Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Series Thread (Games 126-128): Aug 24-26 @ Padres

Tues Aug 24 7p: TBD vs TBD
Wed Aug 25 7p: Buehler vs. Snell
Thu Aug 26 6p: Scherzer vs. TBD

We're 2.5 games back now, having improved a half-game over the weekend (thanks to an extra win over the Mets). But with Joe Kelly, Julio Urias, and Mookie Betts all potentially set to return to the lineup this series, I have high hopes for another nine-game (or more) win streak. Let's get Mr. Mojo Risin' with this quick series in San Diego!

137 comments:

Steve Sax said...

Huge catch by Pollock to rob Machado!!!

1-0 LA, B4, two out

QuadSevens said...

That catch was awesome!

Steve Sax said...

5-0 LA through 7.5. Could have been more, but Will Smith decided to get tagged out trying to advance to third on an RBI sac fly

Steve Sax said...

ðŸĪ·‍♂️

Steve Sax said...

ðŸĪŠ

Steve Sax said...

🐄🔑

Steve Sax said...

Knebel gives up a two-run HR to Profar. No out, B8. 5-2 LA.

How about you get an out, Corey?

Steve Sax said...

☹️

Steve Sax said...

😐

Steve Sax said...

One out. 😐

Steve Sax said...

Here’s Tommy Pham.

Steve Sax said...

Jeez, Knebel is throwing meatballs here

Steve Sax said...

0-2 count to Phamster the Hamster

Steve Sax said...

Tatis on second. Machado up. 3-2 count

Steve Sax said...

Treinen walks Machado.

Okay, tying run at the plate.

Steve Sax said...

Treinen “is searching for the location” —Orel

Steve Sax said...

Treinen Ks Cronenworth!

5-2 LA through 8

QuadSevens said...

Kenley with two quick outs in the ninth.

QuadSevens said...

Myers with a single and takes second because who cares.

QuadSevens said...

Long battle with Profar.

QuadSevens said...

Profar draws the walk after 11 pitches.

QuadSevens said...

Kenley with a nice K to end it! WIN!

Steve Sax said...

WIN

Steve Sax said...

Dammit Kenley makes this difficult

QuadSevens said...

Started off looking easy, then he had to scare us.

Steve Sax said...

Still at 2.5GB. Let's GOOOOOO

Steve Sax said...

Btw if Javy Baez is gonna swing as poorly as he did in yesterday's game, the Mets don't stand a chance vs. the Giants.

Steve Sax said...

GAME 2

Trea Turner 2B
Max Muncy 1B
Justin Turner 3B
AJ Pollock LF
Corey Seager SS
Chris Taylor RF
Will Smith C
Cody Bellinger CF
Walker Buehler P

Steve Sax said...

Mets and Giants, scoreless through 1 @ Citi Field

Steve Sax said...

SF 1, NYM 0 (mid-5)

Steve Sax said...

Would be nice if the Mets could score in this series

karen said...

HAPPY KOBE BRYANT DAY!!!!

karen said...

The Hated Ones leading the Mets 3-2 in bottom of 9th.

Steve Sax said...

Bottom 9 for the Mets, about to lose again (now 3-2 SF)

Steve Sax said...

Mets actually scored. And had a lead. But blew it.

Man on first for NYM, one out

Steve Sax said...

Oh even better: Mets have 2 runs on 10 hits. Giants have 3 runs on four hits.

LoLMets

Steve Sax said...

Of course the Mets loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth. And couldn't score one measly run to tie the game.

SF wins 3-2.

Steve Sax said...

Dodgers go down 1-2-3 in the first, not even leaving the infield

Steve Sax said...

Padres also go down 1-2-3, also not leaving the infield.

Steve Sax said...

blake snell is throwing a NO-HITTER through 3.2

Steve Sax said...

SD 1, LA 0 (top 4)

Steve Sax said...

JT singles to break up the no-hitter. Still two out, though.

Steve Sax said...

Btw Cody Bellinger is 1-for-his-last-21, including 1 AB this game

Cliff Beefpile said...

Blake Snell looks like a combination of Jay Cutler and Mickey from Bob's Burgers

Steve Sax said...

You can’t win if you can’t score, Dodgers

Steve Sax said...

1-0 SD, B6

Steve Sax said...

Pollock and Seager both K looking in the seventh. We are still down 1-0.

Snell is only at around 100 pitches. We look like shit.

Steve Sax said...

Get ready for a 3.5 games deficit.

Steve Sax said...

