Braves at Dodgers, 1:10 PM PT, TV: SPNLA, FSSO
Rookie LHP Sean Newcomb (1-5, 4.86 ERA) will face LHP Clayton Kershaw (15-2, 2.07 ERA) in the series finale. Newcomb has lost his last three starts and posted an 11.37 ERA with nine walks in those games. Kershaw hasn’t lost since May 1, making 14 straight starts, going 11-0 and posting a 1.84 ERA during that stretch.
This date in Dodgers’ history:
- 1939 Using yellow dyed balls, the Cardinals beat the Dodgers 5-2 at Sportsman’s Park. The experimenting with the use of the colored sphere, which is designed to make the ball easier to see for the players and the fans, started in Brooklyn last week and will be tested once more, in a September game played at Wrigley Field.
- 1962 Jackie Robinson becomes the first black player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Joining the Dodger infielder in the Cooperstown ceremony are fireballer Bob Feller, veteran manager Bill McKechnie, and outfielder Edd Roush.
- 1965 Dick Stuart homers in the first inning in the Phillies’ 5-1 win over New York at Shea Stadium. ‘Dr. Strangeglove’, who played in Boston for the last two seasons, becomes the first player to have gone deep in each of the 19 major league ballparks now in use. (Ed. note – Nineteen ballparks because both Los Angeles teams, the Angels and Dodgers, share the ballpark in Chavez Ravine. – LP)
- 1974 At Three Rivers Stadium, Dodger first baseman Steve Garvey, a write-in All-Star starter, singles and doubles to help the National League beat the Junior circuit, 7-2. Mike Schmidt, also a write-in, plays in his first Midsummer Classic thanks to radio intern Howard Eskin’s on-air campaign which urged Phillies fans to stuff the ballot box for their young third baseman.
Lineup when available.
NPUT
Doc (not an actual MD) says that Klayton told him he didn’t feel the pain shooting down his leg like last year, but DL is in store for him.
Definitely puts a damper on things.
He will be fresh for the playoffs 🙂
I’ve been in Bob H’s territory, visiting my brother and his family in Virginia / DC. Sure is a different take on things being in the future from LA games. Great to see them come back these last two games.
OT, just saw Dunkirk and absolutely loved it!
Friends saw it today and loved it as well! Welcome to the swamp.
Thanks.
Definitely makes me appreciate 20 degrees hotter but much drier heat in Vegas!
Suspenseful
No quit in these guys, huh?
Win streak = 2 and climbing
Whew!
Woo-HOO!!!!
Logan!!!!
We won the trade?
Nice.
Just do it Dodgers
Morrow, do your thing, sir.
Check
Four of Morrow’s pitches topped 100 mph, Monday said.
Up to our two catchers.
Joc is so due.
He was seeing the ball really well and then sat against a lefty and followed by an off day and he cooled off.
Can still win so not the worst time to blow a save
Dodgers coming back to Earth in a big way in this series. A number of streaks coming to an end as well.
Does feel like we’ve landed back on Planet Normal.
Okay. Walk off time.
Glad we had an experienced left fielder on that one
Not to mention, Bellinger’s home run.
Or at least a speedy one.
Argh!!!
Yuck.
Let’s go Kenley, clap clap, clap clap clap.
Really smooth swing, and it’s gone!
Found the launch codes again!
Belly!!!
Bullpen picking up Kershaw, but I am worried!
Aren’t we all!
Facebook friend is at the game today celebrating his birthday:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BW57ZouFq8y/
Nice 1.2 by Luis.
His curve ball was good today and that is his #3 pitch
Barnsy!
Mid August.
Ha! But don’t mind him knocking on the door.
Barnes!
Right lower back tightness is the official word.
Not the worst sounding news
Same news as last year, and we know how that turned out.
Last year was “herniated disc” in the lower back, as I recall.
After further exam. First word was lower back stiffness.
Yikes
Still no word on either radio or TV as to what ails Kershaw.
Blister?
Was Kershaw’s hip bothering him?
Depending on the severity of the injury, it can take one to eight weeks for a hip flexor injury to heal. Minor injuries typically require one to three weeks of recovery time, while more severe muscle tears can take four to eight weeks.
I couldn’t see any flinching or favoring.
I wish they would not have let Klayton pitch after Roberts came to the mound now that he has been pinch hit for.
Not much humph in his follow through.
Looked to be lower body and probably the hip.
His body language didn’t suggest anything major.
So, not anything to do with pectorals
Hmm…Stripling continues to warm. Guessing they will review and discuss in the dugout.
Very nerve-wracking.
Turner playing with bronchitis today. Didn’t think someone with bronchitis should exert themselves.
What’s taking Taylor so long to get a hit?
Took 8 pitches. Jeez
Bring back the yellow balls for twilight games.
Raise Charlie Finley from the dead!
Roll call. Who’s here?
Moi.
Aloha kakahiaka
Recall seeing as a kid Dr. Stranglove hit one to dead center at DS against the Fillies.
Do you remember that he played 38 games for the Dodgers in 1966, hitting .264?