Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Series Thread (Games 11-13): April 13-15 vs. Rockies

Tues 4.13 7p: Trevor Bauer (1-0, 4.15) vs. Antonio Senzatela (1-1, 5.56)
Wed 4.14 7p: Dustin May (1-0. 0.00) vs. Jon Gray (1-0, 1.54)
Thu 4.15 7p JACKIE ROBINSON DAY: Julio Urias (2-0, 2.84) vs. Austin Gomber (0-2, 2.89)

The Dodgers' first homestand of 2021 has gone pretty well, halfway through the games. Following a tight 1-0 win fueled by a majestic ring ceremony, the Dodgers romped through Saturday's game 9-5, and then watched Clayton Kershaw (6.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 Ks) outduel Max Scherzer (also 6.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 5 Ks) for a 3-0 Sunday victory. So that's a sweep of the pesky (g)Nats!.

But all of those victories have our 8-2 Dodgers only a half-game ahead of the Padres, who boast a 8-3 record (second best in the majors; they got their first franchise no-hitter over this weekend, and won yesterday against the Pirates while we were idle). While San Diego feasts on the woeful Pirates, we get the Rockies for three at home, starting with the scrutinized Trevor Bauer, the rested Dustin May, and the lights-out Julio Urias. We've gotta keep the pressure on here, boys!

184 comments:

Steve Sax said...

GAME 1

Betts is BACK! RF
Seager SS
Taylor CF
Muncy 1B
Smith C
Lux 2B
Pollock LF
Rios 3B
Bauer P

karen said...
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karen said...

OOPS

karen said...

Seager hits the solo. 1-0 Dodgers.








karen said...

CT3 goes yard. 2-0.

Steve Sax said...

hi karen! that's a lot of spacing!!!

Steve Sax said...

Muncy walks, one out. Mound visit.

karen said...

2-0 Dodgers after one.

Steve Sax said...

Bauer starts out the second with two leadoff walks, but gets out of it. 2-0 LA through 1.5

Steve Sax said...

Rox strand a runner on third. Bauer isn't making this easy, but it's still 2-0 LA, mid-3.

Steve Sax said...

Mookie HR!!!

Steve Sax said...

Seager double!

Steve Sax said...

Lux, two-out RBI single! 4-0 LA

Steve Sax said...

Pollock reaches on fielding error! 5-0 LA, Senzatela bounced. Two outs, runners at corners. Rios up.

Steve Sax said...

Muncy double with one out in the fourth! 6-0 LA, men on second and third.

Wow this feels like a Coors Field game

Steve Sax said...

6-0 through 5 full. Two RISP in bottom 5 with one out, but Mookie Ks and Seager grounds to first.

Steve Sax said...

Pirates actually beat the Padres?! Why did Snell only last 0.2 IP?

Steve Sax said...

From the mlb.com wrap:

Thankfully, the Padres’ starter was even more ineffective. Blake Snell, who won the 2019 American League Cy Young Award, got two quick outs but then was unable to retire six Pirates in a row, leading to an exit after just two-thirds of an inning

Steve Sax said...

Muncy HR! 7-0, B6

QuadSevens said...

This Bauer guy is pretty good.

Steve Sax said...

Bauer on fire here. Rox have one hit through seven.

Steve Sax said...

But: no Jumbo Jack. 9 Ks

Steve Sax said...

Hey @karen: the spaces in your 7:17p comment are freaking me out. Do you mind if I delete that comment?

(The text still says TB sets the Rox down in order in the first. Dodgers coming up,“)

Steve Sax said...

Matt Beaty is now unfortunately 0-for-7 on the year.

Steve Sax said...

Oh man. Here’s David Price. Two games this year, 12.27 ERA

Steve Sax said...

Very cool to hear that Price is auctioning his 2020 WS ring off to benefit the players alliance. Well done, David!

Steve Sax said...

Price with a K on Fuentes

Steve Sax said...

JUMBO JACK!!!

Steve Sax said...

