Dodgers at Mariners, 1:10 PM PDT, TV: RootsNW, SPNLA
RHP Shelby Miller (1-0, 2.00 ERA) starts a bullpen game for the Dodgers and RHP Logan Gilbert (13-5, 3.82) starts for )the Mariners.
- 1912 Casey Stengel of the Dodgers makes an impressive major league debut against the Pirates. The likable Brooklyn outfielder from Kansas City collects four hits, drives in two runs, and swipes a pair of bases.
- 1963 Dodger ace Sandy Koufax tosses a four-hitter, blanking St. Louis at Sportsman’s Park, 4-0. The southpaw’s scoreless effort establishes a National League record for shutouts thrown by lefties in a season with 11, five shy of Grover Cleveland Alexander’s major league mark set in 1916 with the Phillies.
- 1981 Dodgers southpaw Fernando Valenzuela ties White Sox freshman Ewell Russell’s 1913 rookie record when he hurls his eighth shutout of the season, blanking Atlanta on three hits. The 20 year-old Mexican’s 2-0 victory breaks the previous National League mark shared by Irving Young (Braves, 1905), Grover Cleveland Alexander (Phillies, 1911), and Jerry Koosman (Mets, 1968).
- 1996 Dodger right-hander Hideo Nomo no-hits the Rockies, 9-0, at Coor Field, becoming the only big league hurler to accomplish the feat in the thin air of Denver. Tornado Boy’s performance in Colorado is the best-attended no-no and is the only hitless game with a paid attendance of more than 50,000 fans.
- 2010 Joe Torre, who will compile a 2326-1997 (.538) managerial record during his 30 seasons as a skipper with the Mets, Braves, Cardinals, Yankees, and Dodgers, announces he will be retiring at the end of the month. Los Angeles immediately hires the team’s hitting coach Don Mattingly to replace the 70 year-old.
- 2014 Jacob DeGrom strikes out the first eight batters he faces in the Mets’ 6-5 loss in Miami, tying the modern-day major league mark to start a game. The Amazins’ rookie right-hander now shares the record with Jim Deshaies, who struck out the first eight Dodgers he faced with the Astros in a 1986 contest.
A whole lot of interesting things happened on this date in baseball history; take a look.
Lineups when available.
Today’s #Dodgers lineup at Mariners: pic.twitter.com/j5049zXpJz
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 17, 2023
Ready to roll in the series finale.
Todo listo para la el juego final de la serie.
@ROOTSPORTS_NW
AM 770 KTTH pic.twitter.com/pR5DnUlsSv— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) September 17, 2023
NPUT
Stone’s done fine, but not quite so well as Sheehan.
Woo-HOO!!! Better late…
Dodgers defeat Mariners in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1.
Ha!
NL West championship and Jumbo Jacks. What a weekend.
I’ve never eaten a Jumbo Jack, and never will.
Wow, I expected the Dodgers to come out flat today.
Gnats try hard, but fail to blow a big lead in Denver.
2 at 3/4 cycle today.
Rosario just needs the HR on the Bingo card.
One more AB for sure, two unlikely.
Rosario’s cycle watch gets real.
Playoff baseball is great of course. The tension, the drama. But a day like today is wonderful. The simple rhythm of the game, the easy stories from the announcers, the lack of nerves. The beauty of baseball on full display.
Sorry I missed this one. I was w family.
Cycle watch for Rosario? He has got a triple and double.
It’s still early.
Marlins have swept the Braves this weekend, and won the last 2 games by a 27-7 margin.
Dodgers have an outside chance at top seed.
Yeah. That’s wild.
Stranger things have happened in baseball.
Nice escape job.
Don’t see that very often. And that’s why you stand in foul ground.
Ok. Ground ball DP and it’s all good.
Now with a 4-0 lead, I want the Dodgers to win. But I hope if they do get swept, the M’s come back to winning ways again quickly.
Well, I hope the Mariners make the playoffs. They play Oakland next, so, good chance to get on a winning streak.
Huge come-from-behind win for Orioles over Devil Rays.
Why not called the Orioles the Browns as well if you are going with no longer valid team names?
Can’t upstage Skip Battin… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjcWnqA80-A
Oh. Ok.
These guys ain’t letting up!
I’m assuming Shelby Miller is the Miller listed on the Dodgers’ starting lineup card, since Bobby Miller started and won the Friday night game.
A Miller has started every game in this series.
But not all for LA
I didn’t say for the Dodgers.