Dodgers at Giants, 4:15 PM PDT, TV: Fox
LHP Clayton Kershaw (4-0, 1.80 ERA) comes off the IL, where he’d been with a sacroiliac inflammation. He’ll start today in place of Urías, who’s getting an extra day of rest before starting tomorrow. He’ll face the Giants’ LHP Sam Long (0-1, 2.35 ERA). This will be his 12th appearance but just his 4th start this season. He’s gone no longer than three innings in any game yet.
This day in Dodgers’ history:
- 1957 The Dodgers’ Roy Campanella surpasses former Cub and Giant backstop Gabby Hayes to establish a new National League mark when he hits his 237th career round-tripper as a catcher. Campy’s historic home run comes off Ray Crone in the seventh inning of Brooklyn’s 7-2 loss to the Braves at Ebbets Field.
- 1972 LA outfielders Manny Mota and Willie Davis both hit inside-the-park homers down the foul lines at Dodger Stadium off Bucs’ starter Bruce Kison. Roberto Clemente’s seventh inning home run over the fence proves to be the difference in Pittsburgh’s 7-5 victory, their 21st win the last 26 games.
Also, in 1938 In the first of two consecutive no-hitters he will hurl, Johnny Vander Meer keeps the Boston Bees hitless in Cincinnati’s 3-0 victory at Crosley Field. The Reds’ southpaw, in the first night game played in Brooklyn, continues his no-no mojo four days later by beating the Dodgers, 6-0, without giving up a hit in the Ebbets Field contest.
Lineups when available.
Today’s #Dodgers lineup at Giants: pic.twitter.com/aXCZFjO9kS
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Run it allllll the way back
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Dodgers 4-7 (.364) in one-run games, 33-15 (.688) in the rest.
Cody reminds me of Bodie, the once flourishing gold mining town in California that is a ghost town.
Change his name from Cody to Calico?
Saw Yelich play last night. The fall from 2019 for both of them has been quite something.
If this Gnats reliever ever has to hit, what would be his walkup music? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d8bf3a8c0a2247fe2869d3e1f0a72bf2f470d32332d915bd377b6c47e57421df.png
A dinner guest last night was a young lady who worked with Janet Marie Smith, who led the updating of Dodgers Stadium and the design of Camden Yards, which started the retro-stadium craze. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Marie_Smith.
Cool. Every now and then slip us some insider info.
Don’t really think of DS as an historical site, despite it being the third-oldest stadium in baseball. Apparently they found some old signage and other things in storage there and sought to incorporate some of it into the refurbishing. Retro 50’s and 60’s as it were.
NPUT @ 0800 HST, 1100 PDT, 1400 EDT
DODGERS.COM says Buehler will be out at least three months:
https://www.mlb.com/dodgers/news/dodgers-walker-buehler-injured-lis
Rockies beat the Padres, 6-2, in the second game of their split doubleheader. The Dodgers are still in first by one-half game over San Diego.
Dodger talk saying Buehler will be out 6 to 8 weeks.
https://twitter.com/juanctoribio/status/1535824149288869889
Nightmare third for the Padres.
C’mon Rocks…
Make that 5-0 Rockies.
4-0 Rockies in the third.
Time for Roberts to shake up the lineup.
But how? We have only three on the bench. In the old days we’d have a bench of six or more. The best he can do now is rearrange the deck chairs.
That is more what I am suggesting.
Something’s gotta give with these hitters, yes?
Losers of eight of 12, starting with the sweep by the Bucs.
Sad, but I have little confidence in JT — despite his RBI total — and Cody — despite his sometimes home runs.
Sure, but for JT to have those sorts of RBI totals, given his overall subpar hitting, means that he has been dynamite with RISP. To the tune of OPS+162.
That is true and impressive. Just think if he were hitting even .250.
And Kersh takes the loss. Loss should go to Kimbrel.
Day game tomorrow.
Sad. Out hit them 13 to 5 and only score 2 runs. Unacceptable.
A slump is a slump.
nope
again
just, nope
If San Diego wins the second game of their split DH with Colorado tonight, we will be in second place for the first time since April 30.
As poorly as we’ve been playing we deserve it.
I was thinking the same thing.
Dang
Blast it.
A blast would have been nice.
Come on , Cody.
This team really knows how to prolong the torture.
Dodgers outhitting Gnats 13-5.
11 singles
Of the Gnats’ five hits, four were singles.
sigh
Oh Max.
All strikes, at least.
I’m watching on faux which seems much more delayed than everybody else
Fake news.
Only station that didn’t show the Hearing
Should have pinch hit for Muncy with a right hander.
Kimbrel’ss ERA is 4.42
Magnifies the Kimbrel catastrophe.
Will this inning be our final torture of the night?
That’s what I’m thinking.
“If only” seems to be our theme this weekend.
Home run = good!
You’re back!
