Dodgers at Diamondbacks, 1:00 PM PDT, BS Arizona, BS Arizona Extra, SPNLA
The Dodgers’ LHP Tyler Anderson (5-0, 3.30 ERA) meets RHP Zach Davies (2-2, 4.81 ERA) of the D-Backs. Anderson is one of a very few pitchers with five or more wins and no losses at this point in the season. Davies has been slumping; in his last three starts he’s given up three, five and four runs and gone no more than 5 2/3 innings just once in that span.
On this date in Dodgers’ history:
- 1905 According to legend, Dodger hurler Elmer Stricklett introduces the spitball, helping Brooklyn to beat the Giants, 4-3. Prior to the 1921 season, the spitball will be totally banned, except for 17 existing spitballers who are allowed to keep throwing the slippery pitch legally until they are retired, including Burleigh Grimes, who will be the last player to legally throw a doctored pitch before retiring in 1934.
- 1928 At Ebbets Field, Bill Terry hits for the cycle to pace the Giants to a 12-5 victory over the Robins (Dodgers). The New York first baseman is the first player in major league history to include a grand slam as part of the cycle.
- 1956 In a 10-1 loss to the Dodgers at Forbes Field, Dale Long is held hitless by Don Newcombe, ending his consecutive-game home run streak. The Pirates’ first baseman had established a new major league mark by homering in the last eight Pittsburgh contests.
- 1979 At Dodger Stadium, Dusty Baker, Rick Sutcliffe, Steve Garvey, Gary Thomasson, Derrel Thomas, Joe Ferguson, and Davey Lopes set a team record by hitting seven home runs as the Dodgers crush the Reds, 17-6.
- 2000 At the age of 104, Fred Roberts, the oldest living Dodger fan, makes his first visit to Dodger Stadium. Wearing a jersey with the number 104, the World War I veteran cheers as Shawn Green’s sixth inning grand slam helps to beat Al Leiter and the Mets, 4-1.
Lineups when available.
Today's #Dodgers lineup at D-backs: pic.twitter.com/4aBcl4EuSY
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) May 29, 2022
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— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) May 29, 2022
NPUT
Maybe the Dodgers can work their magic on Keuchel.
Why would they bother? At best, he’s the Pillar of pitchers.
Ump refuses to ring this guy up.
There we see a typical Kevin Pillar AB. Overpowered by a guy throwing 88.
Pillars career SO rate is 18%.
Last year he had 81 K’s (about 25 percent) and 11 walks, with an OBP of .277. Muncy’s OBP this year is still .327, career .359, and he is far more valuable defensively.
Pillar is considered to be a good defensive player. ,991 career FLD%.
When your range is so limited, your fielding percentage tends to be higher. Unlike Muncy, he has zero versatility.
Not the only one…
Moved into apartment downtown for 2-3 months while shopping for new house/selling old house. Just got desktop back up, although I’m on wIfI rather than ethernet. I’ve forgotten how to hook these machines up!
Hooray for yet another Dodgers win!
More walkable neighborhood, presumably? Will you have Dodgers video now?
I’ve had SPNLA for years and still do. The neighborhood is nice and the three-building complex (23- stories each) has a lot of walkable grounds and a pool someone else pays to have maintained, so that’s a plus. CVS and Safeway in walking distance for me as I was 20 years ago, but the COPD is getting worse, so I’m gonna have to drive to those places.
Were you a smoker?
Yep. From 1967-2012. And not in moderation. I wrote a brief blurb about it here.
My sympathies. It’s never too late to quit, though.
Rangers and Red Sox playing much better.
Trea extended his hitting streak to 21 today.
Dodgers once again have baseball’s best record.
Time to consider giving Hudson more save opportunities?
Kimbrel hasn’t blown one yet. But for the so-called hit batter and the fly ball Mookie dropped, Snakes wouldn’t have scored.
No eyes. no ears. The triple was catchable, I take it.
Yep.
Thanks
Do you watch the games on MLB.com GameDay?
