Padres at Dodgers, 7:10 PM PDT, TV: Bally Sports San Diego, ESPN (out-of-market only), SPNLA
RHP Yu Darvish (8-10, 4.21 ERA) takes the mound for the visiting Padres, facing the Dodgers’ RHP Walker Buehler (14-4, 2.58 ERA).
The Giants have put their slugging first baseman (29 HRs, 59 RBI) Brandon Belt on the IL with a fractured thumb.
As noted in the comments to the previous post, Albert Pujols has been put on the IL; Cody Bellinger has been activated.
On this day in Dodgers’ history:
- 1924 Rogers Hornsby finishes the season with a .424 batting average to lead the National League. The Cardinal second baseman easily outdistances Zack Wheat, who finishes second in the race, batting .375 for the Dodgers.
- 1952 On the last day of the season at Ebbets Field, the Braves’ 77 years of representing Boston is extended by three innings when Eddie Mathews’ ninth-inning, two-out double ties the game. The contest is called due to darkness and ends in the 12th inning in a 5-5 tie with the Dodgers.
- 1955 In the bottom of the second inning, Elston Howard, in his first World Series at-bat, knots the score at 2-2 when he homers off Dodgers’ right-hander Don Newcombe. The round-tripper to deep left field at Yankee Stadium marks the first time a black batter has hit a home run off a black pitcher in the history of the Fall Classic.
- 1959 The Braves, who ended the National League regular season in a first-place tie with the Dodgers, lose Game 1 of the three-game series, 3-2, in front of a sparse crowd of 18,297 at County Stadium. Milwaukee will lose tomorrow’s game in L.A., spoiling their chance for a three-peat as NL Champs.
- 1966 At Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Larry Jaster throws a four-hitter, blanking Don Sutton and the Dodgers, 2-0. It’s the southpaw’s fifth shutout against LA this season, equaling a post-1900 major league mark held by the Senators’ Tom Hughes (against the Indians in 1905) and Grover Cleveland Alexander of the Phillies (against the Reds in 1916).
- 1988 In his last start of the regular season, Dodger Orel Hershiser tosses 10 shutout frames to extend his streak to 59, breaking Don Drysdale’s record of 58 consecutive scoreless innings.
- 1997 With his 40th home run, catcher Mike Piazza sets a single season Los Angeles Dodger record. Duke Snider holds the franchise record, slugging 43 round-trippers for Brooklyn in 1956.
- 2003 At Turner Field in Atlanta, Jose Reyes becomes the second Mets player to hit a home run from both sides of the plate in one game. Lee Mazzilli was the first when he went yard twice against the Dodgers in LA on September 3, 1978.
- 2006 At Coors Field in Colorado, James Loney collects four hits, including two homers, and drives in nine runs in the Dodgers’ 19-11 victory over the Rockies. The rookie first baseman, who had one homer and eight runs batted in in 93 previous at-bats with the team, ties the franchise RBI mark set by Gil Hodges in his 1950 four-homer game for Brooklyn and breaks the Los Angeles club mark held by Ron Cey.
Lineup:
Tonight's #Dodgers lineup vs. Padres: pic.twitter.com/cIK0nZ4yXz
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 28, 2021
NPUT
An extra base hit would not be bad here.
Some solid contact this inning, but nothing to show for it.
Snakes score, thanks largely to a Gnats error, and now tied 1-1 in the third.
Hooray for the Dodgers, boo for the D-Backs and Giants.
Giants won, 6-4. We remain 2 back with 5 games left for us and the Giants. Scherzer pitches on Wednesday.
No, the Snakes lost.
They are really good at it.
Christian Walker sounds like the 75-mile walk, the El Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage in Spain.
My colleague is planing on walking El Camino next spring.
Good for him/her. There is a pretty good movie about that walk starring Martin Sheen. It is “The Way” and is from 2010.
I have watched it. It is both enjoyable and moving.
Agreed.
We need Arizona to put up a 3-spot in the 9th. The Diamondbacks can do that.
This game should not have been this close, but I will take it!
At least for now, we are 1 1/2 games back.
Dodgers win!
Great futuring!
RBI Woo-HOO’ed first.
Woo-HOO!!!
Oh man. WBB I am about to start jogging.
Bring in Kenley?
4 straight balls?! Pitch better Blake
He seemed to be pressing.
More like de-pressing.
Clever.
Certainly not im-pressing.
Haha!
Could have used a healthy Alexander there.
Treinen has not been sharp lately.
Treinen rushing it. Also, channeling Kenley during his heart attack closes.
Everybody up!
Dodgers better win.
C’mon Blake! Finish them off.
Yikes.
Oh man.
Time to pace.
Too tight for comfort.
And now even tighter.
Pick up the pace, WBB.
On to the 9th.
