Ted Lilly (9-13, 4.37) vs. Joe Saunders (10-12, 3.88).
The Dodgers did the Diamondbacks a favor by beating up on the Giants, but now it's time to see how the NL West's best teams match up. "Lilly has not allowed more than three runs in eight consecutive starts," MLB.com tells us, but the D'backs have Justin Upton and Chris Young, so expect Lilly to give up a few taters. Hopefully of the solo variety. The Dodgers are 3-1 against Saunders this season, so hopefully 32/38 man Matt Kemp can resume his pursuit of Los Angeles baseball history. Welcome back home, boys!
156 comments:
@skinnyswag9 6
@jamesloney_7 3
@TheRealMattKemp 8
Rivera 9
Miles 5
Barajas 2
Sands 7
Carroll 4
Lilly 1
Just landed in places foreign (from an accent perspective anyway). Need my Dodgers cap
At the Stadium. First stop was the top secret urinals. Second stop was the (full price) beer stand.
I may have had that backwards.
MEDIOCRE LEFTY BATTLE ENGAGE
On the sofa, Vinny!
There are more people on the field for the pre-game ceremony than there are in the stands.
I see Jason! He's the only one there!
DAMMIT?
Yeah, that's a DAMMIT!.
It's weird, Jason is the only one there but he still has to wait 15 minutes in the beer line. How does that happen?
The wait would have been shorter, but Trevor Ariza and his not inconsiderable entourage were in line in front of me.
Hell yeah!
Gone,Niekros!
Trevor Ariza? Wouldn't he rather be there for UCLA night?
MATT KEMP HR
DODGERS 1-0
Jason, I hope you at least got to see that.
HUMP KEMP
To be take, there are more people here tonight then there were at both games I attended in D.C., combined.
I'm in one of those hotels that makes me wonder what town / city I'm in, it is so pedestrian. Nothing bad, nothing good, just pedestrian.
Juan Rivera: In play, no out
I don't know who Chad was talking to there.
Miles Ks to end the first inning. But not until making Saunders throw 22 pitches!
1-0 Dodgers after 1.
Fish and Braves going to extras, tied at 4
Interesting dilemma here.
I'm out of market, so I could potentially pull up the game using a login ID which is different from the one I use to collect badges. But then, my badgetraps won't work.
WHAT TO DO, NEPHEW?
I need time to ponder Saxy's dilemma. A brew,too.
@Sax
Use two browsers. Firefox and Safari, perhaps.
Don't let badging turn into obsession, Sax. That just wouldn't be good.
(stares at shoes, whistles innocently)
Why you wanna stay in a mediocre hotel, Sax? Life's too short.
You know what else is too short? Too Short's career.
Jerry Sands showing his power.
If Dee hit that ball it would have been a triple. Of course Dee can't hit a ball that far.
I love Tom Brady!!
Jason lives a charmed life. I rarely see a celebrity not named Don Newcombe among the crowd.
@Josh
Don's here, too. Looking mighty dapper as well.
Exactly, Josh. I virtually never see any celebrities when I'm there (other than Sax).
I think Bert Blylevin is also here.
Running down to the gym for a quick workout.
Don always looks like he owns the place.
Hmmmm...
That was the luckiest tag dodge I've ever seen.
I'll take Newcombe over Ariza anyday.
They just did the fan code of conduct film. They used my photo in the "consume alcohol responsibly" segment. Jokes on them, I had to spend the day at a place with free WiFi so I could "work." Naturally, I chose Hooters in Santa Monica where buying two beers an hour paid my rent. I even had the waitress act as my secretary and answer my phone when I got a call from the office.
epale everyone!
Wotcherpale'sup, Karina!
What is this strange "gym" you speak of, Sax?
A fight every play from scrimmage in Raiders game. #Shocker
45
$50 million medicare claim by the Stow's.
Lilly has a no-hitt...
DAMMIT!
BOOOOOOOO
And thar goes the no hitter.
CONSARNIT!
I'm back!
We're still winning!
No talking like a grizzled 1890s prospector, Josh!
@Jason, I forgot to ask you Sunday: for your facebook avatar, in front of which field are you standing? (Sorry for the Yoda-speak there.)
Dad gum Dusty, git off mah propurtee.
There's gold in them thar hills!
@Sax
Yankee (the old one)
Lilly badge unlocked!
Just watched security throw two women out of the super pricey all-inclusive seats for being too drunk. Amateurs.
Happy Dave Hansen Day!
Dodgers still up 1-0 through five
Not exactly the fireworks Jason was hoping to see...
@Dusty 7:37p: not my choice unfortunately. And the locales where I am tonight...there ain't a lot of options.
For food, either.
Bloomquist with a leadoff bloopy single.
No stationery in this hotel room
boooooo
I'm a bit bloopy myself.
comp wi-fi access
yaaaaaaay
(not that I'm paying)
Ted Lilly badge.
Sean Marshall badge.
Darwin Barney badge.
Uh...Robinson Cano badge!
@Sax
No stationery? What were you going to do, hand-write notes to friends and family?
#Email
HE CAN'T SEA YOU EITHER!
Cano? I've been badge-trapping all night and I didn't unlock his. I'm getting robbed!
Already had a Lilly, shockingly. Shocking in that I can't believe he's had a decent enough game to merit being badged this season.
More like "Knowshow" Moreno, amiright, rbnlaw?
Well, this is really not good.
Lilly's game of russian roulette finally ends.
padres just picked up a run to make it 4-2 SF in the top of the sixth
one pitch from guerrier is all it takes to give up the lead to the snakes.
Thanks, Matty G!
@Dusty 8:55p: Yes, I do like the written letter...
...but I also use it to keep track of my receipts and shit. Oh well.
