60 thoughts on “Game 142, 2024

  1. Trashtros already binned Snakes and, miraculously, Gnats have taken 3-2 lead over Fryers in face-off of mediocre starters.

  2. I’m always impressed with Jessica Mendoza. She is so solid she even makes Stephen Nelson tolerable.

  3. I’m of two minds about games like this:
    1. It is good to see them score a bunch of runs even if Ohtani is not producing.
    2. I want to see Ohtani hit home runs and steal bases.

    • It must be good for him to know there are other ways to win, however. I also wonder if the internal and external pressure to get to 50 and 50 is slowing him down a little.

  4. The more relievers who are called upon, the more likely it is that one will get hit hard. Thus, though a five-run lead is great, I remain an apprehensive Dodgers fan. We need more runs.

  5. Tonight's one of those once-in-a-lifetime moments where I wish the best for Logan Webb-Steroids.

  6. Trashtros leading Snakes 5-3 after four. Do the "Oxy" patches on their uniform sleeves mean they're promoting opioids?

  7. Game #142
    Sept 7, 2024

    Guardians, 81-60
    1st AL Central
    at
    Dodgers, 84-57
    1st NL West

    Williams, G., RHP #32
    3 – 7. 4.55 ERA
    vs
    Wrobleski, LHP #70
    1-2, 6.82 ERA

    Lineup:
    DH S. Ohtani L
    RF Mookie Betts R
    1B F. Freeman L
    3B Max Muncy L
    CF Tommy Edman S
    2B Gavin Lux L
    SS Miguel Rojas R
    LF Andy Pages R
    C A. Barnes R

  8. Today in Dodgers History
    September 7th

    1903 A year before the completion of the first NYC subway line, the Brooklyn Superbas play their crosstown rivals in a two-stadium, same-day doubleheader. The first game played in Washington Park begins at 10:30 a.m. with 9,300 fans watching the visiting Giants win the opener, 6-4, and later that afternoon, in front of 23,623 patrons at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan, Brooklyn wins the second game, 3-0.

    1916 The Giants defeat the Dodgers 4-1 to start their major league record 26-game winning streak. The 'Jints' start the span two games under .500, making up nine in the standings, but remain in fourth place during the entire run of victories.

    1962 With four steals in a 10-1 loss to the Pirates, Dodger Maury Wills breaks the modern National League record for stolen bases in a season with his 82nd swipe. Cincinnati's Bob Bescher established the mark in 1911, playing left field with Cincinnati.

    1964 At Connie Mack Stadium, a Labor Day crowd of 26,390 fans watches the first-place Phillies split a doubleheader with the Dodgers. The attendance for the twin bill brings the season's total to 1,224,172 patrons, breaking the all-time franchise home attendance record established by the Whiz Kids in 1950.

    2001 At Busch Stadium, right-fielder Shawn Green breaks the Dodgers' record for homers in a season with his 44th home run, the first of his two dingers he hits off Dustin Hermanson in the team's 7-1 victory over the Cardinals. Duke Snider (1956) and Gary Sheffield (2000) shared the previous mark.