Josh Beckett (3-1, 2.43) vs. Francisco Liriano (0-5, 5.83)
In one of the weirdest trivia tidbits ever, tonight's starting catcher, Droopy Terra, caught both Beckett's and Liriano's no-hitters. (Wait, that guy who's 0-5 with a 5.83 ERA threw a no-hitter? Butera is magic.)
Will Beckett be able to pull a Johnny Vander Meer and throw two straight no-nos, or would that tear a hole in the fabric of the universe? As cool as that would be, I think most of us would be happy with just getting a victory.
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Let this also serve as a GT for Kings/Blackhawks Game 6. Puck drops at 6pm.
Photo by Jon SooHoo, via @Dodgers.
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Gordon 2B
Figgins 3B
Puig RF
Ramirez SS
Kemp LF
Van Slyke 1B
Ethier CF
Butera C
Beckett P
That's a fucking weird lineup against a lefty starter.
Cmon Josh, we need another good one from you
both of you
Let's Go Kings!
Go Kangs!
Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.
(exchanges long protein strings with Orel)
Jesus christ Kings, did someone put olive oil on your sticks tonight?
Or Astroglide?
or Rigellian drool
I'll take it!
1-0 Kings!
Kings take a 1-0 lead into the second period.
Matty does well to handle the hard liner from Harrison
Haven't seen Mary Hart at many games this year
10
lotta mid-.200s in that lineup tonight
Dee draws the walk
Dee swipes it!
Figgins runs into the bunt for an out, Donnie and Chone arguing Chone was still in the batter's box
Dee still at second on the dead ball
Yasiel shows he's human after all.
Puig chases the outside pitch
So many chances! Kings down 2-1.
Puig and Hanley can't lay off that low and outside pitch
10 1/3
Russ ruins the no-hit streak
Bucs are hitting the ball a lot harder than the Phils were
Gotta battle hard in the 3rd period
Droop guns down Russ
Gnats putting a hurting on StL
Has Kemp had a hit since being a LF'er?
That called strike 3 on SVS was not even near close.
SVS jobbed on the outside pitch for a backwards K. he's lets loose on the ump but doesn't get tossed, probably because he knew he missed it
Goddamn we stink at lefties
Vinny sounds more stopped up than he did yesterday.
too much 2-out boolshit for my tastes
2-1 Native Americans five minutes into the third.
Make that 2-2!!!!!!!!!!!!
Make that 3-2 Kings!!!!!
45
Droop with a bloop
Beckett fails at bunting, Dee grounds out
bah, nothing doing for us tonight
What are you drankin, FB?
sheezus, Ike?
I blame Sax for this 3-game losing streak
@DB, red bull vodkas, got some tonic to switch to next
shit, I blame Sax for that goal
CHI equalises. 3-3 with 7 and a half left. Kings on their heels.
Figgins threw high and SVS twists his ankle/gets stepped on
Feels like NBC wants Chicago to win this
Yaz makes to second on the bad throw after his dribbler
crazy hustle to get to second
fuck, I look away for a second and they score again?!?
GODDAMMIT KINGS
Hanley needs to get going
you too, Matty!
Kings pull Quick.
barf, righties can't lay off that shitty low and outside pitch
Jesus shit, Kemp, you fucking suck fucking suck suck uck!
Dodger truths:
Rookie/first-time pitchers always do well against us
Decent pitchers with awful ERAs always get well against us
All the L.A. teams like to suck at the same time.
good fortune wasted at second
Noffense in full effect
We all do better when am not posting here
Jill Painter Lopez @jillpainter 44s
Game 7. The @lakings are 2-0 in Game 7s this postseason. Off to Chicago they go. No one said this would be easy.
Beckett Beckett tonight
@DB what's your booze of choice tonight?
Droop erasing baserunners
Dre gets us going with a double!
Droop hits it hard but right at Harrison
Romak up to PH for Beckett
Ump squeezes him immediately
and then he has to swing at the outside and away pitch
I have to admit, I have no idea who he is
and he Ks on 3 pitches
that slidershit from Liriano must look good
0-9 with RISP, 5 Ks
Dee hits one up the middle but Walker keeps it in the infield
Figgins shouldn't be getting #2 ABs
ever
Dee swipes second
Now it will be 2 left in scoring position when Figgins flies to right
just a single, kiddo!
