Dodgers at Guardians, Time TBD, TV: Bally Sports Great Lakes, SPNLA
The Dodgers give the ball to RHP Ryan Pepiot (0-0, 1.80 ERA). He’ll face the Guardians’ RHP Gavin Williams (1-4, 3.02 ERA).
- 1941 During a double-header against the Cardinals, a rag-tag group of five ‘musicians’, dubbed the Dodger SymPhony by announcer Red Barber, makes their Ebbets Field’s debut. This band, in which none of the members can read music, performs their zany antics at all evening and weekend games.
- 1955 A telegram sent to Brooklyn president Walter O’Malley by the Patchogue Chamber of Commerce offers the team “thirty acres or more of dry flat land in open country in the heart of Long Island’s densest Dodger fan concentration.” The village’s attempt to attract the fleeing franchise to the south shore of Suffolk County will not materialize, and the club, after exploring many different venues as an alternative to Ebbets Field, will leave the East Coast in 1958 to play in Los Angeles.
- 1957 The Dodgers, in a 13-3 loss to Milwaukee at Ebbets Field, use eight pitchers in one game, tying a major league record. Johnny Podres gives up three home runs in the fourth frame when Nippy Jones, Hank Aaron, and Andy Pafko all go deep off the Brooklyn starter.
- 1960 During a dull game, Vin Scully, the play-by-play voice of the Dodgers, knowing that many fans in the stands follow the game on transistor radios, asks his listeners to help him surprise third base umpire Frank Secory. His ballpark audience responds when the veteran broadcaster tells them, “Let’s have some fun. As soon as the inning is over I’ll count to three, and on three everybody yell, ‘Happy birthday, Frank!'”
- 1974 Davey Lopes steals five bases, tying a National League record established in 1904 by Giants first baseman Dan McGann. The Dodger second baseman’s quintet of stolen bags adds to the team’s franchise mark of eight stolen bases in their 3-0 victory over the Redbirds at Chavez Ravine.
- 1975 Davey Lopes steals his major league record 38th consecutive base, but the streak will be stopped by Montreal backstop Gary Carter when he attempts to swipe another base in the Dodger Stadium contest. The second baseman will be thrown out in the 12th inning of the team’s 5-3 loss in fourteen innings.
- 2014 Joc Pederson becomes the fourth player in the history of the Pacific Coast League to have a 30-30 season, and the first to accomplish the feat in 80 years, when he steals his 30th base for the Isotopes. The 22 year-old Albuquerque slugger, who has 32 home runs and a .432 slugging percentage in 116 games this season, will join the Dodgers when rosters expand next week.
Lineups when available.
Here’s the Game 2 lineup of the doubleheader. #LetsGoDodgers pic.twitter.com/6RNWFNNIKe
— SportsNet LA (@SportsNetLA) August 24, 2023
As nice of a time as any to win a series.#ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/yshQ4XZTzN
— Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians) August 24, 2023
NPUT
Bottom of the order showed up big today. Makes a huge difference. Birthday boy Kike had quite a day.
Happy Birthday Kike.
Nice
Okay dodgers shut this down now. Sloppy, but it’s been such a weird series so far, with all the stops and starts.
Nats (gnot the Gnats) repel Yanquis 6-5 in a ninth-inning downpour. Are you listening, Cleveland?
Good grief, the start times in Boston are not fun. 4:10 PM PDT tomorrow, 1:10 PM PDT Saturday, and 9:35 AM Sunday.
Presuming today starts at all…
Official scorer awarded Pepiot the win.
In other news, Bellinger just had a great AB, spoiling at least half a dozen two-strike pitches before singling in a run.
Hooray!
It totally feels like the Dodgers won a 4 game series vs a 3 game series.
Yay!! Dodgers win.
Woo-HOO!!!
Dodgers win!
Almost sad they have to use Phillips now in a 9-3 game.
