143 thoughts on “Game 108, 2024

  1. Our Atléticos swatting Gnats 4-0 after six. Robbie Ray has regressed to the mean, with three gopher balls.

  2. Pleased to report that M's have taken over first place from Trashtros tonight.

    Oh, wait – game-ending groundout reversed on appeal. But then Altuve gets rung up to end it.

  3. Outman keeps swinging under the ball. He uppercuts. That swing plane is not working for him. Hope somebody can help him. I root for him.

  4. I have the Padres’ announcers on MLB. What incredible homers. How remarkably obnoxious.

  5. How many games like these have we suffered through? How many five/run leads have we blown? How many times have we scored a lot of runs in one inning early and then gone to sleep the rest of the game?

    • That's a tough call. I guess I would have to talk to him and see how he is feeling. If I brought him back I would have the bullpen warm and he would be on a very short leash.

  6. Back-to-back hits by Heyward and Pages, neither of whom has been doing well lately.

  7. Watching M's and Sawx. JT has two RBI in his first game for Seattle, and Yohán Ramírez hit the first batter he faced for Boston.

  8. The Dodgers did it.

    They're getting Jack Flaherty, who's going to be the best pitcher traded at this year's deadline.
    Flaherty has a 2.95 ERA and an incredible 133 strikeouts to just 19 walks this season.
    He's just 28 years old and is from Los Angeles.

    What a move from LA.

    • Not to mention Edman, Kopech, Rosario and Kiermaier, wihtout giving up a lot. Hoping Vargas does well at Bill Veeck Field, though.

  9. Dodgers, 63 – 44
    1st NL West
    vs
    Padres, 57 – 51
    2nd NL West

    Glasnow, RHP, #31
    8 – 6, 3.47 ERA
    vs
    Waldron, RHP, #61
    6 – 9, 3.64 ERA

    DH Ohtani L
    C Smith R
    2B Lux L
    LF Hernández, T. R
    RF Heyward L
    CF Pages R
    1B Biggio L
    3B Hernández, K. R
    SS Ahmed R

  10. Today in Dodgers History
    July 30th

    2004 In a blockbuster trade, the Marlins deal Brad Penny, Hee Seop Choi, and southpaw prospect Bill Murphy to the Dodgers for backstop Paul Lo Duca, relief pitcher Guillermo Mota, and much-traveled outfielder Juan Encarnacion.

    2017 Texas third baseman Adrian Beltre collects his 3000th hit when he doubles in the fourth inning in the Rangers' 10-6 loss to the Orioles at Globe Life Park in Arlington. The twenty-year veteran, who has also spent time with the Dodgers, Mariners, and Red Sox, is the first-ever Dominican-born player to reach the coveted milestone.

    2020 Indian right-hander Shane Bieber matches a major league mark for strikeouts through two starts in a season, equaling Dodger Karl Spooner's record, who fanned 27 batters in consecutive games at the beginning of his rookie season in 1954. The 25-year-old Cleveland hurler, who whiffed 14 batters on Opening Day, punches out another 13 batters en route to throwing eight shutout innings in the team's 2-0 victory over the Twins at Target Field.