Sunday, May 15, 2016

Game 38 Thread: May 15 vs. Cardinals, 5p

Alex Wood (1-3, 4.58) vs. Mike Leake (1-3, 5.10)

The good news: This is the Sunday Night Baseball game on ESPN so everyone can watch. The bad news: The nation will be watching, so performance anxiety could be a factor.

Few predicted that the Dodgers would be going for a series sweep against the Cardinals this afternoon. Poor as the Cardinals have been this year, they usually have the Dodgers' number (especially in the playoffs). And the pitching setup did not bode well going into the series: Stripling-->Kazmir-->Wood. Yet here we are pinning our hopes on the third leg of that coyote ugly rotation. Will Wood be able to go the distance, and not struggle with the long ball? Can he hold up for more than four or five innings? I mean, come on, it happens to everybody sometimes, right?

56 comments:

Steve Sax said...

Premature ejaculation of the lineup:

Utley, 2B
Seager, SS
Turner, 3B
Gonzalez, 1B
Grandal, C
Kendrick, LF
Puig, RF
Pederson, CF
Wood, P

Dusty Baker said...

Surprised Howie isn't catching today.

Steve Sax said...

dammit these games keep getting earlier and earlier

karen said...

No Vinny tonight. I feel cheated.

karen said...

Okay kids!!! Let's kill us some Cardinals!

Steve Sax said...

Justin Turner getting the indepth interview. And he's talking about the Justin Turner Chia Pet.

Steve Sax said...

Wood Ks Fryer

karen said...

Freaking Matt Carpenter. 1-0 Turds T3.

Steve Sax said...

And, Wood gives up a tater. Almost gives up two, but Pederson catches it at the wall.

1-0 StL, B3

Steve Sax said...

Corey Seager!

karen said...

And Corey answers right back!! 1-1...

Steve Sax said...

1-1

karen said...

Dammit Sax...You beat me to it!

Steve Sax said...

1-1 through 3

Steve Sax said...

@karen, i won't be able to stay ahead of you for long on this game. Keep commenting!

karen said...

Going to mid 4. This game is just humming right along...

karen said...

Wood gets his 5th K going to B5 still tied 1-1.

Steve Sax said...

piscotty loses track of the count?

Steve Sax said...

oh i see, it may have hit him on the shoe.

if we have first and second with no outs, Wood isn't going to last here.

Steve Sax said...

Roberts out to the mound. He's telling Wood: this is your last chance, Alex. National TV and all. No pressure.

Steve Sax said...

wait what just happened there

karen said...

shhhh...don't say anything but Alex Wood is doing good....

Dusty Baker said...

Hell yeah! Way to get out of the inning. We're sporting good Wood!

Dusty Baker said...

DAMMIT!

Steve Sax said...

Wow. Holliday GIDP, then Grichuk grounds out to short! Wood gets out of it!

AMAZING

1-1, mid-6

Dusty Baker said...

We're looking great on natl TV. Great PR. Good crowd at the Yard, too.

Steve Sax said...

wow, I looked down from the television after the GIDP and they were already cutting to the commercial. Awesome.

Let's do this, boys

Steve Sax said...

@Dusty 6:46p: we still have plenty of time to fuck this one up, Dusty

karen said...

Gotcha Dust!

Steve Sax said...

Really pissed off that, even with the Viagra theme, we didn't make a Leake Wood reference in there anywhere

Steve Sax said...

#GTregrets

Steve Sax said...

Leake taking a long time there to figure out the pitch to A-Gon, with a 2-2 count

Steve Sax said...

3-2 count to A-Gon

Steve Sax said...

A-Gon works the walk. One out

Steve Sax said...

lotsa little kid shots on ESPN TV. Vin would be proud

Steve Sax said...

G(IDP)randal there. Dammit.

1-1 through 6

Steve Sax said...

A-Gon should have gone all Utley rule there and slid into someone, anyone

karen said...

@Sax
I was thinking about finding a prostate joke in there somewhere but you know I'm way to classy for that!!

karen said...

Just your everyday 1-5-3 out. Ho hum...

karen said...

Good D by Chutley there.

karen said...

I hate you Molina. 3-1 Turds.

Steve Sax said...

WHY JOE BLANTON

What the fuck kind of pitching move was that, Roberts

Might as well put in Hatcher

karen said...

Blanton.

'nuff said...

Steve Sax said...

they are fucking teeing off on Blanton. PULL HIS ASS OUT OF THERE

4-1 Stl

karen said...

Freaking. Joe. Blanton.

karen said...

Day late and a dollar short Joe.

QuadSevens said...

IBB then first pitch double. IBB then first pitch RBI single. Blanton in a nutshell.

QuadSevens said...

Hatchet warming in the pen but we stick with Blanton in the 8th. Lead off double is a given.

QuadSevens said...

A hatchet might be a better option out of the pen right now.

QuadSevens said...

Passed ball and sac fly finally get Roberts to come with the hook.

QuadSevens said...

Liberatore in now.

Steve Sax said...

5-1, Joe Blanton still sucks in the eighth inning, too

karen said...

I think that was when I knew I loved Scotty van Smash. When he just stood out there on the third base foul line staring down Joe Kelly in the NLCS.

karen said...

Number 2 for Corey. Score: Blanton 5 - Seager 2.

QuadSevens said...

Why does it seem like we always play bad on Sunday Night on ESPN?

Steve Sax said...

Why is Blanton even given an appearance on Sunday night ESPN? Ridiculous call, Davey.