Monday, April 08, 2019

Series Thread (Games 11-14): April 8-11 @ Cardinals

A sweep of the Rox; but are the Cards stacked?

Monday 4/8 4.45p: Hyun-Jin Ryu (2-0, 2.08) vs. Miles "I'm not Spider-Man" Mikolas (0-1, 7.20)
Tuesday 4/9 4.45p: Ross Stripling (0-0, 2.31) vs. Dakota Hudson (0-1, 5.40)
Wednesday 4/10 4.45p: Kenta Maeda (2-0, 3.09) vs. Jack Flaherty (0-0, 3.86)
Thursday 4/11 10:15a: Walker Buehler (1-0, 6.75) vs. Michael Wacha (0-0, 1.54)

These are honestly the most bizarre game times I have seen in years. What the hell is going on here?!

I mean, besides the Dodgers going 8-2 on the season, and now 2-2 in games in which Joe Kelly appears (Kelly actually picked up the win Sunday in Colorado, with his ERA lowering to 14.40 on the year). The Dodgers have mashed at least one HR in all 10 games, all of which have been against the super-cush NL West. Now we head to St. Louis for four against our first non-NL West opponent of the season, the 4-5 Cardinals. Let's keep on mashing, Dodgers!

83 comments:

Steve Sax said...

GAME ONE

Pederson LF
Seager SS
Bellinger 1B
Pollock CF
Muncy 3B
Verdugo RF
Hernández 2B
Martin C
Ryu P

JT gets a breather.

Steve Sax said...

mash mash mash mash mash

Steve Sax said...

We can’t overcome the opponent AND Joe Kelly each game

Steve Sax said...

STL 4, LA 3, mid 7

QuadSevens said...

I hate Joe Kelly. Can we trade him already?

QuadSevens said...

Ryu removed from the game yesterday with a left groin strain. Kershaw can't get back soon enough.

QuadSevens said...

GAME TWO

Pederson LF
Turner 3B
Bellinger RF
Pollock CF
Muncy 1B
Hernández 2B
Taylor SS
Barnes C
Stripling P

Steve Sax said...

Can Joe Kelly take the groin strain please

Steve Sax said...

T1: Pederson flies out, Turner singles and advances on a wild pitch. Bellinger with a 3-2 count...

Steve Sax said...

Bellinger with a single on a weak breaking ball. Orel can't believe they threw three breaking balls in a row to Cody, but Cody didn't get an RBI.

Men at corners, one out, Pollock up.

Steve Sax said...

Pollock with a pretty bad swing for strike 2

Steve Sax said...

Pollock Ks. Two out.

Steve Sax said...

Muncy at the plate.

Steve Sax said...

Muncy Ks. Left men at the corners.

Here comes Ross.

QuadSevens said...

Gotta work deep tonight Chicken Strips.

QuadSevens said...

I typed that comment just before Orel said it.

QuadSevens said...

Two quick outs then a double and a walk. Molina up now.

QuadSevens said...

And he drives them both in with a double to deep left. Crap.

QuadSevens said...

After a review, only one run comes in. Ground rule double. Second and third two out.

QuadSevens said...

Next pitch, Strip gets a ground out. Down 1-0 going to the second.

QuadSevens said...

Boss Stripling with an efficient second inning. Top of the third now.

Steve Sax said...

And, we're already losing after 1

Steve Sax said...

Hey Quad! Thanks for helping me out so much on the mother site. Really appreciate it...

QuadSevens said...

Anytime Sax!

QuadSevens said...

Chicken Strip in a bit of trouble. Two on one out in the third.

QuadSevens said...

LA Kings didn’t win the Draft Lottery. They dropped the to fifth pick.

QuadSevens said...

Molina with another double. This time it is a 2 run double. 3-0 Cards.

Steve Sax said...

Dammit Chicken Strips!!!

QuadSevens said...

Singles for Muncy and Kiké. Ducks on the pond for CT3!

QuadSevens said...

Two down. Strip up with the bases loaded.

QuadSevens said...

Looks like today is gonna be one of those games where we strand everyone.

Steve Sax said...

And, Magic steps down as lakers president. Thanks for botching the AD trade, Magic!

QuadSevens said...

Chickkkkkken Strip strikes out the side in the fourth.

QuadSevens said...

Two out double for Bellinger. Two hits for him tonight n

QuadSevens said...

E5 and we’ve got two on for Muncy.

Steve Sax said...

Aha, so this is the “lose a shitty game and fall back to desolation” game. Got it.

