Friday, July 17, 2015

Game 91 Thread: July 17 @ Nationals, 4p

In half a season, Joc Pederson has made Dodger fans forget Matt Kemp and become the Dodgers' all-time Home Run Derby champ.

Mike Bolsinger (4-3, 3.08) vs. Jordan Zimmermann (8-5, 3.22).

First-place battle! Second-half kickoff! Here we go!

The Dodgers have shuffled their rotation, with Bolsinger giving Kershaw a post-All-Star break blow. Expect them to flip by month's end to separate Kershaw & Greinke in the order, thus presumably giving the bullpen more recovery time.

The Nats counter with Jordan Zimmermann, who has a lot of repeating letters in his name. That's really all the info I could find on him (sorry, cutbacks in the SoSG Analytics Dept.).

The Dodgers are ahead of the Giants by 4.5 games and the Snakes by 7.5; SF and AZ play each other tonight, so look at it this way: The Dodgers will gain ground on someone by the end of the day. Optimism!

UPDATE: Game suspended due to three lighting outages possibly caused by Taylor Swift's recent concert at Nationals Park.

53 comments:

Hideo Nomo said...

Pederson CF
Kendrick 2B
Turner 3B
Gonzalez 1B
Grandal C
Puig RF
Ethier LF
Rollins SS
Bolsinger P

Orel said...

Puig batting 6th. Hope he spent the All-Star break healing that blister on his hand

karen said...

AGONE!!!! 2 run blast puts Boys on top in 4th 2-1...

Orel said...

Lights out at Nats Park?

karen said...

Something is going on. I was bouncing back and forth between the game and CNN and missed whatever happened.

karen said...

Lights are out

Orel said...

What is this, the Super Bowl?

Orel said...

Still out...

karen said...

Backstage Dodgers is now being televised. No idea how long delay is going to be

Orel said...

Mark Saxon ‏@markasaxon 2m

This could be a while, if not a suspended game. The lights just aren't coming back on

karen said...

Well shit...another exciting Friday night at my house!!!

karen said...

Boys in the clubhouse hanging out. Bolsinger staying warmed up and is expected to continue pitching if and when game is resumed.

Dusty Baker said...

Just read the GT. Bolsinger gave Kershaw a blow?

Orel said...

Dusty. I knew it was going to be Dusty

karen said...

Okay...I had to go back an reread the GT and damn if Dusty ain't right! I was to focused on the whole Joc made us forget about Matty stuff and missed it.

Orel said...

Orel Hershiser ‏@OrelHershiser 2m

The lights are flickering!!

Orel said...

Orel Hershiser ‏@OrelHershiser 21s

Waiting for umpires to show!!
Well lit here now!!

Orel said...

Orel is an excitable guy

Orel said...

Orel Hershiser ‏@OrelHershiser 23s

Bolsinger looks to be coming back out!

karen said...

GAME BACK ON

Steve Sax said...

Still bottom 4, right? Or is my Gameday slow?!

karen said...

Just now going to top of 5th

Orel said...

Bolsinger lifted

karen said...

Isn't that kind of weird to lift him after having him come back out after the long delay?

karen said...

LIGHTS OUT AGAIN

Orel said...

Ugh

karen said...

Mattingly having his picture taken with some fans to pass the time...

Dusty Baker said...

WTF. We can photograph Pluto but can't keep lights working?

karen said...

^^^The part that is particularly scary is that it is the seat of our nation that can't seem to figure out how to turn the lights on...

Dusty Baker said...

Somewhere out there MB is blaming Obama.

Steve Sax said...

I just used our Twitter handle for the first time in over a year.

Please don't banish me, Gnomes.

Steve Sax said...

And another time.

Okay I gotta stop

Hideo Nomo said...

EPALE MOFOS WHO GOTS A FLASHLIGHT?

Dusty only has a fleshlight.

karen said...

GAME BACK...again...

Hideo Nomo said...

No banishment, but I'm loling that you made a lights out joke mere minutes after I did.

karen said...

3-2 Nats...Just who the hell is this Tsao guy??

Dusty Baker said...

Don't be dissin' Sax's comedic timing in public now.

Dusty Baker said...

LighTsaout?

karen said...

LIGHTS OUT...again...

karen said...

Looks like the game is going to be called til tomorrow...SHIT

Dusty Baker said...

Well, at least we have the GT still covered.

Steve Sax said...

@Gnomes 7:31p: whoops, my bad

Dusty Baker said...

I like the smell of baseball in the morning.

Dusty Baker said...

45

Dusty Baker said...

Anyone watching this ish?

spank said...

they should have left this game delayed forever.





BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

QuadSevens said...

Top of the 9th we get two on then two weak fly balls. Now it's all up to Joc.

Orel said...

sad trombone

QuadSevens said...

Takes one out to left but just a couple seats foul.

QuadSevens said...

Check swing K. Game.

Orel said...

Bill Plunkett ‏@billplunkettocr 13s

#Dodgers now 8-19 vs teams with winning records

QuadSevens said...

PH homer in the 8th killed us. Let's get game two in about 30 minutes.

Steve Sax said...

Post-Game Thread up!