Friday, July 22, 2016

Series Thread (Games 98-100), July 22-24 @ Cards



7/22, 5p: Brandon McCarthy (2-0, 1.69) vs Michael Wacha (5-7, 4.45).
CARDINALS 4, DODGERS 3 (16)

7/23, 4:15p: Kenta Maeda (8-7, 3.25) vs Mike Leake (7-7, 4.00).
DODGERS 7, CARDINALS 2. Toles: 3 for 4, 2R

7/24, 5p: Scott Kazmir (8-3, 4.30) vs Tyler Lyons (2-0, 3.54).
DODGERS 9, CARDINALS 6

As the Giants and Cubs cool off from their red-hot starts, the Dodgers and Cardinals suddenly find themselves in spitting distance of first place in their respective divisions — the Dodgers 4 games back and the Cards 6.5 back. Back in May, the Dodgers took two of three from the Cards at Dodger Stadium. Ah, remember those Ross Stripling days of yore?

50 comments:

Orel said...

GAME 1
Utley 2B
Seager SS
Turner 3B
Gonzalez 1B
Kendrick LF
Grandal C
Pederson CF
Van Slyke RF
McCarthy P

Orel said...

Jedd Jerkhole is on the Cards now?

Orel said...

Yanks beat Giants

Orel said...

McCarthy allows one hit over 6 innings, Dodgers leave 10 on base. Score tied 2-2

Orel said...

Turner breaks the tie!

Fred's Brim said...

fuckaduck

Orel said...

Kenley ties it back up!

Orel said...

This is not going to end well

Orel said...

To the 11th!

Cliff Beefpile said...

Hola ya'll.

A lotta empty seats in St. Louis for a Friday night game. BEST FANS IN BASEBALL!

Orel said...

Hey Cliffy! To be fair, it's hot as balls out there

Orel said...

To the 12th!

Cliff Beefpile said...

@Orel True. I'm shvitzing just thinking about Midwestern humidity.

Siddown, Jerk-O!

Cliff Beefpile said...

Why the hell are cards fans booing Yasiel?

Orel said...

Apparently Puig doesn't play the right way

Orel said...

OH NO BAEZ

Cliff Beefpile said...

Baez is in. Hold on to your butts, everyone.

Orel said...

Jesus, Baez. Almost gives up the game-winner on his first pitch

Orel said...

To the 14th!

Orel said...

Utley: hard fly out
Seager: hard fly out
Turner: ?

Orel said...

hard fly out

Orel said...

To the 15th!

Cliff Beefpile said...

Barnes with a great slide. Drive him in, dammit!

Cliff Beefpile said...

Come on, Joc.

Cliff Beefpile said...

This ump's strikezone is baffling.

Orel said...

To the 16th!

Cliff Beefpile said...

The Jekyll and Hyde nature of this offense is also baffling.

Cliff Beefpile said...

Fuckin' fatass Matt Adams.

Orel said...

welp

Cliff Beefpile said...

The offense decided to show up this afternoon.

Cliff Beefpile said...

AGon with a Piazza Special, a "clutch" homer with the team already up 3 runs.

Cliff Beefpile said...

Come on, Maeda, make it through 7. Please.

Cliff Beefpile said...

Dammit, Roberts! Leave him in! Ugh.

Orel said...

Cliffy with the Piazza burn!

spank said...

Cliffy in extra snarky mode. i likes.

QuadSevens said...

Welcome to the big leagues rook! 6-0 top of the first. A-Gon with the grand slam and Kazmir with 2 RBIs.

Cliff Beefpile said...

I've been in a surly mood this weekend, so I'm bringin' the SOSG-inspired heat. I learned from the best! The Cards are one of those teams that bring it out in me.

Cliff Beefpile said...

Rancho Cardinalendo, courtesy of a struggling Trevor Rosenthal, and nobody out. More runs please. Rub it in.

Cliff Beefpile said...

Aaaand Van Slyke grounds into a double play without driving in a run.

Cliff Beefpile said...

Libertore in for the Dodgers, and Lipitor required for those of us nervous about another game of 4+ bullpen innings.

Cliff Beefpile said...

Blanton coming in with the bases loaded and only one out. It's all goin' to hell.

Cliff Beefpile said...

9-6 Dodgers. Godfuckingdmamit.

Cliff Beefpile said...

Guys are talking to one another in the Cardinal dugout. LEADERSHIP AND GRITTY GRIT, EVERYONE! NO OTHER TEAM IN BASEBAWL DOES THIS!

I swear, every goddamn game on Fox or ESPN featuring St. Louis means you're gonna have to listen to at least five innings worth of Cardinal mythos.

Steve Sax said...

Blanton gets hit pretty hard by each batter, but all three are outs. Wish Joc would stop jumping into the outfield wall (to be fair, I wish Blanton wouldn't let hitters hit them out there to begin with).

Nice play by Seager to end the 8th; 9-6 LA.

Cliff Beefpile said...

Joc with a nice catch to sit Fatt Adams down. Though I don't know how many times he's already run into the ground or outfield wall with that wonky shoulder. Makin' me nervous. I think Orel is next on the outfield depth chart if we have another injury.

Cliff Beefpile said...

Saxy beat me to the Joc sentiments. Get out of my head, Sax!

Cliff Beefpile said...

Bring it home, Kenley.

Glad to see Wong is OK after that weird incident with the first base ump, though.

Cliff Beefpile said...

I can't make heads or tails of this umpiring crew's strike zone. They're all over the map with some of these calls, for both teams.

Cliff Beefpile said...

Ball game! Kenny Lee sits 'em down in a pleasantly drama-less 9th! Just 3 games back, ya'll!

Steve Sax said...

big win