61 thoughts on “Game 62, 2024

  1. What a pathetic effort by the offense. 0 for 12 RISP, 9 LOB. Tyler deserved better.

  2. Gianrs also lost. Dodgers still lead the Padres by 7 and the Giants by 9. Diamondbacks are now 8 1/2 games back, Rockies 16 behind.

  3. Padres lost to the Angels. Giants are losing to the Diamondbacks, 8-5, in the 8th.

  4. Returning from hiking at the Mendenhall Glacier, I managed to watch the last three innings. Freddie got totally hosed in the eighth.

  5. Teo’s glove is still working. And he just missed a long one in his last at bat.

  6. One more at bat for the Dodgers to tie it up and then they start extra innings WRISP

  7. ok. I’m going for positive vibes the rest of the game here. Dodgers still can win this thing.

  8. Although – to be fair – this could be like the game vs the Mets where the Dodgers won it late. (On the other hand – the Mets are a mess.)

        • He is still owed the balance of his $13M salary this year, plus $13M next year and $4M buyout for 2026. So he is still owed about $8.5M this year, plus $13M next year and $4M buyout.
          $25.5M.

          • That's better than I thought. I thought he had a 4 year $64MM contract that ran through 2025.

          • 4 year $60M following the 2021 season. Gonna be one of the worst signings of AF's tenure.

    • No eyes, no ears. With runners on second and none out, have we tried any sacrifice bunts, particularly when Rojas was up with no outs and Lux on second?

      • In that case maybe I wouldn't bunt because Taylor followed. I trust Rojas to make contact more than I do Taylor.

  9. Lux should have stopped at first and waited for some one to get an extra base hit to drive him in.

  10. Dodgers (38-23)
    Pirates (27-32)

    SP Tyler Glasnow R
    6-3 3.04 ERA
    SP Jared Jones R
    3-5 3.55 ERA

    Lineup:
    SS Mookie Betts R
    DH S. Ohtani L
    1B F. Freeman L
    C Will Smith R
    LF T. Hernandez R
    RF J. Heyward L
    2B Gavin Lux L
    3B Miguel Rojas R
    CF Chris Taylor R

  11. Giants and Padres both lost Monday night. San Diego is now 7 games behind the Dodgers, San Francisco 9 back. Blake Snell (0-3, 9,51) back on the IL. The Dodgers were idle today, open a series in Pittsburgh tomorrow night.

  12. Brief stop in Wrangell with cellular access. After I said adiós on the previous thread, I tuned in for the gninth inning of the Gnats game, and it was glorious. Fryers blew one almost as ugly in KC.

  13. On June 4 in Baseball History…

    1943 – Mort Cooper of the St. Louis Cardinals pitches back-to-back one-hitters, beating the Brooklyn Dodgers on May 31 and the Philadelphia Phillies on June 4. Hits by Billy Herman on May 31 and by Jimmy Wasdell of the Phils deprive him of no-hitters.

    1953 – Pittsburgh trades outfielder Ralph Kiner, catcher Joe Garagiola, pitcher Howie Pollet, and outfielder Catfish Metkovich to the Cubs for catcher Toby Atwell, pitcher Bob Schultz, first baseman Preston Ward, third baseman George Freese, outfielder Bob Addis, outfielder Gene Hermanski, and $150,000.

    1964 – Sandy Koufax becomes the fourth pitcher to hurl three no-hitters by blanking the N.L.-leading Phillies 3-0 at Connie Mack Stadium. Koufax strikes out 12 and walks one.

    1967 – Curt Flood's record string of 568 straight chances without an error ends when he drops a fly ball during a 4-3 win over the Cubs at St. Louis. The Cardinals center fielder had played an N.L.-record 227 straight games without an error beginning Sept. 3, 1965.

    1970 – In the June draft, the Padres select high school catcher Mike Ivie as the number one pick. Choosing next, the Indians take Stanford pitcher Steve Dunning. The Pirates wait till the 15th round to take Dave Parker.

    1972 – A major-league record eight shutouts are pitched in the day's 16 games � five in the A.L., three in the N.L..

    1974 – On Ten-Cent Beer Night at Cleveland, unruly fans stumble onto the field and cause the Indians to forfeit the game to the Rangers with the score tied 5-5 in the ninth inning.

    1975 – Danny Goodwin, picked first in the June 1971 free-agent draft, is picked first again, this time by the Angels. The next four picks fail to make the major leagues. Montreal picks future hall of famer Andre Dawson during the tenth round.

    1988 – Rickey Henderson steals two bases in New York's 7-6, 14-inning loss to the Orioles, giving him a club-record 249 steals.

    1989 – Toronto beats Boston 13-11 in 12 innings after trailing 10-0 after six innings. It is the biggest lead the Red Sox have ever blown and is also their 12th consecutive loss to the Blue Jays at Fenway.

    1990 – Ramon Martinez, 22, strikes out 18 Braves in a 2-0 Dodgers win. He ties Sandy Koufax's club record and is one short of the N.L. mark. Martinez whiffed none in the ninth inning.

    1992 – San Jose voters tell the Giants they don't want them by rejecting a plan to build a new stadium in their town. Then the Astros add insult to injury by swatting the ball every which way in a 12-6 drubbing at Candlestick Park in front of just 8,850.