Dodgers at Padres, 6:10 PM PDT, TV: FSSD, SPNLA
RHP Ross Stripling (2-0, 2.92 ERA) pitches for the Dodgers while the Padres send RHP Garrett Richards (0-0, 3.38 ERA) to the mound. Stripling has made it into the sixth inning in both his starts, the only Dodgers’ pitcher to do so. Richards is on the comeback trail after Tommy John surgery in August of 2018. In fact, due to injuries he’s only thrown 147 1/3 innings in the last four years; in his two starts this season he’s gone 10 2/3 innings, reaching 90 pitches in the second one.
Today in Dodgers’ history:
- 1954 Stan Musial, in a 13-4 rout of the Dodgers in Brooklyn, paces the Cardinals attack, hitting two homers and driving in seven runs. The defeat is Preacher Roe’s first loss to St. Louis at Ebbets Field in four years.
- 1969 With a titanic blast that clears the right-field pavilion, Willie Stargell becomes the first player to hit a home run completely out of Dodger Stadium. The 506-foot round-tripper helps the Pirates defeat LA, 11-3.
- 1979 Don Sutton, surpassing Don Drysdale, becomes the Dodgers’ all-time strikeout leader with 2,487 when he fans six in an 8-1 victory over San Francisco at Chavez Ravine. After establishing the mark, and receiving a two-minute standing ovation that he acknowledges by tipping his cap, the right-hander is charged with an automatic ball due to running his fingers across his lips while thanking the crowd.
- 1979 Outfielders Willie Mays (Giants, Mets) and Hack Wilson (Giants, Cubs, Dodgers, and Phillies) are enshrined into the Hall of Fame. Baseball administrator Warren Giles, who served as the president of the National League from 1951 to 1969, is also inducted during the Cooperstown ceremony.
Lineup:
Tonight's #Dodgers lineup at Padres: pic.twitter.com/ITKzDAWD0F
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 5, 2020
“The fan will come away from this incident with just a few dents and crumples.” https://twitter.com/TheOnion/status/1291779348685557762?s=20
Ha!
I hadn’t heard this interview (nor was I aware of the book) on Satchel Paige. https://www.npr.org/2010/01/18/122627581/satchel-the-story-of-an-american-baseball-legend
NPUT
As Gnats blow one at Coors, Dodgers now trail Rox by half a game. Meanwhile, the plague-plagued Fish have baseball’s best record.
Kenley bears down to get the routine DP and the save.
Tatis is so good. Even there, fighting off strikes then laying off balls.
Just get the win Dodgers. I don’t care the final score as long as you win.
Now that we are past Muncy, Turner, and Bellinger – we are in the good part of the lineup.
Wotta way to end a game!
It looked catchable, but Grisham muffed it. Still a triple.
That’s like a walk-off loss at home for the Pads
Probably hardest hit ball of the inning.
Thanks to our ex-Angels!
Dodgers now in virtual tie for first (Rox percentage points ahead).
They saved their saver. I like it!
Jansen says, I got my man
Woo-HOO!!!!
And then some!
Smiles for the boys in blue!
That was fun!
There’s a save!
Okay, that worked
Ha! Game over!
Taylor!!!!!
Dodgers win!
Scotch bottle looking like it may not last the night now….
Ok KJ – 2 K’s please.
Mr. Closer, close out
Kenley not looking sharp at all.
They’ve not hit the ball hard.
Ugh
Slip sliding away…
Yuck.
This is tense.
A double play would feel good
Reaches for the scotch…..
And the antacids.
I don’t want to see Machado this inning.
I’d rather he’d just thrown it down the middle.
Not now though please.
To Tatís.
Profar’s average just dropped from .083 to .081.
Snakes are destroying the Asterisks tonight.
Yay?
Two touchdowns to one.
I just saw the score and was going to say that.
1 down.
Pheeew!
Need to get the leadoff batter out.
Can we avoid walking Profar again?
Betts in right.
Let’s go Joc! Saw the Toy Cannon hit three dingers in Jack Murphy
Were they all tall ones?
Big flies for sure!
Joc wasn’t expecting 100 mph
Definitely tied him up.
I saw Orel break the scoreless innings streak there.
Did you stay til the end of the 16th or only until the 10th when Orel set the record?
We stayed to the end.
Good man.
Get it started Joc.
Gosh darn that Wil Myers.
Caleb grooves one.
Ha! Wonder what Chuck Norris would have done.
Let’s go Caleb.
I would take a CT3 solo shot right here.
Ok. Now on to the good part of the lineup.
Glad to see that half inning over.
Agreed! Felt like it should have been the 8th or even 9th and not just the 7th though.
Nothing too good about the whole inning
The Pads’ failure to score was fine.
Woot.
Pads arguing about the strike zone?!?!
It is what it is.
Treinen gets robbed, and then gets him.
Smith set up on the inside corner and had to reach over to catch the ball on the outside corner. Umpire looked like he also setup on the inside corner to stay with Smith.
