Phillies at Dodgers, 1:10 PM PDT, TV: NBCSP, SPNLA
The Dodgers recalled RHP Michael Grove, selected the contract of RHP Shane Greene and optioned LHP Garrett Cleavinger and RHP Reyes Moronta to Triple-A.
Additionally, the Dodgers transferred LHP Victor González to the 60-day injured list to make room on the 40-man roster.
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) May 15, 2022
RHP Aaron Nola (1-4, 3.83 ERA) pitches for the Phillies and the Dodgers send out 25-year-old RHP Michael Grove, newly called up from Tulsa in the AA Texas League where he was 0-1 with a 2.76 ERA. Nola has thrown 40 innings this season, giving up 18 runs on 33 hits. He averages 10 strikeouts per nine innings.
Today in Dodgers’ history:
- 1919 After 12 scoreless innings at Ebbets Field, the Reds score ten runs in the 13th inning to beat Al Mamaux and the Dodgers, 10-0. Cincinnati starter Hod Eller, who tossed a no-hitter in his previous start, is the beneficiary of the blowout.
- 1956 Sal Maglie, obtained on waivers by Cleveland last season from the Giants, is shipped to the Dodgers for a hundred dollars after impressing Brooklyn in an exhibition game. The ‘Barber’ will post a 13-5 record along with a 2.89 ERA for the eventual NL Champs, finishing second to teammate Don Newcombe in the balloting for both the Cy Young and MVP awards.
- 1998 On the day the Marlins trade Gary Sheffield, Bobby Bonilla, Charles Johnson, Jim Eisenreich, and Manuel Barrios to the Dodgers for Mike Piazza and Todd Zeile, the team hangs on to beat the Cardinals at Busch Stadium, 8-7. In the first inning, the Fish connect for nine consecutive hits, a franchise record, and score seven runs, all without the help of their recently departed teammates.
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Going for the sweep. #RingTheBell
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NPUT
Last night’s game in St. Louis turned out to be a classic. Pull up MLBTV to watch Tío Albert close it out against the Gnats.
And give up two dingers himself!
Gnats “prospect” Bart may have a future if he can get more ABs against Albert.
Very happy for Lux. Kind of neat that it happened against Knebel.
Traveling in Colombia, so have only been able to check in periodically to the games against the Fillies. Just now caught the CT3 BB and the Lux walk off!
¡Locombia!
Via con Lux!
From my undergrad alma mater. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b8b11cb132b31b1c97054de17e2e5373ad44de2aff956d6f37179e3ef246d9e6.png
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Way to go Taylor. Not the time to be attempting a steal.
He was in there.
Moot point.
Needed to go in feet first and spike the b………
Looks to me like CT caught the bag on the steal.
So many K’s. Swinging through ball four. (Correction – it was a strike.)
Cody Bellinger is on a pace to strike out about 220 times. Here are the all-time single-season strikeout records for the Dodgers in Brooklyn and Los Angeles. Note that the top ten are all for Los Angeles. Mark Reynolds set the all-time MLB mark of 223 with Arizona in 2009.
1.Chris Taylor • 2018 — 178
2. Matt Kemp • 2010 — 170
Joc Pederson • 2015 — 170
4. Chris Taylor • 2021 — 167
5. Matt Kemp • 2011 — 159
6. Matt Kemp • 2008 — 153
7. Cody Bellinger • 2018 — 151
8. Billy Grabarkewitz • 1970 — 149
Max Muncy • 2019 — 149
10.Cory Snyder • 1993 147
Apparently Lux just gave Grove a quick tap between innings.
I think Lux has a problem maintaining his concentration. Should check him for some attention deficit disorder.
Meanwhile Max leaves a fastball right down the middle alone and swings through ball three.
Max has absolutely no confidence right now. He needs a time out.
The Redbirds are swatting the Gnats 9-0 in the fifth.
Kicked the crap out of Rodon. LOL
Make that 11-0.
Our long weekend nightmare is over! And we stay in first place. After all those innings in which we couldn’t score with runners in scoring position with fewer than two outs, this is a special moment, scoring twice with two outs and nobody on.
By percentage points still over the Pads. Meanwhile, the Gnats are trailing the Redbirds 4-0 early.
Sorry that I wasn’t around to share in the misery.
Girardi should have brought in a left hander.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpGx4foRdPw
Los Picapiedras!
I have missed Fred Flinstone, and I welcome his return.
I think Wilma’s had him hogtied.
How about that!
