Yu Darvish vs Zack Greinke.
Yeah, we may be getting ahead of ourselves in dreaming of pool antics, but what a huge freakin relief it is to be in this position, up 2-0 in the NLDS, after getting shellacked in our last six regular-season games against the Snakes.
How did we do it? Above-average starting pitching — your turn, Yu Darvish. Offensive production from the top of the lineup in Game 1 and the bottom half in Game 2 — how about some Wonder Twin power uniting tonight, guys? Oh, and more defense like in Game 2 (zero errors) rather than Game 1 (2 errors).
Listen: Old friend Zack isn't going to roll over for his old team, so let's hope we take a page from the Rockies' playbook and chase him early. Nine more victories!
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1 – 200 of 276 Newer› Newest»Taylor CF
Seager SS
Turner 3B
Bellinger 1B
Puig RF
Barnes C
Granderson LF
Utley 2B
Darvish P
Wow, Utley, who has only PH this NLDS (game 1, 0-for-1), gets a start. Forsythe, who finally is hot, sits.
Even more surprising, Granderson gets another start.
No Grandal.
Diamondbacks mirroring the Wild Card game order:
Peralta LF
Marte SS
Goldschmidt 1B
Martinez RF
Lamb 3B
Pollock CF
Descalso 2B
Mathis C
Greinke P
Ianetta, who does not have a hit this NLDS, sits.
Darvish vs. Martinez: Darvish has struck out the slugger out in six of 11 career at-bats. Martinez has two hits, including a home run, along with a walk against the right-hander.
Butt clenched. Let's go!
Laxative not taken. Let's go!
career vs. Greinke:
Chris Taylor: 0-for-7 with 1 K
Corey Seager: 6-for-11 (.545) with 2 HR, 5 BB and 3 Ks
Justin Turner: 7-for-22 (.318) with 1 HR, 1 BB and 4 Ks
Bellinger: 3-for-9 (.333) with 2 Ks
Puig: 1-for-6 with 2 BB and 1 K
Barnes: has not faced
Granderson: 15-for-69 (.217) with 2 HR; 4 BB and 14 Ks
Utley: 6-for-26 (.231) with 1 HR, 1 BB and 7 Ks
Does not speak well except for Seager
Yasmani actually bats .250 (7-for-28) against Greinke
Ethier bats .222 (small sample size of 2-for-9), but it is ahead of Curtis Granderson
The Dodgers have the fourth-highest OPS of any opponent vs. Greinke. Greinke's career ERA against the Dodgers is in the bottom half of all teams.
The Dodgers have the fifth-highest WHIP of any opponent vs. Greinke, and it's the highest among all NL teams.
Remember the 'sponge worthy' glamour shot we used to run on Greinke's starts? As time passes I think more and more he looked like Caitlyn Jenner.
Who is not so spongeworthy.
CT dubs!
How the tide has turned, Karen!
Corey hackin
TWO ON NO OUT WHAT COULD GO WRONG
BAD CALL Jerry Davis
In play, run(s)!
Orel...I am an older, wiser, fickle, fickle woman.
Makin Zack work
Puig hackin!
1-0 Dodgers after 1. Made Greinke throw 29 pitches
Gotta jump. See you on the other side!
Only one run—should have been more—but a nice AB by Puig takes Greinke to 30 pitches. Nice to see Belli get on the board. 1-0 LA through 0.5
Sorry, Orel is right: 29 pitches
Does it make me a bad person if I'm hoping Marte is hurt?
1-5 making Zack work. I like it.
Darvish has been taking lessons from Kershaw. Fouling off pitches before going down swinging.
Lovin' Zacko's pitch count.
Utley works back a two-out walk. And even Yu Darvish was hacking up there, so now Greinke is at 48 pitches through two. (It may be 49 but Gameday hasn't updated yet.)
Looks like ti's 54 pitches through 2. Wow.
^it's
Darvish is looking good through two.
Okay Boys! Lets ride 'ol Zack hard and bring the boy back wet.
Puig smells his bat, then walks.
Loaded for Barnes!
Why is Barnes swinging at the first pitch there?
Bases loaded ground out. 1-0 through 2.5
Greinke is laboring. And Barnes swings at the first pitch. Wtf
Poor old Greinke
Work the pitcher Blue! No more freaking 1st pitch swings!
work the pitcher for some, tiny American flags for all!