Just on GameDay and here.
If only he’d done that in the seventh…
Boom, Freeman!
Oh man, if only they hadn’t given up that run in the bottom of the 8th!
RALLY TIME!!
Dessert time for Scoop
Bases loaded and nobody out in the 7th, I see, and we didn’t score. And I thought that you were my friends. Well, i guess, I will eat ice cream now for dessert or I SCREAM!
The Oh Fudge special.
That’s a very good idea. Let me see what we have in the freezer — besides our bats with runners in scoring position.
We will call it a Kimbrel Kone.
Flambeau of Gnats.
Sounds delicious and low calorie.
A big difference in this eighth inning was Lux and Bett swing at ball fours and Giants hitters not.
Nice recovery by Phillips, now to get three in the ninth!
Kimbrel is a mess.
Kimbrel has been successful most of the time, but he sure hasn’t LOOKED successful much.
I miss Kenley.
I miss Treinen.
I miss Perenoski
Or Regan, or Mike Marshall, or Saito, or Gagne, or Broxton, or…
No outs folks
Roberts wearing a jacket suitable for sub zero temperatures.
“Turn out the lights, the party’s over
They say that all good things must end…”
Dandy Don Meredith, MNF
I’m out.
Kimbrel right behind you, well maybe a step behind.
We were swinging at those pitches
Oh come ON, Kimbrel!
(Even Link is on the cranky-train.)
It all started with the laundry
Specifically the PRICE of the laundry, cheap so-and-so that I am.
There’s the WP -oh, wait.
And the walk
sigh I fear we are going to let Scoop down.
Well that sucked.
Swung at ball four.
I am violating Rule One.
I heard that
I am not surprised.
My wife said, “¡Tenés que controlarte!”
Hahaha.
One more ball
Still
Got the ball but
Well, it was ball four.
Terrible AB by Lux.
Those pitches were filthy WBB.
Light em up Gavin
Nice AB by CT3.
Doval looks wicked
Throws hard, but inconsistent.
How about a WP?
No K, CT3!
We want contact
That ball just kept carrying.
It surprised me. I thought it was a pop fly. The replay showed that he had a better swing than it looked in real time.
WOOT!!
Cody!
Cody comes through!
Belli got a hit!
His second of the game.
All we do is hit it where they are.
But there’s a break!
Sometimes that works
YES!
Get. Ruf.
A pretty try with the DP
Lets go Fergusson.
Team meeting time? Or is it too early in the season for that?
I think Freddie needs a day off.
I’m even mad at Kapler’s beard.
And his tats
I’m jealous of Scooplew
I give you permission to leave the game for dinner.
Too late. I already saw it.
Good Grief.
Wow
I can’t believe what I just saw!
So discouraging.
When we suck, we suck. Nothing else to say.
Pfui.
Seriously? That was a terrible swing.
Oh Freddie.
Swung at ball four!
“Freddie, Freddie!”
Time for an XBH!
I like Freddie here. Cool and calm usually.
Come back Scoop, or not.
Infield knock. We’ll take it. Nice hustle by Lux.
Lux has been able to use his speed some lately.
I like his concentration. For a while he wasn’t this focused.
He didn’t seem to be.
Something clicked. It’s really good to see.
Leave Littell in!
Everyone’s safe.
Acceptable.
I am about to dine with my wife. I expect all of you to provide the Dodgers with a lead before dessert. Thanking you in advance.
Bases loaded!
Mookie! How are you missing those?
Two on, zero out, Betts up.
A hitting machine.
What? A hit?
Outhitting the Gnats 7-4.
Most promising situation so far.
We’ve put a runner on with none out or one out in every inning.
Fat lot of good it has done us.
LOL
Okay Gavin. Give us something.
Shoulda saved that dinger for tonight.
I love leadoff walks (in these circumstances).
Three more shots. Time to get busy.
I wonder if any of those partiers on that black yacht would dive into the water to retrieve a homerun ball.
Here’s the very good news: we can post our complaints tonight!
Got him!
WBB! Your favorite player!
Greasylocks is MVP on the All-Ugly Team.
Maybe Turner should go to the mound and catch the return throw from the catcher for Almonte.
Funny idea. Almonte does look pretty lost defensively. Like he has never seen a come-backer before.
You’re suggesting he’ll never win a Gold Glove?
Miracles do happen!
We could easily wind up today in second place.
Perhaps that is what we need to shake us from our lethargy of last night and today.
0 for 21 with RISP apparently.
I’ve been making cole slaw and juicing oranges and making lime simple syrup to keep from my own nonstop whining but now here I am. Grrrrrr!
I am truly disliking this game so far with the ineffective Dodger offense and the nonstop yadayada.
Karros is partly to blame.
He never stops.
