Friday, April 14, 2017

Series Thread: Games 11-14 vs. D'backs (April 14-17)

Back when we thought all we needed was two starting pitchers to win a title.

Four-game series with the Diamondbacks kicks off tonight in true form, with Friday Night Fireworks Sponsored by Denny's, set to the music of Billy Joel! Oh, and there are these two familiar guys who used to play on the same team, now squaring off against each other. I suppose that's interesting as well.

Saturday involves the unveiling of our Jackie Robinson statue (complete with replicas given away at the Stadium); Sunday gives away a Kenta Maeda fathead, and Monday doesn't offer anything except the best starting pitcher on the Dodgers so far (statistically speaking, of course). Somewhere in there, it would be nice to end the series back above .500. But that goal seems awful slippery when playing with these 7-3 snakes.

Friday: Clayton Kershaw (1-1, 3.46) vs. Zack Greinke (1-0, 2.31), 7p
DODGERS 7, DIAMONDBACKS 1

Saturday: Kenta Maeda (1-1, 6.30) vs. Patrick Corbin (1-1, 1.80), 6p
DODGERS 8, DIAMONDBACKS 4. Happy Jackie Robinson Day!

Sunday: Rich Hill vs. Tajuan Walker (1-1, 4.91), 1p
DIAMONDBACKS 3, DODGERS 1. Blistered.

Monday: Brandon McCarthy (2-0, 1.50) vs. Robbie Ray (1-0, 2.19), 7p
DIAMONDBACKS 4, DODGERS 2

43 comments:

QuadSevens said...

Toles LF
Seager SS
Turner 3B
González 1B
Forsythe 2B
Grandal C
Pederson CF
Puig RF
Kershaw P

Franklin Stubbs said...

Loud outs everywhere. I hope Zach gives us more chances.

Orel said...

Dodgers' first hit is a Grandal single in the 2nd

Orel said...

RANCHO ARDIENDO

Orel said...

welp

Franklin Stubbs said...

Hey, that's not the usual GIDP!

Franklin Stubbs said...

Keep the runners moving!

Franklin Stubbs said...

I wouldn't say I reallly have any Greinke grudge, but I do enjoy when we light him up.

Orel said...

4 consecutive singles makes it 2-0 Dodgers

Franklin Stubbs said...

Make that 4-0!

Franklin Stubbs said...

Just pulled the double-fat-ass combo of baking, then eating all the overage immediately. Can't go wasting perfectly good dough.

Orel said...

Mmmm...overage

Franklin Stubbs said...

Well, might as well wash it down with a beer at this point.

Orel said...

Toles with the 8th-inning insurance 2-run homer. 7-0 Dodgers

Orel said...

WIN

Franklin Stubbs said...

Off to a nice start tonight! 1-0 Blue before the first out.

QuadSevens said...

Sac fly for Puig. 2-0 Dodgers!

Orel said...

D'backs battle back. Dodgers battle back. 4-4 in the 5th

Orel said...

^to start the 5th, that is

Orel said...

Another Dodger pitcher can't go 5

Orel said...

Wood in for Maeda

Orel said...

PUIG!

Orel said...

WIN

Franklin Stubbs said...

Series in pocket. Won't complain if it's a sweep, though.

Franklin Stubbs said...

Dig the new-look Puig

Franklin Stubbs said...

GAME 3

Toles LF
Seager SS
Turner 3B
Gonzalez 1B
Grandal C
Pederson CF
Puig RF
Utley 2B
Hill P

Fred's Brim said...

If Rich Hill follows a 1 start then 10 day DL sequence the rest of the season, how many starts would he get in?

Orel said...

Two? Because he just walked a run in with the bases loaded in the 3rd

Orel said...

Also epale FB!

Orel said...

welp

Hideo Nomo said...

Headed to the yard tonight to try to end this weird-ass wraparound series on a high note.

Orel said...

GAME 4
Forsythe 2B
Seager SS
Turner 3B
Puig RF
Grandal C
Kiké CF
Segedin 1B
Van Slyke LF
McCarthy P

Hideo Nomo said...

Segedinger up, Hill to DL.

Hideo Nomo said...

GODDAMMIT JUST WAIT UNTIL THERE IS ZERO BLISTER ON HIS HAND THIS TIME

Orel said...

Is zero blister even possible?

Franklin Stubbs said...

Thank god for buffoonish base running

QuadSevens said...

Bases loaded sac fly for Logan and we're up 1-0.

Dusty Baker said...

Great Vin origin story being told by Joe Davis. I hadn't heard it before.

This is the moment Joe Davis became President.

Orel said...

Another pitcher who can't go past 5

Dusty Baker said...

I had to hurry up and jump on the McCarthy train just so I could jump off of it.

Dusty Baker said...

Why is Orel (not SoSG Orel) so fixated on the Pasadena freeway (110) ?

Franklin Stubbs said...

Weak fookin' sauce.

MR.F said...

We are losing and it's still the 1st inning.