I am so getting the free Jumbo Jack tomorrow

Steve Sax said...

Alexander for the ninth. He does not look sharp so far.

Steve Sax said...

Alexander gets the K for out #1

Steve Sax said...

GIDP to end it! 7-0 win. Third shutout in four games!

WIN

Steve Sax said...

GAME 2

Betts CF
Seager SS
Turner 3B
Muncy 1B
Lux 2B
Beaty LF
McKinstry RF
Barnes C
May P

Steve Sax said...

Can Matt Beaty get his first hit of the 2021 season (0-for-7)???

Steve Sax said...

(he does have a walk, though, so his OBP is .125)

Steve Sax said...

In Pittsburgh: Pirates 1, San Diego 0 (T3). SD pitcher Joe Musgrove just singled though, none out.

Steve Sax said...

Gregory Polanco had a solo HR for Pittsburgh

Steve Sax said...

Trent Grisham GIDP, then Machado lines out. 1-0 PIT, mid-3

Steve Sax said...

PIT can't score a leadoff double in the third. 1-0 Pit through 3.

Steve Sax said...

Just noticed that the Padres have Tommy Pham batting cleanup, with a 125 BA (.419 OPS).

Steve Sax said...

Pittsburgh has men at the corners with none out, B4

Steve Sax said...

Pirates can't score in the 4th

Steve Sax said...

2-1 now in PIT, on a run-scoring single from the light-hitting Tommy Pham (of course), scoring Machado. 2-1 PIT through 6

karen said...

Hey Sax...Did you get your Jumbo Jack today???

Steve Sax said...

5-1 B8. Pittsburgh finally breaking through.

Steve Sax said...

@karen: yes I did get the Jumbo Jack!

Also do you mind if I delete your spaced-out comment from 7.17p yesterday (comment #2)?

karen said...

Not at all...I still don`t know what the heck I did.


karen said...

@Sax...Do you know what the new patting the head celebration is about?

Steve Sax said...

Final, PIT 5, SD 1

Steve Sax said...

Okay, let's flip over to the Dodger game now!!!

Steve Sax said...

@karen, thanks about the comment--appreciate it. No worries

karen said...

1-2-3 for Code Red in first.

Steve Sax said...

Rox go 1-2-3 in the first. 0-0 through 0.5

Steve Sax said...

karen aces my comment out! nice job :)

Steve Sax said...

leadoff single for Mookie; Seager walks. No out

Steve Sax said...

JT single to center scores Mookie--Seager to second.

1-0 LA, no out

karen said...

Gray using up a lot of pitches here.

karen said...

Bud Black looking pretty unhappy.

karen said...

I'm really liking this McKinstry kid.


karen said...

Dustin May's pitches have a lot of movement.

karen said...

Solo for JT. 3-0 Blue.

Steve Sax said...

JT HR! 3-0 LA

Steve Sax said...

Turner OBLITERATES those nachos

Steve Sax said...

Oh no, replay. Was the fan leaning over?

Steve Sax said...

Nacho grande!!!

karen said...

JT's homerun lands in fans nachos and drenches the guy in cheese.

Steve Sax said...

HR call stands.

karen said...

Okay Steve. We're even!

karen said...

Beatty gets his first hit of the year. Not pretty, but we'll take it.

Steve Sax said...

Yay Beaty!!!

Steve Sax said...

So Karen, what are you up to these days. Staying safe and sheltered?

Steve Sax said...

Zach is no 🐄🔑

karen said...

I am such a good girl I even have my vaccination!!

karen said...

Sax...Love the Mookie^^^

Steve Sax said...

Oh man the dodgers are getting the nacho fan a new sweatshirt! How cool

karen said...

JT sent new nachos to the kid and Kirsten gave him a new Dodger jacket. How cool is that?!

karen said...

OMG SAX! Get out of my head!!

QuadSevens said...

Joe and Orel we’re giving the crew a hard time because they made the fan choose between the two sweatshirts they brought out there.

karen said...

