Saturday, August 01, 2015

Post-Game 104 Thread: Hipster Kershaw Downs Angels

DODGERS 3, ANGELS 1

Clayton Kershaw overcame the hip issue that had scratched him from two starts, and sat many an Angel down (7 Ks; retired his last 15 batters) en route to victory today. Kid K's scoreless streak is now at 38 innings; the Angels got a run in the ninth off of Kenley Jansen, whose shakiness is starting to get a little concerning. Albert Pujols snuck in a pop fly right in front of Scott Van Slyke to score David Murphy for the Angels' only run; Jansen did have two Ks, including Mike Trout, in the final frame.

The Dodgers' offensive outburst came in the sixth inning, with a Van Slyke sacrifice fly to left (scoring Howie Kendrick, and a Yasmani Grandal HR scoring Adrian Gonzalez. The Dodgers had other chances, ending the game 0-for-6 with RISP. But three runs was enough to make Kershaw's effort stand up.

Scoreboard watching: The Giants are facing Cole Hamels in his debut with Texas, and are down 2-0 in the second (Giants have Chris "Charlton" Heston on the mound: 11-5 / 3.14). As of this posting, the Dodgers have a two-game lead in the West, with only 58 left to play.

37 comments:

Steve Sax said...

Giants score so it's 2-1, top 3

Hideo Nomo said...

3-3, Bot 4.

Steve Sax said...

All tied at 3, but rangers have runners at the corners with one out in B4

Hideo Nomo said...

Baby Delino at the plate.

Steve Sax said...

Whoops, runner on third gets picked off

Steve Sax said...

And, baby Delino blows it at the plate

Just like his dad

Steve Sax said...

@Gnomes, are you going to join our damn MPQ alliance?!?!

karen said...

I didn't know this was on MLB Network...locked in now....bringing the hateHateHATE with me.

karen said...

Moses's son at 92 pitches through 4.1...

Hideo Nomo said...

Joined again, Sax, but I'm woefully behind everyone else.

karen said...

Well, just as I say that here comes the pitching change

Steve Sax said...

@Gnomes, your application has been approved

Steve Sax said...

Texas takes the lead! 4-3

karen said...

4-3 Texas...Kick theirs asses Lonestar State!!!

Steve Sax said...

5-3 Texas through six

Steve Sax said...

I want another Beltre HR

Steve Sax said...

And then I want to touch his head

Steve Sax said...

Oyster Pubes HR, it's 5-4

karen said...

Diablo plays it into a double!!! Thanks, Pagan....but I still HATE your worthless guts...

karen said...

When my Dad was still alive and Beltre was our 3rd baseman he was my dad's favorite player and whenever he'd come to bat my dad would tell us all to be quiet because "His boy was up". I know it's silly but it always makes my heart smile.

spank said...

noice,karen

Steve Sax said...

Wow this is a dogfight. 7-7 in the ninth, and Bochy has used six pitchers...burn that pen Bochy!

Steve Sax said...

@karen 7:29p: that's a great tale. When AC and I would attend games together, my guy was always Beltre and his guy was Cora. We would ride each other if one outdid the other in any given game. It was pretty funny.

I miss Beltre.

I have his rookie card.

Steve Sax said...

B9, Fielder leads off by ripping one but unfortunately right at the SS. one out

Steve Sax said...

Going to extras, tied at 7.

karen said...

Saxy...He was heartbroken when we lost Adrian but always remained a great fan. My dad passed in July, 2004 and if I remember right, Adrian was on the Red Sox when they took it all that year. He would have loved that. I like to think that somehow he knew "His boy" made good!!

Orel said...

Pagan leads off the 10th with a single

Orel said...

What the heck is Kula Kola?

karen said...

I know y'all are tired of hearing me say this but I HATE DIABLO PAGAN!!

karen said...

Phew...going to bot of 10...

Orel said...

C'mon, Arte Moreno's archenemy!

Orel said...

Choo Ks looking

Orel said...

Pence HR. Of course

karen said...

Wonder if Tanya Harding still has any clout with that ex-husband of hers? He needs to make a visit to Hunter Pence...

Steve Sax said...

dammit, SF just went up 9-7 in the 11th. curses.

Steve Sax said...

@Orel 8:18: I think it's mlb.com's way of not paying royalties to advertisers (everything is sanitized on gameday stadia, except MLB The Show and Topps)

Steve Sax said...

Thanks a lot, Texas. Oh well, it's still 1.5 games.

Latos vs. Rasmus tomorrow
Leake vs. Perez as well