Friday, September 10, 2021

Series Thread (Games 142-144): Sept 10-12 vs. Padres

Fri 7p Urias vs. Musgrove
Sat 6p Buehler vs. Paddack
Sun 1p Scherzer vs. Snell

Remember when we were playing for first place back in San Francisco? Yeah, it seems like an eternity ago. Since then, we left Birdshit Park down one game, then split with the Cardinals (while the Giants swept the hapless Rockies), so now we're 2.5 GB and barely any time left on the clock. With AJ Pollock injured, Cody Bellinger has been thrust back into the starting lineup...and since gone 0-for-13 when asked to step up (Cody is 0-for-19 in September, across seven games. Fangraphs finally has the Giants favored to win the NL West this season. And now we're facing the Padres who are hungry for a Wild Card berth (against us, to boot), while the Giants feast on the defeated Cubs.

We are probably fucked. But hey, I guess I'll watch anyway.

48 comments:

karen said...

GAME 1
GAME 1

Mookie Betts RF
Max Muncy 1B
Trea Turner 2B
Corey Seager SS
Justin Turner 3B
Will Smith C
Gavin Lux LF
Chris Taylor CF
Julio Urias LHP

karen said...

that is GAME 1

and no Cody

Steve Sax said...

Thank the gods

Steve Sax said...

nice to see you again karen. while you were gone, we folded. so now that you're back, let's rock!

We start the first game 3 games back of the Giants.

karen said...

Sax...I had to have a little break after losing 2 of 3 at Birdshit Park. I did see most of the Cardinal series and like the series with frisco it kind of rattled my soul and trust me that is not a good thing.

karen said...

Doc says Cody will be out the next few games to work on some things and for a mental break, (Just like me!)

karen said...

Tatis Jr scares the livin' daylights out of me and as I have said before Manny Machado is MLB's answer to Aaron Hernandez and I absolutely know I would never want to run into that bruiser in a dark alley.

karen said...

Fernando Tatis Jr makes a great, leaping catch on a Max Muncy fly and then smiles and flashes the two out sign to the fans in the RF grandstand. What a bitch she is.

karen said...

Julio just hit Cronenworth's hand.

I hope Julio broke it.

karen said...

Max hits #32 with Mookie on. 2-0 LA

karen said...

CT3 makes a tremendous catch off Aaron Hernandez wannabe. It looked like he may have taken a homerun away from Machado. 3-0 mid 5.

karen said...

KJ comes in to shut this mother down!!! Final score 3-0.

karen said...

GAME 2

Mookie Betts RF
Max Muncy 1B
Trea Turner 2B
Corey Seager SS
Justin Turner 3B
Will Smith C
Cody Bellinger CF
Gavin Lux LF
Walker Buehler RHP

karen said...

Last I checked The Hated Ones were kicking Cubby ass 12-3 in sixth.

karen said...

JHair is talking about some great advice he received from Robin Ventura and it made me think about when Ventura came to the Dodgers. The newspaper headline read "We needed Batman but we got Robin". What a great line!

karen said...

The Dodgers did a beautiful pregame honoring the First Responders of 9/11. I have always been so proud of Major League Baseball and the part it played in healing our nation. I will always remember Mike Piazza's homerun in that first games back against the Braves. As with Pearl Harbor, September 11, 2001 is a day that we will never forget.

karen said...

I love the way the Dodger faithful greet Manny Machado.




















karen said...

Sorry! Honestly I really don't know what I'm doing to cause those huge spaces.

Steve Sax said...

Leadoff single for 🐄🔑!

Steve Sax said...

@karen! You’re especially spacey today 😂

No worries. Blogger is a pretty bad interface

Steve Sax said...

Dammit, strike out throw out for the Pads. Two out.

karen said...

@Sax...So good to have your company tonight! And yes, I am more spacey than usual!!

karen said...

Cody walks and scores from first on a Gavin Lux hit. I'll bet Belli feels great contributing to the team after struggling for so long.

karen said...

Lux scores on Mookie's sac fly. 2-0 Dodgers in B2.

karen said...

Tatis Jr ties the game with a 2 run homer. 2-2 T3.

karen said...

T4^^^

karen said...

Julio broke Cronenworth's ring finger last night. I'm so happy!

karen said...

Mookie hits a 3 run homer to bring the score to 5-2 B5.

karen said...

Joe Kelly comes in to restore order in the top of the eighth. 5-4 World Champions.

karen said...

Kenley has 2 outs and the time is 9:11 and the Dodger crowd is chanting USA, USA.

karen said...

STRIKE 3!!!! we are 2.5 games behind NoCal with 19 games to go!

Steve Sax said...

Oh I do feel bad for cronenworth. That sucks.

karen said...

Shame on you Saxy!! Cronenworth is the enemy!!!

karen said...

GAME 3

Mookie Betts CF
Max Muncy 1B
Trea Turner 2B
Justin Turner 3B
Corey Seager SS
Will Smith C
Steven Souza Jr
Gavin Lux LF
Max Scherzer RHP

karen said...

5 more K's for Max to reach 3000 strikeouts.

karen said...

Snell hurt, looks like his left groin. He's taken out of the game.

karen said...

Max K's the side, only 2 away from 3000!

karen said...

MAX IS ONE AWAY FROM 3000!!






karen said...

Seager homers for the first run of the game. 1-0 B4.

Frisco Monsters up by one in Chicago.

karen said...

He did it!!! Max is the 19th pitcher in history to reach 3000 STRIKEOUTS!!

QuadSevens said...

Scherzer is something special! That 3000th K was awesome!

karen said...

Mookie solos for a 2-0 Dodger lead!


QuadSevens said...

Scherzer is rolling! I love that Prior was running out to the mound so he didn’t delay and piss off Scherzer. LOL!

karen said...

JT launches a 3 run homer for a 6 run lead in B7.

karen said...

@Q7...Yeah he gets intense on the days he pitches but it is totally working.

karen said...

CODY GOT A HIT!

karen said...

WOW!!! Scherzer pitched what had to be one of his greatest games ever and got the win, 8-0 final score.

QuadSevens said...

I’m all for the Mad Max attitude on game days.