Dodgers at Reds, 1:10 PM PDT, TV: FS-O, SPNLA
RHP Walker Buehler (4-0, 4.15 ERA) is on the bump for the Dodgers and RHP Tyler Mahle (0-5, 3.97 ERA) pitches for the Reds. Buehler has improved in virtually every start after a shortened spring training. His last time out he went seven scoreless innings and gave up just four hits to the Nats, only to see the bullpen give up five runs in the 8th and lose the game. Mahle has pitched well at times but appears to be a victim of the dreaded “one bad inning” disease.
The Reds’ Eugenio Suarez had a little fun after chasing a pop foul to the stands yesterday:
Today in Dodgers’ history:
- 1929 In the doubleheader played at Philadelphia’s Baker Bowl, the teams combine to score a record fifty runs when the Dodgers outlast the Phillies, 20-16, before dropping the nightcap to the home team 8-6. In the opener, Brooklyn’s Johnny Frederick crosses the plate five times, giving him the major league mark of scoring eight runs in two consecutive games.
- 1931 Dodgers’ outfielder Babe Herman hits for the cycle for the first of two times this season. In 1933, as a member of the Cubs, he will again hit for the cycle, making him and Bob Meusel the only major leaguers to have accomplished the feat three times since 1900.
- 1942 Night games in New York are banned for the duration of WW II, leaving fans in the dark about the status of the All-Star Game scheduled to be played at the Polo Grounds on the evening of Monday, July 6. The prohibition of nighttime tilts, announced by NYC Police Commissioner Lewis J. Valentine, will change the starting times for 28 contests involving the Dodgers and Giants. (The first night game at Yankee Stadium will be played in 1946.)
- 1998 With a 6-3 victory over the Orioles, the Devil Rays become only the second expansion team in major league history to sweep an away four-game series. The 1993 Colorado Rockies, who did it against the Dodgers, is the other team to accomplish this feat.
Another historical note: In 2004 At the age of 40, southpaw Randy Johnson becomes the oldest pitcher to throw a perfect game when the Diamondbacks beat the Braves, 2-0. The ‘Big Unit’ joins Cy Young, Jim Bunning, Hideo Nomo, and Nolan Ryan as the only hurlers to throw no-hitters in both leagues and creates the longest time span between no-no’s, having first accomplished the feat against the Tigers in June of 1990.
Lineup:
Today’s Dodger lineup at Reds:
Pederson LF
Muncy 3B
Bellinger RF
Seager SS
Verdugo CF
Beaty 1B
Taylor 2B
Barnes C
Buehler P #Dodgers | @Biofreeze pic.twitter.com/AFdDklwEm8— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) May 18, 2019
New post time is NOW! Sorry for the confusion!
Just in case there’s no new post, we do have a lineup. https://twitter.com/truebluela/status/1130140378483515392?s=20
NPUT @ 0800 HST, 1100 PDT, 1400 EDT
MLB.TV showing game is at 1310 EDT.
I sent Link an email about this.
Beaty still remains comfortably ahead of the Bellinger line at 3-for-6 (.500).
Joc gets a leg up on the pitchers when he leads off. He has virtually already faced them. https://twitter.com/pedromoura/status/1129394086954250241?s=21
Who wouldn’t prefer minor league baseball to an obsolete shopping mall in the San Fernando Valley? The Anaheimers, that’s who. https://twitter.com/BillShaikin/status/1129389295041572869?s=20
Moreno seems to be a short-sighted man occasionally. It was short-sighted to give Pujols a ten-year deal knowing he was already on the downslope of his career. You could call it short-sighted to give Trout a 12-year deal for $430M which will preclude you improving your pitching staff with free agents for years to come.
I’d say “petty” is the word you’re looking for.
Could be.
I think short-sighted is appropriate, as in showing a lack of foresight..
The story seems to downplay that the Dodgers said no when the Angels requested the possibility of a similar arrangement.
Not clear. The Dodgers weren’t ready to grant the Angels the same right, moving a minor league team into the area?
Did the Angles ask for that?
That’s what I read. Dodgers said no.
Granted, it’s one thing to agree to a specific project, another to give carte blanche.
Not a game to remember.
Given how well the Dodgers have played lately, I can’t get too upset.
Verdugo’s slumping a bit.
Been making contact, just not always barreling up and when he has they have been into mitts. Hence BABIP .250 over the past week.
Nomar: “Reds bullpen has the best era in NL” I guess I wasn’t paying attention as that surprised me.
Me too.
Mahle is dealing today. A different pitcher at home, at least for this game.
Nice catch Verdugo! I take it all back!
Walker not very sharp today, not helped by the fielding.
Plunkett: a year ago yesterday the Dodgers woke up 10 games under .500 and 8 games back.
Wow.
It was Maeda, 2-3, 4.75, called upon to end the losing streak, according to Link’s archive. Imagine this group was not in a happy mood.
I never lost confidence.
I thought Puig’s ball was catchable.
He’s good, but not Pollock.
The camera angle may have tricked me.
Alex didn’t have a good angle, that’s for sure. Straight at him.
Just saw the video replay. Don’t think it was catchable given the depth that he was playing for Puig.
Not our day. So far, anyway.
Difficult play that Seager made worse.
Nice Belli dance on the basepath.
So to speak…
Jim Gentile used to wear padding on his back, because he kept hitting himself with his bat, like Cody there.
I used to play pickup softball with and against his sons in Berkeley. Steve had a huge ego, but the other one – Scott, I think – was surprisingly modest.
Gentile made his MLB debut pinch-hitting for Koufax in the top of the second at Wrigley Field in late 1957 and walked. Koufax had given up three runs in the bottom of the first, walking two and allowing two singles and a double. The Cubs won 9-2.
Nice start to this inning with the lead off walk to Joc. Let’s get that run back.
Or more!
Buehler looking sharp except for Winker’s at bat. But lots of pitches.
Max, Mr. Versatile.
Buehler is painting the corners with heat.
Almost, Corey.