All three outs that inning were on first pitch swings.
yeah were they bad pitches though
oh sorry I'm not arguing just sitting at the bar being a contrarian... we're doing quite well
These announcers are terrible. Game 1 it was "Sager" and now it's "Grey Fox".
Grey Fox standing by
Red five standing by
Not sure if they were bad pitches, but none were hit hard.
HEY GREINKE'S STRUGGLING EVERYBODY SWING AT THE FIRST PITCH
Greinke at 88 pitches through four.
Darvish has 41 pitches but to be fair he has not finished the fourth.
do it! Hit the shit out that ball
I do agree with the sportscasters that AZ, with its bats, can open this up at any time.
Darvish!
This Darvish kid might have something
Siddown douche.
Yu gets Martinez swinging! Darvish strikes out the side in the fourth.
1-0 LA through four.
Darvish is filthy... I know he seems to always lose it in the 4th... but didn't this time
Seager FIRST PITCH SWINGING WHAT THE HELL
Turner if you swing on the first pitch I am shaving this red beard off.
@Orel 8:41, amazing how I channeled you one minute later
We are letting Greinke groove again
you guys are killing me... Seager's had some success with first pitches
Way to let him back in the game, guys
I know Johnny but Greinke's at 90+ pitches...make the guy work!
CODY!!!
Bellinger!
BELLI BOMB BABY!!!!!!!!!!!
I've got a ticket for tomorrow... will I need to drive or not guys
We got this. Rest easy, Johnny
Cody rocking a solo shot. There we go! 2-0 LA.
In fact, just shred that ticket right now to make sure
I have the honor to be your obedient servant,
J. Clam
this is ridiculous... sorry everyone, no matter what happens oru roster is way better. Lovullo trusts no one but Archie in the pen... I guarantee you he'd kill for Baez
I shredded my "I-phone" that had the ticket they tell me
Good job Johnny. Win ensured.
Baez for Goldschmidt who says no?
Goldschmidt is balding severely and thus losing his power. Only if he agrees to JT's hair tonic
Descasshole
whoopsie daisy
AGon doesn't make that catch...
wow into our dugout---little piece of destiny right there!!!!
It's the Cody show today boys and girls.
BARNESBURNER!
Barnesy bomb!!!!
Hahaha enjoy the bench Grandal
Was that on a first pitch...?
yeah, what a jagoff that Barnes is lol
no no no Orel if there's something I love more than Riverside catchers, it's sweet framing lunkhead Cuban catchers!
Second pitch. Rocket shot on an inside fastball.
Kiké ground-rule double!
Boricua baby!
Thanks 7777
I wonder how good of a framer Barnes is
lotta boob bashin there
I love the de la Rosa thing... he was mildly annoying 10 years ago as a Rockie and now he's what? a lefty ace for the Dbacks?
Utley advances the runner to third. One out.
AZ goes to the pen, 3-1 LA with Kike on third and one out in the top of the sixth.
Let's not strand this guy maybe
Kike, political firebrand
is there some techy thing I'm doing wrong that makes me keep having to identify which pictures have cars in them?
Just saw the highlight, hell of a catch there from Bellinger to end the fifth. hope he's okay.
#1 story on ESPN.com's middle column: Dodgers-D'backs game.
#2 story on ESPN.com's middle column: new trailer for The Last Jedi.
Synergy > Sports news
Also, Michael Phelps threw out the first pitch.
We had Don Newcombe and Maury Wills.
I'd say that's a big difference. At least get Luis Gonzalez or something!
Looking to see if I can turn off the captcha, Johnny. In the meanwhile try bypassing the robot box and just hit the Publish button
Taylor, caught looking to end the inning. 3-1 LA, mid-six
test
Hey Johnny, sorry about that. I thought you mentioned earlier that you're an automobile enthusiast. I can talk to our IT department to change that back!
That's strange. Word verification is already off
(Orel, maybe the problem is that Johnny Blanchard is a robot.)
what's everyone drinking... I'm with the gentleman Samuel Grant, hoping he wasn't a reb
good synergy, Saxy!!!
Red red wiiiiiine
no fucking way he was hit with that reaction
Diamondbacks PH Christian Walker is claiming a HBP, though he didn't take first nor make any call about his hand hurting, when he was "hit." Now under review.
Nope, it's a foul ball. Confirmed.
@Johnny, where are you watching the game?
@Orel, you too?