Well, he hasn’t pitched since the 19th. Probably needs the work.
And Pepiot threw 76 pitches in four innings.
Yeah. That was the part I wish was different. That last inning in particular had a couple long at bats.
Kiké again. I think he likes being in an LA uniform.
It’s where he belongs.
No dancing this time for birthday boy.
Enrique is crushing it right now!
If Pepiot completes the game will he get the win or the save? I don’t recall was pitching when the Dodgers took the lead.
In a game like this, official scorer has full discretion to declare the winning pitcher. Yarbrough was the pitcher when Dodgers took lead for good, but he wasn’t at his best (though not disastrous either). In any event, it looks as if Phillips does the ninth in a non-save situation.
If Arias knew he was going to hit a HR, I wish he did on the first pitch, not the 8th.
Rats. Pepiot was cruising. But that one was crushed.
Slick pitcher’s mound. Scary.
Keek!
Dancing on second
A double might be called a dancer if the Dodgers keep it up.
Pepiot is really good – does not get flustered.
I would love for Pepiot, Miller, Grove, Stone, Sheehan to form an outstanding rotation next year.
Ha! In OKC?
That rotation would be Tulsa graduates.
Behind Kershaw and Urías, I hope!
I give a 25% chance for Kershaw returning and a 50% chance Urias being a Dodger next year.
I would reverse those numbers. 50% Kersh returning and 25% or less that Urias returns.
I’ll be optimistic and say 67% for Kersh and 33% for Uriás.
I really think Kersh will come back and as a Dodger. And, I don’t believe we will resign Urias.
Walker says hi.
Okay, a 7 man rotation. LOL
Pretty sure they will need all seven as usual.
Dustin says hi.
Kwan is (not Johnny) pesky.
These Clevelands can catch.
So can these Dodgers.
Better known for their wedges
For all the new rules, today’s game feels truly slow-paced.
Maybe because they started playing at 9am (LA time).
This IS the second game of the day.
Pepiot auditioning for role out of the pen.
Pepiot, Grove, Sheehan all vying for long reliever
Next year, a likely starter.
Imagine he would still get some starts this year, but flexibility could help him get on playoff roster.
James would be a good name for a chauffeur and he is driving runs around the bases today.
MB drives in his second run of the game.
Yes James!
That’s it James!
Woot!
Mookie is 7-for-8 today. Freeman is only 5-for-8.
Exciting bottom of 6th in Little League World Series
Curaco ahead 4 to 1 over Mexico but bases loaded for Mexico
Ah, my buddies are at the game rooting for the TJ team.
TJ loses 4 – 2
Madres!
Up to Heyward.
Let’s go Max. Break this one open please.
Okay, Muncy. Do your thing!
HR-8%, BB-19%, SO-32%. His thing seems to be striking out.
We need a big hurt Max!
Ouch! Not that.
Betts and Freeman continue to roll.
Betts .310 ave 1.009 OPS
Freeman .337 ave .990 OPS
Sounds like Heyward made a great catch for the 2nd out. Which is very helpful considering the next 2 reached.
It was a beauty.
Busch!!!
I’m late to / rejoining the party: MB are good initials for the Dodgers!
Sawx are scattering Trashtros all over the Juice Box – 17-1 in the ninth. Hopefully they’ve used up all their hits for a few days.
Kiké did not play that correctly. Too bad.
I just linked up with the game. Anyone know why Pepiot didn’t start?
Curses! The Dodgers changed starting pitchers! What’s a poor blogger to do?
SportsNetLA deleted their lineup, but I screenshotted it. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a3e713d12a573cdc6965c23f5cde2f06983d1c969ba21afbe28743d0675a45a0.png
Look at the lineup below… https://twitter.com/SportsNetLA/status/1694806846094385231?s=20
Thank you!
Okay Caleb. Get out three please.
Huh? https://twitter.com/SportsNetLA/status/1694806846094385231?s=20