Padres at Dodgers, 4:00 PM PDT, TV: ESPN
RHP Yu Darvish (10-4, 3.30 ERA) comes back to the Dodger Stadium mound for one of the few times since his calamitous 2017 World Series appearances for the Dodgers. He’s having one of the best seasons of his 10-year career, reaching double-digits in wins for only the fifth time. He’ll face Tyler Anderson (12-1, 2.89 ERA), who’s having by far the best season of his seven-year career. In his last start he had a horrible fifth inning against the Giants; in that game he gave up five runs on six hits and a wild pitch but still had a 6-5 lead when he was pulled from the game and got the win.
Today in Dodgers’ history:
- 2003 Fireballer Eric Gagne ties the single-season record for consecutive saves to start a season, established in 1995 by Jose Mesa of the Indians. The Dodger closer strikes out the Reds’ side in the ninth inning for his 38th save this season and 46th consecutive regular-season save overall.
In other baseball history, in 1972 the Baseball Hall of Fame inducts pitchers Sandy Koufax (1st year of eligibility, 86.9% of the vote), the author of four no-hitters, and three hundred game winner Early Wynn (4th year, 76.0%). Yogi Berra (2nd year, 85.6%), who retired as the AL leader for catcher putouts with 8,723, is also enshrined in Cooperstown.
Lineups when available.
Lining up for Sunday Night Baseball on @ESPN. pic.twitter.com/9G35dWsyHi
— San Diego Padres (@Padres) August 7, 2022
Today’s #Dodgers lineup vs. Padres: pic.twitter.com/3UjOb2F3R8
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 7, 2022
NPUT
Giants just beat the Padres, 1-0, Monday night. We now lead San Diego by 16 games.
Will the Pads ever win a game with Soto?
1-5 so far, if I remember what I saw on ESPN last night correctly.
0-4
Day off tomorrow, then the Twins for two. Then off to KC.
A nine-pitch inning.
This is the last day of my free streaming week, in which I’ve been able to watch five games that would otherwise have been blackouts. It’s been years since I’ve seen a game on ESPN, to whom I will give credit for referring to Dodger Stadium as “Vin Scully’s Concert Hall.”
“Vin Scully’s Concert Hall.” love it
Cumulative line score from the series:
Padres – 4 runs 12 hits 2 errors
Dodgers – 20 runs 33 hits 3 errors
Dodgers scored as many runs in the first inning of the first game as the Padres scored all series.
It won’t always be this easy. But it was fun this weekend.
Gonsolin and Anderson are the Dodger Energizer Bunnies that just keep on going and going.
No Padre even reached second base.
I must admit I thought this would be a tougher matchup.
Woo-HOO!
Dodgers win!!
Thanks, Manny!
Kimbrel is so all over the place, sometimes he doesn’t get calls he should.
Twice in that AB against Soto.
Twice, in this case.
The Padres did not score an earned run off any of our three starting pitchers in this series.
Hard to believe.
Particularly after getting three new bats in the lineup, one excellent, one very good and one good.
Now they are saying just wait until Tatis comes back, we’ll show you.
Hard to imagine that they won’t start clicking at some point, especially when he gets back.
The more I see of Freddie, the more impressed I am. When he was with the Barves, I considered him to be “pretty good,” but he’s clearly better that.
A history of MVPs
I didn’t realize what a remarkable batsman Freeman is.
His versatility is remarkable.
His first two-homer game since April 24 and his second of the season.
Instant replay!
Belli!
One or two more runs would be welcome.
There you go!!!
With two hits today, Muncy is now hitting.175. He has not ended a game with a higher batting average since Opening Day, when he went 1-for-5 (.200).
The last couple weeks have been encouraging.
Yes, and Bellinger is showing more life as well.
I think some of us may have underestimated the seriousness of their injuries, and the complexity of their recovery.
Good point.
Darvish has pitched well, but not quite so well as Anderson.
Very fine Dodger defense last inning.
One more inning for Anderson?
https://twitter.com/FabianArdaya/status/1556435189655515137?s=20&t=5vpnShee4_RGh-VCJagewg
Smaug the Magnificent.
I had to look that one up. I’ve heard of Tolkien, but never read anything of his.
Seriously?
Fantasy doesn’t appeal to me.
So you probably didn’t see the movies either.
I’m astonished. That’s a huge part of pop culture that you’ve managed to avoid.
My fantasy preferences start and end with Bela Lugosi.
So, are we thinking Max is back?
There’s some cause for optimism.
OPS .801 over past two weeks.
I liked what he did yesterday a lot. And now Belli’s swing all of a sudden looks better than it did yesterday.
I do wish the teams would tell their players not to talk to broadcasters when they’re in the field. It’s possible to affect the game.
I’m enjoying Soto on this occasion.
I’m impressed with his second-language skills.
That was fun. Now I wish we had him.
Hey fielder fielder fielder swing
Well, this is nice.
Betts is back on a hot streak. Belli finds another acorn.
https://twitter.com/statfax/status/1556321808852213760?s=20&t=Kkr7u3l2NLSHi-MdPw-hZQ
https://twitter.com/Dodgers/status/1556377375759163392
This sounds ominous. One of the team’s most reliable relievers.
Yency seems to be shrugging it off like not a big deal. Hope so.
He wouldn’t be easy to replace.
The Pittsburgh Pirates have created a Pirates Hall of Fame. It’s got quite a freshman class.