Dodgers at Braves, 4:15 PM PDT, TV: Fox
LHP Clayton Kershaw (7-4, 3.33 ERA) goes for the Dodgers; RHP Charlie Morton (4-2, 4.26 ERA) pitches for the Braves.
Today in Dodgers’ history:
- 1977 On Old Timers’ Day, the Dodgers retire former manager Walter Alston’s uniform number 24. ‘Smokey’ compiles a 2040-1613 (.558) record along with seven pennants that results in four World Championships during his 23 years in the dugout.
- 2015 Current Dodger Pat Venditte becomes the first full-time switch-pitcher in the modern era when he tosses two scoreless frames in Oakland’s 4-2 loss to the Red Sox at Fenway Park. The A’s ambidextrous reliever faces the minimum six batters in his two innings, allowing a single to Hanley Ramirez before getting an inning-ending double play in the seventh and then proceeds to pitch a perfect eighth.
Lineup:
Today’s #Dodgers lineup at Braves: pic.twitter.com/inRMv3gjwA
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 5, 2021
Giants just beat the Cubs, 4-3. ( I didn’t see your post before I posted my first sentence, WBB.)
No, the Cubs lost to the Gnats.
Don’t throw him anything to hit here. A walk wouldn’t be terrible here.
Nor would a K.
Muncy is day-to-day with an ankle sprain. Monday says Roberts says he might be able to play tomorrow.
Gnats legend A.J. Pierzynski is the color commentator on Fox tonight.
Doc says he might get tomorrow off as well (Pujols could start against lefty), and then start next on Tuesday against the Filibusteros.
Nice to give him tomorrow and then the off-day Monday to continue to recover.
Might be nice if he could pinch-hit at least.
Guessing that Doc wouldn’t preclude that possibility.
Not by the eye test certainly – but the umps are actually MORE accurate than ever. It’s just that the tv strike zone boxes show them up more. Or so says the reports and numbers.
And by reports I mean Joe Posnanski in The Athletic.
Have never seen the Dodger batters more frustrated, however.
Post?
I don’t have an account with The Athletic now – but it was from one of his weekly posts on baseball earlier this year where he was highlighting a report that tracks umps and their pitching calling.
Phooey!! Two bad outings in a row for Kersh.
I have lost my faith in home plate umps. They have been so bad this year.
The last pitch to Turner was a ball several times tonight.
Bring on the robo-umps.
So much for the bullpen being easy to score on. Of course the ump helped.
Radio Tim said the Mookie strike three was way off the plate.
It was. Terrible call.
Easy to strike guys out when you get calls like that.
Yep. That was a ball.
The strike zone is out of control.
Between the wide zone this year and the deadened ball, Dodgers who are patient and hit dingers are at a disadvantage.
It has become a farce.
Something tells me Smith the pitcher would rather have gotten the k last time and given up the HR here.
Have I ever mentioned how much I loathe Tatis, Machado, ;and the Puds.
Machado is loathsome, but Tatís is fun to watch – whether hitting or erroring. The Gnats are far more loathsome.
Agreed actually.
I agree about Tatis.
Screw Tatis.
Not feeling it tonight. And the gnats keep marching on.
Just get on, Wil… never mind.
Down two, top of the ninth. Right where we want to be?
Maybe better than being down one?! 😉
Exactly!
Pujols had a big target there.
Lol. Game recognizes game I suppose. As the kids like to say.
I wonder who has the higher sprint speed: Pujols vs Panda?
You misspelled “Phlablo.”
Close call.
Either way Pujols glove is quicker than Panda’s feet!
Well, at least we have Smith and the top of the order coming up in the ninth.
Likely Will Smith facing Will Smith.
But which Will will win the battle?
The one with the stronger will.
With Smith catching!
Dang!!
Nope. Almost squeezed another error out of them but not to be.
Got my rally cap on.
Barnes, need something here.
Badly.
Albert, we need a big one here.
Nope.
Would have even settled for a little one there.
Yep.
Lux’s swing has become lazy lately.
Though he has OPS .873 over the past week with just .214 BAbip.
Though he has OPS .873 over the past week with just .214 BAbip.
Pen isn’t one of their strengths, so there is that.
Well, at least he limited the damage.
Cubs barely hang on to lose at Software Stadium.
So the June Swoon is sadly derailed right now I suppose.
