Pirates at Dodgers, 5:10 PM PDT, TV: ATT SportsNet PIT, SPNLA
LHP José Quintana (1-2, 2.15 ERA) pitches for the Buccaneers this afternoon; he’ll face the Dodgers’ RHP Mitch White (1-0, 4.60 ERA). Quintana gave up two hits and no runs to the Dodgers in a win on May 9. White is making his third start of the season, pressed into duty by the absence of Kershaw and Heaney and Anderson’s emergence as a starter.
Today in Dodgers’ history:
- 1955 Duke Snider blasts three home runs in the Dodgers’ 11-8 win over Milwaukee. Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese, and Roy Campanella also go deep in the Ebbets Field’s contest, helping Brooklyn set a franchise record with six home runs.
- 1962 In the nightcap of a twin bill at Shibe Park, Don Drysdale beats the Phillies for the 13th consecutive time, continuing a streak which started in 1958. The Dodger right-hander, however, will drop his next seven decisions against Philadelphia after today’s victory.
- 1997 When Wilton Guerrero scurries to pick up pieces of his shattered bat after grounding out to start the game, home plate ump Steve Ripley becomes suspicious and discovers that the rookie used an altered bat. The Dodgers second baseman is immediately ejected from the game by crew chief Bruce Froemming, and the 21 year-old infielder will also receive an eight-day suspension and a $1,000 fine for his use of a corked bat.
Lineups when available.
Series finale in Los Angeles.#LetsGoBucs pic.twitter.com/gPNbzQeu2M
— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) June 1, 2022
Tonight's #Dodgers lineup vs. Pirates: pic.twitter.com/rxmpWKqahK
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 1, 2022
NPUT
The comeback begins! Lol
Ever since his monster start in 2019, Bellinger has never had a month in which he hit over .281, and he has had many far, far below that. To be fair, 2020 was shortened and he has had some solid post-seasons.
Foo. Off to get a grilled cheese.
It’s better with relish, I have found.
Or at least sweet pickles on the side.
Now you’re talking.
It’s best without the bread. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTvS1IvpiEs
Clutching the World Series trophy, and reflecting on his club’s first title since 1979, manager Derek Shelton responded when asked what was the key for the Pirates’ taking the championship;.”It was when we swept the Dodgers in that three-game series in May and June,” he said. “From that point on, we started to believe in ourselves.”
Now, now, let’s not go bonkers.
’69 Mets?
Did they sweep the Dodgers?
“No place to go but up!” I was a Mets fan that year.
The Dodgers went 4-8 against the amazin’s that year.
Ha! You could make some good money on that if you bet on the Bucs.
How many bucks should I bet on the Bucs?
That was dumb, and the challenge is one of desperation.
These Filibusteros haven’t gotten this much under my skin since 2009. Had just seen the Dodgers play the Nats here in DC and then they were off to Pittsburgh up 6.0 in the standings (we had been in first since April 15) with nine games to play. Bucs were on their way to a 100 game lost season (even with Cutch). Figured that we might clinch there, but they took 3 out of 4 and we didn’t get the division crown until the next to last game of the season.
I totally remember that. The worse of it was blowing some leads in the 9th inning there.
That champagne was on ice for so long!
Corey Knebel, who’s blown two straight games with walkoff dingers, is facing the Gnats in the gninth with a one-run lead. Joc is the first hitter.
Quintana is Pittsburgh’s best starting pitcher.
Probably destined to go elsewhere at the trade deadline (though he’s been erratic the last few season and could easily regress).
Some contender will probably go after him. He becomes a free agent after this season.
Fillies have turned it around and gnow lead Gnats 6-5 in the sixth.
If we couldn’t beat these guys with Buehler or Urias, can White do the trick?
That was Pittsburgh’s first sweep at Dodger Stadium since Bill Clinton was president: September 2000.
Every team in the NL West lost today except for Colorado.
Crazy.
Get ‘em tomorrow Dodgers. And by them I mean the Mets.
Had it been 3-2 or even 5-2, I felt we would have had a shot, but 8-2 was too big a hill to climb.
In a way, 8-4 was less frustrating than 5-4 would have been.
Yes, one-run losses have a pain all their own.
Mookie thinks it’s still May.
Code Blue, stand back.
There ya go!
Mookie still hottt!
Need more than just top 3 guys in the lineup producing.
They didn’t produce tonight.
Exactly. The others need to come through every once and a while.
We’re gonna need a mighty ninth!
Will the Pirates go back to being the Pirates after this? Or will they win the next 20 games in a row?
No way they buc the trend of being the Pirates again.
In a town built on coal mines, there is always corsair.
Zing!
Et Tu(cupita?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucupita
This series is almost over. Thankfully.
Uncle.
Worst case scenario: We shortened the season by three games and we still have a three-game lead.
Got that magic number working for us!