Thank you, Link, and Mel Allen!
5-0 win (if you don’t count unearned runs)!
Dodgers win!!!!!
Woo-HOO!!!!
Yessss!
Woot!
He comes through!!!!!
LUX!!!!!
Great futuring!
Hope the kid comes thru.
Praying for a WP.
Up to Lux. Either goat or GOAT
Kismet.
GOAT in this case being greatest of all… today.
Of course it’s down to Lux.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv5xonFSC4c
Well played.
So to speak…
So they are going to torture us one last time this weekend?
If he dies at third though – so help me…
Walk CT3 to get to Lux?
I’d take 3 or 4 walks in a row…
Might get one here.
Traditionally, you don’t put the winning run on base.
What about conveniently though?
Belli keeps it alive.
Okay Belli! Staying alive!
Dodgers continue to hit balls that even Castellanos can catch.
Down to our last out. Looks like a four game sweep by the lowly Phillies, with four unearned runs this game. Bah!
Of course a diving catch gets the out.
Last Chance Saloon.
And the barkeep is only serving apple juice.
(I have no idea what I mean by that.)
But I love it.
Teams seem to be pitching around Freeman. And, why not? Trea of 22 is not now the Trea of 21.
He’s been hitting the ball very hard lately.
Heard through the grape vine that Seager of 22 is not Seager of 21 either. Not that that makes me any happier. I wish them both well.
Turner gonna have to get a lot better the rest of the season if he expects to sign that $30m/year big contract he is looking for.
Freeman has been slumping lately.
Unbelievable, but also oh so predictable, if that makes sense.
So it will be up to Max, JT, and Belli in the bottom of the 9th. If this was 2019 – I would feel a bit more confident.
Max – best we can hope for is a walk. JT – maybe. Belli – which Belli? The one that Ks or the one that can hit?
Magic Eight Ball Says: Outlook Grim.
Muncy has your namesake single today.
Single isn’t going to be an RBI for Max in the 9th – but I would still take it.
Raising his average to .152.
Max – best we can hope for is a walk. JT – maybe. Belli – which Belli? The one that Ks or the one that can hit?
Okay. Deep breath. Only a game, right?
Lost opportunities up and down the line.
SO SICK OF THIS. We just cannot bring in RISP.
2 for 9 today.
Just got home from my son’s basketball game. They ended a 3 game losing streak by overcoming a late 10 point deficit. Maybe something good like that could happen here.
Yes, please.
Why swing at the first pitch after two walks?
Exactly.
Davis said he was feeling good about his hitting in this game, so he swung at what the first pitch he saw that he liked. Maybe.
A sinker and a low ball, but okay.
Arrgh! A DP!
Oh, Trea. Really? Patience, grasshopper…
GIDP for Trea was not on my Bingo card.
Hahaha.
C’mon Freddy.
That’s a start!
Okay Gavin. Get something started here.
That’s preposterous.
It’s that kind of series.
I need a break. Will return anon.
#!**¥£!!!!
If they overturn this there will be Rule one violations here.
A chance for redemption for Lux. I’m not holding
my breath.
Would like to hear a WOO HOO today
You and me both!
Would it be cool if Lux ended up the hero of this game?
Another weak AB for JT and Belli. Something has to change Dave.
Nola at 100 pitches.
Phew.
Oh good. Here they are again. Sacks loaded for us, no problem. Sacks loaded for the Phillies? We’ll see…
Strike two should have been strike three but so it goes these games.
Beautiful throw by Trea.
Freeman has been in a funk for a couple of weeks now. Zero RBI in the last 7 games and only 4 in the last 15 games.
Trea has started hitting the ball really well again, so there’s that.
Stott is unreal this series.
Still have time to salvage this game.
The Dodgers have allowed eight unearned runs in this series, seven of them coming yesterday and thus far today.
We swing at a lot of pitches out of the zone and take a lot of pitches in the zone.
That’s a reversal of what we are known for.
And it ain’t working.
Wasting opportunities.
Michael was in the Gro(o)ve. Unfortunately, Lux wasn’t with him.
As a rule, it becomes very difficult to get a hit after the count reaches 0-2. However, even given that, Bellinger may be a special case. This year, after the count has gone to 0-2, he is 1-for-29, a single, with 18 strikeouts…..For the reason, counting his two strikeouts in his two ABs today, he has struck out 44 times in 122 ABs. The season passes the one-fifth mark today.
Unfortunately, first half 2019 was a fluke.
