Game 117, 2023

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Rockies at Dodgers, 1:10 PM PDT, TV: ATT SportsNet-RM, SPNLA

Two lefties battle in a day game today as the Rockies send LHP Kyle Freeland (4-12, 4.84 ERA) to the hill to face the Dodgers’ LHP Julio Urías (9-6, 4.39 ERA).

Today in Dodgers’ history:

  • 1910 In a game which features each team having 38 at-bats, 13 hits, 12 assists, 2 errors, 5 strikeouts, 3 walks, 1 hit batsman, and 1 passed ball, the Pirates and the Superbas (later to be known as the Dodgers) play to what else – an 8-8 tie.
  • 1951 Any fan who shows up with a musical instrument during the Dodgers’ Musical Depreciation Night is admitted free to the Ebbets Field contest against Boston. With an assortment of trumpets, trombones, zithers, tubas, accordions, bugles, flutes, various type of drums, violins, mandolins, assorted horns, a glockenspiel, a washboard, and a piano, 2,426 fans, which is about 10% of the total crowd, take advantage of the team’s unusual promotion.
  • 1965 Dean Chance establishes an American League record when he fans to extend his streak to 11 consecutive plate appearances with a strikeout. The Angels’ right-hander falls one shy of the major league mark set by Sandy Koufax, who whiffed in 12 consecutive plate appearances in 1955.
  • 1982 At Chavez Ravine, Dodger second baseman Steve Sax steals his 41st base to set a franchise record for rookies when he swipes second base in LA’s 6-1 victory over San Francisco. The eventual National League Rookie of the Year, the fourth consecutive Dodger to win the award, will extend the record to 49.
  • 2006 LA’s Greg Maddux and SF’s Jason Schmidt hook up in a classic West Coast pitcher’s duel, reminiscent of match-ups of Koufax and Marichal, as the Dodgers beat the Giants, 1-0, thanks to Russell Martin’s 10th inning walk-off home run. When Giants slugger Barry Bonds lines into a double play in the first inning, it marks the only time in baseball history a 300 game winner pitches to a batter with over 700 homers.
  • 2007 For the first time in 1,303 games, Nomar Garciaparra of the Dodgers is ejected from a game. The 12-year veteran infielder, who is tossed by home plate umpire Tom Hallion for arguing a called third strike in the fourth inning, is restrained by first base coach Mariano Duncan when he continues to shout and points his bat toward the umpire.

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57 thoughts on “Game 117, 2023”

    • I’d try the chupe de camarones, but most of the menu sounds good to me. Best cuisine in the Americas, but ask them for ají de gallina (my favorite Peruvian dish, oddly absent from this menu).

  4. Addendum to the Koufax-Chance strikeout link from above.: After fanning in all 12 of his plate appearances in 1955, Koufax’ first AB in 1956 came in June. He drew a walk, grounded out to third (putting the ball in play for the first time in his career), struck out, and, remarkably, walked again. It was one of only six times in his 12-year career that he drew two walks in a game — he never drew more — and the second time didn’t come until 1961.

    • Koufax career batting: 2 HR, 28 RBI, .097 BA. 776 PA, 386 SO, 43 BB.
      He was no Drysdale at the plate.

  5. Kike should not be playing the infield. Taylor is a better infielder. Kike can play the outfield..

  8. Just now, in Seattle, Orioles CF robbed a HR that would’ve tied the game. On the very next pitch, M’s rookie Canzone tied it up.

  9. D’Backs whip the Puds, 5-4. I love when the Puds lose. Will be awesome if they don’t make the playoffs..

  14. A’s led the Nationals 7-2 after 8 1/2 innings only for Washington to score six runs, four of them with two outs, with an error playing a key role. Nationals won, 8-7.

    • Tying run scored when the Rangers sent Martinez from second on a stolen base attempt. Duran hit a grounder to the hole and shortstop Crawford backhanded it but his somewhat awkward throw to first was late and Martinez scored easily without a throw being made home.

    • Thanks. Yes, there was a front-page article about this in The Carmel Pine Cone last week. It’s remarkable that the bird survived. Wild turkeys are frequent visitors to our yard. They go after our vegetables. I chased a family out today, but shooting one? Who would do that?

      • We have them in Oakland as well, and they can get pretty aggressive. I’ve known them to attack cyclists (who, of course, would not be carrying bows and arrows to defend themselves).

  23. 27 runs in one day: In sweeping a DH in New York yesterday, the Braves beat the Mets 21-3 and then 6-0.

  24. Glad to see Roberts dropped Muncy in the lineup today against a lefty. Muncy’s slash against southpaws this season: .122/.275/.367/.642 in 98 ABs. His BAbip vs. lefties is .061, with 8 HRs and 4 singles, 17 walks and 25 Ks.