I know that, but sometimes . . .

The Dodgers were sailing along behind Clayton Kershaw this afternoon leading 1 – 0 into the 6th inning. Then the wheels came off, and he gave up a 3-run home run after the Reds had tied the game. Given the Dodgers’ offensive futility this year and the 4 – 1 deficit, I said “to heck with it” and left, taking books to the library and doing some other errands.

Mistake. They got a run back in the 7th on Matt Kemp’s 14th home run, making it 4 – 2. The Reds got 3 more runs in the bottom of the 7th, making it 7 – 2. The Dodgers promptly scored 5 runs in the top of the 8th to tie the game at 7, and that’s where it stayed until the top of the 11th. The Dodgers scored 4 more runs in that inning to make the score 11- 7. I got back just in time to see the last out of the inning. After giving up a run in the bottom of the 11th, they got the last 3 outs and won the game 11 – 8.

I’m taking credit for this win. If I hadn’t left in the 6th, they’d have gone meekly out every inning thereafter and lost 7 – 2. Prove I’m wrong!