Dodgers at Diamondbacks, 6:40 PM PDT, TV: FS-A, MLBN (out-of-market only), SPNLA
RHP Walker Buehler (1-0, 3.60 ERA) goes to the Chase Field mound to face the home team’s RHP Luke Weaver. Coincidentally the last outing for each of these guys was against the other’s team. Buehler went five innings, gave up just two hits and walked just one while striking out six on September 2, while Weaver went 5 1/3 innings against the Dodgers on September 3, giving up four hits and two runs and taking the loss.
Here are Seager’s two home runs from Sunday’s game:
Old friend note: Dee Gordon has changed his name to Dee Strange-Gordon to honor his mother, who was killed by her boyfriend when Dee was just seven years old.
On this day in Dodgers’ history:
- 1955 The Dodgers clinch their eighth National League pennant with a 10-2 victory over the Braves at Milwaukee’s County Stadium. Brooklyn’s 17-game lead makes it the earliest date that a team has captured a flag in baseball history.
- 1957 Before their departure to play on the West Coast for next season, the Dodgers and Giants face one another for the final time in New York. The Jints beat the Bums at the Polo Grounds, 3-2, to finish the intense 68 year-old storied rivalry with a 656-606 advantage over Brooklyn in the battle between the boroughs.
- 1967 The Mets, at the urging of their fans, honor former Dodger pitcher Sandy Koufax, who retired last season when arthritis ended his career prematurely at the age of 30. The Brooklyn-born southpaw, who threw a no-hitter against New York in 1962, started twenty games against the Amazin’s, compiling a 17-2 record that included 14 complete games and 5 shutouts.
- 2007 Alex Rodriguez, hitting his 50th and 51st home runs, joins Babe Ruth (1920-54, 1921-59, 1927-60, 1928-54), Roger Maris (1961-61), and Mickey Mantle (1956-52, 1961-54) to become only the fourth player in Yankee history to hit 50 or more homers in a single season. The Yankee infielder’s second homer breaks the major league mark of 49 homers hit by a third baseman, shared with Mike Schmidt (Phillies-1980) and Adrian Beltre (Dodgers-2004).
- 2017 The Dodgers, who just a couple of months ago seemed poised to challenge the major league record of 116 wins in a season, lose again, their 8th straight defeat and 13th in 14 games, as they bow to the Rockies, 5 – 4. They blow an early 4 – 1 lead as D.J. LeMahieu hits a two-run double in the 5th to put Colorado ahead to stay. On a positive note, Yu Darvish records the 1000th strikeout of his career, punching out Carlos Gonzalez in the 5th, becoming the fastest starting pitcher to reach the mark, in 812 innings over 128 games.
Lineup:
Tonight's lineup at D-backs: #Dodgers | @Biofreeze pic.twitter.com/AqJPapa41X
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 8, 2020
NPUT
https://twitter.com/TheVinScully/status/1303787761636241408?s=20
Some days you play well and lose. Other days, you play poorly and win.
Woo-phew. No exclamation points on this one.
Go after him!
Tie game. But unlucky not to be leading.
https://twitter.com/GMA/status/1303370009276829697?s=20
Does a one out walk count as a rally?
How about a one out two walk rally?
Nope!
Apparently Arizona is the best team in baseball.
https://twitter.com/jonweisman/status/1303573004438315009
That was not an confidence inspiring win considering the opponent and all the breaks they were given.
Strategy not to swing at anything almost worked.
Locastro gets the save.
Dodgers win.
I notice you were equally subdued.
Yes!
Sheesh.
Ring him up!
Just peeked. Is anyone warming up in the bullpen?
Ferguson
Oh fer…
(Not watching…)
Wish I weren’t
One more, then.
OK, Kenley, that’s enough.
I’m really glad Lux hit that 3-run HR.
I’m getting tired of Walker.
Rox took a 3-0 over the Pads, but their starter was determined to walk every opposing hitter. After a pitching change, Pads now lead 5-3 lead on a slam by Myers.
Clevinger gave up the 3 in the first.
Make that 10-3.
Hopefully playing in CO making a comeback possible. In the mean time the Dodgers are hitting warning track fly balls, other than Lux.
Alas, the game is in San Diego.
Slam Diego?
4 hour game and counting. Not exactly made for prime time viewing except maybe for Link.
I turned to news 3 hours ago, made dinner, served and ate it, watched the rest of the PBS NewsHour, turned back to the game just as Wood started the 9th.
Lux has woken up.
Holy cow, Batman!
Luxury!!
Deee-LUX!!!!!!
That’s one way to do it!
There’s a break.
Locastro will be the runner on second in the bottom of the tenth.
Better score a couple then. Likely to steal third and waltz home on a fly ball.
Like that!
Greatest TOOTBLAN of all time!
Hahaha! Weirdness.
I’m finding this too hard to watch. First time this year.
We are spoiled watching them play .750 ball until recently.
With Kenley, Locastro’s going on first pitch.
He’s going, but you can’t pitch out.
