Monday, April 01, 2019

Series Thread (Games 5-7): Apr 1-3 vs. Giants

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.

36 comments:

Steve Sax said...

GAME 1

Hernandez 2B
Turner 3B
Seager SS
Pollock CF
Freese 1B
Bellinger RF
Taylor LF
Barnes C
Urias P

Steve Sax said...

Urias: Strikeout, flyout to right, flyout to short. Quick and easy inning!

Steve Sax said...

one-out Turner walk

Steve Sax said...

Big Corey Seager up at the plate

Steve Sax said...

0-1 pitch is inside on Seager. Not cool---

Steve Sax said...

Pollock forces Turner at second for the third out.

0-0 through 1.

QuadSevens said...

Urias has some good looking stuff so far.

Steve Sax said...

0-0 through four. Urias has a man on second with two outs, T5.

Steve Sax said...

CT3 leadoff HR in the fifth! 1-0 LA

Steve Sax said...

Damn, Taylor crushed that one.

Steve Sax said...

Verdugo crushes one to deep center! 2-0 LA

QuadSevens said...

I love how pumped up Verdugo was rounding the bases!

Steve Sax said...

One Joe Kelly pitch, one HR by Brandon Belt.

2-1 LA. Nice job, Joe Kelly

QuadSevens said...

Joe Kelly needs to get his head straightened out. So far he is hot garbage.

QuadSevens said...

Kelly gives up another run and we’re tied.

QuadSevens said...

Kelly gives up a double and he’s finally pulled. Two on with two out for the Gnats in the seventh.

Steve Sax said...

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.

QuadSevens said...

Game one goes to the Gnats.

Dusty Baker said...

Start throwing at Kelly's ribs until he improves.

Dusty Baker said...

^robs

spank said...

FUCK THE GNATS!

Steve Sax said...

Game 2 (sorry for the formatting, I’m on a plane right now)

Hernández
Turner
Seager
Pollock
Bellinger
Taylor
Muncy
Martin
Ryu

Steve Sax said...

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.

spank said...

well we wasted 100 million on Kershaw...whats the big deal.

spank said...

grand slam belli. nice

Steve Sax said...

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.

spank said...

I'm out.

Steve Sax said...

GAME 3

Hernandez 2B
Turner 3B
Freese 1B
Seager SS
Pollock CF
Bellinger RF
CT3 LF
Barnes C
Chicken Strips P

Steve Sax said...

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.

Steve Sax said...

SoSG AC and I are watching the game up in enemy territory, with the SF broadcasters on the commentary. It is horrible torture.

QuadSevens said...

I’m sure they were great to hear during that interference call.

QuadSevens said...

Walk and a hit batter loads the bases for Holland and the Gnats. Honeycutt out for a chat.

QuadSevens said...

Chicken Strip is through six. We’re still down 3-2.

QuadSevens said...

Freese with a 2-RBI double and CT3 with an RBI double make it 5-3 Dodgers going to the ninth. Kenley coming in.

QuadSevens said...

Kenley has two outs and looks good.

QuadSevens said...

Three up and three down for Kenley! Series win!