Zack Greinke (12-8, 2.75) vs. Jacob deGrom (6-5, 2.87).
It's Pups at the Park day at Dodger Stadium! (And it's sold out, by the way.) The annual bring-your-dog-to-the-ballpark event (formerly known as Bark in the Park and probably renamed due to a change in sponsors) falls after a game in which the Mets turned in a pooch of a performance, helping Dan Haren and the Dodgers win Game 1 of the series.
DeGrom is coming off the DL to make his first start since August 7. He's recovering from right rotator cuff tendinitis, so expect Terry Collins to have him to be on a short leash tonight. Ha! I feel like such a heel for making that pun. Oh well, paws well that ends well.
1: Stephen Dunn/Getty Images; 2: via Natural Balance
103 comments:
Hope the Dodgers don't screw the pooch tonight!
*Sigh* This will be the first Bark in the Park I've missed.
Let's hope DonZack's elbow isn't barking tonight
Mrs. Rookie, Baby Rookie, and myself will be in attendance tonight.
Nice work, RFN! Did you bring a pooch too?
Game is blacked out on MLB.tv here, will have to watch the local broadcast. On most nights, I really enjoy the Mets' broadcast but not when they are playing us
Do the Dodgers make you buy a ticket for your dawg?
Grienke not getting the close pitches
Granderson flies out to Matty who battled the sun, Murphy with a 40-bouncer between 3rd and short
Wright with a chopper to EA for the double play
Do the Mets have the most players where the first letter of their last name is lowercase? They have 3 (deGrom, den Dekker and d'Arnaud)
Dee with a K, CC flies to left
and Adrian Ks on 3 pitches
Duda with a grounder to Adrian, the toss to Zack gets him
not sure where the strike zone is tonight, wherever it is, it's small
d'Arnaud grounds one the other way for a 1-out single
Lagares tries to do the same but it's slower and Dee gets to it, d'Arnaud to second
den Dekker grounds right at Dee for the third out
Matty with a grounder to third
Dre rips one into the right field corner and scoots around for a triple!
infield in for Erisbel
Erisbel Ks, wasn't close to any of the pitches
Holy cow, didn't realize this game was already on
Butera grounds to short for the 3rd out, Dre stranded at 3rd
@Sxy 6:10 start
Rojas with a great stop at 3rd to get Flores
Frisco lost to the Nats
Granderson flies to right for the second out
Murphy takes a low breaking ball for strike 3, out 3.
Rojas with a smash but Duda snags it at first
I don't know what's slower...the commute here, or the line at Dodger Dogs Express.
FB, sorry for the late reply...we left the poochies at home.
Erisbel makes a nice play to get Wright
shift on for Duda, Rojas playing second 2nd
Duda bloops one on a jamshot into right center
d'Arnaud hits a liner that Rojas doesn't catch for some reason, E5
ugh Juan fucking Lagares hits a 3-run homer
227 at bats since his last homer
stupid bloop before that
3 runs the way deGrom is pitching feels like a lot
we gotta be patient vs deGrom, they'll be limiting his pitches after coming off the DL, hopefully we can get a run or 2 off him and then more off the bullpen
he swings at 4 of the first 5 pitches but still manages to draw the walk, the steals second
Adrian with a single to drive in Carl!
Matty with a hard single to left, 1st and 2nd, nobody out
Damn, that's not good
I meant the three run HR btw
Dre with a slow roller to second, runners to 2nd and 3rd, Dre out at first
Erisbel Kd badly last time in a similar situation
this time he hits one to the track, Adrian comes in
Come on, Droopy
Butera hits it pretty hard to left but right at den Dekker. Good guys claw back 2 runs
Dammit, droopy
jesus, de Grom with another hit
Granderson with a slow roller to second, deGrom to second
shit, Murphy with a single, deGrom held at 3rd
wow, Wright hits into a double play, Adrian pulled off the base but Collins doesn't challenge it for some reason
Grienke escapes
I step away for a few minutes and it's 5-4 good guys!
Dre smashes it to the gap by Lagares runs it down like he runs down everything
in the 5th, Adrian hits a 3-run homer, Duda responds with a solo homer in the 6th
Erisbel and Butera both K
Grienke at 84 pitches, can he get through the 7th?
JP stirring in the pen
Flores with a leadoff single
deGrom gets the bunt down but Butera gets the lead runner at second
PR Eric Young replaces deGrom
will he try to steal?
Young steals second, Erisbel saves the bad throw, Young dead if it's on line
Howell warming, probably to face Murphy
Grienke gets the low and outside strike finally, Granderson down. Donnie comes out to talk to Grienke, and for some reason leaves him in
this is big trouble
@FB, why the warning? I haven't watched this game--
even if they pitch around him, Wright is next
after 2 balls, they walk him intentionally
@Saxy, Donnie leaving Grienke in is probably not the best decision
wild pitch, Eric Young sneaks over to 3rd
but he strikes out Wright! Donnie is a genius!
Rojas with a single up the middle
Grienke up, I assume because he's a good bunter. I reallllly hope he doesn't come out to pitch the 8th
Dee rips one at Murphy, who gets the glove on it to save a run but can't control it, 1st and 3rd, 1 out
SVS up for Carl vs the lefty
holy crow, SVS with a check swing tapper up the first base line, Edgin tries to come home with it but can't get a grip and it squirts into foul territory, Rojas scores, Dee to third, SVS to first, 6-4 good guys
and Adrian with his 5th RBI, long sac fly to right
Matty Ks but we get 2 runs, 7-4 good guys
JP in to face Duda
phew, Duda jammed but it carries to the edge of the track where Dre tracks it down running away
BeeDubz coming in
d'Arnaud hits it down to third on the first pitch
Keith Hernandez talking about how Wilson is just a shadow of his former self, favoring his shoulder
Lagares with a ground single up the middle
den Dekker with a hustle double into right center, Lagares to third, Wilson can't finish the inning
Flores grounds to third for the third out
Dre grounds to second, Murphy goes a long ways to get him
Erisbel also grounds to second
Butera pops to short, on to the 9th
Kenley in
Kirk Nieuwenhuis in to pinch hit
Granderson with a long fly to center, Nieuwenhuis tags to third, 1 out
Murphy battling Jansen
Jansen with a nasty cutter to get Murphy, 2 outs
Kenley Ks Wright! Good guys win 7-4!
WOOP!
Grienke had to battle tonight but somehow he made it though 7 innings and just over 100 pitches. His control still seems a bit off. Let's hope his elbow feels OK after this
Gnite All!
post-game thread up (finally)
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