feels scarily like the rest of the Dodgers bullpen homage to Hatcher.
Here comes Petey.
Have some candy Kenly.
Dodgers really taking advantage of the Spiders’ mistakes.
I like that you call them the Spiders. I was going to type their team nickname but just couldn’t. I just called them Cleveland instead. But yes to the Spiders – good nod to history there.
That is heads up baseball by the Dodgers and head in the clouds baseball by Cleveland.
Holy smokes, they just don’t quit, do they?
4th quarter. The offensive line has worn down the defensive line and is able to gain good yardage.
Eh? edit: I read the above wrong and now I have read it right.
I don’t know. Sometimes I just say stuff.
Now GD has fixed itself.
Gameday still thinks it’s a double play.
Rookie 2B has cost the Clevelanders two runs tonight.
Avilan sits down, Baez gets up.
Andrew Who?
Hernandez!
Kiké!
Avilan is next out of the pen.
Where is Hatcher when you need him?
Aw rats.
Not really feeling like a Hatcher game tonight.
Worst throw I’ve ever seen from Puig.
Not a brilliant one. Did Puig hog that one from Joc?
I think Joc let him take because Puig has the better arm. Puig just made a substandard throw (especially by his standards).
Grandal the pitch framer
Nice job, Brandon. Mr. Dayton, throw a DP ball here.
Puig is bursting these days to throw a runner out.
That’s what Steiner said. He also said the throw to the plate was brilliant.
As usual, Steiner’s wrong. It was good, but he’s made far better ones.
More brillianter?
Not sure we can solve this guy and he has managed to slow the accumulation of pitches.
Fortunate to score twice.
Out!
Brilliant play at both ends.
GG at 1B
It looks that way, but he’s also an excellent outfielder.
Oh right. Bellinger can field well too. That’s cool.
see the vision now of the steal home. When I played catcher many year ago in strictly amateur league, if it was runners on first and third particularly with less than 2 outs, our manager said just let them have 2nd, it wasn’t worth the risk of the run scoring
Gomes is one of only two Brazilians in MLB. The other is Paulo Orlando of the Royals.
Was Joc picked off because he thought if Taylor could do it, so could he 🙂
Bellinger to Seager to Bellinger. Youth was served on that double play.
They only had 30 SB in the season up till this week.
wow, can’t wait to see the vision on that one
Dodgers are playing good, smart, fortunate baseball.
Dodgers are using speed this inning.
Nice call by Doc.
Ha! Way to go, Taylor!
Let me try this again tonight: Taylor! (With the double).
Nice story on Grandal commemorating the longest dinger hit in Cleveland (and said to be the 10th longest in history), which was off of Orel.
Realizing yesterday that there is a good probability that the 5 NL playoff spots are locked in: LA, Colorado, Arizona, Washington – and whichever team bumbles their way into the NL Central title.
After 65 games last year, the Dodgers trailed the giants by 6 games.
And then the Giants’ bullpen failed.
8:00PM EDT start time, sez Alanna Rizzo.
Ruh-roh. Urias to DL at Oklahoma City with left shoulder discomfort.
With SD’s win and SF’s loss, the Gnats are all alone in last place. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/4fcd363cff065e60df3505406c6b3cac790d7e0214e04f73ce0a4b29a48045ec.png
WBBsAs noted a few hours ago on yesterday’s post that Edinson Volquez failed today in his effort to pitch his second no-hitter in a row. Tomorrow is the 79th anniversary of Johnny Vander Meer’s second consecutive no-hitter, a 6-0 win over the Dodgers at Ebbets Field, which was also the first night game ever played there. Leo Durocher made the last out. Vander Meer is the only one to throw back-to-back no-hitters in MLB history.
Vólquez never really threatened the record.
True. He lost that opportunity, as you noted several hours ago, in a big hurry. Walked in a run in the 1st (although not allowing a hit in the inning), gave up a leadoff double in the 2nd, and lasted only four innings. Anybody know what the closest Koufax ever game to pitching back-to-back no hitters?
First one 6/30/62. Next game 5 hits. 5 1/3 innings. Larry Sherry got the 4-3 win.
Second one 5/11/63. Next game an 11-hitter (and won, 3-2)!
Third one 6/4/64. Next game a 4-hit win (2-1)
Last one 9/9/65. Next game a 5-hit loss (2-1)
Innings in which he gave up first hit were 1,3,5 and 1.
With SD’s win and SF’s loss, the Gnats are all alone in last place.
Hmm. This does not bode well.
One reason I hate interleague play – rescheduling rainouts is a nightmare when you make just one visit to a city.
If it’s rained out I’d guess there would be a DH tomorrow. Could be a day-night affair as the Dodgers travel to nearby Cincinnati to start a three-game series Friday night.
In this case, perhaps, but it often involves interrupting a later-season road trip.
I share your general sentiments on this matter. What if tomorrow’s game were rained out or, worse yet, both today’s and tomorrow’s?
Dodgers draft SS Joshua Rivera from Carlos Beltran Academy who was born in 1999!
Prince called his shot… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft6IHkaVK7s
That school is quite a deal.