Figgins walks, Puig up
Chone is the Bobby Abreu who can't actually hit the ball
take your time, Yas
noffense
hate to break FB's stark but:
FUUUUUUUUUCK
gotta make a change to switch up this shitfest
this is when Alvarez hits a homer and this game gets out of hand
actually it got out of hand when Maholm came in the game
Fly ball to Dre to strand 2
Haney rips one to the wall for a double
that feels like first time Liriano has come further in than the outside edge of the plate
Matty hits a back luck grounder to second, Hanley over to third
Vin talking about how the Dodgers are backwards this year, especially against lefties on the road vs home
SVS can't lay off the pitches nowhere near the plate.
For some reason, Hurdle is taking out Liriano.
He's a grown man who just hit 31 pitches
^100 pitches
and 100
Dre up vs a different lefty
Jesus, Dre, that was horrible!
I know how this ends
Pittsburgh will score a run or two more against our sieve of a bullpen, we'll get another baserunner into scoring position at some point but a shitty batter (Figgins, Droop) will come up and spoil the chance, FB will go to bed drunk and cranky
God fucking dammit. I'm sorry, y'all. I went back and forth about putting that line in the GT where I mocked Liriano.
Not watching tonight. Are we as shitty as we sound on Twitter? Shittier?
Perez with a solid 1-2-3 inning
Which means Donnie will bring him back for the 8th where he will give up 2 runs
@Gnomes the pitching has been acceptable, not great (lots of baserunners but stranding them) and the noffense has been unacceptable, not great (lots of baserunners but stranding them)
but the defense hasn't failed us yet
@Gnomes, I have found that pre-mocking usually backfires on me. Post-mocking is usually fine
Why doesn't every team throw lefties at us all day long?
Shitty sports night in L.A.
Brian Wilson in for the 8th. No juice for him in this situation which means he'll give up a couple of runs
not great here in NY either
there's the defense
he caught that in the heel of his glove and flipped it to Hanley, then on to first for the DP
Why was Dee a shortstop from the start? Why did it take this long to think of him as a 2B?
McCutcheon twangs his ankle/hammy on that swing
then Wilson walks him
Well, there's the Rangers.
Ike grounds to second for the last out
It's no fun around here when you guys can't watch
a righty?!? is this our chance?
It's no fun for us either.
Figgins gets us going
CHONGLE
Puig grounds to the pitcher, Chone to second
it feels like it's 5-0 but it's only 2-0
Hanley singles in Figgins!
Did Figgins touch third?
C'mon Matty, don't be totally depressing!
Cmon Matty!
2-1 will be the final score. Guarantee it.
just kinda depressing
Kemp didn't hit into a DP. That is a victory of sorts.
@Orel we'll get somebody on base in the 9th, maybe even into scoring position, but that won't matter
I can't believe Melancon is still in there, maybe he's better against lefties
or just good enough against lefties
Exactly, FB. Good enough to make it close, not actually good enough to win.
it's amazing that a 2-1 game will last 3.5 hours
Good enough to make us hope, not good enough to keep us from kicking the dog
@Orel can you watch the games or are you on Gameday?
The raising of hope is essential. Without it there cannot be the crushing of dreams.
Gameday, FB.
good job, JP
Ethier-Butera-PH coming up.
sorry, O-Dog
how many people in LA have the physical option to switch to TW?
I have DirecTV. So you're looking at a early termination fee plus that goddamn dish stuck on my roof for no reason.
in the role of Tonight's Hero: Not Andre Ethier
Gotcha. Is TW available to everyone or is it not wired for all neighborhoods?
Our team has more money than brains.
they aren't even gonna bother with getting somebody on base, are they?
Not sure, FB. I'm under the impression it's available everywhere, else we would have heard about some people really being blocked out by now.
FedEx is our last hope.
how is FedEx our pinch hitter? is nobody left? Throw Grienke up there at least
Sometimes I get angry at myself for putting so much hope into teams I have no control over. Tonight is such a night.
Mercifully, it is over.
BOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRINGGGGGG!!!!
How many writers picked us to win the WS? How embarrassing.
Anyway, thanks for hanging, FB. One day we'll see a win.
@Orel well said.
It's a fucking drug. You might ask yourself "why do I do this to myself" when we lose, but it feels so good when it works
Have a good night, Orel. Let's get'em tomorrow night
No TWC in Nomo's 'hood.
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