Game 127, 2022

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Dodgers at Marlins, 3:40 PM, TV: BS Florida, SPNLA

LHP Tony Gonsolin (16-1, 2.10 ERA) pitches for the Dodgers and RHP Pablo López (8-8, 3.66 ERA) pitches for the Marlins.

On this day in Dodgers’ history:

  • 1939 Wheaties sponsors the first telecast of a baseball game when their ads are aired during the Ebbets Field contest between the Reds and the Dodgers. The commercial broadcast is available only in New York City, where an estimated 500 people own television sets.
  • 1948 Jackie Robinson hits for the backward cycle when he homers in the first inning, triples in the fourth, doubles in the sixth, and completes the rare event with a single in the eighth. In addition to his ten total bases, the Dodger second baseman drives in two runs, scores three times, and steals a base, helping Brooklyn beat the Cardinals at Sportsman’s Park, 12-7.
  • 1951 With his second home run of the game, the sixth time he has accomplished the feat this year, Gil Hodges hits his 36th round-tripper to establish a new franchise record for homers in a season. The Dodger first baseman’s seventh-inning three-run blast in the team’s 13-1 rout of Cincinnati at Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field surpasses the mark of 35 set by Babe Herman in 1930.
  • 1989 Giving up just three singles, recently acquired Mets southpaw Frank Viola outduels Orel Hershiser and beats the Dodgers, 1-0. The classic contest between two aces marked the first time in baseball history that the reigning winners of the Cy Young Award have faced one another in the regular season.

Cultural history note: On this date in 1966: On a typically cool night, the Beatles play their final concert at Candlestick Park, the home of the San Francisco Giants. The “Fab Four’s” performance on a five-foot stage, which is located just behind second base surrounded by a six-foot high wire fence, is less than stellar due the ballpark’s inadequate lighting, poor acoustics, and the group’s growing disdain of doing live shows.

Lineups when available.

113 thoughts on “Game 127, 2022”

  3. Following yesterday’s games, Dodgers’ magic number over the Pads is now 16; over the Gnats, 10; over the Snakes, 8; and over the Rox, 1 (Denver could still theoretically tie the Dodgers). On the Schadenfreude front, it would be amusing to see the Gnats eliminated before Labor Day.

  4. The Dodgers’ win mathematically eliminates the Rox. Pending later results, the magic number is 15 over the Pads, 9 over the Gnats, and 7 over the Snakes.

  29. I’m delighted to hear Tío Albert hit No. 694, and hopes he reaches 700. That said, I hope the Redbirds get bounced early in the post-season.

  33. I nominate Phillips for closer. Do I hear a second? (14 straight scoreless appearances.)

  40. Watching this home plate umpire, I have become less critical of how I operate behind home plate at high school games.

  52. That was JT’s fourth error in his last seven-plus games. However, more importantly, he is also 13-for-31 in those last seven-plus games. I will take the tradeoff.

  57. Dodgers (88-38)
    Marlins (55-72)

    SP Michael Grove R
    0-0 5.79 ERA 4.2P 4BB 3 K
    SP Pablo Lopez R
    8-8 3.66 ERA 140IP 42BB 136K

    Lineup:
    SS Trea Turner R
    1B F. Freeman L
    C Will Smith R
    DH Max Muncy L
    3B J. Turner R
    RF Joey Gallo L
    LF Chris Taylor R
    CF C. Bellinger L
    2B H. Alberto