Dodgers at Angels, 6:40 PM PDT, TV: FS-W, SPNLA
LHP Clayton Kershaw (1-1, 3.60 ERA) pitches for the visiting Dodgers against the Angels’ LHP Patrick Sandoval (0-1, 2.70 ERA). Kershaw gave up three homers to the Giants (the Giants!) and lasted only 4 1/3 innings. Sandoval’s last start was pretty good: he went six innings against the Rangers and gave up just two runs.
The LA Times has a whole bevy of interesting Dodgers stories today:
In Houston Mitchell’s Dodgers Dugout he lists all the Dodgers (Brooklyn and LA) who have hit three homers in a game; I was surprised to see that Adrian Gonzalez had done it twice while in a Dodgers uniform, and of the current players, Pollock, Turner, Seager and Hernandez have all done it in the last three years.
The LA Times’s game story recapping Mookie Betts’ 3-HR game is full of quotes from the happy guy.
The LA Times’s Bill Plaschke writes about his experience with COVID-19 in his column today.
Yesterday’s game had so many highlights that it takes five minutes of video to show them all:
Today in Dodgers’ history:
- 1919 In a total of two hours and seventeen minutes, the Dodgers and Cubs split a doubleheader. In the opener, the Cubs blank Brooklyn 2-0, in one hour and ten minutes, and in the nightcap, it takes the Dodgers one hour and seven minutes to shut out Chicago, 1-0.
- 1932 Brooklyn’s 10-inning, 2-1 victory over the Giants at the Polo Grounds makes reliever John Quinn, at the age of 49, the oldest player to win a major league game. Johnny Frederick, who will have a total of only six home runs during the entire season, hits a ninth inning game-tying homer off Carl Hubbell, his fourth round-tripper as a pinch hitter, establishing a new major-league record.
Also, in 2015 the Padres’ Matt Kemp hits a ninth-inning triple to complete the cycle, making him the first player in the 35-year history of the franchise to accomplish the feat. The San Diego outfielder’s home run in the first, single in the third, and double in the seventh contribute to the team’s 9-5 victory over Colorado at Coors Field.
Lineup:
NPUT
Delightful result at SF’s Software Stadium. Gnats’ “closer” gives up game-tying slam in ninth, and Oakland wins it in extras.
Getting out of that with just the 2 runs scoring is a relief.
That last AB was a Dr. Demento special. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn73Wtem0No
Makes me wonder if/how often the pitcher, catcher and batter have all had the same last name.
More than a few Smiths, I would suspect.
That was my first thought as well.
Molinas?
There were about six in the Bigs around the turn of the century. One was a pitcher, the rest catchers.
Llaneros lead Rox 3-2 in the eighth at Coors. The other night, the Snakecasters were discussing their favorite songs about Denver, and they settled on this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoifH5_EbIA
There are many more that I prefer. https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/colorado/denver/songs-about-denver/
Get Outta Denver is pretty good.
Fine play by Quique!
I gave him a 10
Would have preferred a walk to that walkabout.
Rendon was hitting .180 and has now homered in 4 straight games?! Muncy and Belli should be so lucky.
Klassic Kershaw Kurveball.
Yippee doo dah, yippity day!
Kershaw gets the win. Kenley gets the save. Bellinger homers. Just like old times.
Snakes beat Pads, so Dodgers gain ground on the latter as well.
A good night indeed.
I hope Roberts sticks with this top of the lineup.
Its not like he can go wrong with who he has to work with.
I know, but Mookie is such a good lead-off guy, with Seager following.
And for the record, “Dodgers win!” was my 20,000th comment. (I must admit – I was tracking it tonight and set things up to have that work out like that.)
Congratulations. That’s amazing.
Thanks! WBBsAs is the leader of this gang as he closes in on 23k.
Apparently this is the first time we’ve beaten the Angels in two years?!? About time!
That’s crazy. I think the Dodgers have lost lots of 3-2 or 4-3 games if I recall.
NOW Dodgers take first place.
We sauntered there?
All alone in first!
Yes!
Dodgers win!