Yes, it looks that way. So, what are we looking at for him: 22 HRs, 65 RBIs, batting .244 and playing great defense in CF?
I would be OK with that.
May be the best we can expect from him. Or should be trade him for one or more players to a team who thinks it can resuscitate his career?
His trade value is very low. Makes way too much for what he is producing.
Belli flops again…
Unfortunately, this is what I/we have come to expect.
Just have to be happy with his defense. I don’t believe he will ever be a super star again.
Just have to be happy with his defense. I don’t believe he will ever be a super star again.
Six of Mookie’s seven homers this year have been with the bases empty. Last year, 21 of his 23 homers were with the bases empty. Part of that is because he bats lead off.
Felipe Alou was notorious for that.
Thanks. I wasn’t aware of that.
Can’t recall precisely, but one season he started with 20-plus solos.
Good remembrance, WBB. Felipe Alou’s first 17 homers, in 1966 with Atlanta, were with the bases empty.
I’d’ve thought a bit earlier than that.
Henderson hit 17 straight solo homers in 1993 and then added an 18th for his first homer in 1994.
Here’s Felipe Alou’s career HR log: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/event_hr.fcgi?id=aloufe01&t=b
Rickey Henderson hit 81 leadoff HRs. That’s the career record.
Schwarber shows us what the Fillies’ OF can do!
Schwarber shows us what the Fillies’ OF can do!
RALLY TIME!! Clap..Clap
Almost.
Should be 1-0 with Grove going five. Oh well.
Grove did so much better than the score indicates.
The kid did well.
Mookie!
Sadly it’s another solo blast and only inches the Dodgers a bit closer.
We live on slivers of hope.
Well – that’s a beautiful phrase!
MOOKIE!
Yes! There’s one!
It’s as if Gavin has suddenly forgotten everything he ever learned about baseball, offensively and defensively. This reminds me of early Lux before he was sent down. Maybe he needs a shrink.
Dave needs to shake this bunch up.
So where are the Phillies’ errors?
Maybe the second inning was just the Dodgers way of hazing Grove?
I wonder if Lux spoke to Grove after that four run error. Or do they wait until the pitcher is done?
Lux to Grove: “After this game one of us getting sent down. I’m not sure who should go.”
Ha!
Dodgers just rolling over and letting the Phils rub their belly.
More like spanking their bottom.
We do truly stink this weekend.
Except for the 11–1 win vs Pittsburgh it’s been a bad week. Penn State is doing us wrong.
They don’t call it Pennsyltucky for nuthin’.
Phew.
And Dave gonna leave him twisting in the wind.
Grove needed to get the third out, and did.
Lux might find some time on the bench – or extra fielding practice at least.
Yeah. He needs to regroup. Early throwing yips and a few other very costly, unnecessary errors
Letting runner score from 3rd on an infield pop up.
Right! That one!
Okay Grove, deep breath. Just get the out. You can do this!
This team has major issues. Extremely overrated.
Well, hang on. That’s a pretty broad brush to paint them with this early.
Truth hurts sometimes.
It’s underrated.
I think the Dodgers are just rated.
Sounds like the Three Bears.
Ha!
Well, they are definitely under performing.
Right now – absolutely.
Plus pitch count is way up now because of that error.
A walk, an error and three base hits. 4 runs.
Grove deserved better.
He was doing well until that error. As my husband would say, it “threw everything into a cocked hat.”
Grove and the Dodger fans. Totally unacceptable.
Oh for you-know-what’s sake. Lux must be eating his liver right now.
Bottom of the order is killing the Dodgers.
Feels like top to bottom.
That makes two runs on Lux. He’d better hit some RBIs.
I am sick of Stott.
Gavin has to, has to make that play.
It was routine.
LUX!!!! Too too sloppy, guy!
Unacceptable.
There goes the perfect game for Grove.
Reds lose to the Pirates today 1-0, even though Pirates were no-hit.
Walked the bases loaded. Run scored on a ground ball out.
Yep.
That’s got to really sting.
Reliever allowed the third walk and gave up a ground ball. 2nd baseman bobbled, couldn’t get the DP.
A scoreless first vs the Phils? Grove is our new ace!
Is Grove the first 2018 Dodger draft pick to make it to the majors?
The Barves blew another lead to SD today but, unfortunately, this time the Pads did not return the favor.
Welcome to the Hotel LA Dodgers.
This could be heaven or this could be hell.
Rather model it on that one than on the Overlook Hotel.