Diamondbacks at Dodgers, 7:10 PM PDT, TV: Bally Sports Arizona, MLBN (out-of-market only), SPNLA
The D-Backs send LHP Caleb Smith (2-5, 3.45 ERA) to the mound to face the Dodgers’ RHP Walker Buehler (8-1, 2.49 ERA).
On this date in Dodgers’ history:
- 1943 Some of the Dodgers, led by infielder Arky Vaughan, threaten not to play in today’s game to protest the suspension of their teammate Bobo Newsome by manager Leo Durocher. The Ebbets Field contest begins ten minutes late. Brooklyn plundered the Pirates, 23-6, and in a few days, Newsome, who had argued with his skipper over a pitch selection in a previous game, is traded to the Browns for Archie McKain and Fritz Ostermueller.
- 1953 With Roy Campanella’s home run off Giants hurler Sal Maglie the Dodgers establish a National League record, homering in their 24th consecutive game. Campy’s homer is the only run Brooklyn scores as the Giants extend their winning streak to seven with the 6-1 victory.
- 1979 With his team trailing the Padres 5-3 in the bottom of the ninth with two outs at Veterans Stadium, Phillies pinch hitter Del Unser hits a three-run walk-off home run, giving the team a 6-5 comeback victory. The dramatic dinger makes Del Unser only the second player in major league history to hit a homer in three consecutive at bats as a pinch hitter, a feat also accomplished by Lee Lacy of the Dodgers last season.
- 1984 At San Francisco’s Candlestick Park, Dodger southpaw Fernando Valenzuela and Mets rookie Dwight Gooden combine to strike out six consecutive American League All-Stars on the 50th anniversary of Carl Hubbell’s memorable 1934 Midsummer Classic performance of setting down five future Hall of Famers on strikes. Dwight Gooden, at the age of 19, becomes the youngest player ever to participate in an All-Star Game.
In one of the most famous events in baseball history, at the All Star Game in 1934 in New York’s Polo Grounds, Giants pitcher Carl Hubbell faces a starting lineup comprised of nine eventual Hall of Famers. ‘King Carl’ is up to the unique occurrence in baseball history when he fans five batters in a row after letting the first two hitters reach base: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons, and Joe Cronin.
Lineup when available.
Tonight's #Dodgers lineup vs. D-backs: pic.twitter.com/dVnKdRzpYC
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) July 10, 2021
Hard to believe a team can look so pathetic one night and so good the next.
Rox have extended their lead to 3-0 after seven.
The Rox took a 2-0 lead over the Pads in the fifth and were threatening more, but settled for that.
All-Star Germán Márquez on the mound for Denver.
Roberts finally moved Belli down in the order.
He hit sixth a couple days ago, also against a LHP.
He needs to keep him down there until he breaks out of this slump.
I would have him batting 7th behind Pollock,
From the outhouse to the penthouse in one day.
We are the streakiest team this year.
Feast or Famine. Hope it evens out in the 2nd half and we just play good solid baseball every game. No poop fests like last night.
Did you see the great smile on Reed’s face?
Yippee!!
Does Reed get a save?
He’s smiling like he did!
No, Uceta does.
Ha!
Woo-HOO!!!
So 22 it will be
Rockies beat the Pads.
Poor Barnsy. Can’t even get a hit off a position player.
Maybe he just felt sorry for them.
Went out to dinner with friends in Los Angeles. How’s the game going?
Just Ducky. Hope they put on this kind of show for you tomorrow.
Me too. I took a peek. It was 9-0 then. Next time that I looked it was 16-1. This is beyond comprehension. This gives new meaning to the word “laugher.”
This is a pee your pants laugher.
I was literally laughing in the late innings.
Hahaha!
More runs than they’ve ever scored at Dodger Stadium, Steiner says.
This is getting painful.
Gameday has only credited Cleavinger with a single.
Plus an error?
The box score now says a double.
It was a very well-placed hit.
Pads have lost to Rox.
I want Cleavinger to hit one.
Maybe roberts can have a go
Is there a mercy rule?
Won my first ever game that I played under the mercy rule. We were 10 up after a certain amount of innings (but I can’t remember how many)
Their manager ought to have the option of conceding the game if down by more than 12 runs or more.
I can only laugh.
Let’s try 30 (I do feel sorry for them this year) not when they beat us though
20 Cha Ching..
Let’s get 20
You got it!
I will probably miss you all tomorrow because we’ll be on the road to 106° in Paso Robles. Hoping the air-con works in our AirBNB.
Rox now leading Pads 3-0 after eight.
JAAJHR
AJ is on a crazy streak!
You mean, AJuly?
Yep. So Doc will sit him tomorrow.
Wow!!!
This game does wonders for the run differential.
New second baseman.
Has he made any plays there yet?
Whoopee!! #674 for Uncle Albert.
That has worked out to be a very wise signing
No doubt.
At first I thought “huh?,” but then…
What. Is. Happening?
Save a few for tomorrow?
Unfortunately, I don’t think it works that way.
How about move a few to yesterday?
One of the slams would work.
Yep. I think Scoop is going to the game tomorrow.
Holy cow.
Are you the new Harry Caray?
Sure. Why not.
Nice hustle by Reks.
He coulda just watched it.
For sure. Most players would have.
Oh man. Peralta looked like he might cry.
Good hustle by Reks to take second.
I’ll bet that one felt gooooood.
Well, there’s some insurance…
MOOKIE!!!!!!
MOOK!!
Really nice play by McKinstry/Pujols there.
Very nice.
Nice play. Lux!
Yep.
Rox stiill lead Pads 2-0 after six.
The Snakes are hitting lotsa weak fly balls tonight.
And no catcher’s interference yet!
Hard to believe that it was turner’s first grand slam
Ever???
Yes
Color me surprised.
They look like a different team tonight.
Thankfully. I couldn’t take much more of the crap we saw last night and in Miami.
I’m late arriving to the party I see
Happy to see you!
Bad news for the Barves (and all of baseball). https://twitter.com/Braves/status/1414060667380895751?s=20
Oh that’s hard to hear.
Belli is definitely seeing the ball better.
When things are going well, we get nice and quiet.
Shhhhhhhhhhhhh
AJuly. Over his career he has OPS .903 during this month.
WOOT!!
Grand salami!
JT!!!!
JT!!!!
WE NEEDED THIS!!!!
JAAJHR!
There he goes. Belli bomb!
I predict that Albert will not GIDP.
I can’t believe what I just saw…
Nice Max!
Tonight’s contest is MLBTV’s free game of the day.
Gnats swat Nats. Again.
This too shall pass.
Farhan and Kapler have got the boys playing good ball. Got them turned around ahead of schedule.
Posey injury notwithstanding.
We’ll see if the surgeons succeed in attaching the prosthetic.