Clayton Kershaw (5-6, 3.20) vs. Noah Syndergaard (3-4, 3.59).
It's a proper welcome home for the Dodgers, whose strong 27-13 record should be a good relief after an exhausting June and a recent 10-game road trip on which the team clawed to a 6-4 record by beating up on the lowly Marlins and Diamondbacks. Our first series this homestand is against the Mets, who started out the season on a tear, but have fallen back to a near-.500 record and second place in the NL East.
Keeping with the living room furniture GT theme, the Mets start Syndergaard (get it?), who has an ERA+ of 104, not bad for a rookie. Kershaw has lost three in a row for the first time in his career. It won't get to four, especially if Don Mattingly decides to start Joc Pederson, Adrian Gonzalez, Yasmani Grandal, and Andre Ethier in tonight's lineup (i.e., unlike Wednesday's lineup choices).
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Pederson CF
Kendrick 2B
Turner 3B
Gonzalez 1B
Puig RF
Ethier LF
Grandal C
Rollins SS
Kershaw P
that's probably as good a lineup as you can get
Switch CC in for Dre when he's ready
Is Delino switching allegiances to the Cards? Or just adding them to his list of favorite teams. I know he's rooting for the Mets tonight
Ugh looks like I have to watch this on the Mets network. I like Gary, Keith and Ron but not when we are playing them. Maybe I can get the radio to sync up
Clayton walks the leadoff hitter
Clayton fields the chopper and gets Lagares at first, Granderson to second
Pederson comes a long way for out #2
sheesh another walk, this time to John Fucking Mayberry
Clayton Ks Duda
Joc with outcome #1: K
Howie Ks too
Turner grounds out
Tejada with a 2-out dunker
and clears the pitcher
the strike zone has been very questionable tonight
and then Ks the pitcher after going to a full count
AG goes deep to center, 1-0 good guys!
wow, great play by Rollins to get Lagares on the slow roller
Nice inning for Clayton, lots of grounders so far
Joc lines out to center
Hey FB!! Looks like it you and me so far tonite.
Mayberry with a lucky chopper double over third
yo k!
Duda pops up the hanging curveball
sheezus, bouncer through the drawn in infield, Mayberry scores, Clayton unlucky again
stupid wild pitch
The Mets announcers are wondering if Clayton getting hit in the face in spring training might still be having an impact on Clayton this season. I forgot all about that
Tejada with another wimpy hit
and the pitcher is cleared again
Clayton goes full to the pitcher again
and then Ks him
BABIPed to death
SHIT...I was outside with my puppy...How did bad guys get a run?
JT with a leadoff double into the gap
@karen: Mayberry hit a chopper down the line that Turner couldn't get to, then went to third on a stupid wild pitch. then a wussy roller between Howie and Adrian who were drawn in scores Mayberry
AG grounds to first, Turner to third
how will we leave Turner at third with less than 2 outs?
Thanks FB...
Puig acting strangely after he swings, like he's got a hip problem
...and JT is stranded at 3rd...
jesus, Puig unlucky with the grounder to first, Duda has to beat Puig to the bag
Turner just watches the play
then Dre flies out
awful
nice pickup, Howie
why does Clayton stink against lefties?
wow, Turner picks off the tough liner
Great play by JT
damn, Grandal showing his opposite field power again but Mayberry gets there
Wasn't Daryl Strawberry's number 44? Mayberry reminds me of him.
fucking ump really enjoyed punching out Rollins on that one
Vinny schooling us on the American flag tonight.
I love you Vin.
Kid K breaks off a purdy curveball there
Clayton Ks the side, 6 so far
Boys have a whopping 2 hits for Kersh so far tonight
"Who did Kershaw just strike out?
DU DA, DU DA."
--Apologies to Foghorn Leghorn.
And to the list, I think.
Padres snuck another one from StL today. Are they perking up?
Howie gets on with some help from Syndergaard
a real live stolen base?
that was the first in like 23 games or something
Turner works the walk
Hey guys from another continent. Just woke up to see this one @1-1. Let's go, Dodgers! Two hits is weak sauce!
Would it be wrong of me to say Hansel???
Fontana is far away but I wouldn't call it another continent
Our very own SoSG globetrotter has checked in...How you doing tonight/this morning/tomorrow morning (?) Saxy?
of course
Crap...2 left on
@karen: things are great but Fourth of July is a little underwhelming here
@Saxy...so funny that you say that about the 4th cause I was thinking (wherever the heck you are) it must not be to exciting
Another nice curve from Kid
Clayton over 100 pitches through 7
Unless this sluggard offense gets something going this inning, I think Clayton will come out for another inning
Dre has been hearing CC's footsteps the last few weeks. He's gonna have to pick it up with the bat if he wants to keep his starting job.
that's a good start
Grandal bunting? wha?
Grandal battled but Ks anyway. Stupid bunt attempt to start the AB, giving away a strike
Fake AG up for Clayton
CK screwed again
Kid K out of the game.
Pop foul out for AG2
sad
Well Clay could have fouled out to first all on his own
Baez in
Puig with a nice play with Joc closing in on him
Joc Ks again
Yung Joc abusing his bat in the dugout after that K
oof, Turner Ks too
this is going to end in an ugly way
why am I still up?
I'm not so sure about that called K on JT
^^^Cause you're a Dodger fan and used to this kind of shit
Wow, Donnie brought Kenley in in a non-save situation
Kenley in
ugh, bullshit double for Duda
I refuse to get beat by a dude named Duda
well shit
well shit again
This is bullshit
god I hate this team sometimes
best pitcher in the league starting the game, our best lineup possible, still get clowned
Maybe it's just me but when Clayton starts a game and Kenley finishes it, I expect to win
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This is not good, 2-1 mutts in the ninth
Hey Orel...are you getting a visual on the games yet or is TWC still screwing you?
For some reason the game's on ESPN tonight
A lot of contact off Kenley tonight
Here we go........
Bullshit strike-three call on AGon
Puig can't do it
BOOOOORRRRING!
Welp. Another loss to a shitty team
At least the Giants lost.
I always think of Mr. F after a game like this. Last year, after we lost it all to St Louis he posted that that was why he hadn't been posting most of the season, cause it just hurts too bad.
This team just keeps on ripping our guts out.
Well at least the Giants lost too
And, Orel beat me to that comment
Dammit
i was at my local dive down the street and had the option to watch the game on the big screen behind the bar or the shitty band on stage that was plating live. i watched the shitty band.
@Karen: ouch
@spnk: ouch
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