Started a load of laundry in this apartment building. $3 per load, $1.50 per dryer load. Gotta buy a card and fill it with cash to use in the washers/dryers. Last time I used a laundromat-style setting was 1978 and it was either a quarter or fifty cents per load then.
Wow. Pricy!
I think so too, but whatcha gonna do? I can’t go back to my house; it’s being painted.
Shower-wash?
Every single one. Maybe JT should try a different swing.
JT watches a cookie pass him by.
But was it “center cut?”
Will gets something started?
Every fly ball dies on us.
RALLY TIME!! Clap…Clap
I like Almonte. So far this season he is doing well.
He was terrible in Denver. A reclamation project.
Dodgers fix pitchers better than they do hitters.
Yep. LOL
Taylor, Turner and Muncy say hello.
Now I need a hello from Bellinger.
He was terrible last year and 2019, but pretty good in 2018 and 2020.
We haven’t had a hit with a runner in scoring position in San Francisco.
We need a big hit or two with runners on in this game. The two teams I most dislike losing to are the other two NL franchises in California.
San Diego first started that Beat LA chant that I really didn’t like.
The L.A. Times posted this before last night’s game about some key and disturbing facts in our lineup:
https://www.latimes.com/sports/newsletter/2022-06-10/lineup-dodgers-dugout
Let me know whether or not you can open it.
I saw that, and I think to some degree it’s random.
To what degree would that be? The numbers speak for themselves, no?
Yes.
As for me, I know I get crabbier when we lose to or are losing to the Giants.
I get crabby when people are obtuse.
Some hitters do better in some spots than they do in others.
I think your contrarian nature comes out more when we play the Giants.
That is the whole point. The hitters we have been putting in the 4, 5, and 6 slots are not getting it done.
The same hitters often do better in other spots than they do in 4-5-6.
So Dave needs to try some different people in the 4, 5, and 6 spots.
Yes, it opened up. Good article and breakdown. JTurner, Will Smith, and Muncy not getting it done in the 4, 5, and 6 spots. Maybe Roberts needs to shake up the lineup.
Off the bat, I thought that was headed into the corner.
We are jinxed this game.
By and large, with some exceptions, it has been very frustrating to be a Dodger fan for the last couple of weeks. (And, yes, I am also grumpy).
Terrible home plate umpiring as well – and it feels more aimed at our pitchers. But that could just be me.
Seriously, announcers. Take a breath.
That’s what I was thinking. Who are they other than FOX?
They get paid by the word, I guess.
As mentioned below, it’s… https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/f8ef1eb1ec29beacab1bc647ad2008e02aae6b202d69991c4335683e2d8b2b49.png
Five hits and zip to show for it so far.
I am so tired of announcers calling a pitch down the middle of the strike zone “center cut.” When did that start? (I am not a vegetarian.)
This game is making me grumpy as well.
Announcers are butchering this game.
Ha!
Botched pickoff!
Hey! This is not what’s supposed to happen to Kersh!
Gnats are agnoying. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/708b86bf9731ee4e882c614771d5ba3e2758137847ed4ab29886f05b5ea1ac15.png
Solo homers against Kersh not so bad.
I wonder if the Giants could trade Yastrzemski to Boston and get more back than they could from another team. He is the Grandson of Boston’s Yastrzemski.
At the trade deadline, presuming the Sawx are a contender…
Boston might overpay.
Little Yaz is not a youngster.
At the trade deadline, presuming the Sawx are a contender…
A pitcher aggravating hit by Smith.
It looked like a Gnathit.
Bellinger doesn’t have that Gnathit thing down yet.
Welcome back Klayton.
Trea is so smooth at short.
Kershaw on the mound. Sounds right.
Rox blow one to Pads. In extras, with Machado ghost runner on 2B, a wild pitch and a catcher’s throwing error with two out.
Too bad.
I just watched it, and it was truly ugly. Catcher should’ve let him have third uncontested.
In the booth this afternoon will be the most loathed Gnat ever – by Gnatfans! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/f8ef1eb1ec29beacab1bc647ad2008e02aae6b202d69991c4335683e2d8b2b49.png
Latest update. https://twitter.com/truebluela/status/1535743300057157638?s=20&t=UHeQdpK_vIDY3fDuPxsuFA
This is a terrible tragedy and a personal one for the Dodgers.
https://twitter.com/AP/status/1535724309754396674
Very sad indeed. Condolences to the Sax family.
Sax now calls the games for the Sacto Gnatlings.
Waiting anxiously for the MRI results.
I’m expecting the worst.
Ferris to the IL – https://twitter.com/Dodgers/status/1535738214916313089?s=20&t=UHeQdpK_vIDY3fDuPxsuFA
Beat me to it.
A Dodgers legend, unexpectedly – https://twitter.com/dodgers_cards/status/1535681208318709760?s=20&t=UHeQdpK_vIDY3fDuPxsuFA
Testing, testing? (Taps the mic.)