Padres at Dodgers, 7:10 PM PT, TV: SPNLA, FSSD
LHP Clayton Richard (5-12, 5.17 ERA) goes for the Padres while LHP Rich Hill (8-4, 3.47 ERA) pitches for the Dodgers. Richard hasn’t won in two months, but in his last start he went six innings while giving up four unearned runs, which for the Padres is seen as a positive sign. Hill had a weird start the last time he pitched, giving up three home runs in the first inning but only two more hits through the next five innings, after which he came out of the game. The Dodgers rallied to win, so Hill still hasn’t lost a game since June.
This day in Dodgers’ history:
- 1946 Sweeping a doubleheader, the Phillies end the Dodgers’ 18-game winning streak, a major league record, in Philadelphia. The Dodgers hadn’t lost in the City of Brotherly Love since May 5, 1945.
- 1950 Vern Bickford, throwing just 97 pitches, no-hits the Dodgers at Braves’ Field, 7-0. The 29 year-old right-hander hurls the first hitless game for Boston since Jim Tobin accomplished the feat, also against Brooklyn, on April 27, 1944.
- 1951 WCBS-TV televises the first baseball game broadcast in color, a Braves’ 8-1 victory over the hometown Dodgers in the first game of a twin bill at Ebbets Field. Brooklyn’s announcers Red Barber and Connie Desmond provide the play-by-play commentary.
- 2015 The Blue Jays, Rays, Marlins, Mets, Indians, Cubs, Royals, White Sox, Twins, Cardinals, Diamondbacks, Mariners, Padres, Dodgers, and Giants all win, making it the first time in the live ball era that every contest is won by the home team in a full slate of games. The unique occurrence became a reality when the two last games to finish end in extra innings, with the host clubs enjoying a walk-off victory.
Lineup when available.
Tonight's Dodger lineup vs. Padres:
Taylor LF
Seager SS
Turner 3B
Bellinger 1B
Forsythe 2B
Hernández CF
Barnes C
Puig RF
Hill P pic.twitter.com/kQE5nB32ax— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 11, 2017
NPUT
HIll to hospital as precaution.
We’re supposed to win against the Padres, right? Wha’ happen?
See Bob, below.
As the SportsCenter guy said “Now they’re only on pace to win 114.”
I’m hoping this is a combination of coming home (tho AZ isn’t cross-country) and possible big series let-down.
A game of lost opportunities.
No hits after then 5th inning for the Dodgers.
Waste not, want not.
Proven tonight.
Bah…..
Seager, Taylor and Bellinger have each struck out at least 100 times this season.
Bellinger’s K numbers are much lower in the second half.
Nice at bat, AB!
Bring him around, bats!
Stripling: four earned runs, three homers in his last six innings including tonight.
That’s another benefit of such a huge lead . .. you can see if someone can work their way out of such a slump.
(Tho I would prefer they won out, including thru October!)
Double down on mid-relievers’ ineffectiveness.
Heard again the news about Kersh.
If they announce it ahead of time, bet his rehabs at Rancho Cucamonga (or wherever) are the hottest ticket around.
He brings a solution for the middle relief slump– don’t need them when he pitches.
The Pads, unlike the Gnats, have some good young talent.
Margot now has 12 homers this year (and in his career), three of them vs. the Dodgers.
Is it just me, or have the middle-inning relievers not been that sharp lately?
You’re right about our middle-inning relievers of late.
No win for Hill tonight.
Nice hearing the Neil Diamond songs going into the half-innings. I saw him in San Diego Tuesday, a terrific night marred only by coming out to the news of Lamb slaughtering the Dodgers.
The last song of his I liked was “Solitary Man.”
Speaking of Logan contributing in the field at least, that goes with the earlier posts about this team clicking on all cylinders: plate, mound, field.
AND have an aggressive approach running the bases.
Rich Hill giving it his all.
Seems to be the DNA of this year’s team, huh?
Much credit to Roberts?
Barnes is one of the front office’s best acquisitions ever.
Austin!
A night to forget for Forsythe so far.
I keep thinking he will wake up as a batter, but he has no confidence that I can see.
He just had a nice play in the field, at least.
Great minds…
I’m happy to join your company.
But his D continues to be great.
(Jinx, kind of — see below — you owe me a water!)
Ha! We have to stop this now.
Okay.
Cody Bellinger, singles hitter!
Nice inning, Rich!
You’d think this was OUR Clayton, the way the bats are letting him off the hook.
Neck very red.
It looks as if it hit him straight on the Adam’s apple.
There is a welt developing, even as he hoofed it to first.
Okay, the previous innings were warmups for this . . . how about a big inning, bats?
Back up and on first.
Wow that is scary.
It looks as if it caught him in the throat.
Or neck maybe.
Uh-oh.
Well, at least they got SOMEthing.
Hoping for a great AB from AB!
Had to step into the baby’s room to pat her back to sleep. Came back, and it’s tied again!
“1” is the loneliest number for such an inning . . . let’s go, Kike!
Seemed like Kike’ was trying to decide to jump up or jump through the the fence and finally decided to try to jump through.
Hill does seem to give up the long ball quite a bit.
11 HRs this season. Possibly 12 now. It’s unclear how fast the stats page I looked at gets updated. Maeda, Ryu and Kershaw have more.
I guess I am remembering the three to the Mets.
The more curves you throw, the more you hang.
Between Hill and Darvish, who will get the first foul tip?
Said another way, bring on the DH.
#NeverDH. Hill does have a couple hits this year, by the way.
The DH was not a good idea more than 40 years ago when it came into being and, in my opinion, is still not a good idea.
Unintentional intentional walk to Puig.
BARNES keeps on going.
Two games in a row with too many pitches.
The Chisox have a reliever named Aaron Bummer.
Too good.
Hill playing with fire in this second inning, trying to establish the curve, but throwing a lot of pitches.
Another 2-out rally — nice!
Avilan back from paternity leave, Stewart optioned to OKC.
Kershaw’s bullpen session better than fine.
The Dodgers are having a remarkable season. Nonetheless, I was surprised by how many categories their pitchers are leading the league in: ERA, WHIP, batting average allowed (lowest), strikeouts, walks given up (fewest), home runs allowed (fewest), shutouts, wild pitches (fewest), OBP allowed (lowest), slugging allowed (lowest) and OPS allowed (fewest).
It is like a perfect storm of positives!
Yes, and may that storm not abate until Nov. 2 (the day after the scheduled Game 7 of the World Series).
* Or earlier, just so long as the Dodgers have 11 postseason wins.
Great discussion from the last feed on the Dodgers eighth inning options. I like Morrow, Watson and possibly Baez, but I would hate to see Jansen as the lone option requiring four and five out saves.
Darvish talking to Alanna Rizzo after the game last night.
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