Woo-HOO!!!! Kenley K!
This is the right move by Roberts.
Treinen, shut them down, please.
Saunter-fest.
Am I gonna have to introduce a word of the day?
I’m all for it!
Ok Treinen let’s get this done.
Betts and Seager 0-8 tonight. It takes a whole team to get it done. The Dodgers are that team.
At Software Stadium, the Gnats have blown a 7-3 lead in the ninth with a grand slam by Biscotti (sic).
Amazing. Two outs. 7-1. And suddenly it’s tense again!
That was a very good pitch but a better hit. Now we’re in a little bit of trouble with Trout at the plate.
LaStella hit a very tough pitch.
As Jon has said, after a bad outing, Kershank Redemption
Beldinger
JABB – Just Another Belli Blast!
You can remove his swing from the milk cartons.
Oh yeah!! Belli bomb x2!!
Cody’s baaaaack!
Hope so.
So it seems…
Rendon given a ball he didn’t deserve…
Rendon is annoying.
Ha! I agree! And he ragged on Los Angeles to boot!
Rendón’s good, but Betts far better.
On every level, including personality.
Trout limps away after being K’d.
Ouch. Poor Trout. With that foul off the foot I’d be weeping on the ground.
Snakes have taken a 1-0 lead over Pads after 6 in Phoenix.
The Angles’ defense has helped out the Dodgers.
Good base running and poor fielding is working for us tonight.
Lance Lynn has just finished a complete game two-hitter to beat the Rox at Coors. Dodgers can take over sole possession of first place.
Which would be the first time I believe since they were 2-0 to begin the season
And here we are in August.
Actually, at present they’re half a game ahead of the Rox.
Kershaw very efficient tonight.
Completed six innings using five innings worth of pitches.
Llaneros lead 3-2 in bottom of ninth, but Rox have Story, Blackmon and Arenado coming up.
I just realized Seager was playing defense.
Kershaw has turned into Scott Alexander tonight. All those ground balls.
He’s getting some K’s now.
There it is!
Cody!!!!
It’s happened!!
Llaneros lead Rox 3-2 in the eighth at Coors. The other night, the Snakecasters were discussing their favorite songs about Denver, and they settled on this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoifH5_EbIA
That was a really bad pitch.
Yep. Served it up on a platter.
Let’s get Clayton some more run support this inning.
Seager just missed adding to the score.
Four innings, 45 pitches. Nice.
Rios is looking like Belli tonight – which unfortunately is not a good thing right now.
At first I thought you were talking about his first base defense.
Well that’s true. He is looking Belli like at first – in the good sense for both of them!
Kershaw doing alright so far.
Love how the Dodgers made the Angels pay for their poor fielding that inning.
If only Belli could get a little loft onto those hard hit balls to first…
Nice, JT.
Seems like just a few days ago Barnes was hitting .087. Look at him now – a very respectable .250.
He needs to whisper his secret into Bellinger’s ear.
Pujols sauntered towards first on that ground ball.
Sauntered. I love that.
Lead-off walks not good.
Got away with it.
Lead off guy on base not good, no matter how they get there.
Walk bad. Saunter good.
Not sure I love Orel’s “hitterish”
word to describe batters. As in “Rios looks more and more hitterish.”
No problems in the first inning tonight for Kershaw.
Dodgers were 7-3 in their first 10 games.
They were 6-4 in their second 10 games.
Here’s hoping they at worst alternate between those in their last 4 sets of 10 games.
Belli can’t escape the significant at bats, and can’t execute. I really feel for him.
I was thinking that as well. Those opportune moments seem to find him – and so far, he has not been able to answer.
I feel bad for him as well – but if we find out later he is injured I won’t be totally surprised.
I blame the OPSes of the guys hitting in front of him.
I don’t think he’s injured. I think it has everything to do with the extreme changes he adopted in his batting stance before ST, and then abandoned very late in Dodger camp. Now he’s all freaked out.
You are most likely right. That seems the most logical.
Oh dear. Still nothing from Belli.
I despise Disneyland.
You seem to see life as a glass half empty.
Disneyland is full of it.