QuadSevens said...

Muncy walks. Loaded for Kiké now. New pitcher coming in.

QuadSevens said...

Let’s see if Kiké can change that.

QuadSevens said...

Nope.

QuadSevens said...

Goldy hits a solo bomb to make it 4-0 through five.

QuadSevens said...

10 LOB.

Dusty Baker said...

Why do we ever pitch to Goldy? Ever? He has 32 HRs against us now, more than any other active player. Like, a lot more.

QuadSevens said...

Top of the eighth, still 4-0.

Dusty Baker said...

WTF just happened with Ozuna?

QuadSevens said...

Ozuna badly misreads a fly ball in left and Kiké gets a gift double.

QuadSevens said...

Our bullpen was laughing at that one.

QuadSevens said...

Seager pinch hitting with two on.

QuadSevens said...

Seager Ks and Freese lines out. Two more left on base. Middle of eight.

QuadSevens said...

Game 2 loss. No clutch hitting.

Steve Sax said...

As happy as I was after the first 10, I'm f'ing pissed off at this team now.

Chicken Strips, Kelly, LOB--it's maddening. This Cards team is a .500 team and is not that good. And we're making them look like fucking gods.

QuadSevens said...

On the bright side, Kershaw's rehab outing went well and I'm guessing he'll start for the Dodgers on Monday night.

QuadSevens said...

But I'm not real excited about Kershaw's velocity topping out around 88. Let's hope that was just a slow minor league radar gun.

QuadSevens said...

GAME THREE

Pederson LF
Seager SS
Turner 3B
Bellinger 1B
Muncy 2B
Verdugo RF
Taylor CF
Barnes C
Maeda P

QuadSevens said...

Joc with a leadoff single. Turner seeing 12 pitches so far.

QuadSevens said...

Built the pitch count but ended up with a GIDP.

QuadSevens said...

Kenta with an efficient 1-2-3 first.

QuadSevens said...

CT3 down swinging to end the second.

QuadSevens said...

Ozuna doubles and steals third. The scores on a weak ground out. 1-0 Cards.

QuadSevens said...

Then*

QuadSevens said...

Turner hit one to the center field wall for an out. Bellinger followed with a bullet caught by Goldy. Muncy with a K to end the top of the fourth.

QuadSevens said...

Ozuna gets a basehit to right but Verdugo nails him at first after a wide turn. Runner on third with two out.

QuadSevens said...

Fowler dunks one into short right. 2-0 Cards.

QuadSevens said...

Muncy with a nice play to throw out Wong sends us to the fifth. Still down 2-0.

QuadSevens said...

GET SOME DAMN HITS DODGERS!!!

QuadSevens said...

Narrator: In the fifth inning, they did not.

QuadSevens said...

JOCPOP!!

QuadSevens said...

Joc has hit it pretty well all three times up now. His second hit of the day gets us on the board. 2-1 in the sixth.

Steve Sax said...

5-1 Cards and we're not even out of the bottom of the sixth.

We're gonna get swept here.

Steve Sax said...

@Q7 6.10P: GET SOME DAMN HITS DODGERS!!! (I agree with Quad)

QuadSevens said...

Muncy with a solo bomb makes it 5-2.

Steve Sax said...

dodgers.com headline: Dodgers snap scoreless streak

Yeah, that's the key takeaway from our third straight spanking.

Steve Sax said...

Early game tomorrow, boys and girls!

QuadSevens said...

GAME FOUR

Pederson LF
Turner 3B
Seager SS
Pollock CF
Muncy 2B
Freese 1B
Hernandez RF
Gale C
Buehler P

QuadSevens said...

Somehow, we're up 2-0 in the top of the second.

QuadSevens said...

Sac fly by Turner in the first to score Joc. Freese HR in the second. I'll take it!

QuadSevens said...

That leaves Turner as the last opening day position player without a homerun.

QuadSevens said...

BUEHLER?? BUEHLER!!

QuadSevens said...

Walker Buehler has more HRs than Justin Turner. 3-0 Dodgers.

QuadSevens said...

409 foot blast to right center for Buehler! I need to find video of this!

QuadSevens said...

And the Cards score 4 in the bottom of the second. 4-3 Cards. Blah!

QuadSevens said...

Going through the feed on Gameday, apparently Seager left the game with an injured leg. WTF!?

QuadSevens said...

Kike's homerun was hit using Chase Utley's bat. Like father like son.

QuadSevens said...

And the sweep is complete.