Game 159, 2023

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Dodgers at Rockies, 5:40 PM PDT, TV: ATT SportsNet-RM, SPNLA

RHP Ryan Yarbrough (8-6, 3.78 ERA) pitches for the Dodgers and RHP Chris Flexen (1-8, 7.01 ERA) goes for the Rockies.

Today in Dodgers’ history:

  • 1924 Rogers Hornsby finishes the season with a .424 batting average to lead the National League. The Cardinal second baseman easily outdistances Zack Wheat, who finishes second in the race, batting .375 for the Dodgers.
  • 1952 On the last day of the season at Ebbets Field, the Braves’ 77 years of representing Boston is extended by three innings when Eddie Mathews’ ninth-inning, two-out double ties the game. The contest is called due to darkness and ends in the 12th inning in a 5-5 tie with the Dodgers.
  • 1955 In the bottom of the second inning, Elston Howard, in his first World Series at-bat, knots the score at 2-2 when he homers off Dodgers’ right-hander Don Newcombe. The round-tripper to deep left field at Yankee Stadium marks the first time a black batter has hit a home run off a black pitcher in the history of the Fall Classic.
  • 1959 The Braves, who ended the National League regular season in a first-place tie with the Dodgers, lose Game 1 of the three-game series, 3-2, in front of a sparse crowd of 18,297 at County Stadium. Milwaukee will lose tomorrow’s game in L.A., spoiling their chance for a three-peat as NL Champs.
  • 1966 At Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Larry Jaster throws a four-hitter, blanking Don Sutton and the Dodgers, 2-0. It’s the southpaw’s fifth shutout against LA this season, equaling a post-1900 major league mark held by the Senators’ Tom Hughes (against the Indians in 1905) and Grover Cleveland Alexander of the Phillies (against the Reds in 1916).
  • 1988 In his last start of the regular season, Dodger Orel Hershiser tosses 10 shutout frames to extend his streak to 59, breaking Don Drysdale’s record of 58 consecutive scoreless innings.
  • 1997 With his 40th home run, catcher Mike Piazza sets a single season Los Angeles Dodger record. Duke Snider holds the franchise record, slugging 43 round-trippers for Brooklyn in 1956.
  • 2003 At Turner Field in Atlanta, Jose Reyes becomes the second Mets player to hit a home run from both sides of the plate in one game. Lee Mazzilli was the first when he went yard twice against the Dodgers in LA on September 3, 1978.
  • 2006 At Coors Field in Colorado, James Loney collects four hits, including two homers, and drives in nine runs in the Dodgers’ 19-11 victory over the Rockies. The rookie first baseman, who had one homer and eight runs batted in in 93 previous at-bats with the team, ties the franchise RBI mark set by Gil Hodges in his 1950 four-homer game for Brooklyn and breaks the Los Angeles club mark held by Ron Cey.

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81 thoughts on “Game 159, 2023”

  1. Mookie running out of time to hit 40 HRS. He is gone from tonight’s game.

    Controversial take: I sometimes think MLB should allow a player to sub in and out of a game.

  2. Good game for Outman to get a rest otherwise he would have already run a couple of miles. Instead Kike’ has done the running.

  18. Not that many of the games matter – but I would take a complete reversal of all the teams who have won or are currently winning.

  20. The minute the announcers started saying how the bullpen had only given up one run, and with Ferguson up, I knew we were doomed.

  27. Yarbrough looks like an embarrassed 16 year old out there with his clean shaven, very red cheeks. I feel bad for him.

  30. I’m hopeful that Colorado’s doubling the number of runs they score in each successive inning is not sustainable.

  33. Ouch. Ryan might have to just wear this one tonight. But does it move him off the playoff roster?

  39. I recall that 2006 Loney game so well. I was only following along via game day but James always came up with runners on base.

    • That makes four for what I believe is the first time in Dodger history: Mookie, Muncy, Freddie and J.D. That’s impressive.