Dodgers at Angels, 6:38 PM PDT, TV: Bally Sports West, SPNLA
All Star LHP Clayton Kershaw (6-2, 2.40 ERA) takes the hill for the Dodgers in Anaheim against LHP Patrick Sandoval (3-4, 2.95 ERA) of the host Angels. In Kershaw’s last start he went 7 2/3 innings, gave up five hits and two runs and got the win. Sandoval’s last start was unfortunate. He went 6 1/3 innings, gave up five hits and just one run and took the loss.
Today in Dodgers’ history:
- 1960 Home plate umpire Frank Dascoli stops play for 24 minutes when Willie McCovey hits a pitch into shallow left field that no one can see because of the dense fog. The Giants first baseman’s second inning “invisible triple” doesn’t deter the Dodgers when they go on to win the Candlestick Park contest, 5-3.
- 2003 At the All-Star Game played in Chicago’s U.S. Cellular Field, Angels outfielder Garret Anderson goes 3-for-4, including a two-run homer and a double, helping the American League to beat the NL, 7-6. Pinch-hitting in the eighth inning, Rangers third baseman Hank Blalock hits a go-ahead two-run homer off the usually untouchable reliever of the Dodgers, Eric Gagne.
- 2004 Eric Gagne surpasses Jeff Shaw for the most career saves in franchise history, collecting his 130th save in a Dodger uniform. The 28 year-old right-handed closer pitches a perfect ninth, striking out the side, in the team’s 5-2 victory over Arizona at Bank One Ballpark.
- 2017 Cody Bellinger becomes the first Dodger rookie to hit for the cycle when he collects a seventh-inning triple in the team’s 7-1 victory over the Marlins in Miami. The 22-year old freshman goes 4-for-5, driving in three runs en route to his historic accomplishment.
Also: in 1939 National League president Ford Frick orders two-foot screens affixed inside all foul poles after Billy Jurges of the Giants and umpire George Magerkurth spit at each other after a foul ball call down the left field line is disputed at the Polo Grounds. The American League will soon follow the Senior Circuit lead and will also install foul ball screens.
And: in 1994 after being confiscated in the first inning of the Indians-White Sox contest at Comiskey Park, Albert Belle’s bat, suspected of being corked, is placed in umpire Dave Phillips’ locker for further examination. The attempt to take and replace the suspected bat by a bungling burglar, who gains access to the umpire’s room by squirming through the stadium’s overhead crawl space, a thievery Jason Grimsley will confess to five-years later, is immediately uncovered with the discovery of pieces of broken ceiling tile on the floor, and a new name on the “clean” bat which now reads Paul Sorrento.
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NPUT
There goes the Dodgers streak of 20 straight unanswered runs.
I’m going to guess that Doc is happy to let Kershaw come out to start the 8th.
Very interesting.
6 K’s!!
Love that curve when it’s working.
5 k’s.
Not an easy play, but Adell really butchered it.
How Gnatfans are coping… https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/1693a7bc9e6492c0384d21c6568d89420d17b4b781071783cff6c1f14c18f54f.png
Arguing over scraps?
It’s all they’ve got.
Kersh is going to pitch in the AS game. It might as well be the 1st inning. Do the right thing Snitker.
How close are we to the Yankees now?
2.5 games back I think.
62-28 – Yanks
59-30 – Dodgers
58-31 – Stros
Run Differential
+175 – Yanks
+163 – Dodgers
+94 – Stros
2.5 games back I think.
62-28 – Yanks
59-30 – Dodgers
58-31 – Stros
NYY 62-28, LAD 59-30.
Yahoo!
Standing O on the road for Kersh. Amazing.
Very cool..
In the suburbs, actually.
Kershaw is so modest. Giving all the credit to the defense – said “I probably should have had four or five hits by the seventh.”
It takes a village.
Hats off to you Kersh. Outstanding..
Kershaw with outside chance of getting to 200 wins this year.
Got #192 tonight. Very good chance if he stays healthy.
Not sure if I would say very good chance but if he can get 2 more wins this month and then average 3 wins in both August and September it would happen. Easier said then done however.
After the AS break we will have 72 games left to play. I am thinking Kersh could get at least 10 to 12 starts.
Hmmm. Hopefully 12!
Show’s you how hard it is to no-hit.
This is the team we were expecting!
Woo-HOO! Kershaw’s ERA now 2.13.
Would be 3rd in NL, just behind Goose, if he had enough innings.
Dodgers win!
There’s out number two.
This game is less fun by the moment. Lol
Straight down the middle.
Yep.
9 – 0 ninth inning, down the middle is basically what he needs to do.
There’s one.
Moronta has a great toddler body.
Like Phlablo Sandoval.
Exactly!
Clayton making a good case for opening the All-Star game.
Kershaw didn’t want Joe Davis to miss it I guess.
Wonder if Snitker saw anything he liked from Kershaw tonight?
He is the biggest Schmuck in the world if he doesn’t start Kersh in the AS game.
He could always follow it up by knocking ice cream cones out of kids’ hands and stealing candy from babies.
Manfred should just step in a name Kersh the starter.