Q7 in da house!

Steve Sax said...

@Quad: yeah totally. Give the poor kid two sweatshirts for Pete’s sake

Steve Sax said...

May has six Ks! Am I getting another Jumbo Jack?!?!

Steve Sax said...

Maybe not. May in trouble here in the fifth: bases loaded one out

Steve Sax said...

May can’t find the strike zone

karen said...

Come on Red sack up!

Steve Sax said...

Story RBI single. 3-1. Bases still juiced

Steve Sax said...

May hooked after 4.1 IP

Steve Sax said...

Here’s V-Gon

Steve Sax said...

Blackmon FC, it’s 3-2 LA

karen said...

It's time for Gavin to get hot.

Steve Sax said...

3-2 through 5 full

Steve Sax said...

Gavin started out the year hot, but then he went 0-for-Nationals-series. Come on, Gavin!

karen said...

I'm not liking this.

karen said...

GDIP!!

karen said...

Overturned.

Steve Sax said...

Almost a DP, but not. One out, tying run at first.

Steve Sax said...

@karen: late congrats on getting vaccinated

karen said...

V-Gon looked good tonight.

karen said...

Thank you sir!

karen said...

Zach!! I really like this kid.

karen said...

Scotty Alexander coming in. He kinda makes me nervous.

karen said...

Apologies to Scott Alexander.

Steve Sax said...

He made it to the stretch! Still 3-2

karen said...

Double for the MVP!

Steve Sax said...

Seager leads the bottom of the seventh off with a ground-rule double!

Steve Sax said...

@karen your feed is ahead of mine! Nice

Steve Sax said...

Replaying JT's HR. Now I"m hungry for nachos

karen said...

High and tight to JT and then he hits him on the next pitch.

Steve Sax said...

Givens comes inside and almost hits him, and then next pitch actually does hit him. Starting with an 0-2 count as well. Booooo

Steve Sax said...

Make him pay, Max

Steve Sax said...

Max Ks but the ball gets away, both runners advance, so it's as good as a sacrifice

Steve Sax said...

Rios then hits into a weird FC, taking second when JT is caught in a rundown. Seager still standing on third. Now two out, CT3 up

karen said...

He did not go around on that

Steve Sax said...

CT3 gets rung up by a called strike 3 that was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay outside. Boooooooooo

Steve Sax said...

Knebel in for the eighth

karen said...

Knebel sits the Rox down on six pitches. What a stud!

Steve Sax said...

Knebel with a six-pitch eighth! Including a K! wow

karen said...

I LOVE THIS KID!!

QuadSevens said...

MCKINSTRY!!

Steve Sax said...

McKinstry HR! 4-2

karen said...

Luke Raley gets his first big league hit!

Steve Sax said...

Luke Raley with his first big-league hit!!!

Steve Sax said...

@karen, dammit you win!!!

Steve Sax said...

my feed is just tooooooo sloooooooww

QuadSevens said...

Love that the whole bench was calling for the ball.

Steve Sax said...

@karen: btw, the Dodgers are keeping the reason for the head-tapping ritual a secret

dodgers nation link

Steve Sax said...

Mookie works the walk. First and second, one out, Corey up.

QuadSevens said...

@Sax On the broadcast they have said that the head tap came from basketball. It’s a signal that means you’ve dunked on someone. In this case, the pitcher.

Steve Sax said...

Or re: the ritual: maybe it's just dunking on somebody.

Steve Sax said...

Turner Ks. 4-2 LA, to the ninth!

karen said...

COME ON KJ!

Steve Sax said...

Leadoff walk for Jansen. Here we go.

Plus, his velocity looks weak again (meaning the last outing was an aberration)

Steve Sax said...

Jansen blows it by Trejo for the K and out #1

karen said...

Jumbo Jack tomorrow Sax!

Steve Sax said...

JUMBO JACK AGAIN!!!

Not sure if my colon can handle another one, though.

Steve Sax said...