After this brief pause, we expect to return to our regular programming.
Pretty good recovery by Treinen.
Good lord – really Treinen? Double steal???
Very shaky, especially giving up a dinger to a journeyman.
That was Almonte’s first HR of the year and his 19th in this, his ninth season.
Treinen is not doing it tonight.
Hasn’t seemed as sharp lately.
Very true. He was unhittable for a while there.
His last 3 outings have sucked.
Drat!
Braves seem intent on trying to give the game away. We seem more intent on not accepting their offerings.
CT3 now has 53 Ks in 178 ABs. Last year he had 55 Ks in 185 ABs. Consistent.
So you are saying he will strike out twice in the next 7 ab’s?
That would be slightly below his career K percentage, which, at this very second, is 30.34 percent. But I wouldn’t be surprised if he fanned twice in his next seven ABs (28.57 percent). He led the NL in Ks in 2018.
Currently ranked 8th in OPS in the NL.
Meh. The 27 Yanks led the league in K’s by a ton, 60% more than the average team.
Rats. CT3 had two to hit there.
¡Miércoles!
Sreda
Scheiße
Mercredi
Irobi
CT3 time.
I’m guessing he will swing this time.
Not that it helped.
In the eighth at Yanqui Stadium, the slumping Quique just drove in the go-ahead run.
Riley is the Dick Stuart of 3B.
Once saw Arenado have two ground balls go right through his wickets against the Nats. I felt blessed
Not currently a fan of 1 run games…
Don’t remind me! I was feeling okay until that.
Didn’t realize that Charlie Morton, who has been around forever with five different teams, was originally with Atlanta.
No longer around in this game.
It’s really hard not to like Freddie. His smile is so joyful.
Ack! CT3, how could you not swing?
Ha! Something he is rarely accused of.
Keep the pedal to the metal Dodgers.
It was more like a bicycle pedal, rather than the gas.
Run at the expense of Barnes’ ankle?
Stays in. Probably bother him later but it is Sluggo’s turn to catch tomorrow.
Sometimes you can walk it off. I did so many times at that age, but last year I had ankle replacement surgery.
Had a major injury catching as a young teen that involved my ankle (kid slid into me at home).
I never caught but, while playing softball the day before my draft physical, I stepped in a chuckhole while chasing a fly ball. Ankle blew up to the size of a large grapefruit, and I failed the physical (after X-rays and stress tests).
Was it Pete Rose?
No, he was a headhunter.
True. Who was the player who ran over Posey?
Wiki: “he was severely injured in a collision with Scott Cousins at home plate, “
You misspelled “Poseur” (who never learned how to block the plate properly).
Free run! But is Barnes injured?
The hits keep coming. Don’t stop now!
Foxcaster says Taylor has a “majority” of Dodgers steals – 6 out of 19.
Cool.
As a network, Fox is not strong on statistical accuracy.
Small ballers.
Beaty keeps it going.
Let’s put up a crooked number here.
Kersh! What happened? Time to pick him up.
He maybe should not have pitched to Swanson.
Hopefully Game 58 ends 8-5 Dodgers.
Yuck
Ugh.
Bat flip on a walk?
Whereas Puig berates the pitcher for not throwing strikes.
Jon- Dodgers have been the victim of 10 interesting innings out of 12 in this series, but have scored 10 runs.
Cool.
Balkish move for sure
His leaning tower of Pisa move.
It sure looked that way, but you can’t argue a (non)-balk call…
Is the rule step toward the plate or move toward the plate?
Step toward the plate, I think.
Wiki says “makes a motion associated with a pitch”
High-A OF prospect. https://twitter.com/DustinNosler/status/1401323434173296645?s=20
He’s a 20-year-old Cuban. The name Pagés is pronounced Pah-HESS.
Speaking of Cuban/Dodgers, here is Puig igniting a melee because the Mexican pitcher won’t throw it over the plate. https://twitter.com/jomboy_/status/1399344514800705536?s=21
Well could have been more but happy to take the 1 gift run.
Cubbies have taken a 2-0 lead over the Gnats and Gausman in the second.
That’s the game I’ve got on Fox.
If you have MLBTV you can watch the Dodgers.
Small ballers.
BP suspended by rain. Said to pass by game time.
7:30 start in Atlanta
I read that at first as bullpen and not batting practice. Sorry no bullpen allowed today because of the rain. 🙂