Dodgers at Braves, 4:20 PM PDT, TV: FSSO, SPNLA
LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu (12-2, 1.45 ERA) pitches for the Dodgers while the Braves send RHP Mike Foltynewicz (4-5, 6.24 ERA) to the hill. The last time Ryu saw the Braves he threw a 4-hit complete game shutout against them on May 7. Foltynewicz spent six weeks at AAA and has made two starts since. He’s got a 7.41 ERA in the four starts he’s made against the Dodgers since 2018.
The Dodgers set a new record for most HRs in a five-game stretch with 22:
Today in Dodgers’ history:
- 1992 Kevin Gross, retiring 22 of the final 23 batters he faces on his wife’s birthday, no-hits the Giants at Dodger Stadium, 2-0. The LA right-hander’s no-no averts the team from being swept in a four-game series at home against the Giants for the first time in 69 years.
- 2013 Clayton Kershaw blanks the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park, 5-0, giving the Dodgers their first double-digit winning streak since 2006. The team’s 42 victories in their last fifty games, including a 25-3 mark since the All-Star break, equals the 1941 Yankees and 1942 Cardinals for the best record for that span of games since 1900.
Lineup when available.
Today’s Dodger lineup at Braves:
Pederson RF
Muncy 2B
Turner 3B
Bellinger CF
Seager SS
Beaty LF
Ríos 1B
Martin C
Ryu P#Dodgers | @Biofreeze pic.twitter.com/bvMT4GOZyo— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 17, 2019
Early game tomorrow.
Addendum: Bah! REALLY early. 0720 HST, which means I have to write the game thread tonight.
Okay then.
NPUT @ 0600 HST, 0900 PDT, 1200 EDT
Joc ran a poor route, but Ryu had Hechavarría struck out two pitches earlier.
Wouldn’t have gotten to it anyway.
Might have. Bellinger certainly woulda caught it.
Dream on
Acuña answers with a fine catch of his own.
Very fine player.
Melancon’s walkup song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNMT4AYf6Xo
Belli’s been popping up all night long.
Donaldson saved a double, though.
Brought in to protect a three-run lead in the ninth, Sean Doolittle of the Nats (gnot the Gnats) has allowed two solo homers and a two-run shot.
Greene did his job, and well.
On the literary side… https://twitter.com/quigonusa/status/1162911176667422720?s=20
Huh. I just requested it from the library. We’ll see. Thanks for the tip.
Shane Greene picks this time to find his zone, alas.
With luck, we’ll see Melancon in the ninth.
Hope springs eternal.
And that one a ball? Sheesh!
Terrible call! Wow. So outside!
Perhaps because he swung at the previous pitch.
Even so, that was wayyyy outside.
Both of them were.
Good job, Joe!
Awesome catch by Bellinger.
Belli! He’s on fire out there today!
Most outfielders would’ve dived and missed it.
I have to mute it when they start hatcheting.
I loathe that for several reasons.
They’re playing us hard.
Missed opportunity for Bellinger.
Literally.
https://twitter.com/masnOrioles/status/1162872518941822979?s=20
Amazing breaking ball strike three by Kelly. Impressive!
Two runs is not insurmountable.
Max says “One.”
Ryu not used to the high humidity?
Suddenly they have Ryu’s number. That was a long at bat before the dinger, with a ton of foul balls. He’s still pitching pretty well but they are hitting better. Man I hate that chop chant, though.
Live by the sword….
Donaldson, OK, but giving up one to Duvall is an embarrassment.
Ack!
Clyde comes thru again.
Zelmo!
Wrong amount of melanin for Zelmo.
Wrong number of “t” for Clyde.
True.
Great at bat, Belli.
Especially after being down 0-2.
Made it to Atlanta the past two years for the Dodger visit. Not this year, but will catch at least a couple in Camden Yards.
My only game in Ballmer was at Memorial Stadium.
Loved driving up to catch games there. Good baseball crowds.
When I lived in Mount Pleasant, near Rock Creek Park. Can’t remember the O’s opponent.
As I recall, you said you lived near the entrance to the zoo. Through old photos, I have identified a house where Walter Johnson lived for a year in Mt. Pleasant and used to take a car load of kids with him to the games at Griffin Stadium. It is near the entrance to the zoo on Irving Street.
Saw a game there two summers ago on U of Maryland night. Got a souvenir ball cap, bright red with black brim and the laughing Oriole on the front.
Beaty!!!!
Dodgers hit dingers
Ump gives Ryu a makeup call, but four batters too late.
Dodgers waste an opportunity, but making Folty work very hard.
Fine catch by Bellinger to save a run.
He is excellent out there.
Gold Glove quality in the OF and at 1B. Throwing arm is wasted in the infield, though.
No Dustin May (at least to start). https://twitter.com/alannarizzo/status/1162839476688826368?s=20
We have a lineup. https://twitter.com/DodgerBlue1958/status/1162830206442364928?s=20
https://twitter.com/Dodgers/status/1162820876372500480
https://twitter.com/ericstephen/status/1162820935990173696
Better to get it over with now.
Notwithstanding the potential seriousness of any such incident, I was a little surprised at the additional suspension.
Me, too. It seemed far less egregious than most of the other incidents in professional sports.
Agreed. So he will be back in early September and, I hope, much wiser about how one treats women. I have not seen details of what he did, but I will look for them.