Dodgers at Padres, 4:00 PM PDT, TV: ESPN
LHP Julio Urías (4-3, 3.86 ERA) starts the rubber match for the Dodgers. He’ll face the Padres’ RHP Joe Musgrove (1-0, 10.80 ERA).
- 1959 At the Los Angeles Coliseum, the Yankees defeat the Dodgers, 6-2, in an exhibition game played to benefit Roy Campanella, who was paralyzed in an auto accident prior to the team moving to the West Coast in 1958. The game, which draws the largest crowd ever for a baseball game, 93,103 fans with another estimated 15,000 turned away from the sellout, begins with an emotional ceremony in which Pee Wee Reese pushes the wheelchair-bound catcher into the darkened stadium that is totally illuminated by fans holding candles or matches.
- 1960 The Sherry boys become the tenth pair of siblings to appear as batterymates in a major league game when Norm replaces John Roseboro behind the plate in the top of the eighth to catch Larry, who is starting his first inning in relief. The backstop will hit a two-out home run in the bottom of the 11th inning, assuring his brother of a victory in the Dodgers’ 3-2 walk-off win over Philadelphia.
- 1969 Willie Davis, furious with the Wrigley Field Bleacher Bums because of their continual verbal abuse of him, tells his Dodgers teammates that he wants to hit a home run in the middle of the group, which he does in the sixth inning to tie the score. The LA center fielder exacts a bit more revenge on the heckling horde when his 12th-inning two-run round-tripper proves to be the difference in the 4-2 defeat of the Cubs.
- 1970 At Shea Stadium, Wes Parker hits a triple off Jim McAndrew to beat the Mets in the tenth inning, 7-4. The three-bagger completes the cycle for the Dodger first baseman.
- 1991 Darryl Strawberry returns to New York as a Dodger with mixed results. A crowd of 49,118 mostly booing fans watches him hit a two-run home run, and they cheer when he makes the last out of the game with the potential tying and winning runs on base in the 6-5 Mets victory.
- 2009 The Dodgers fail to improve upon their 13-game winning streak at home to open the season–the victorious span surpassed the 1911 Tigers to set a new major league mark. The 11-9 loss to Washington comes on the same day the team learns about Manny Ramirez, the club’s most productive hitter, being suspended for 50 games after testing positive for a banned substance.
- 2009 Major League Baseball suspends Manny Ramirez for fifty games after he tests positive for the use of a banned substance. The 36 year-old Dodgers outfielder, who will not be eligible to return to the team until July 3, apologizes to the fans, explaining he did not take steroids, but was given a medication which a doctor thought was okay to be prescribed.
- 2011 After a first-inning walk in the Dodgers’ 4-2 loss to the Mets, Andre Ethier goes 0-for-4, ending his 30-game hitting streak. The L.A. outfielder falls one game short of the franchise record set in 1969 by Willie Davis, who enjoyed a 31-game hitting streak that season.
- 2014 Adrian Beltre becomes the fifth player in major league history to hit 100 home runs for three different teams when he goes deep in the Rangers’ 9-2 loss to Colorado at Globe Life Park in Arlington. The 35 year-old third baseman, who joins Alex Rodriguez, Jim Thome, Darrell Evans, and Reggie Jackson in accomplishing the feat, hit 147 homers for the Dodgers (1998-2004) and 103 with the Mariners (2005-09).
Rest in Peace, Vida Blue. Roger Angell once reported that Charlie Finley had tried to get Blue to change his name from Vida to True. Given Angell’s sense of humor, I’m not sure he was telling the truth. On the other hand, it does sound like something Finley would suggest.
Lineups when available.
Today’s #Dodgers lineup at Padres: pic.twitter.com/hD73BN6rjP
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) May 7, 2023
Lining up behind Java Joe for Sunday Night Baseball!#BringTheGold pic.twitter.com/YS7H4sRrDT
— San Diego Padres (@Padres) May 7, 2023
NPUT
I awoke around 3am Prague time – top of the fifth – but it was an ESPN blackout so I went back to sleep. Then awoke this morning to a pleasant surprise, and watched the condensed version on MLBTV.
MOOKIE!!!
Don’t try and grab the cookies off the top shelf there Max. Especially when you had some great takes in that at bat.
Who has the Dodger’s yearly record for SB by a catcher? Roseboro? The Golden God?
Wowsers, what an ending.
Take that , Padres fans.
Hooray for our side!
Both Mookie and James missed catches in the first. They both made up for it late!!
Woo-HOO!!!!! Great game!
Ya-Hoo.
Dodgers win!!!
There’s two.
Three quick outs, what do you say?
There’s one. And it was loud – but quick.
Lock it down Evan.
Rookie magic!!!!
Doing the job!
Pour it on!
Yeehaw!
Outman!!!
Let’s go rookies.
Busch!
Busch!
Ok Will need another hit here.
Let’s win it in extras.
Moookie!!!!!!
Two outs. Just how we like it.
Nice swing by Taylor but not enough.
Guessing it wasn’t in the sweet spot – because Taylor always swings heavy and hard.
CT3 just missed that one.
Just change your stride Hader. Lol
Rally caps.
Time for some 9th inning magic, Dodgers.
Dagnabbit!
Ah dang.
Up to rookie number three.
Oh dear. Busch out played there.
He’ll learn.
Big moment for Busch.
Took me a minute – but I saw your early comment RBI.
Nice shot Will!
Let’s go Dodgers! Time to scratch out another run or two. Or blast your way to another run or two. I will leave it up to you.
Why am I only hearing about a sweeper tonight?
You are not alone!
Yes Yency!
Urias really worked tonight. He deserved better.
Too bad. But still – a good inning. Got Musgrove out of there.
Rats!
Something brewing.
Yuck
Come on, Peralta!
Big spot here for sure.
Oh man. Outman with a hard HBP
This is more like it!
Well, at least we got a hit.
Okay, settle down Urias.
Sloppy play, Julio.
We seem asleep at the plate.
Let’s go Dodgers, clap clap, clap clap clap.
Traffic, at least.
Bleah. Not a good start.
Doubles Jeopardy
Heartfelt eulogy for Vida Blue:
https://twitter.com/Dsmoke34/status/1655211438586363904