We’re out in the country without access this weekend. I will watch the Dodgers whenever possible, but I don’t subscribe to any special services. I feel that I watch enough baseball as it is.
Game Day is free.
It was not routine, but still one I’d expect him to make.
Pads win with the ghost runner.
An 8-2 road trip.
SWEEP!!
Woo-HOO!!!
Futuring back in form!
DBacks with eight hits. Dodgers with four. And yet…
Mookie has dropped two balls today!
Fatigue?
Not easy flies, but ones I’d expect him to make.
I am sure he would agree with you.
That didn’t seem close to hitting him.
Ump not doing us any favors. Nor is Kimbrel.
Double play, double please.
As you requested…
Sweet.
I’d like a large fry and coke with that double cheese burger.
Pirates tie it up at 2 in the 8th inning.
Price looking very sharp.
I would feel a lot better with a couple of more runs.
And now another challenge they will win.
Trea with a mental error and now a physical error.
TOOTBLAN.
Another pickoff. Geeze.
Four in this series. Unacceptable.
DBacks doing something right…
Stealing signs?
Davies gets the strike three call. Maybe the ump will give it to Anderson the next time.
Freddy rung up on a ball. Strike one was also a ball.
There you go!
Okay, Tyler. Get the third out.
Got it. 69 pitches thru 5 innings.
Gavin’s defense is improving. He seems to be more focused.
I don’t like that, but it was the right call.
DBacks wins yet another challenge.
It was the right call, though.
I know. But still annoying.
Great play Pillar.
In Tampa today, the Devil Rays had two hits and beat the Yanquis 4-2.
How many walks?
Four.
Yeah – they walked one run in.
All four walks came in the 7th inning.
Only four.
All in one inning, bringing in a run.
TB scored on two solo HR, a bases loaded walk, and a bases loaded HBP.
Great catch, Pillar!
Dodgers are a pleasure to watch these days.
Meanwhile, at The Litterbox, Machado is missing his second straight game with “tennis elbow.”
12 pitch AB ending in a HR. Way to go Willy Cora.
Very anxious to see what Pillar can do.
I am also. Pillar won the Giants’ Willie Mac (McCovey) Award in 2019 for being the club’s most inspirational player. It came in a vote of coaches, players, trainers and fans.
That on a team that went 77-85. In context, of course, the .293 OBP must have been especially inspiring.
The award is more reflective of the person’s character and presence. That will be my only response to that post.
On the field, he is a cipher.
Several teams have seen what he can do, and it ain’t much.
Doesn’t have to do very much to be better than Muncy.
Muncy is more valuable on the IL than Pillar in the lineup.
SMH. Do you actually think about some of the statements you make?”
I am a realist. If Pillar is around longer than a few days, the Dodgers could be in trouble.
Actually, I would call you more of a contrarian…So, who would you have called up? I guess we could be stuck with McKinney, Raley, or Sousa. I am willing to give Pillar a shot. I don’t see any better options right now.
Problem is, Dodgers don’t have the depth they had with Quique and others in the organization. Pillar is a vacancy in the lineup.
You are getting redundant, again.
Pillar is redundant.
Dodgers on a pace to win 112 or 113 games.
Anderson and Gonsolin are a combined 10-1. Who saw that coming? I certainly didn’t.
Be glad you don’t have to come up with alternatives for “surprising” when describing them in posts.
Ha! I wonder at what point in the season, if they continue to pitch in the same fashion, is it no longer surprising?
Bellinger not in the starting lineup vs. a righty. Injured?
Dodgers (32-14)
Diamondbacks (23-25)
SP Tyler Anderson L
5-0 3.30 ERA 43.2IP 42K
Lineup:
RF Mookie Betts R
1B F. Freeman L
SS Trea Turner R
DH Will Smith R
3B Edwin Rios L
CF Chris Taylor R
LF Kevin Pillar R
2B Gavin Lux L
C A. Barnes R
Dodgers gained ground on everybody else in the division yesterday, thanks to a late Pads meltdown. Today, unfortunately, the Gnats have come from behind in the eighth, but they could still give it away.