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Congratulations, Max Scherzer!
Right on the heels of Scherzer's 3,000-K milestone (and third immaculate inning!), another former Cy Young Award winner, Clayton Kershaw, kicks off this series with the Snakes. Kershaw has not pitched since July 3 (@ Washington, 4.0 IP ND), and is only 347 Ks short of the 3,000-K milestone himself. I want to celebrate Clayton's return to the mound, but I'm guessing he is much more focused on helping the team claw back ground against the Giants, still 2.5 games ahead after sweeping the Cubs this weekend (and matching our sweep of the Padres). FanGraphs' Playoff Odds gives us a 44% chance of winning the division, starting this series.
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GAME ONE
1 Mookie Betts RF
2 Max Muncy 1B
3 Trea Turner 2B
4 Corey Seager SS
5 Justin Turner 3B
6 Cody Bellinger CF
7 Gavin Lux LF
8 Austin Barnes C
9 Clayton Kershaw P
Wow, a lot to ask from our 6-9 hitters. Cody and Gavin had better build off of yesterday's performance.
Holy cow. Giants already up 5-0 (B2). Dodgers down 1-0 and the Snakes have two on with two out (T1). Not good.
Kershaw gets a K to stop the bleeding.
Looks like the Snakes scored a run when Bellinger made a throwing error. Wonderful.
Thanks, Yu Darvish, for laying an egg there
Betts leadoff double. Muncy flies to left, Betts to third. One out.
Great Trea Turner AB there, to work a walk. Men at the corners, one out, Seager up.
Corey RBI single! Mookie scores. Trea to third. 1-1
Justin Turner!
JT double to left scores two!
3-1 LA!!!
Meanwhile, San Diego actually scored a run! 5-1 SF, T3
Cody grounds out on three pitches (all strikes). Lux grounds out to pitcher.
3-1 through 1.
Kersh had a baserunner on second but got Nick Ahmed to strike out for the second time to end the top of the second.
Clayton has 3 Ks through 1.5. 3-1 LA.
Barnes Ks.
And then Kershaw singles and Betts walks!
But then Muncy Ks. Two out.
I loved the replay of Scherzer and his disbelief of Kershaw getting an infield single on a weakly hit ball.
Now it's 3-1 LA, Top 6, AZ threatening with two on and two out--and Vesia gets Jake McCarthy for the final out.
Cody is 0-for-3. He popped to second on a 3-2 count.
Barnes RBI double scores Lux, though!
4-1 LA, one out, Barnes on second, Beaty up. Come on, Matt!
Beaty HBP on the first pitch. Geez.
Let’s go 🐄🔑
Betts flies to deep right-center. Barnes advances to third. Two out.
Muncy with a 2-2 count. He is without a hit tonight.
Dammit he flies to short for the final out.
4-1 LA through six
Knebel with a sweet K to start the top of the seventh.
Knebel with a not-so-sweet four-pitch walk to the next batter.
Marte ropes one but it stays in the field. Two out.
JT! Solo HR
Bellinger almost fouls out to the catcher (who drops it), and then ropes a double down the right. Good swing, Cody! KEEP IT UP
Barnes flies to second to end the inning, with Cody on third and Lux on first.
Mitch White comes in to close down the ninth.
5-1 WIN
Kershaw’ Dri-fit shirt has a weird ripped front collar. I gotta get that.
YAY!! A well deserved win.
Sorry I'm so late to this one Sax. Jenn and I had to run errands today and I think the heat got to us. We both fell asleep and didn't wake up until about 8:30 or so. I'll try to do better tomorrow!
No worries karen! Was great to see Clayton back on the mound (5Ks). Let's goooooo
FiveThirtyEight has us at a 33% chance at winning the division. Fangraphs has us at 41%.
Ugh
GAME TWO
1 Mookie Betts RF
2 Max Muncy 1B
3 Trea Turner 2B
4 Corey Seager SS
5 Justin Turner 3B
6 Will Smith C
7 Cody Bellinger CF
8 Gavin Lux LF
9 Tony Gonsolin P
I an trying to make sure I am awake for the one!!!
RIP Norm Macdonald. I loved this guy on SNL and later on on My name is Earl when he played the younger version of Burt Reynolds. Way back in the '70's people used to mistake my dad for Burt and ask for his autograph!! He was also mistaken for Rams quarterback Roman Gabriel. Another time I was about 15 and Dad and I were walking back to the car after a Dodger game and two women said loud enough for us to hear "He's old enough to be her father". Dad and I just looked at each other and laughed!
