Tigers at Dodgers, 7:10 PM PDT, TV: Bally Sports Detroit, SPNLA
Rookie RHP Reese Olson (4-7, 4.30 ERA) pitches for Detroit and fellow rookie RHP Bobby Miller (10-3, 4.02 ERA) pitches for LA.
- 1907 At Exposition Park in Pittsburgh, Nick Maddox no-hits the Dodgers, 2-1. At the age of 20 years and ten months, the Pirates hurler becomes the youngest pitcher and the second rookie to throw a no-hitter.
- 1911 Bill Bergen ends his major league career with the lowest lifetime batting average for a position player in major league history by hitting an anemic .170 during his 11-year tenure with the Reds and Superbas. The 33 year-old backstop, who had only one year of batting above .200, also holds the records for lowest season batting average for a regular season (.139 in 1909) and the longest streak of at-bats without a hit (46 in 1909).
- 1954 The Giants clinch the pennant when they beat the Dodgers at Ebbets Field, 7-1. The National League champs, finishing the season five games ahead of second-place Brooklyn, will go on to sweep Cleveland in the Fall Classic.
- 1959 The San Francisco Giants, bowing to the Dodgers, 8-2, play their last game at Seals Stadium. The transplanted New York team, who compiled a 163-145 record in their two-year stay in the former PCL park, will move to the newly constructed Candlestick Park next season.
- 1961 In a 13-inning contest, Sandy Koufax goes the distance, beating the Cubs, 3-2, in the last regular season game to be played at the LA Memorial Coliseum, which was originally built for the 1932 Olympics. The Dodgers are leaving the only home they have known since moving from Brooklyn four seasons ago to play in a brand new stadium in Chavez Ravine, located a few miles from downtown Los Angeles.
- 2011 Clayton Kershaw becomes the Dodgers’ first 20-game winner since Ramon Martinez accomplished the feat in 1990. Allowing just one run in 7 1/3 innings, the southpaw gets the victory when LA beats the visiting Giants, 2-1.
- 2012 Washington secures a playoff spot when they beat the Dodgers at Nationals Park, 4-1. The last time there was postseason baseball in the nation’s capital occurred 79 years ago, when player-skipper Joe Cronin and the Senators lost to the Giants in five games in the 1933 World Series.
Lineups when available.
Tonight’s starting lineup for the finale in LA. pic.twitter.com/ORKm3RjYc1
— Detroit Tigers (@tigers) September 20, 2023
How many runs are the Dodgers scoring in the series finale against the Tigers?
Mookie Betts, 2B
Freddie Freeman, 1B
Max Muncy, 3B
JD Martinez, DH
David Peralta, LF
Jason Heyward, RF
James Outman, CF
Miguel Rojas, SS
Austin Barnes, C
Bobby Miller, RHP— Dodgers Nation (@DodgersNation) September 20, 2023