Hyun-Jin Ryu (11-5, 3.39) vs. Jake Peavy (1-9, 4.72).
Jake Peavy is 14-2 lifetime against the Dodgers, BUT he's only faced them three times in the past six years, AND his record in those three games is 1-2 (he lost twice in 2009, his last year with the Padres; the one win came last year with the Red Sox). As you can see from his record this year, at age 33 he's losing the form that made him a Cy Young winner in 2007.
BUT he's an ex-Padres wearing a Giants uniform starting a game that will decide which team will keep/take first place in the NL West, so...there's no telling.
All Puig has done in his two games in center field is go 5 for 10 with two RBI and three runs, so it's safe to say he'll be starting there again today. "I like 5 runs and 10 hits. Whatever lineup they can throw out there to do that is great," Kershaw said after last night's win, so don't look for Donnie to try anything radical with the lineup.
Tonight's game is on ESPN, so the city of Los Angeles can finally join the rest of the nation in watching the Dodgers. Let's show them what a first-place team looks like.
photo from @whatupwilly!
185 comments:
Whoa...lots of shit going down with possible Kemp trade to Red Sox, including Peter Gammons and Dave Stewart team going at it in front of god and everyone on the Twitters.
Ad campaigns from Dodger broadcasts that I miss: Bigelow Green Tea (with Joe Torre) and Mini Sirloin Burgers.
I read an ESPN article (I think it was Olney) that said that the Kemp to Red Sox stuff was a joke
Here's what Olney said in his latest blogpost (link insider only):
• In the aftermath of the Peavy trade Saturday, some of the other Dodgers jokingly tried to convince Matt Kemp that they heard he was being traded to the Red Sox, and that a deal was imminent. Not true; Kemp is owed so much money (about $115 million) that any trade would be extremely complicated, with the Dodgers expected to eat a ton.
Kemp has actually been swinging better of late, with an impressive extra-base hit Friday; he’s got nine hits in his past 24 at-bats.
Gordon, 2B
Puig, CF
Gonzalez, 1B
Ramirez, SS
Crawford, LF
Kemp, RF
Uribe, 3B
Ellis, C
Ryu, P
Peter Gammons. LMAO.
^ BTW I didn't mean to imply that I was buying into these rumors; just that it was interesting to watch things play out publicly including with Kemp's agent's wife.
We at Matt Kemp Whores of America would like to issue the following statement:
With all of the talk of trading "Our Guy' of late, we called an emergency meeting and have decided to handle this unseemly situation as follows...
We will be officially in deep, deep denial until August 1, 2014.
Thank you for respecting our privacy during this very troubling time.
You heard it here first, ladies and gentlemen. Breaking news from MKW of America.
Jake Peavy. Pfft. More like Jake Peepee, amIright?!
National Game tonight, one of those rare nights when we can all enjoy the game together.
Remember Dodgers Faithful, all forms of voodoo, hexes, chanting spells over boiling cauldrons of various human and animal sacrifices are all expected behavior tonight.
Harness the HATE!!
Uggla: Swedish for "error"
Dee gets on thanks to an Owl error but Puig hits into a DP
8 pitches for Peavy in the 1st
Ryu sometimes has trouble in the 1st
Our boys looking good with that Cooperstown 75 years patch. Is there a better looking uni in baseball?
nice recovery on that hunter pence comebacker by Ryu.
They're saying Kershaw and Beckett taught Ryu a new grip on his slider
Oyster Pubes doesn't like that first pitch called strike
1-2 count to Oyster Pubes
1-2-3 for Ryu. Nice
Only eight pitches for Ryu in the first, as well!
0-0 through 1
gotta run, back in a sec
Those were balls, Peavy. STFU!
Peavy geting butt hurt cuz he can't throw strikes.
Good. Let's get under PeePee's skin and piss him off early.
Peavy still a douche
Correction: He's a redneck douche.
How Uribe makes contact is a mystery to me.
Uribe hacking
Epicly shitty AB from Uribe.
A.J. check-swings out with men on 1st & 3rd.