Hi karen, yes RIP Norm Macdonald. Just watched some of his video highlights. The long moth joke on Conan was pretty good.
Gonsolin gets two Ks in the first.
0-0 through 0.5
Giants already up 1-0 on SD through 1
I always loved Norm on the Celebrity Jeopardy skits on SNL. He was great for the Weekend Update too.
1-0 LA through 1. Back-to-back doubles from Muncy and Trea Turner!
Up 4-0 now, thanks to a Muncy 2-run HR (scoring Mookie), and a RBI FC from Will Smith.
Cody, however, GIDPs to end the threat.
Top 4, 4-0, 2 out and man on first.
Pavin Smith Ks to end Top 4. Catman with 5 Ks through 4.0 IP.
Lux leads off the fourth with his second K of the game. In two ABs.
Trea Turner goes yard with one out in the fifth. 5-0 LA
Gonsolin done. Good outing, 5.0 IP, 6 Ks 0 R.
Price in for the sixth.
Price gets a K for the second out but it’s 5-1 with two RISP
At least it’s only 5-1. Could have been worse for price there
Let’s go Will Smith
Smith goes yard! 6-1
Nice hustle there Gavin
Tight play at first though. Challenge on the field
Lux retired but Belli on second.
Here’s a guy we need to get a hit: Matt Beaty
Beaty gets squeezed, but he should have swung anyway. 2 out.
Great play by Seager
Three-run HR for Marte. It’s 6-4 LA now. Not good.
Bruihl looking shaky here
Lead off walks for Muncy and Trea to start B7. Let’s go
Seager was down 0-2 and fought back to 2-2, then singled to right.
Rancho ardiendo!
JT sac fly, scores Muncy and advances Turner.
7-4
JT was close to a GS there, but fell short of the warning track.
Sac fly to left for Will Smith. 8-4 LA
Padres lose. They’ve scored five runs in their last five games. Geez.
Treinen with a clean 8th.
WIN
Clinches playoff spot
GAME 3
Mookie Betts RF
Max Muncy 1B
Trea Turner 2B
Corey Seager SS
Justin Turner 3B
Will Smith C
Cody Bellinger CF
Gavin Lux LF
Julio Urias LHP
Giants game starts 25 minutes before us.
Happy ROBERTO CLEMENTE Day! A great baseball player and Humanitarian. RIP Mr. Clemente, "The Great One".
Padres up 5-0 in second. I think I might have stopped breathing for about 10 seconds when I saw that.
Hey guys, what did I miss?
4-3 LA, B6. Trea up with two out. He ekes out an infield single to score the runner from third! 5-3 RBI single, scoring Beaty!
Damn, Trea is so speedy.
Apparently the Giants have clawed another run back, so it's 5-3 SD.
Diamondback wearing their snake-biting-a-baseball hats tonight.
Two-out single for Seager up the middle, sending Turner to third.
JT flies out to end the rally.
Vesia, top 7, gets a fly out to Betts for out #1.
Vesa with a three-pitch K and bolts with a brisk walk around the mound. Wow.
Idiots on the field. Glad they aren't showing them.
Why is Will Smith trying to stretch from first to second on a throwing error? There was no way that was going to work. Instead of leadoff single, one out and none on.
Come on, Will.
I just checked Padres score and it's SD 7-4 over the bad guys in seventh.
how was that 3-2 pitch not called a strike? HORRIBLE call by the ump.
@karen: 7-5 on the reviewed Belt HR (fan interfered, but they gave it to Belt anyway)
GIDP! Boom
3-2 count to Walker, who homered earlier in this game.
walked Walker. two out, man on first.
Trea Turner leaps for the third out. That would have moved Walker to third had it gotten past him. Wow.
Turner is so smooth.
Betts with a one-out double roped to left. 5-3 LA, B8
Jansen gets a K for out #1. Still 5-3 LA
Kenley gets Young to K on three straight strikes, all fastballs.
JUMBO JACK TIME
Very late call, but gets the third strike.
Dodgers WIN
Kenley was dealing tonight. SD has scored and is up 9-5 in ninth
Just noticed, JT is wearing #21 tonight (no name on the back). Cool.
@karen: the Giants are so hot though...crossing fingers.
@Sax...GIANTS LOSE GIANTS LOSE Dodgers are 1.5 back with 15 games to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks karen!
Was watching Norm Macdonald clips. RIP Norm.
Padres winning 2-0 after three.
Padres won 7-4.
One-game deficit, going into this weekend. Los Angeles @ Cincinnati; Atlanta @ San Francisco.
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