Wood’s been all over the place.
AJ fouled off one to hit out and then swung through another. Our lineup has a lot more weak spots lately.
Back to a platoon, perhaps.
Good idea.
Well, will need JT and Joc back.
The whole team has taken a step back from the high level they had going for about 3 weeks. More errors. Shorter outings from starters. Bullpen giving up inherited runs. Holes in the lineup.
Hard to keep running on all cylinders. Still 6-2 over last 8.
I completely agree. 19-3 is hard to maintain…
Pollack has lost the strike zone and pitchers seem to sense it.
Sure looks bad when he Ks, but OPS 1.087 over the past week.
That was a lot of action in 10 pitches from Wood. 2 base runners, a wild pitch (pass ball?), and 2 outs. Got my monies worth.
I have little confidence in Wood any more.
Treinen did a good job.
The music is terrible. I miss our organ.
This!
Dodgers not a good team in tight games. Well, if they win tonight by a run or two (literally) then they will be 9-9 in games decided by 2 runs or less.
Teams are typically about even in games decided by one run, no matter how good or bad they are otherwise. Two, I don’t know what the numbers are?
Too many missed opportunities here. I mean, come on, guys.
You probably should win a game where you are gifted double digit walks Dodgers.
Moneyball says that drawing a walk is a gift.
&@!!?€#..! (Rats)
Miér..coles.
Always wondered what that meant
Oh man another gift – can we cash it in?
Belli is taunting the pitcher. It worked.
Look out CT3.
That was scary.
Very.
When was the last time anybody saw a pitchout?
A what?
I mean, I knew he was gonna run.
Ah, got it. I thought it was funny anyway.
Nice steal, Belli!
We’ll take first, one way or other.
Bummer, but a brilliant play by Rojas.
Really top tier play.
An amazing play robs Seager of the go-ahead run…
I doubt if Mookie has had too many 0-for-5 games, and tonight won’t be one of them.
Really weak throw from Locastro toward third.
Arizona brought in rightty Crichton probably figuring they’d take their chances with the lefty Rios and then he could go after the two righties — Barnes and Betts.
Mookie ties it!
Let’s go Bettsy.
That walk was a gift.
Lux lucky to score after heading back to second. But we will take it. And like it!
Dino taking the chance.
Calhoun got that ball in really fast.
But Lux was flying.
Good relay woulda had him.
Yes! Rios! One run game!
C’mon, Rios, hit one out and tie this game.
Wouldn’t it be loverly?
Half of a homer, two-thirds of the runs. I’ll gladly take it.
That’s more like it, Lux.
Lotsa walks, how ’bout some hits?
Not feeling Lux here… prove me wrong, Gavin!
Your wish is…
I double dared myself.
Why not bring in Kiké here?
Let’s go Dodgers, clap clap, clap clap clap.
Pads 14, Rockies 5.
This game is infuriating. What happened to our sharp playing?
Pollack has been doing those strike three flails often lately.
https://twitter.com/OTBaseballPhoto/status/1303360980035010564?s=20
10 LOB through 5. If they really work at it they could get to 20.
Quick search seems to indicate the NL record in a 9 inning game is 18 (done 9 times). The AL record is 20.
I don’t care if they leave 20, so long as they score at least 10.
That would be 18 more base runners in 4 innings. That’s quite a number.
Turner is badly missed.
Indeed.
That’s a start.
Gonzales made an athletic play to catch the high bouncer with back turned away from plate to help him spin and throw to first. He’s more than a pitcher.
Very fine play.
González has looked really good since he came up.
Did anybody see an issue with Buehler’s blister?
No. Sounds like a movie title–Buehler’s Blister
No but they showed a picture of him looking at it after and it was Really nasty, so I think it was an issue after all.
The curse of Rich Hill…
He apparently didn’t do much during the Covid break and maybe threw too many pitches too quickly trying to rush back to the rotation.
That would explain how a good beginning soured quickly.
4 hits and 4 walks and all they have so far is one run on a solo hr.
Not insurmountable, but discouraging nevertheless.
Plodding towards the 7th I guess.
I need a drink.
Beer, wine, or mixed?
Ugh ugh ugh.
Lux is not persuading himself to be irreplaceable at second yet. Meanwhile, come on, Dodgers! This is the worst team in our division!
One of the worst in baseball.
I refer you to https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=miercoles
How quickly the weather can change.
Miér-coles!
Buehler throwing hard, but not putting away hitters.
Yes, 50 pitches already.
Miér-coles!
I don’t remember what that means with the hyphen.
Doesn’t that mean Wednesday in Spanish?
It’s a number 1 violation.
It’s a euphemism for “bosta.”
What does it mean?
Dodgers getting on but not yet producing any big innings.
Buehler is dealing some desert heat tonight. 100.8mph fastball.
That’s a smoken fastball.
Lux-urious!
Lux!!!! Woot!!!
Buehler is fun to watch when he is on. Which means he is fun to watch a lot of the time.
It’s been more than a few minutes since he has been fun to watch.