Ump!?
Phew.
We could learn something from these guys about base running aggression.
They ran themselves into some outs earlier in this series however. You take the good with the bad (the Puig effect).
True, but they keep things exciting!
That’s why it’s the Puig effect!
Strike zone shrinking.
Hello? Ump?
That’s better – but still you missed that exact same pitch one pitch before!
Top of our lineup… isn’t.
Hopefully they don’t come up again?
Go… SF? They are up 4-3 on Colorado in the 9th.
I understand Kike’ doesn’t like Muncy’s jokes and has been wanting him to stop telling them.
Really? That doesn’t seem very Kiké-ish. I would have pegged him as a humor guy.
He threw the ball at Muncy when he wasn’t looking so maybe it’s true.
Ahhh! I knew I was missing something. 🙂
Nice.
Come on McGee – one more out.
Those two Padre runs are on the ump.
Dodgers 7 – Pads 2 + Umps 2?
(I don’t disagree!)
Ugh.
Those curves though!
Come on Ross – one more out.
Hard to have to get four in one inning.
I’m sorry but that was Strike 3.
Ring him up!
Thank you Angels for not pulling the trigger on the Joc Pederson and Ross Stripling trade.
Joe and Orel kind of called that one.
Joc! Let’s GOOOO!
Let’s go Joc.
I guess Tatis is pretty good
Can’t let them back in, Strip!
Tough giving up the walk after being ahead 1-2 in the count.
Especially with Tatís on deck.
Yep. 4-2.
To a guy hitting .093.
There’s a zero in there somewhere
Ha! Right!
Otherwise – I would walk a .930 hitter.
Corrected! Corrected! It’s been a long day…
We’ll keep you alert and have fun doing it
After sweeping a doubleheader, the Miami Pandemics are tied with the Twinkies for baseball’s best record.
Did the NY Yukkies lose tonight?
The Yanquis split with the Fillies.
Nice catch by Profar.
I’ve made that play (in slow pitch).
A very satisfying catch to make – the long run over the shoulder catch. You have some athletic skills!
I’ve also done it in the outfield (at a much younger age).
Keep this going!
Smith has some good wheels.
Also, the perfect ball to score on.
Neither Joc nor Quique is likely to be back next year.
Not both but with the DH, who knows
Who would you miss more?
Quique’s more fun and more versatile, Joc more productive offensively but fungible in the field.
That’s a perfect summary of them both.
The hits are contagious.
Nice situational hitting!
Exactly.
Will Smith with the RBI!
Joc Wok
Joc jog to 2nd on the PB.
I’ll be glad when Jacob John Cronenworth isn’t in the lineup against the Dodgers.
He’s not done any lasting damage.
Stripling efficient through four.
Jon has an interesting tweet.
Smith and Barnes now a combined 5-for-40.
Smith will hit. Not so sure about Barnes.
https://www.mlb.com/stats/?page=7
They are not the only ones off to slow starts and some off to bad starts have big contracts.
Smith came into the game with the same OPS+ as Turner.
Who else has a big contract that is not doing well besides Turner?
Yelich for one. Take a look at the link above and you will recognize quite a few names
Oh, on other teams.
Meh.
Just tuned in a minute ago. Good timing.
Looked like an excuse me swing and it went out of the deepest part of the park.
Woot! Joc!
Joc jack!
CT3 for 3.
Percentage of regular-season ABs in which Bellinger has struck out:
2017 — 30.4 percent
2018 — 27.1 percent
2019 — 19.4 percent
2020 — 16 percent (small sample)
So far this season, Stripling seems supremely confident.
Probable pitchers for the weekend series vs. the Giants at Dodger Stadium:
Friday — TBD vs. Urias
Saturday — TBD vs. Kershaw
Sunday — TBD vs. Buehler.
How odd is this? The Dodgers’ first seven home games this season are against San Francisco.
Every time I hear the name Tatis, I shudder inside recalling one of the most ignoble days in Dodger baseball, and a baseball event that will probably never be duplicated.
Yuck
What I remember is his goatee. I was watching a Cardinals game on ESPN and the broadcasters were very taken with the precision cut. It was so well-shaven it almost looked like it was painted on.
Slider curse. Cody can’t lay off.
That’s more like it, JT.
Orel pointing out our 2,3,4 hitters really need to get going.
Up to our old quick-out tricks.
Let’s hope this is lucky thirteen!
All Betts are (is?) off tonight….For the first time this season Pollock is starting a game in the leadoff position. He did it 17 times last season….The Dodgers have now completed 20 percent of their 2020 season.
I always thought the Pollock signing was superfluous, but I can’t complain about his early-season production.
I agree with you on both points. If he can stay injury-free he can be a major asset. But he has played in more than 113 games only once in his MLB career, which began in 2012. That year he played most of the season in the minors.
They needed another RH outfielder. It didn’t have to be him I suppose, but need wasn’t superfluous. Did hit 130 OPS+ after coming back from the injury, so performance not all that surprising.