What happened to AEllis?
Uribe was hacking like an idiot up there until he got badly fooled by the down and away pitch
Ellis is just awful at the plate at this stage.
Remember when AJEllis was our saviour?
Long time ago.
His numbers are horrible this year
We need catching depth stat
Bringing a broom to the opposing team's park. Ballsy.
@Orel
I just said same thing re broom to the Dustettes.
Morse K's on three pitches
Maybe she flew to the park on the broom
Who is Adam Duvall?
Gnats need to send out SOS on Morse.
Dee HBP after the bounce?
Ryu walks the first batsman of the inning. Setting up the DP hopefully.
Throws strikes, Ryu!
Nice to see Ryu get a K after the leadoff walk
This is not good
FuckHeads take a 1-0 lead.
The most Giants run ever. Two walks and a chop single
Pence up with two out and giants at the corners. I don't like this
Giants take their first lead in 30 innings
Limits the damage with a backwards K of Oyster Pubes
Uggla doing his best to impress his new bosses
Crawford outruns the potential DP. We're making contact but hitting them right at guys
Kemp with another base hit, first and second now with one out.
But now we're at 7-8-9 in the lineup...
Uribe makes me eat (my words)!
1-1
URBIe ties it up!
"Couple of interesting swings in his first AB"--ESPN announcer's description of Uribe's first AB
Come on, AJ. Break this game open.
I guess that ESPN announcer's name is John Kruk.
The more you know
AJ Ellis GIDP.
My god, he is getting worse and worse before my eyes.
Kruk just said that the Dodgers have been looking for an every day 3B for the last couple of years. Yeah, except for the guy we signed and then re-signed to play 3B every day, Uribe.
A.J. hits into the inning-ending DP. He's become a black hole at the plate
1-1, mid-4
Panda has lost weight? How much? One pound? Down to 308?
Puig is a little too cavalier in center for my liking on that play. Two out, however
settle down, HJR
ESPN keeps showing the shot of people outside the right field fence, peering through the gates because they haven't bought a ticket.
Or in other words, the non-Google employees.
Puig looking pretty good in CF. #Understatement
Whoa, Sax and I just disagreed.
Don't walk the bases loaded!
@Sax re the crowd shot
It's like a modern-day Norman Rockwell baseball painting, isn't it?
Another trademark Giants RBI
Dammit Ryu, you just got beaten by Brandon frickin' Crawford, a .234 hitter
How did Crawford get all that money from the Red Sox if he has a pipe cleaner for an arm?
Score some runs
2-1 Giants, though 4.
@Orel 6.33p: True, but to be fair Crawford was playing really, really deep
This is the second inning where Ryu has led off
giants fans cheering for sandoval throwing out Ryu, who runs slower than sandoval himself. please.
We're not going to lose the one game I get to watch but win the two against SF that I didn't, are we?
Peavy and Oyster Pubes rattled - let's take advantage.
Heart our line-up needs to show some heart
Can't type on my Kindle
come on, AGon. Bad swing there for strike 2.
Way to go DEEEEE!
DEE!!!!!!
WOW!!
Speeeed
Ramirez with a great single up the middle, smooth and solid, to score Puig from second.
3-2 Dodgers!
Somewhere Jackie is smiling at you, Dee!
There you go
When HanRam is healthy, he's a great hitter.
I'm sure we'll overpay for him this off-season.
Sweeet
See what I did there
Crawford with a double / RBI scoring HanRam from first! And Crawford takes third on the throw.
Official scorer changes it to a TRIPLE for Crawford
4-2 Dodgers nonetheless
Posey's ill-fated throw to first, on AGon's K swinging, really derailed Peavy.
Let's go Kemp. A two-run lead won't be enough in this game, I'm pretty certain.
Kemp due for long ball
Kemp flies to right, and Pence navigates the shadows effectively this time.
4-2 LA, mid-5
Yeah we need more runs but we have them bent over a barrel right now. Peavy is peeved and not communicating well with Oyster Pubes.