Never trust Manfred to do the right thing.
Ain’t that the truth.
¡Miércoles en viernes!
Rats!!
87 mph slider down in the zone but in the middle.
Damn!
I still like the Dodgers chance to win this game.
Oh well – he was astounding this game. Maybe too much time between innings.
Dang.
Ah phooey.
Any chance they will bring Trout in?
Wonder how bad his back is?
Not expected to play in this series.
To pitch?
9-0. And no one cares about the 9 so much.
How wonderful is it to see Justin Turner back on his hitting game?
Will the Thrill.
As opposed to Will the Shrill. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/25e0f9d96e2b5903a06958020b6717e70cd99a5cf7534123693b94756469fa52.png
Dude. Show some respect to Kershaw’s favourite player. Lol
More from Grant – https://twitter.com/GrantBrisbee/status/1548157002471206913?s=20&t=UzLGS0CjXAf_P1BCHFi-9g
God I love this guy. He is so hilarious.
Truth
Jinxer
Getting jiggy with it!
Good times indeed Marango.
Grant on the Gnats’ defense (they just had a big giveaway inning): https://twitter.com/GrantBrisbee/status/1548155787863736324?s=20&t=UzLGS0CjXAf_P1BCHFi-9g
Wow. What a play by Turner and Freeman.
Trea!!
Good pick by Freddie as well.
All I have is radio – so thanks for the assist!
8 runs and 8 LOB.
Thompson gets on board!
Not wanting to say too much – but uh, wouldn’t it be nice to see Kershaw still pitching in the 9th?
59 pitches only. Looks very possible.
Roberts may face another one of those decisions that get the press mad at him.
You are getting close to a violation
Heh. Don’t I know it!
Villar had a valid argument.
I want the Dodgers to win, but doggone it, I wish the Angels could do the same except when they’re playing us. Ohtani and Trout ought to get into the playoffs.
Thanks, Arte Moreno!
Is he still the owner?
Never mind, I looked. Yes.
He is indeed.
Ok Dodgers. Don’t let Kershaw sit too long. Lol
JT!!
JT! Sweet swinging single.
The two ASG snubs having a go this week.
Coming into this game, last seven for Freddie OPS 1.083; Willie 1.109.
So many Dodger fans there.
Smith: Brother is he good!
Should be an All Star
Best all-around catcher in baseball.
I see what you’re doing. Cough cough.
As you said. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/99bce07426b6af819194aee007ca1c93920b03cf70f410b70ce0d6e89a2d1b36.png
Will was absolutely sitting on that slider.
Will! Again with the RBI double!
So groovy!!
Sac fly by the fabulous Freddie.
Bum fails to get a hit again.
I’ve been watching as I exercise and cook and eat. What a pleasurable game so far!
5 innings, 49 pitches, 38 of them strikes. I guess Clayton ain’t over the hill yet.
Nope. He is firmly on the hill.
He’s on top.
No fool he.
This is not Blue Jay Way.
Not enough innings to make it official, otherwise 4th in ERA in NL (Goose 2nd)
Yeah, 26 innings short. One inning per number of games required, so 89 innings needed. He’s just over 63.
Now at 68. Last two starts coming in ERA 0.61.
Hanser!!! Good situational defence!
Now that’s good situational hitting.
Ha!
Hanser answer his critics.
Hanser hit it to the right spot!
Time for a dinger.
Turner turning back the clock.
What a heckuva play by JT.
Nice play JT!
4 games AHEAD of last year’s pace? Holy cow, I didn’t realize that.
Kershaw’s on his game. Nine up, nine down.
Kershaw!
Up to 5 LOB now.
Hanser hit it to the wrong place again. Into the glove of the first baseman.
In the first, that might’ve scored a run.
Alberto at least got the pitch count up.
Yep!
JT heating up a bit.
26-5, 2.02 ERA record in interleague play for Kershaw. That’s amazing.
Wowsers!
Especially for something that shouldn’t even exist.
Shoot.
What Dave said.
Here they go again. 2 on 0 outs
Kersh!
Very bad situational hitting by Hanser.
Not his fault it turned into a DP
It was, for hitting it there. Anywhere else in the field, Freeman scores.
Not great base running by Fredrick.
He was leading off third, and the defense was right even with the bag. He had no chance.
Yep. My bad.
Small ball.
Failed small ball.
Is situational hitting another name for productive out?
It’s not hitting it to the worst possible place.
In other words a non-productive out?
It was a doubly non-productive out.
Oh Freddie
Don’t tell the guys that BP is over.
Good at bat, JT!
Hit early and hit often!
Sandman coming for Sandoval?
Can we bottle this Freddie for an October run?
Re the McCovey “triple” mentioned above: Once in Berkeley slow pitch, there was such a dense fog that, playing right field, I moved to just about 20 feet from the dirt because it was the only way I could see the batter.
https://twitter.com/juanctoribio/status/1548094277409853442?s=20&t=WsQbi62u2oE86ad1yP2Hfg
¡El Vin del Ecuador! https://twitter.com/jorgecastillo/status/1547995759953334273?s=20&t=aWtNHFFNhbq6JFG-bqJvHQ