Jansen Ks Hampson

karen said...

He's hitting 94

Steve Sax said...

Jansen seems to be accelerating velocity through the inning here. Now he's up to 94, after starting it off at 89. Tapia up with an 0-2 count

karen said...

WIN!!! Although KJ scared the crap out of me.

QuadSevens said...

WIN!

Steve Sax said...

Tapia flails for the K!

DODGERS WIN

Steve Sax said...

HAPPY JACKIE ROBINSON DAY!

Steve Sax said...

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNrPdIWDGaY/

QuadSevens said...

GAME 3

Taylor CF
Turner 3B
Muncy 1B
Smith C
Pollock LF
Lux SS
McKinstry 2B
Raley RF
Urias P

Steve Sax said...

Thanks for the lineup Quad! Beat me to it :)

Steve Sax said...

Padres won 8-3

Steve Sax said...

Mookie out of the lineup again. Raley gets a start!

QuadSevens said...

No problem Sax. Dusty should love this lineup. Two guys with Beastie Boys for their walk up music. CT3 and Raley.

QuadSevens said...

Updated lineup:

Taylor SS
Turner 3B
Muncy 2B
Smith C
Pollock CF
Ríos 1B
McKinstry RF
Raley LF
Urías P

Steve Sax said...

Rox score in the first. 1-0 COL

Steve Sax said...

CT3 leadoff double!

Steve Sax said...

Turner singles, but with runners at the corners, Muncy Ks for the first out. Hmm.

Steve Sax said...

Fresh Prince fucking GIDPs. What the hell, Will?!

1-0 COL after one.

karen said...

HAPPY JACKIE ROBINSON DAY!!

I may have said this before but my grandma went to high school with Jackie in Pasadena but that was a time when blacks and whites didn't mix. I explained to her who he 'became' and what he accomplished. She didn't care.

Oh well.

Steve Sax said...

Urias beset with two solo HRs so far. 2-0 Colorado, 2 outs in T3

Steve Sax said...

@karen: yikes that's a crazy story about your grandma!

karen said...

@Sax...Yeah, it gave me a little glimpse into what Jackie had to deal with.

karen said...

Yay JT!! 3-2 LA

karen said...

JT's nacho homerun made the national news today.

Steve Sax said...

BOOM JT!

3-2 through 3

karen said...

Tied. Crap.

karen said...

Finally. That ump hasn't been giving Julio the corners.

karen said...

Rox go ahead 5-3. This game might not end well.

karen said...

This game is putting me to sleep.

karen said...

Mighty Max hits a 3 run homer to put the Dodgers ahead 6-5.

That woke me up

Steve Sax said...

Muncy with his own three-run bomb, to take the lead back! 6-5 LA

Steve Sax said...

Watching this game with my mom. We are both clinking our drinks together in honor of Muncy. Good job Muncy!!!

QuadSevens said...

ESPN app had fireworks for Muncy’s bomb! That was cool!

karen said...

Dodgers batting around in the eighth.

karen said...

**seventh

karen said...

Bases loaded for McKinstry.

karen said...

Fresh Prince scores on a wild pitch. 7-5

Steve Sax said...

WP scores another one, Will Smith from third. But Zach grounds to first to finally end the inning. 7-5 LA

karen said...

Santana in for the eighth.

karen said...

Great play by Rios at first.

karen said...

1-2-3 on 7 pitches for Santana. Going to B8.

karen said...

Here we go. David Price coming in to pitch the 9th.

karen said...

2 hits to start the 9th

Steve Sax said...

David Price, in for the ninth, is not doing well.

Two on. None out. B9

Steve Sax said...

Price goes down 2-0 and comes back with three strikes! K

karen said...

Price K's Story and Hampson.

karen said...

WIN!!

Steve Sax said...

Price Ks Hampson

Steve Sax said...

Tapia 4-3 ground out. Wow.

Dodgers go 6-0 on the homestand!

QuadSevens said...

SWEEP!