A late response to WBB’s inquiry from near the start of the game: I returned home late Sunday afternoon. Spent part of Wednesday, a good chunk of Thursday, and Friday morning at the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Went with an old friend/former roommate. We had a simply marvelous time. Fans of so many teams were there. Great conviviality. Everyone having a fine time. The HOF has added many exhibits since my other visit in 1988, including a remarkable section on baseball cards. There was a continuously running film of highlights of last year’s World Series. One Tampa fan standing next to me was still angry about Cash’s removal of Snell. Main Street, on which the HOF is located, has many shops with all sorts of baseball memorabilia. One of them is run by a cousin of Carl Yastrzemski and carries the family name. At another store I purchased a Brooklyn Dodgers cap with its distinctive “B”. I got my first one as a little kid in Brooklyn and my second in Cooperstown in 1988. I strongly recommend any and all baseball fans visit Cooperstown.
Cool air might be robbing us of a few?
Still, no wind, with high humidity.
Still, no wind, with high humidity.
Neverette has the wrong Javy Guerra.
Probably cost Walker another inning
Or maybe he at least starts the next one.
Nope.
D-backs need to score a lot
of runs now. Not holding my breath.
D-backs had their chances, just as we have had ours. Only difference is Walker’s pitching shutting down the Pads.
San Fran messing things up by scoring runs in their game. 2-1 now.
San Fran messing things up by scoring runs in their game. 2-1 now.
San Fran messing things up by scoring runs in their game. 2-1 now.
Think 1959!
4-1 and counting.
They reallocated Belt’s BALCO Flaxseed Oil.
Sadly their pitching has been pretty solid as well.
Tonight’s starting pitcher was https://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/Giants-prospect-Logan-Webb-suspended-80-games-for-13810302.php
Yes!!!
Sweet DP!
A few years ago that would have been a foul out.
But the DP is even better!!
That would have been many, many years ago when they used to play in cow pastures.
https://twitter.com/fidmart85/status/1443054646260482053?s=20
Well getting on base has not been a problem tonight for the Dodgers.
They need to get on that home one.
Good inning.
Clean double play.
Phoo.
Miércoles no es solo mañana…
Dang.
Buehler seems back to his sharp form.
As soon as I say it… Okay – three outs. I take it back.
Big news about Jamie Jarrin. I wondered if he would want to pass Vin in years of announcing.
He will leave a big hole. Maybe his son will step in to fill it?
I wonder that too. What a beautiful transition that would be. And keep Fernando around too.
Doubt that he would want to do that, out of respect for Vin.
When there’s a TV blackout, I always choose Jaime over Steiner.
I thought of you first when I heard the news. Maybe Steiner will take over the Spanish feed. Lol
Still no Joe and Orel hey?
Joe says he’s back on Saturday, though that’s when he usually does college football, no?
It’s still weird/cool hearing his voice watching highlights of college football.
He did a couple of Hoyas (Georgetown) college basketball games that I saw. It was weird for me to hear him, plus he wasn’t that good. Didn’t do enough homework.
I’m guessing that he won’t travel to do that, so might stay in LA.
If only JT had been on second…
JT is not a burner.
AJ!
Sweet hit.
Organ player plays “La Cucaracha”, when Trea takes third.
Back from a weekend away.
Be nice to score again here.
In the Yukon?
Close. Northern Ontario.
So, San Bernardino County…
Ha! Nice one.
Or could it be http://www.brucebyersconsulting.com/tag/fundo-ontario/
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a0755f33536566c309eaab345c913886ac93308a261639165c148c97d432e7e9.jpg
More like this…(above)
Here’s the gateway. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/cfab1e6b82c62179bc83028db88dbc052c22bbaa02a5d71f4c2f61df7b81acc8.png
There is a town in North Ontario
Dream comfort memory to spare
And in my mind I still need a place to go
All my changes were there
Blue, blue windows behind the stars
Yellow moon on the rise
Big birds flying across the sky
Throwing shadows on our eyes
Leaves me helpless?
“All my changes were there.”
What a great line.
Who wrote that?
Ha! A Canadian, who else?
Neil Young.
A welcome back gift for you!
I missed you!
You are very kind. I feel well rested for what I hope will be a long run of October commenting!
Yu comes up huge against Seager. Drat.
But at 46 pitches.
Make that 71.
https://twitter.com/DodgerInsider/status/1443044937465942016?s=20
One run, coulda/shoulda been more.
Wild on the bases so far. I like it!
Smart play by Max.
New runner at third, but cost an out.
Trea the Flash runs by Machado!
Nice Trea!
Wouldn’t it be great if Arizona jumped off to a lead in San Francisco? I’d feel a lot better about our chances if we were just one game back at the end of play tonight.
I expect you’ll find unanimous agreement here. Are you back home?
Joe Davis update – https://twitter.com/Joe_Davis/status/1443026451423326212?s=20