Monday 4/1 7p: Julio Urias vs. Drew Pomeranz Tuesday 4/2 7p: Hyun-Jin Ryu (1-0, 1.50) vs. Madison Bumgarner (0-1, 2.57) Wednesday 4/3 7p: Ross Stripling (0-0, 0.00) vs. Derek Holland (0-1, 6.75)
Happy April Fools Day!
And at this early part of the season, it's like the Dodgers and Giants are Superman and Bizarro Superman, just like the Ed McGuinness cover above.
The Dodgers are 3-1, leading the majors in OBP (.439), SLG (.647), and then obviously OPS (1.086). The Dodgers only trail the Seattle Mariners (who have played two more games than the Dodgers) with 14 HR on the season. Cody Bellinger is tied for first with three others in HR (4), and Joc Pederson is tied for fifth in the majors with 3 HR. The Dodgers have scored an amazing 42 runs this season in only four games. This opening series had a disappointing loss, but it also had two beatdowns of the Snakes, capped by a Sunday comeback victory after Walker Buehler went awry in the fourth.
Meanwhile, the 1-3 Giants are indeed the ugly and less articulate reflection in this metaphor. San Francisco ranks 26th in the majors for average (.177) and OPS (.516). And in losing three of four against the San Diego Manny Machados, the Giants also demonstrated how they're the oldest team in the major leagues, creaking their way to a total of five runs over the four games, tied for last in the major leagues.
So while the Dodgers are having an Opening Week, the Giants are Opening Weak.
Dodgers: Good! Giants: Bad! Let's keep this theme going to finish out the homestand, okay? This series kicks off with Julio Urias getting his first start since 2017.
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GAME 1
Hernandez 2B
Turner 3B
Seager SS
Pollock CF
Freese 1B
Bellinger RF
Taylor LF
Barnes C
Urias P
Urias: Strikeout, flyout to right, flyout to short. Quick and easy inning!
one-out Turner walk
Big Corey Seager up at the plate
0-1 pitch is inside on Seager. Not cool---
Pollock forces Turner at second for the third out.
0-0 through 1.
Urias has some good looking stuff so far.
0-0 through four. Urias has a man on second with two outs, T5.
CT3 leadoff HR in the fifth! 1-0 LA
Damn, Taylor crushed that one.
Verdugo crushes one to deep center! 2-0 LA
I love how pumped up Verdugo was rounding the bases!
One Joe Kelly pitch, one HR by Brandon Belt.
2-1 LA. Nice job, Joe Kelly
Joe Kelly needs to get his head straightened out. So far he is hot garbage.
Kelly gives up another run and we’re tied.
Kelly gives up a double and he’s finally pulled. Two on with two out for the Gnats in the seventh.
This is a shitshow. Kelly is out, we're down 4-2 in the top of the seventh, and we still aren't out of it.
Game one goes to the Gnats.
Start throwing at Kelly's ribs until he improves.
^robs
FUCK THE GNATS!
Game 2 (sorry for the formatting, I’m on a plane right now)
Hernández
Turner
Seager
Pollock
Bellinger
Taylor
Muncy
Martin
Ryu
I’m still angry about last night’s game.
Joe Kelly has got to get his shit together, fast. You’re not on the Cards or Red Sox anymore, Joe.
The first Dodgers Insider magazine (the freebie they give when entering the stadium) had an article, “The Notorious J-O-E”. Awful headline aside, I am still hoping Kelly’s notoriety won’t be because of us wasting $25M.
well we wasted 100 million on Kershaw...whats the big deal.
grand slam belli. nice
And we barely eked that one out. 6-5 LA win, having to turn a double play ball to end it after watching Kenley four-pitch walk the third run in, then yielding a two-run hit before the final out. Fucking A, man.
I'm out.
GAME 3
Hernandez 2B
Turner 3B
Freese 1B
Seager SS
Pollock CF
Bellinger RF
CT3 LF
Barnes C
Chicken Strips P
We were up 2-0 but Chicken strips is horrible here in the top of the fourth, yielding two HR (so far) to make it 3-2 SF.
SoSG AC and I are watching the game up in enemy territory, with the SF broadcasters on the commentary. It is horrible torture.
I’m sure they were great to hear during that interference call.
Walk and a hit batter loads the bases for Holland and the Gnats. Honeycutt out for a chat.
Chicken Strip is through six. We’re still down 3-2.
Freese with a 2-RBI double and CT3 with an RBI double make it 5-3 Dodgers going to the ninth. Kenley coming in.
Kenley has two outs and looks good.
Three up and three down for Kenley! Series win!
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