First GirlRear pitch: "slider" down the middle to give up a single. 2-1. Hey, the Dbags need this win to keep pressure on Gnats in the division.
@Sax
As a man who travels a fair bit and as a fan of technology, you should be using expense-tracking apps to automate this task. Come on, man, it's 2011 - embrace it!
Rick Monday is putting words in people's mouths again, this time trying to predict what the home plate umpire is saying after getting hit in the collarbone and having the game stopped.
@Dusty, wait, they have expense tracking apps? Do tell!
@Dusty: Wait, it's 2011?
If Guerrier had gone to the police, this would never have happened.
Guerrier, the strike zone is thataway (but not where you served up the Diamondbacks' second RBI)
1-1 count to Roberts with the Ranchos Ardiendoed
Guerrier you suck
3-1! Bring the pain!
I hear Jason booing GirlRear.
Even when the Raiders are winning, Jason Campbell still sucks.
BOOOOOOOOO!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Not really sure why the Dodgers are playing that radio commercial with Vin Scully calling a play where Mattingly "takes extra bases away from Dave Parker."
Do we care about Mattinglys' time when he was a Yank-Me?
And if the Dodgers are trying to pump the free Mattingly bobblehead, then won't they be disappointed when they receive a bobblehead of a guy just leaning against a railing?
The bullpen is free to spread that boo around.
Lilly was looking decent enough compared to this rabble of shite we've trotted out in relief.
what the fuck, elbert.
5-1 Snakes.
New plan: all wild pitches with a 2-1 put out.
The only way we're going to get out of this inning is by intentionally wild pitching, then trying for a play at the plate.
DAMMIT!
WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED?!
Well, at least Jason can say he's not watching the Giants make up ground in the NL West race.
thank god
this half-inning is finally over
100
Half the section I'm in is taunting Saunders. The best they've come up with implies he and Neeebs may share a mother.
Saunders gave us all a glare after the at bat.
Padres only trail by a run, top 7 in SF
@DB (from earlier):
Those aren't badges I've collected tonight. I was making what the kids call a "reference."
I was at Lilly's last start, too. I recall a come-from-behind victory in that one.
(baits karina)
(resumes drinking games with neighbors)
Dee was safe but the guy yelling "I'll see you in the parking lot" at the umpire is way over the line.
@Josh re badges
Oh, I see. At least two of those badges were offered tonight so I thought you were referring to the present.
@Jason
Stop yelling that at the ump.
Rivera is really great at those towering shots that...
...end up in the glove of the left fielder near the warning track.
That guy carpooled with the ump.
Vin running down the list of pitchers used so far (Lilly, Guerrier, Elbert, and now Lindblom...) sounded like he was casting a curse not re-capping the last few innings.
Yeah, maybe that guy and the ump are pin traders.
Usher in my section just killed his third beach ball of the night. I'm impresses with his efficiency.
it ain't over 'till it's over
ps blogger doesn't want to work for me
Ribbon LED boards are alternating ads for California Pizza Kitchen and the movie Contagion. The colors and fonts are very similar so it looks like some that really hates CPK hacked the normal ad to imply unsanitary conditions.
@Karina
Blogger doesn't want to work for anybody, to be clear.
Gnats up 5-3 in the 7th.
Getting to sing Take Me Out To the Ball Game with Nancy Bea made this game worth it.
Like, literally WITH Nancy Bea?
Thanks to Diamond Vision, I now know Barajas was MVP of his community college team.
I also now know that my phone autocorrects Barajas as Bananas.
This one's gonna knock two off our Tragic Number.
@Josh
It sure felt that way.
A run! The beginning of a Karinaback?
4 beach balls. This usher is the Jack the Ripper of inflatable toys.
At least its not Eugeni0-for-the-season.
I am totally buying a Los Doyers shirt before I leave. No one in Seattle will know what it means and if I explain it to them, they will just think I'm a racist.
Glad we elected to pitch to him.
Huh, Manny Ramirez arrested for domestic battery.
Stiner and Monday are getting giggly again
DSB
GODDAMMIT!
@Sax
That's because I've been mooning them between innings.
Kemp protecting Loney?
Josh,you and P Ditty are BATTLING tonight in fantasy football. More fun than watching the baseball game.
I have officially stopped believing.
@Jason
Everybody has to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer.
Stop taunting me, Dusty. They cut off the beer taps here.
Eovaldi is dealing, routinely hitting 99 on the stadium gun.
SOMEONE GIVE MCGAHEE THE BALL!!!
Aaron Miles hitting fifth is still a terrible idea.
I'm more entertained by Jason's liveblogging than the actual game.
A bunch of the military people from the pregame ceremony just showed up to help fill the seats behind home plate and they all have fresh beers.
Now I'm thirsty.
3-4 for Sandman.
SAFE
I was NOT out drinking with TGJr. last night.
cue the scrappiness commentary from Charley Steiner on Jamey Carroll right there
The tying run is in the hole!
Kirk Gibson is almost unrecognizable as the old Kirk Gibson these days. If I didn't see him in context, I might not even know it was him.
Cue the gimmicky side-arm delivery guy.
When Gibby does a pitching change at Dodger Stadium, he should be required to hobble around the bases pumping his fist on the way to the mound.
I would think that ball hurt Gwynn when it hit him if I didn't know he had a wooden leg.
LaGibson
stop this shit, Kirk--I need to go to bed
Multiple pitching changes with a 7-2 lead with two out in the ninth win championships.
@Jason 10:31p: how did they get their beers so late?
At least we've got our power guy up in this situation.
Cheap way for Yutz to get a save.
What a putz.
PGT up
gotta hop guys
sorry Jason! Safe travels back.
(to the PGT)
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