Alberto grounded into two DPs today, so Rios, pinch-hitting for him, does the same.
One of those was Taylor’s fault, for bad baserunning.
Thanks. No eyes, no ears. What did CT3 do?
He tried to go from first to third on a grounder to third, got thrown out doing it.
Ouch. Perhaps we need Maury Wills to return and give the team baserunning tips, but you’d think that Roberts would be able to do that.
A minor point, but it seems that most every time JT comes up, the count goes to 0-2.
Unreal.
How many HRs have the Pirates hit in this series? How may have we hit?
How many HRs have the Pirates hit in this series? How may have we hit?
Many. Few.
Come on!
Hahaha. We’re baaaack.
It’s the timing that’s spooky! Scoop posted that 14 mins ago!
You somehow
intuited that I was gone.
I was gone! My wife needed some Chai tea.
Intuited. That is an excellent word.
Question 1: Many and with runners on base.
Question 2: Few and mostly bases empty.
Another .194 hitter.
Castro’s first homer of the year.
Sixth of his career, in which he’s a .196 hitter.
His name is fun though: Rodolfo!
My late father-in-law’s name.
Well, he had a great name!
2nd and 3rd with none out and the 2-3-4 hitters due up and we don’t even get to the 4 hitter.
What IS IT with these guys?
We are being tortured tonight.
This is truly aggravating.
When it goes bad, it goes AWFUL!
Oh man.
Un-bloody-believable!
That’s better, now get ’em home!
In May, the Dodgers were 4-8 vs the 2 Penn State teams. And 16-1 vs all other opponents.
Wow. I am thankful that there is no team in Wilkes-Barre.
Ha!
Nittany Lions!
For a team managed by one of the best baserunners ever, the Dodgers sure seem lost out there.
I have been thinking the same thought myself lately.
Oh drat, if only CT3 had been on base!
He would have scored from second and didn’t need to be on third.
They’re playing good defense, I’ll give them that.
Taylor made goof
Oh Dodgers. So many outs on the bases!
I thought White did a good job today.
He kept us in the game. He fanned 7. With one or two clutch hits he could have been in line for a win.
He didn’t pitch poorly, but he apparently let up after getting those first two K’s in the fifth. He could still be a solid starter.
Belli is back in.
Hadn’t noticed, but glad to see it.
But Pillar had just gotten hot! Lol
That’s partially on the ump. Should have been bases loaded one out again.
Terrible calls there.
UMP!
Expanding the zone!
Is that what that’s called?!?!?!
BB for Pillar is a once in a lifetime event.
https://twitter.com/HollyBaylorMLB/status/1532154081610936320?s=20&t=7WSXo_8NKGJAVyv9Al6NcQ
Knebel gets it done in Philly, and the Gnats lose 6-5.
Pirates are playing ridiculously well again.
Pillar atones for his double.
Not all on him, right? Stellar defense.
When the ball’s hit in front of you, you make sure it goes through.
Pillar just raised his batting average 83 points.
And his OBP.
Scoop, remember that grilled cheese you had at Zippy’s when you visited me? There’s a Zippy’s about two blocks from me, and I think I’m gonna have one for dinner. The thought appeals.
Little early for dinner in your time zone, isn’t it?
3:30 pm right now, so maybe at game’s end.
Link: Yes, I remember it well. That was a good time and I am glad that you are doing better. Can you have Zippy”s air mail me one of those sandwiches?
They do take-out, but that may be beyond their scope.
WBB:
Kevin Pillar’s mother called me this morning and asked me to ask you to lighten up on her son.
“He is a good boy. He always took the trash out without having to be asked twice, and he never turned in his homework late.”
He took himself out?
Actually, that was funny, if cruel.
Hey-oh. Third verse, same as the first! But the game is young…
Here we go again.
They moved Groundhog Day from Pennsylvania to California.
Another bleeder for the Bucs.
Giants have just 5 on the board against the Phils in the 5th and lead 5-2. Giants are still batting in the inning.
They’re still closer to last place than first.
Belli out again.
What is his ailment/injury?
Left adductor strain is what I have read. Sitting out tonight but available to pinch hit.
Thanks.
Pirates (21-27)
Dodgers (33-16)
SP Mitch White R
0-0 4.60 ERA 15.2IP 15K
Lineup:
RF Mookie Betts R
1B F. Freeman L
SS Trea Turner R
DH J. Turner R
CF Chris Taylor R
3B H. Alberto R
C A. Barnes R
LF Kevin Pillar R
2B Gavin Lux L
Clear-day
0% Rain
82° Wind 8 mph Out
Where’s McKinstry when we really need him?
Justin Upton is available. And cheap.
Not great, but likely an upgrade. McKinstry has far greater versatility, though.
House money again: Cards just beat the Padres, 5-2, to sweep their three-game series.
Cards beat Pads again, though they almost gave up a lead-surrendering slam to the washed-up Robinson Canó.