Giants at Dodgers, 6:10 PM PDT, TV: MBCS BA, SPNLA
RHP John Brebbia (3-1, 3.41 ERA) opens for the Giants (he appeared in Friday night’s game) and LHP Clayton Kershaw (12-4, 2.%2 ERA) pitches for the Dodgers for the first time in a week.
- 1901 The Superbas establish a new franchise record for runs scored in a game when they rout the Reds, 25-6. Brooklyn tallies 11 times in the fifth inning during the League Park contest played in Cincinnati.
- 1916 Allowing only just one walk during a twin bill with the Cincinnati Reds, Grover Alexander of the Phillies wins both ends of a doubleheader, 7-3 and 4-0,to establish a National League record. The future Hall of Famer will repeat the feat on September 3, 1917 against the Brooklyn Robins at Ebbets Field.
- 1939 In the first game of a twin bill, Brooklyn’s third baseman Cookie Lavagetto reaches base seven consecutive times as the Dodgers rout the Phillies, 22-4. The 26-run Shibe Park contest takes only two hours and five minutes to complete.
- 1947 Prior to a game against the Giants in a sold-out Ebbets Field, the Dodgers staged Jackie Robinson Day. The Brooklyn rookie, who endured much grief this season as the game’s first black player in modern times, is moved when his teammates crowd around home plate to take part of the ceremony.
- 1956 Due to the enforcement of a curfew, the Sunday contest between the Dodgers and Pirates is postponed with two outs in the top of the ninth inning, sending the 44,932 fans, the largest crowd in Forbes Field’s history, home. The game will be completed tomorrow with Brooklyn maintaining their 8-3 advantage over Pittsburgh.
- 1969 In his last major league at-bat, John Miller homers, making the Dodger the only player in history to have hit a home run in his first and last plate appearance in the major leagues. In 1966, as a Yankee, he went deep in the first of only 61 big league career at-bats in which he would collect only 10 hits, including the two memorable round-trippers to start and end his 32-game career.
- 1986 Astros rookie starter Jim Deshaies sets a major league record by striking out the first eight batters he faces. The young left-hander will finish with a two-hitter and ten strikeouts, beating the Dodgers, 4-0.
- 1992 Lead-off hitter Bip Roberts ties the National league record with his 10th consecutive hit, a first-inning single in the Reds’ 3-0 victory over Los Angeles at Chavez Ravine. The Cincinnati left fielder’s streak ends when he grounds out in the fifth inning, facing Dodger starter Pedro Astacio.
- 2006 With one home game left on the schedule, the Dodgers break their single-season attendance record established in 1982 as the team sells 3,708,723 tickets to its games played in Chavez Ravine. The previous record of 3,608,881 was determined by former National League rules which counted fans by turnstile count.
- 2009 Trailing 8-0 at Dodger Stadium, the Giants take the lead, scoring nine runs in the top of the seventh inning. Although L.A. will come back twice to tie the score with clutch two-out hits in the eighth and ninth, San Francisco tallies four runs in the top of the tenth frame for the 14-10 victory.
Also, in 1908 Fred Merkle’s failure to touch second after an apparent game-winning hit by Bridwell scoring McCormick from third costs the Giants a 2-1 win over the Cubs when the ump calls him out and rules the game a tie. Merkle’s ‘boner’ will eventually cost the Giants the flag.
Lineups when available.
Saturday in SoCal
⏰: 6:10 p.m. PT
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NPUT
Mookie 5 rbis!!!
J Edgar”s?
Hahaha. Refresh.
ESPN Sunday Night Baseball game tomorrow. I imagine the schedulers are very disappointed at how poorly the Giants are doing this year.
Four and five inning pitchers are going to be the thing for the Dodgers this year and I like it.
Woo-HOO!!!
I saw that one coming.
Come on Kersh, get this win.
Looking positive!
Seems probable.
A true tank job by the Cincy Comrades tonight – after getting off to a 9-0 lead after three, they lose 13-12. They get the tying run to third with one out in the ninth, but can’t get him home.
JD! 3-0!!!
Pleased to report that the 52-102 Royals have again dumped the Trashtros in Houston.
I got my flu shot today. Half the people I have talked to about their flu shot have said they had fevers and felt bad the next day.
We’ll get ours soon.
Max makes a lot of good plays and just when I get comfortable with a ball hit to him, well, he doesn’t make the play.
Another good play by Muncy.
Not a Gold Glover, but he’s good enough.
Good enough on defense for the regular season for sure
JD, please stay healthy
https://twitter.com/jphoornstra/status/1705756416328577394
JD!!!
Your futuring’s a bit tardy. I saw it on Gameday first.
I know. I’m watching at my son’s on HULU and it’s delayed.
In the end, the results are what counts.
What about the journey?
Ideally they’re both enjoyable.
Would the regular season be the journey and the WS the destination? If i’m on a road trip and I am driving through days of corn, then maybe it’s all about the destination. If I am driving through beautiful country full of lakes, streams, waterfalls, trees, ferns canyons then maybe it’s all about the journey. The Dodgers have had great journeys for over a decade.
It’s back to blackout this evening, so I’ll need some quality futuring to get me through.
When I first saw Manny play, he was a Tacoma Giant (gnot a Gnat). https://twitter.com/Dodgers/status/1705685740401926484