Dodgers at Giants, 6:35 PM PDT, TV: MLBN (out-of-market only), NBCS BA, SPNLA
LHP Julio Urías (10-6, 2.71 ERA) takes the mound for the Dodgers and RHP Alex Cobb (3-5, 4.06 ERA) does so for the Giants. Urías is on a six-game winning streak with one no-decision in the middle of it. Cobb’s on a four-game losing streak; he hasn’t won since May 17.
On this day in Dodgers’ history:
- 1959 In the second All-Star Game played this summer, Yogi Berra’s two-run home run off Dodgers right-hander Don Drysdale in the third inning at the LA Memorial Coliseum proves to be the difference in the American League’s 5-3 victory over the Senior Circuit. The home run will be the last one hit by a Bronx Bomber in a Mid-Summer Classic game for 41 years until Derek Jeter goes deep in 2001.
- 1995 Making his first start for the Rockies since being acquired from the Mets, Brett Saberhagen gives up 13 hits and walks three batters, but gets the win in the team’s 9-4 win over the Dodgers. The sellout crowd gives their new hurler an enthusiastic standing ovation when he departs the game with one out in the seventh inning.
- 1997 Jeromy Burnitz, coming off the bench in the Brewers’ 6-5 loss to Seattle at County Stadium, homers as a pinch hitter for the second consecutive time, tying an American League record. The major league mark for consecutive pinch-hit appearances with a home run is three, shared by Lee Lacy (Dodgers – May 2, 6, and 17, 1978) and Del Unser (Phillies – June 30, July 5 and 10, 1979).
- 2013 The first-place Dodgers set a franchise record, winning their 13th consecutive game on the road with their 3-0 victory over the Cubs in Chicago. The Giants established the National League mark in 1916 when the team won 17 straight games away from the Polo Grounds.
Lineups when available.
Tonight’s #Dodgers lineup at Giants: pic.twitter.com/1o8rxBRDA5
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NP (incomplete but in progress) UT
Seeing those giant outfielders gather for that fly ball reminds me of Grant’s joke about every Dodger tweet these days talks about Trea jumping out of a helicopter and snagging three line drives to preserve a perfect game, whereas every giant tweet is about the four giant infielders colliding on the mound while carry huge bowls of soup.
Classic Grant witticism .
Jaime pronounces “Gallo” in Spanish, and then corrects himself to Italian (Joey’s the son of Sicilian immigrants).
Woo-HOO! I’m in Colorado and just checked in.
Dodgers now have a better run differential than the Yanquis.
Yanks, 70-36, Dodgers 71-33.
Dodgers 3 runs, 6 hits and 7LOB
Gmen 0 runs, 8 hits and 10 LOB
Ha! Thanks ump compensating
21 pitches, 13 strikes. Heartburn for teammates and thousands of fans.
Perhaps a makeup call.
We’ll take it.
Never in doubt.
Dodgers win!!!
Thanks, Yaz.
Two outs.
Not good.
Understatement.
Half strikes, half balls.
Uh oh
Kimbrel! Can’t you have a 1-2-3 inning?
He got cheated on González, a clear strike three.
Got burned on ball three.
Absolutely.
It was a perfect pitch, right on the corner.
Yup. Huge missed call.
Well if you are going to have a game where you only score 3 runs (Dodgers 8-24 when scoring 3 or less runs) and The Big 3 go hitless for the first time all year – you may as well just go ahead and beat San Fran.
Get it done Kimbrel.
Just throw strikes.
And have the ump call them as such.
Yency has appeared in 29 games and has only give up a run 4 times.
Bring them home Vargas!
He looks comfortable up there.
Max staring to get wood and results
Solid contact
That was worth the agony.
Yaz. “flies into a double play.” Don’t see that often.
Happens often when it is to Mookie.
What was it, line drive and caught him off first?
Blooper and especially dumb baserunning mistake by runner on second.
big mistake
Thanks, guys.
Doctor DP!
E6
Evan the fire jumper gets up in the pen.
And puts out the fire
Now’s the time for Joey K Bart to deliver.
Small ball gets the run in.
Big fly it was.
Not so big as I’d hoped.
Ok Big 3. Time to shine.
I love the hit-and-run!
Okay guys, insurance.
Outman BA .667 OPS 1.949
Vargas BA .667 OPS 1.667
Small sample size? What small sample size? It’s their whole MLB careers…
any other rookies waiting in the wings?
Pads are pulverizing the Rox tonight.
Soto not doing much.
Muncy trying to break Freddy’s arm?
Freddy showing Max how to make that play.
Pitchers gonna duel.
Julito’s been much more efficient.
Vargas the difference maker and is able to be it because he isn’t a Nat.
Gnor is he a Gnat.
Never was going to be.
Thank Dog! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/0062a01453bcd38b5a842f61d9a0566cf5252b1af917f20c16006c2daf2af85d.jpg
Nice effort by the 3rd baseman. Luckily too late.
Vargas doubles his career RBI’s with one swing of the bat.
And pilfers third!
Well GRD and RBI is pretty sweet too!
Vargas gets some!
Woohoo, young Vargas!
He’s no Outman…
Ok Vargas. You know the bar has been set and you need to hit a home run here.
Somewhat interesting that Vargas is hitting ahead of Outman. I guess with Outman hitting so well, Vargas will see some good pitches.
After the top three alternating left-right.
Well sure if you want a logical answer…
Software Stadium looking pretty empty tonight.
Jaime Steinered me on that one.
Dodgers testing out that vaunted depth tonight with Thompson, Vargas, Outman, and (to a much lesser extent) Barnes all starting.
Letting the rooks play. The Gnats are starting one of their own, but that’s primarily out of desperation.
Trayce has been pretty much a regular since CT3 went down.
Watching the Bucs and Beerboys, I just learned that Pittsburgh has the first Palauan player in MLB – Bligh Madris. Can’t wait until he becomes the team captain.
Bligh????? And he’s a PIRATE?
Okay, there are no “mutineer” team names that I know of, so Pirate will do. That’s wonderful!
Here’s his story (by the way, Bligh was the victim of the mutiny). https://www.mlb.com/news/bligh-madris-first-palauan-player-in-majors
Captain Bligh made an epic sailing voyage after being thrown off the Bounty.
Indeed he did.
Yeah, I remember. You gotta stretch sometimes.
My older brother helped write the constitution for Palau when they became independent out of the US Trusteeship.
That… is very cool.
Sailed to Micronesia with my parents. They along with several siblings lived there for a number of years.
I worked for DoD on Kwajalein for just under three years.
I’d feel really claustrophobic on an atoll.
Yep, recall you telling me. Spent one day on Johnston Island, which I believe was also under DoD.
Palau as part of Micronesia has an interesting history of bouncing about under the control of various imperial powers. Discovered by Magellan, they remained under the Spanish after the Spanish-American War as the US neglected to include them in the treaty along with the Philippines and Guam. The Spanish quickly sold them to Bismarck and the Germans. After WWI Japanese controlled them under a League of Nations Trusteeship. These were the fortified islands that the Marines would storm during WWII.
https://twitter.com/SFGiants/status/1554693778593550337
Vin grew up a Gnatfan, and then proved that redemption is possible.