Braves at Dodgers, 6:10 PM PDT, TV: Bally Sports SE, SPNLA
RHP Bryce Elder (11-4, 3.50 ERA) pitches for the Braves; the Dodgers have yet to name a starter.
- 1944 Batting cleanup for the Dodgers, Dixie Walker completes a cycle when he hits a sixth-inning double off Rube Fischer in the team’s 8-4 win over the Giants. The Brooklyn right fielder’s four RBIs prove to be the difference in the Ebbets Field’s contest.
- 1969 Willie Davis, with his sixth-inning double in the team’s 5-4 loss to New York at Dodger Stadium, breaks a 53 year-old franchise record by hitting safely in thirty consecutive games. The LA outfielder surpasses the streak established by Zack Wheat in 1916 when the team played in Brooklyn.
- 1971 Cesar Cedeno hits an inside-the-park grand slam when Dodger second baseman Jim Lefebvre and right fielder Bill Buckner collide, trying to make the fifth inning catch. The 200-foot dropped bloop contributes to the Astros’ 9-3 victory over LA at the Astrodome.
- 1972 In his major league debut, Doug Rau throws a three-hitter, beating St. Louis at Busch Stadium, 5-1. In his first big-league at-bat, the 23 year-old Dodger southpaw helps his cause with a RBI-triple in the second inning.
- 1993 The Rockies, drawing a crowd of 47,699 for their 62nd home game, surpass the 1982 Dodgers when the team attracts 3,617,863 fans to Denver’s Mile High Stadium, setting a new National League single-season attendance record. The expansion club will also break the 1992 Blue Jays’ major league mark of 4,028,318 before the season is over.
- 2002 In the top of the ninth inning, Diamondback first baseman Mark Grace hurls an inning of relief with the team trailing the Dodgers, 18-0. The All-Star infielder retires three of the four batters he faces in the Bank One Ballpark, yielding a two-out home run to David Ross.
Lineups when available.
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NPUT
Well, that was a revoltin’ development.
Day game tomorrow.
The ad on their sleeves is cheap looking and offensive to me in principle.
ugh
I prefer scoring more runs.
No surrender!
I love your attitude. I’m into the ice cream.
I had some some Pinot Noir and dark chocolate with sea salt.
https://twitter.com/ericstephen/status/1698177465431269461?s=20
What a bummer.
That’s all she wrote.
Tough night for Mook.
He’s off his game this series.
2 dingers and 4 rbis in first game is a series full for many
Time for a walk off, methinks.
Like last night, he needed to golf one off Tonkin.
Best pun of the year.
So I guess a perfect pitch is no longer a strike with this ump.
James can hit southpaws.
Not this time, though.
The run bag got left on the bus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZkouut-9RQ
Thanks, I think.
Mookie has been anxious all night.
Same pitch called a ball that struck Mookie out.
This AB, twice a ball.
I was having a hard time deciding which of the MLBTV commercials was worst – lotsa competition – but I think Kia has taken the crown.
Shelby was cobra like that inning.
What a terrible call.
Jobbed.
A big moment in the game. Call that a ball and Betts is still up. Call it a strike and the big moment ends in a whisper.
I might not have whispered what I said.
Yes indeed.
Yes, but it wasn’t a good AB.
Gnatphenom Kyle Harrison has his gopher ball working at The Litterbox. Four homers and Pads lead SF 6-0 in the sixth.
Betts’ turn to Grand Slam the Braves
Bad News Barnes comes to the plate.
Hawkeye Barnes!
I despise the Yanquis, but am pleased to say they’ve dumped the Trashtros tonight.
WBBsAs, you do realize how much despising you do don’t you?
Over so many decades, Yanquis have earned it. I sorta liked Casey Stengel, though.
Casey was always a Met for me.
Stengel kept birds under his cap.
Thanks Emmet!
I believe in Pepiot, Sheehan and Stone and hope they lead the way to a championship.
Don’t forget Miller, but it’s hard to rely on so many young pitchers too soon.
And Miller, I believe in him as well.
Sheehan’s showing talent, but the polish ain’t quite there.
He is shining enough for me.
Barnes travels 360 feet to match the run from Acuna’s 4xx foot fly ball
Pffft.
Not great, but we’ll take it for now.
Come on Willie
Big inning, please…
Willie readie?
Refreshing to not to have a double play like last night. A rally.
I was wondering how Barnes would do the Freddie. Now I know, unfortunately.
Barnes bobbles one to left field!
120 miles off Acuña’s bat. Hardest hit ball this year. Yikes.
It still only counts for one run.
If he had pulled it would it have left the stadium? Maybe.
¡Miércoles!
Fastball in his sweet spot.
After ball three that was a silly pitch to throw.
sigh why pitch to him?
Bobbleheads abound these days. Tonight it’s Barnesy’s turn. When I left LA in 1962 I had three of them: generic Dodgers, Angels and Rams. They all looked a little like the Bob from Bob’s Big Boy.
They said that this one has a removable mask, which sounds very cool.
Heard that. Yes, fun.
Arcia at OPS .785 is the lowest in the Braves lineup. We have three in ours that are lower than that at .696, .579, and .446.
That is an area the Dodgers will probably try to improve for next year
Run scoring not all that different. Braves at 5.85, Dodgers at 5.65.
I still like the runs and rbi stats and average.
Runs against is where they have clear advantage at 4.07 versus 4.41.
What do mean?
The old stats that were used to measure players performance such as runs and rbi. I think they have value. Now it’s more OPS, barrels, etc
The old stats aren’t irrelevant, but they’re very incomplete.
Yeah, but runs and rbi rely on other players, so not always clear whose performance you are measuring.
Nice DP!
I am sick of these guys. They are too good.
Your futuring had me apprehensive.
Just the walk bugged me.
I’m old enough to remember when Dodgers went 1-11 in the regular season against the powerhouse NYM in 1988.
Was Atlanta as antsy in the bottom of the first as we were in the top of the first?
I would say the reverse is true. We were antsy in the bottom and they weren’t in the top.
Where oh where has our offense gone?
It seems to me that it has gone to the later innings at least since the all star game
Out of the jam!
And he did!!!
You can do it, Emmet!
Sheehan hanging in with their killer offense. But two on for Ozuna, gulp.