Orel brings up a good point on the broadcast: this could be the wild card matchup if we play the Padres: Snell vs Buehler. We could game the rotation, but the Padres might have more trouble based on where they sit in the wold card race today.

Cliff Beefpile said...

It's kind of hard to imagine Tatis staying healthy for the remainder of the season. I don't hope he gets hurt, but that shoulder seems pretty fragile at this point...and to think he won't have to dive for a ball at any point is kind of ridiculous. And without him, the Padres are kind of toast. He's their straw and even now while he's still playing but all mopey and shit they're pretty impotent. Machado is a second banana and not a leader for a contender. Like a Scottie Pippen of baseball.

Cliff Beefpile said...

Smell won a Cy Young without a complete game?? Lame.

Cliff Beefpile said...

Will Smith dong!

Steve Sax said...

Will Smith saves the day!!!

Steve Sax said...

dammit

Cliff Beefpile said...

bUt SMelL wOUld HavE ShUT OUt thE DODgErS iN gAMe 6

Steve Sax said...

Cody still looks lost

Steve Sax said...

Come on, Cody

Steve Sax said...

What’s with the weird caps lock cliffy

Steve Sax said...

Cody is awful

Steve Sax said...

Cody has to sit for a while. It’s ridiculous.

Cliff Beefpile said...

@Sax It's some thing the kids are doing on the internet these days, supposed to imply sarcasm I guess. To be honest, I'm not sure I get it either.

Steve Sax said...

Pujols PH here.

Steve Sax said...

@cliff, thanks for the primer! I’m so unhip.

Steve Sax said...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternating_caps#Usage_and_effect

Steve Sax said...

In use since the 2000s.

My gOd, I aM aNCieNT

QuadSevens said...

tHIS uMP hAs a GreAT sTRiKe ZOnE!

Cliff Beefpile said...

By Jove, i THiNk hE'S GoT iT!

Cliff Beefpile said...

Eduardo Perez seems like a nice guy and a decent analyst, but he sounds like he has a constant throat bubble.

QuadSevens said...

Buckle up folks! Kenley in for the ninth tied at 1.

QuadSevens said...

Clean inning for Kenley. On to the 10th.

QuadSevens said...

Back to our non scoring ways in extra innings.

QuadSevens said...

Vesia is the man! Going to the 11th!

Steve Sax said...

Seriously, Cody. Come on, dude.

Steve Sax said...

Barnes grounds to third. So it’s up to Muncy

Steve Sax said...

So with Smith stranded at second, they IBB Trea to get to Max. T11. Two out

Steve Sax said...

Flies to center.

Dodgers 0-for-6 with RISP

Steve Sax said...

ðŸĪĶ‍♂️

QuadSevens said...

Gift bunt flyout! Sweet!

QuadSevens said...

Load the bases intentionally to face the pitcher. Hold onto your butts!

QuadSevens said...

Bickford gets out of it with a big K!

Steve Sax said...

Bickford was studly, but also huge props to Doc for walking two and avoiding Machado and Cronenworth, forcing the Padres to send up a pitcher (Musgrove) as PH. Bickford Ks Musgrove with the bases loaded to escape.

Going to the top of the 12th.

Steve Sax said...

JT, Pollock, Seager. 3-4-5 in the order.

Steve Sax said...

Wild pitch or passed ball allows Muncy to advance to third. No out.

Steve Sax said...

Come on, Animal!!!

Steve Sax said...

That was weird. Frazier drops a moderately difficult ball in foul territory. JT stays alive.

Steve Sax said...

I thought it was in fair territory btw.

Under review

Steve Sax said...

Not sure why JT didn’t stretch to third base there, as Muncy was getting tagged.

Steve Sax said...

It’s ok though, Seager will come through.

Steve Sax said...

Corey almost got a rbi double there

Steve Sax said...

Seager Ks. Booooooo

Steve Sax said...

Dodgers now 0-for-10 with RISP. And here is ice-cold CT3

Cliff Beefpile said...

Score runs dang it! I have homework!

Steve Sax said...

Geez this is horrible.

Steve Sax said...

2-1 count to CT3

Steve Sax said...

Two out, two on.

Steve Sax said...

Deuces wild.

QuadSevens said...

Loaded for Smith! Let’s go!

Steve Sax said...

Taylor works a walk. Which means it’s…Smith again

QuadSevens said...

Well that sucked. Still tied.

Steve Sax said...

Smith, why are you swinging for the fences when all we needed was a base hit?!

Steve Sax said...

I can’t take this.

QuadSevens said...