Before I walked into the bar the score was 2-1 gnats, I sit down with my drink and it's 4-2 a couple minutes later. Such is the power of beer.
Where are thou power Sir Kemp?
Oyster Pubes, solo HR to left. Ryu just left it up there for him.
We needed that fifth run back there, Matty.
I just HATE Pubes.
@Cliff 6:58p: that is one hell of a great comment.
And I'm sure the fact that you finished beer #1, and took a second to order beer #2, led to the Pubes HR. KEEP DRINKING DAMMIT
Quick aside: Pubes is a gamer. The fact that he almost singlehandedly flustered his pitcher in the top of the inning, leading to three Dodgers runs, and then came back in the bottom of the inning with a HR (the Giants' first XBH in four games), is pretty impressive.
(keeps drinking)
Sierra Nevada, for the record.
cc: RBN
But now, it's back to Oyster Pubes mocking.
I'm going to delete that pro-Pubes comment. Not cool, Sax.
Where I am right now, I cannot be drinking
(cries)
Ok, I'll let it slide if we can go back to mocking him.
A solo HR from Uribe here would be damn sweet.
A grand slam by Uribe would be even sweeter, but I don't think that's going to happen here.
@Sax
Enjoy Kuwait!
@Dusty: That may be the first time in my life I have ever been called "pro-Pubes".
nice bunt there HJR
Two outs, Uribe on second
This a tight one. We need some more hate funneled upstate.
cc: Karen and Spanky
For the record, Seattle feels a bit like San Francisco Lite.
(Keeps drankin'!)
As Kruk and Schulman send valentines to the Giants' announcing crew, here's some comments about Mike Krukow criticizing Oyster Pubes.
What's up with Duballs ugly-ass sunglasses?
Olney just recounted his story of the Puig whistle signal, on the ESPN tv broadcast. Here's what he wrote in his blogpost yesterday (link insider only):
• Dee Gordon says that Yasiel Puig's whistle to call for fly balls is so loud and so distinct that he isn’t worried about any confusion, or about being run over by the linebacker-sized center fielder.
Here's Olney on the Peavy acquisition:
• Peavy arrived in San Francisco during the Giants’ game here Saturday, and as he takes the mound Sunday night, he holds a career record of 14-2 with a 2.21 ERA in 25 starts against the Dodgers.
He will make about a dozen starts for the Giants before he becomes a free agent at season’s end, assuming he stays healthy, so he’ll probably pitch something between 65 and 75 innings. In exchange for that -- and for the Red Sox eating about half of the $5 million owed to Peavy for the rest of the season -- the Giants gave up two of the top 10 prospects in their organization, young arms Heath Hembree and Edwin Escobar.
Some officials have talked about how in recent seasons, the perceived value of prospects had climbed so high that it was out of touch with reality, and what we seem to be seeing this summer is a market correction. Rather than cling to shortstop Addison Russell, Oakland moved him for two veteran pitchers, Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel. The Angels, trying fix their bullpen and run down the Athletics in the AL West, gave up a handful of prospects for Huston Street. The prospects that Detroit surrendered for Joakim Soria are seen as solid. And now the Giants -- who have been a win-now organization -- are moving aggressively.
Machi Ks Puig on a foul tip for out #1. Big whoop.
Note that Machi stayed outside for all five pitches in that sequence.
AGon, 0-for-3 today.
Make that 0-for-4
And here's Olney, recapping Kershaw's great outing Saturday:
From ESPN Stats and Information, how Kershaw beat the Giants on Saturday:
A. He threw first-pitch strikes to 21 of 30 hitters, retiring 20 while the other reached via error.
B. He allowed one hit in 17 at-bats ending in non-fastballs, striking out five batters and walking none in those at-bats.
C. For the first time this season, Kershaw did not allow a line drive.
Kershaw is tied for the MLB lead with 12 wins this season. He is 9-0 with a 0.94 ERA since June 1, with opponents batting .147 against him in that span.
