Rockies at Dodgers, 7:10 PM PDT, TV: ATT SportsNet RM, SPNLA
LHP Kyle Freeland (4-6, 4.25 ERA) pitches for the Rockies while the Dodgers have yet to name a starter.
Today in Dodgers’ history:
- 1937 Dodger right-hander Fred Frankhouse holds the Reds hitless for 7.2 innings before a heavy downpour ends the Ebbets Field contest. The right-hander’s 5-0 victory will be one of the 31 “no-no’s” erased when MLB redefines a no-hitter in 1991 as a game in which a pitcher throws nine innings or more without giving up a hit.
- 1951 Dodger right fielder Carl Furillo, in the top of the third inning in the team’s 5-0 victory over Pittsburgh at Ebbets Field, throws out Mel Queen by two feet at first base, after the Pirates pitcher had apparently singled into right field. The ‘Reading Rifle’ will lead the NL in assists for the second consecutive season, with opponents becoming increasingly reluctant to challenge the Brooklyn outfielder’s strong arm.
- 1952 The Dodgers set the National League mark for consecutive games with a double play when they complete a twin killing in their twenty-third straight contest, a 10-5 loss to Chicago at Wrigley Field. The fifth inning 1-4-3 DP, pitcher Clyde King to second baseman Jackie Robinson to first baseman Gil Hodges, leaves Brooklyn two shy of the major league record.
- 2005 Jeff Kent becomes the first player to hit 300 homers as a second baseman. The Dodger infielder, who surpassed Ryne Sandberg’s total of 277 last September, is the major league leader at this position, with Joe Gordon holding the American League record with 246 round-trippers.
Lineup when available.
Tonight's #Dodgers lineup vs. Rockies: pic.twitter.com/mNEu5RpFAU
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 27, 2021
NPUT
PFFFFFFFFFFT
DP!
Outside the baseline for sure.
Gnats lose! Gnatpen did what we’ve been waiting for.
Joc made a game-saving catch.
San Fran lost! (Translating for any new kids here.)
Neither Alleghenys nor Pirates makes sense. Any team from Pittsburgh should be the Yinzers.
Alliteration rules the day.
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Bah!
And humbug.
Oh well. College Football starts tomorrow. Yeah!!
I have a conflict. Hawai’i plays UCLA at 0930 HST but the local kids play in the Little League World Series bracket final at the same time. Woe!
I really hope this is a one-off due to fatigue.
They had bus lag.
Yeah! See below.
Well that stinks.
En serio.
Very disappointing. Offense laid a rotten egg.
Wasted opportunity.
The better team won tonight. It happens.
No, the better team lost. That happens a lot in baseball.
The Dodgers weren’t better than the Rockies tonight. And so, the Rockies won. Simple as that. Regroup and get them tomorrow.
Trite
Even the very best teams lose a third of their games – something that distinguishes baseball from other sports. Losing one game doesn’t mean the other team is better.
Whenever I travel a
long distance I’m always okay the next day – it’s the day after that that I am hammered.
Maybe that happened here. They all seemed jet-lagged.
Seems like a good explanation.
The winning team won (happens all the time).
Bullpen for Rockies was stellar tonight.
Such bad Ump calls this
Inning.
Seager swung at ball four on a 3-0 count.
Yep.
About the same spot as Max’s bad swing
What a crap call.
Really!
Rung up on ball four. Not close.
Ump?
BALL FOUR UMP!
Not remotely close.
This is what kills me this year.
They have got to fix this crap umpiring.
Need Pollock to tie it up.
Max swings at ball four.
Sooo frustrating.
Seeeeegs ties it up.
No fony futuring, please!
It could still happen
OK, future people, get to work!
You won’t believe what just happened!!!
Just kidding.
That’s a start
Back to back and head for the showers.
Back to back to back and head for the showers.
Last licks
Here we go
I’ll trade this in for another 16 innings.
Not looking too good.
Circling the drain.
Ugh.
Agree but cannot like.
Dislike.
Now it just gets harder
Are we really going to do this? Squander this opportunity to gain on the Gnats!
Uncharacteristic of Trea. Too close to take.
Yep..
That was a strike unfortunately.
Trea needs to get on here too.
Bust out Belli.
Sad.
Batting average dipping towards the 160’s again.
Good start. Leadoff man reaches.
CJ’s HR was only 431 feet
Steiner said it was 482.
So did Tim and Orel. It was a statscast error.
51 feet is a big error.
They carried more than the ball did I guess.
If Steiner says it, I know it’s wrong.
Yeah, Stanton hit one about 475 ft today that seemed much further than this one.
CT3 with only 1 home run in Aug so far. Every other month he has had 3 or more.
Offense has been lame tonight.
Playing very flat. Maybe an after effect of that crazy marathon?
And a lefty starting pitcher.
Actually have a better winning percentage against lefties.
One of the worst swings I’ve seen this season.
Freeland giving nothing away the last few innings.
Should be all for him tonight. Now 3 cracks at their bullpen.
Old friend Grandal, just off the IL for the Chisox, has 8 RBI tonight.
Good night!
He is now hitting .203, with an OPS of .876.
Sounds about right for him.
I don’t think I have ever seen a base hit happen with the first baseman fielding it so close to the bag like that – and not getting the out.
That was honestly a thing of beauty that HR by CJ
Got me thinking about just how far Stargell and Stanton hit their balls.
Oh man. Good point. Right out of the stadium.
And Piazza.
482 feet
Landed in Colorado.
Ha!
Meh
Ooph.
Nice job Andre.
Yes!
Now break this one open Dodgers.
Time to open a can on these guys.
Wrong can got opened.
For sure. LOL
At the game. Beautiful night.
Have fun and bring us home a win.
Air quality has improved.
Andre gets out of it.
Work through this AJ.
Not sure I would pitch to Blackmon.
C’mon DP.
He’s all over the place now.
Running out of gas.
Get somebody up!
You would think in a bullpen game they would always have somebody up and ready.
This is the “bulk” guy.
Yep. I guess we are all in with him.
Perhaps they should have someone warming at this point, I was just responding to the notion that they would always have someone up in a pen game.
I figured this was considered a pen game.
That’ll do!
Let’s go Trea!!!
Trea Treat!
Not so loud, or the dogs will come running into my office.
Haha!!
Willie? Well, yes, yes he will.
Willie? Well, yes, yes he will.
Catcher bombs keep on coming!!
Gone!!
Joc’s walk started a four-run Barves rally, and they now lead the Gnats 6-4 after 7-1/2.
6-5 now. No out in 9th.
Ex-Gnat throwing for the Barves.
orange guys lose.
They don’t wear their Halloween unis on the road, but the Barves were in blood-red.
Just saw Joc’s catch!
It was a beauty. Lotsa style points.
Brewster will take the ball in the first. https://twitter.com/Dodgers/status/1431397393635819523?s=20
Neither Alleghenys nor Pirates makes any sense. Any team from Pittsburgh should be the Yinzers.