Going to the 13th. The bullpen has done their job. Time for the offense to do theirs.

QuadSevens said...

Orel said Cody put his “touch me” swing on a change up and Joe Davis was quick to correct him and say it was a “touch it” swing. “Gotta keep it family friendly until midnight.”

Steve Sax said...

My god. You can’t go four straight extra innings with a guy starting on second and not score one run. What the hell.

Steve Sax said...

We deserve to lose.

QuadSevens said...

One hit in those four innings.

Steve Sax said...

This is unbelievable, the tightrope Doc and the team are walking

Steve Sax said...

We go to the 14th.

Amazingly, the consecutive-IBBs to Machado and Cronenworth gambit has been successful TWICE tonight.

Steve Sax said...

We score two in the top of the 15th.

Knebel in. I don’t think two will be enough.

Steve Sax said...

Knebel gives up a two-run bomb to Tatis. Tied at 3 but Padres are still threatening.

Steve Sax said...

Knebel is about to walk another Padres pitcher PH

Steve Sax said...

He escapes. On to the 16th. I’m out

karen said...

@Saxy...You left one inning to soon. Our Boys in Blue came back to win (I think it was 5-3).

Steve Sax said...

Holy cow.

WIN

Still, 5-for-27 with RISP is not good

QuadSevens said...

AJ POLLOCK IS OUR HERO! 2 RUN BOMB FOR THE WIN!

I went to bed before it happened but the highlights were great to wake up to.

Steve Sax said...

Last night was Cody Bellinger's second multi-hit game this MONTH.

(Of course, he had 7 ABs; but hey, I'll take it. And if I'm not mistaken, both of his hits came late in the game. If this augurs good things from here, that would be hugely needed!)

Steve Sax said...

GAME 3

Trea Turner 2B
Corey Seager SS
MOOKIE BETTS RF
Justin Turner 3B
AJ Pollock LF
Cody Bellinger CF
Billy McKinney 1B
Austin Barnes C
Max Scherzer P

karen said...

SO GOOD to have MOOKIE back!!

Steve Sax said...

BARNES!!!

Steve Sax said...

Two-run Barnes HR to left-center. 2-0 LA

Steve Sax said...

Tatis totally botches a fly ball to right, scoring Trea Turner. 3-0 LA

karen said...

Scherzer looking to K 10 for all the good people of Dodger Nation.

karen said...

Yu Darvish...Pitcher who was going to give us that last push to win the World Series or just another victim of the 2017 Houston Asteriks. Anyone?

Steve Sax said...

And, of course the Mets let themselves get swept.

Steve Sax said...

@karen: I blame the cheaters more than Darvish. I’m glad to see that he has rebounded from being hoodwinked by criminal behavior.

But we should beat him tonight.

Steve Sax said...

Two on, none out. Scherzer gets his ninth K for the first out.

Then a ground out to a double play to end the inning. Wow

karen said...

@Sax... I remember seeing him on one of the Dodgers pre or postgame shows for an interview and just before it started he could be heard asking 'do the fans hate me?' I really felt sorry for the guy but at the same time a really needed a scapegoat. I didn't realize just what lengths the Asteriks would go to get the big win. But, I do have to say I hate the guy in a Friars uni.

karen said...

Uhoh my man Cody had a tiny little fit throwing his helmet into the dirt when he was called out at first ):

karen said...

I know this is not a political blog but I really want to acknowledge our military personnel giving up their lives to get Americans as well as Afghan citizens who put their lives and their families on the line. I know there are many friends and families mourning the loss of these warriors and I feel like my words of loss at the horrific injustices done today just won't do. I think about the loss to these moms and how their losses will be felt for the rest of their lives. Maybe I relate to the moms of the soldiers because I am a mom. Whatever it might be I pray for them all.

karen said...

Oh pooh on you Prisham (don't think that's the right spelling but who the hell cares.) Boys in Blue ahead 4-0 in ninth.

karen said...

The only way Tatis Jr should come up is when he would not be representing the tying or go ahead run. So far so good.

karen said...

Machado beats out an infield hit with two out, down by 4 in ninth.

karen said...

Machado, with his run meeting zilch takes second without a throw from our Boys.

karen said...

WIN BABY!!!! We sweep the bastards from down south! We are still 2.5 down but I will take it!!!

karen said...

Or maybe it's 1.5. I'm a little shit faced so please forgive me.

Steve Sax said...

Still 2.5.

We host the Rox this weekend. Giants @ Atlanta.

spank said...

that was a satisfying sweep