Mon 6.28: Bauer vs. DeSclafani Tue 6.29: Buehler vs. Gausman both games, 7p
We took three of four from the visiting Cubbies this weekend, including a walk-off ending on Saturday (I was there!), followed by a beatdown early on Sunday. These 4pm start times are favorable for the Dodgers!
But don't, don't, don't let's start. This is the worst part. Now we face the league-leading Giants for two; the Giants sit 3.5 games ahead of us and have shown no signs of letting up, almost halfway through the season. The Giants' surprising strength has been their starting rotation: DeSclafani is 8-2 with a 2.77 ERA (slightly worse than Trevor Bauer's 2.57), and Gausman is 8-1 with a 1.49 ERA (much better than Beuhler's 2.51). The Dodgers have basically split the season series with the Giants to date (LA four games to SF 3). so these two duels are going to be critical if we are going to make up ground.
They might be Giants? We'll see.
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GAME 1
Betts, RF
Muncy, 1B
Turner, 3B
Belli, CF
Smith, C
Taylor, 2B
Lux, SS
Pollock, LF
Bauer, P
I really hope Bauer has a good game tonight and antagonizes frisco.
Oyster Pubes up. As difficult as this is for me, I have to give him props. He opted out of 2020 because he and Mrs. Oyster Pubes adopted a pair of special needs twin girls. Oh it PAINS me to have to consider a Bird Shit Park Dweller as possibly half human but I think he and his wife are awesome for taking in those babies.
MOOOKEEEE!!!
Mad Max goes back to back with Mookie!!! 2-0 LA
The Fresh Prince goes yard...3-1 Champs.
Brandon Crawford hits a solo shot to start the sixth. 3-2 Blue.
Our boy Trev coming a little undone. Gives up a double to Wilmer Flores. Tying run in scoring position with nobody out.
Trevor wiggles off the hook and gets through the sixth 3-2. He's at 99 pitches so I'm thinking he's done for the night. Goes out winning.
Did you just see Betts bop that ball off the bat into his hand, and hand to Posey? Sweet.
Mookie Ks to start off the bottom of the eighth, though.
3-2 LA
Thank you for holding down the fort, karen!
Dodgers down in order in the 6th, 7th, and 8th. :(
3-2, going to top 9, here's Kenley.
Oh man. Belli misplays the ball in center, and Tauchman stretches it to a double...but is BARELY tagged out at second by Taylor, probably when he comes off the bag at the tail end of his slide.
Instead of a man on second and none out, there's one out.
Here's Oyster Pubes with one out.
Tauchman gets thrown out trying to stretch a single into a double and is tagged going off the base. 1 out in ninth, Pubes up.
Three-pitch K to Oyster Pubes! Wow.
KJ K's Pubes. 2 out!!
Hi Sax!
1-2-3 inning for Jansen!
WIN
Hi karen! Going to bed happy.
WIN!!! 2.5 out of first. Frisco can hear our footsteps coming up behind them fast.
Couple of thoughts on the "sticky stuff" investigations.
1. What good is it to check/eject a pitcher at the end of an inning or as they are leaving the game? At that point, they have already "cheated" and gotten away with it.
2. Hector Santiago is appealing his suspension. I thought that wasn't something that could be done. Umpire ejects player, player is suspended. My source on this is one pre-game interview of Trevor Bauer, so I could be wrong.
@Q7...I loved that Bauer interview. Dude has no problem expressing himself.
GAME 2
Betts, RF
Muncy, 1B
Turner, 3B
Belli, CF
Smith, C
Taylor, 2B
Lux, SS
Pollock, LF
Buehler, P
In Grown Ups 2 Kevin James does this thing where he has a sneeze, fart thing and Kenley's new "pitching angry hip tweak" looks a lot like it. As long as it works...
It's the Max Muncy "Get it outta the ocean you mofo, MadBum" Bobble Head night. I would love to see a Joe Kelly pouty lip Bobble.
Bases loaded for the Fresh Prince...
Let’s get jiggy with it Will!
Smith K's. 2 down in first.
Time for CT3 to cement his All Star status. Let’s go!
Barrels are overrated!
CT3 gets 2 run RBI. 2-0 Dodgers in first.
Hi Q7!!
Hi karen! Totally agree on that Bauer interview. It was a fun one!
Great catch by Belli
Damn. I was hoping he was hurt. After all, the creep robbed Prince Albert of a walk off and more importantly the SOB is a giant. Yep the HATE is bubbling.
Get it out of the ocean!!!
Muncy with the Bobble-Bomb!
3-1 LA, man on second with two out and the tying run at the plate.
Bauer under investigation by Pasadena PD for sexual assault accusations.
I'm digging the alter ego...Joseph Kelly.
@DB... Is that true about Bauer? Jeez, I hope not.
I’m glad the crowd starting booing the umps as they checked Buehler while walking off the field. Gotta change the way this is done.
I found it. The lady was talking about having "rough sex" and getting a concussion. How embarrassing to have that kind of personal stuff made public. This, of course, is why I choose to be a nobody. lol
Joe Kelly, with his new mustache, looks like Waluigi.
@Karen yup that’s terrible having that stuff dragged out in public. Whether the allegations are true or if things were consensual…
Bauer. Come on, dude.
Kelly with a 1-2-3 eighth.
B8
Bellinger Ks. One out
Belli Ks on three straight pitches, too. :(
CWS goes to a winner-take-all Game 3. Wow.
Will Smith (1-for-3, 1 K, 3 LOB) flies to center. Two out.
I know KJ has been solid of late but he still scares the crap out of me.
2 batters, no outs, tying run on.
KJ hits the first batter in the ninth and then walks Posey. Two on, none out. Jeez.
Crawford out. Flores up...
Kenley is finding it out there! 2 outs!
Flores out, Duggar up...have mercy God...
Kenley Ks Crawford.
"[Kenley] looks like he's back in June." says Orel.
Except, it IS June
2 balls, 2 strikes...
Mini sweep!
K baby!!!
Thank you Tommy for pleading our case to the big guy.
Jansen continues to amaze. Wow. Good night everybody.
WIN
1.5 out of first.
Footsteps frisco. Boys are going to run you mofos down.
Night all!
Good night and thanks for the positive vibes karen! :)
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