Dodgers at Mets, 1:05 PM PT, TV: SPNLA, SNY, FS1
The Dodgers send July’s NL Pitcher of the Month Rich Hill (8-4, 3.35 ERA) to the mound to face RHP Seth Lugo (5-3, 4.53 ERA).
Hill has allowed two or fewer earned runs in 12 of his 15 starts, and he went 4-0 with a 1.45 ERA in July. Lugo was 2-2 with a 5.29 ERA in July. He’s gone 3-0 against NL West teams this year, albeit with a rather unsightly 4.91 ERA.
Today in Dodgers’ history:
- 1954 Stan Musial, in a 13-4 rout of the Dodgers in Brooklyn, paces the Cardinals attack, hitting two homers and driving in seven runs. The defeat is Preacher Roe’s first loss to St. Louis at Ebbets Field in four years.
- 1969 With a titanic blast that clears the right-field pavilion, Willie Stargell becomes the first player to hit a home run completely out of Dodger Stadium. The 506-foot round-tripper helps the Pirates defeat LA, 11-3.
- 1979 Don Sutton, surpassing Don Drysdale, becomes the Dodgers’ all-time strikeout leader with 2,487 when he fans six in an 8-1 victory over San Francisco at Chavez Ravine. After establishing the mark, and receiving a two-minute standing ovation that he acknowledges by tipping his cap, the right-hander is charged with an automatic ball due to running his fingers across his lips while thanking the crowd.
- 1979 Outfielders Willie Mays (Giants, Mets) and Hack Wilson (Giants, Cubs, Dodgers, and Phillies) are enshrined into the Hall of Fame. Baseball administrator Warren Giles, who served as the president of the National League from 1951 to 1969, is also inducted during the Cooperstown ceremony.
Lineup when available.
Today's Dodger lineup at Mets:
Taylor LF
Seager SS
Turner 3B
Bellinger 1B
Pederson CF
Forsythe 2B
Grandal C
Puig RF
Hill P pic.twitter.com/bP8EthZObG— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 5, 2017
NPUT
Darvish is versatile… https://twitter.com/McCulloughTimes/status/894292812266708993
ESPN Sunday Night Baseball game tomorrow afternoon/evening in NYC, folks. 2:00PM HST, 5:00 PM PDT, 8:00PM EDT
A blackout for me – I’ll have to go to the neighborhood brewpub.
There are worse places to watch a baseball game. Eat nachos, drink beer.
No homerun, no score today!.
43-7. That’s ridiculous.
Best 50 game record since 1912.
Woo-HOO!!!!!
And another HR, this one theirs. Number nine.
Now Salas isn’t getting the called strikes.
Stripling up, KJ down.
Goodness that went a long way.
Wow. They are all so dialed in.
Sit down Kenley!
Another no save opp
Seager!!!!!!
Homerun derby!
Watson!
Elementary!
Kenley up?
Six strikes for the first out. He hit every corner and line.
That strike three looked pretty borderline on Nimmo.
Only in relation to the previous strikes called balls.
Noticed in minor league games in Birmingham and Montgomery that they clock the time from when the pitcher receives the ball. Twenty second clock. Seems to be for encouragement, as umps didn’t do anything when time was exceeded. In Birmingham the clock stopped when the pitcher got into the set position, in Montgomery when the pitch was made. No doubt an experiment for possible future use in the Bigs.
Watson to perform LOOGY role?
While stealing second base, Travis Shaw of the Brewers took an errant throw right to the neck.
https://twitter.com/CorkGaines/status/893965922452606977
Ouch!
JT!!!
Turner turns on one. We are winning the homerun derby.
Double-digit HRs, via TrueBlueLA:
Bellinger 30
Puig 20
Seager 18
Grandal 14
Taylor 14
Turner 11
Pederson 11
Hernandez 10
Update!
Utley (7) and Barnes (6) both have a good chance to join the club.
Good chance that Barnes and Utley join them.
Already out of date
The curse of the publishing industry. Even when it’s blogs!
He’s also still a clown. Here he is on MLB Network last evening after the game.
Puig is having an excellent non-controversial year.
Very kissy, however.
Orel: “At some point Yasiel and Turner Ward are going to be on a stadium Kiss Cam.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg48JepkiRo
Puig!!!
Puig-o-matic!
Homerun derby.
One more Morrow. Yes!
Just when I was about to write that this has been the year’s dullest Dodger game…
Good for Hill to keep it close.
Given the inauspicious start, it was a good start, but not a quality start.
I was worried he would keep giving up dingers.
Cody!!! JT!!! CT3!!!
Ok. That’s a start!
All of a sudden tying run at the plate.
All of a sudden go-ahead run at the plate.
By rights, yesterday should have been the Dodgers “jetlag” day, as they didn’t get to their hotel until 4 a.m.
Playing in NY with a big crowd and Yu’s first start pushed back the jet lag one day.
Get the hit parade started Joc
Eh, a three-run deficit is easily made up.
On April 2, Jon Weisman posted an interesting piece on Dodger Thoughts that I came across this week. http://www.dodgerthoughts.com/
You have to scroll down to the April 2 column..
Just tuning in and after reading the comments here I won’t be watching from the beginning.
So, Hill looks like he is striking everybody out
Keep watching.
Vote of confidence.
As in, stay, you brought us luck.
Ah, confidence in Bums, then.
I think that is 4 in a row since I started watching.
Whoa. Almost 6-0 right there with one swing.
Three outs without another run would be a game changer here. Go Rich!
Not our day so far.
Oh, man. Bad error there by Corey.
Thinking DP.
Yes, took his eye off the ball I think.
The Mets have absolute confidence they can hit Hill right now, which is proving true. He needs to get se quick outs to shake their bluster.
Okay, Hill, time to get that curve working. The fast ball is not doing it.
The Mets are playing us hard so far. Great catch by Granderson.
Takes heroics to beat us.
Ha! Kinda true.
Ouch, ouch and ouch
Ball really carrying, as Orel is pointing out.
Like our chances in a Homerun Derby.
I recall an anecdote about Preacher Roe, who allowed four home runs in one of his starts and won a complete game 9-4.
Ah. I like this recollection.
Pitcher of the month versus…
Batting practice against Hill so far.
Someone has the book on Hill.
Ouch. This is not a good sign.
Two teams headed in opposite directions:
1) Darvish dominates in his first outing as a Dodger.
2) The Gnats bring back Phlablo… https://twitter.com/JohnSheaHey/status/893885212182011904
As Lugo is a right-hander, I wonder why Utley is not in the starting lineup over Forstyhe at second base.
The poor old man doesn’t play a day game after a night game?
I suppose you’re right. As fans, perhaps we shouldn’t watch a day game after a night game.
Or maybe there’s something about Lugo that doesn’t match up well.
Though his starts generally come when there is a RHP on the mound, not sure that Utley is up to the physical demands of platooning, as the Dodgers normally see 75% righties.
I do notice that Forsythe’s been dropped a spot in the order.
Logan hitting better than Turner over the past two weeks.