Funny, for a guy who was just "hit on the hands by a pitch," he seems to be swinging just fine.
Darvish is losing it?
go to the replay!
Well, he's hit by a pitch now. Ouch.
Okay we got five from Yu. Let's have a short leash here.
I'm at home battling my wife whose hearing is way too good (and my daughter)
And, Roberts is already calling it. Yu is out.
I haven't bothered with the robot box ever. Comments still go through.
That was a pretty scary way to get to first base.
Nice job, Yu. We need a little bit longer start from you next time, but we'll take it.
Darvish: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 7 Ks, 0 BB.
Greinke: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 4 Ks, 5 BB, 1 Tiny Head.
Quad, this is a bad night to have a two-day MPQ story round, eh?
Tying run at the plate, none out, B6
Tony Cingrani on the mound.
oh, shit it never occurred to me the robot thingy might not need to be done
well hot damn it don't need to be done, you guys are like from Silicon Valley
Cingrani induces the GIDP!
BELLI DOUBLE PLAY! Love it.
@Sax 9:33 I played every node 4 times before lunch. Now just waiting.
Disregard the rules, Johnny. It's anarchy!
To-Morrow!
Glad Corey didn't airmail that return flight
Choosing the 8pm start time helps out too.
@Q7 9.37p: Wait, didn't you play them yesterday? I waited for a full restore and now hope to get two more rounds on each node
@Quad 9.38: Oh yeah. Got it.
Damn Bellinger is all over it tonight
Bellinger has arrived in the postseason, ladies and gentlemen.
Wow.
Belli is on fire. Love that kid!
I still would like to go the game tomorrow but I guessssssss I'll get over it
Dbacks fans always look like Sand People, all leathery and dehydrated
Thanks for taking one for the team Johnny
D'back fans always ride single-file to hide their numbers.
That was no Bantha. That was my wife.
Archie giving up a two-out walk to Belli!
Here's that tongue-wagging guy that the opposing team's fans love
low strike for Bradley, 97 mph but looked low
High and inside, AZ fans. Why are you groaning on that?
2-1 count to Puig.
R. Chi Brad Li
Puig's a bundle of nerves
That's the key stat: Dodgers have had a man on for 20 of the 23 innings this series. It seems unrelenting again. I love it.
Back-to-back walks
Up at Puig's head! Ball four.
Puig on first, but Belli on second so he can't go unannounced for second base.
Or can he???
Barnes takes a first-pitch breaking ball. Unusual start to the AB for Bradley.
Good eye there Barnes. 2-1 count
AZ 310 pitches thrown by the pen in two games; Dodgers threw 91 pitches in the first two games (acc to TBS)
Ugh feels like Barnes is going to K here
2-2 count
FULL COUNTIENDO
3-2 count
Bradley's first curve?
haha that was a filthy breaker from Bradley!!!
Damn. You were right Orel.
Barnes looking fastball, Ks on a curve.
3-1 LA, mid-7
Think I picked up their signs on that last pitch. 4-1-3-2-blah. Fourth sign is the real sign. 2. He threw a curve.
First sign tells you which sign is the real sign.
Pretty tricky, Quad!
This is it, heart of the order right here
Goldy down!
Goldschmidt flies to deep right. Let's try to not see him again.
Martinez down!
Martinez, 5-3 ground out.
Two quick outs for Morrow. I like it.
@Quad, you gotta radio into Bob Geren's apple watch
Oh wait, wrong team.
Clam down!
the D is shining tonight
Lamb grounds to first unassisted.
3-1 LA through 7 full.
Wow, Gameday just showed a Tomcat advertisement for dead mice. Pretty intense there.
And who the hell is Doosan anyway? Weird sponsor, MLB.
What is a Tomcat?
Bradley mowing thru us in the 8th
Forsythe batting for Morrow. This means Maeda in the 8th? Yikes.
WE WANT BAEZ
Looks like Maeda will come in for the 8th. Not Baez. So much for trusting Petey.
Dammit!
Gulp...looks like Maeda is coming in. I may need to throw up...
@karen: Maeda did great in Game 2 though...
Here we go, bottom of the eighth. Kenta Maeda on the mound.
Someone hold Karen's hair
One down!
Emotion out of Maeda on that K.
Maeda gets a K on Pollock. One out.
Oh man Turner was awfully fast and loose there
Turner up close and got the 5-3 groundout.
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