Kershaw lowered his career ERA to 1.40 against the Giants; according to the Elias Sports Bureau, that's the lowest by any pitcher against a single opponent in the past 100 years (minimum 20 starts), as seen in the chart at right.
(Chart at right is Lowest ERA vs. Single Team, which has Kershaw at 1.40 vs. the Giants; Sandy Koufax at 1.44 vs. the Mets, and Mel Stottlemyre at 1.49 vs. the Angels. Past 100 seasons (min. 20 starts); Source: Elias Sports Bureau)
4-3 LA, at the stretch
Anybody know what that 75 patch is?
JP Howell in, and Brandon Crawford gets a leadoff single up the middle. Great.
4-6-3 GIDP to end the inning quickly. Wow, Howell was efficient!
Wash yer hair, Crawford! Nice stab by Uribe.
The Blues flashing the leather in the 7th!
Inning-ending GIDP. Keep working your magic, booze!
Los Angeles Dodgers @Dodgers 45m
The 75 patch on the jerseys tonight is commemorating the 75th anniversary of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Does Romo throw anything over 88 mph?
Uribe frickin' jazz-hands crushed that one, just a bit foul
(getting ready for the K here)
Uribe foul tips one right off of Oyster Pubes' mask. Ouch.
Uribe indeed fooled, badly, on a down and away pitch below the knees.
Two out, Kemp sittin gon first.
MLB news and notes: Indians' Carlos Santana stays hot.
Yay.
AJ Ellis grounds straight to the shortstop.
He looks absolutely horrible up there. What is going on here? He used to swing with some power. Something must be hurt.
@Sax: Although Santana got off to a terrible start this season
AJ Ellis' last multi-hit game was on July 4 (3-for-5, in a 9-0 win in Colorado). That was his only multi-hit game this whole month.
One swing can tie this up, Brian Wilson.
I'm nervous. Pence leading off.
Ellis with a nice play on the Pence pop up, foul-out turned high-pop-up-at-the-plate
WIlson walks Pubes. Which may not be such a bad thing.
But they get Kenley up anyway.
This is not a relaxing inning
Wilson suffering from stikezone phobia
@Orel 7:53p: true, true
I have a bad feeling about Sandoval here
1-1 count to Sandoval. One out, Oyster Pubes on first
Love seeing Kenley get up here. It always seems Donnie gets relievers up one batter too late
K's Sandoval!
Down goes Sandoblob!
I think we should have a 'Find Waldo' version of figuring out where Sax is by the little hints he give us.
Sax 7:04 "Where I am right now I cannot be drinking".
My guess is...Utah.
Sandoval K. Wow that was surprising.
Hey Cliffy, are you going to catch a Mariners game?
Karen: My guess is "church."
Jack & Coke here
Morse flies to right, Kemp does a little skip and a jump as he catches the ball for the third out.
4-3 Dodgers through eight.
I'm telling y'all, that little rubberbandy thingy in BWil's beard is his good luck charm.
GEICO PLEASE
Orel...or maybe rehab????
Arrueabuena kind of hot head, no?
Karen: Our Sax? Never.
@DBT: Look for the Cuban hothead narratives to start dripping in
I think BW was just pitching around the Gnats' best hitting, not having trouble finding K zone. I like that inning from him. Still, nervous time. #GEICO
@Saxy...We need more clues in future games.
Joc and Seager for Price?
@Dusty 2:51p: I do miss the Mini Sirloin Burgers ad campaign, too.
Yippee ki yay, mini sirloin burgers.
Okay everyone...Here we go to bot of 9...Tighten up the seatbelts.
Here we go, Kenley.
@Orel, Joc and Seager? Hell no
Let's go Blues! Sweep time!
K!
@Orel: already have, A's vs. Mariners. Lovely stadium, and it was the first time seeing Cano play. A fun time.
Pulls the string for strikeout #2!
@DBT: Rumor is that Urias is untouchable...
WIN
SWEEEEP BABY!!!
Sweeeeeeeeeep! Let the party-making commence!
We should do this every weekend!
we make burger party
PGT UP!
@karen 7:59p: Nope, not in Utah.
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