Thu 5/12 7p: Anderson vs. Wheeler Fri 5/13 7p: Kershaw vs. Gibson Sat 5/14 7p: Buehler vs. R Suárez Sun 5/15 1p: Urías vs. Nola
Eight games. Seven days.
Yes, that's what this hellish homestand has in store for the Dodgers, who return from Pittsburgh with their tail between their legs after dropping two of three to the lowly Bucs. Sure, a 4-2 road trip doesn't sound all that bad. But the Dodgers' offense looked positively awful for a lot of that series @ PNC Park: 0-for-5 with RISP on Monday; then 1-for-7 with RISP on Wednesday. And both of those games were losses.
Max Muncy (0-for-3 on Wednesday) is batting .138. Justin Turner, who had a breakout game on Tuesday, is batting .194 (0-for-3 Wednesday). And Cody Bellinger (0-for-4 Wednesday) is barely over Mendoza at .206.
And yet, Doc Roberts insists on putting them together in the lineup for two of the three games in Pittsburgh, as if they were eighth-grade girls at a Loyola High semi-formal. We have to at least sit one of them, or break up the string of badness. Because the way they are batting now, they pose abysses in the lineup that turn run-scoring rallies into missed opportunities.
After this series, the homestand continues with four games against Arizona (including a doubleheader). The Dodgers start play on Thursday nursing a 1.5 game lead on the Padres and a two-game lead on the Giants. Would be nice to gain some ground against the sub-.500 Phillies.
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GAME 1
Betts RF
Freeman 1B
T Turner SS
Muncy 3B
Smith C
Rios DH
Bellinger CF
Taylor LF
Lux 2B
Anderson LHP
Bryce Harper takes Anderson deep in first. 1-0 Phils
Flags at half mast in centerfield I'm assuming for the 1,000,000th Covid death.
RIP Americans and God Bless those left behind.
Schwarber singles in the second run for Phillies followed by a 2 run shot by Camargo. 4-0 Bad Guys.
Tyler Anderson sucks.
Bellinger solo HR!
Belli Bomb!!! 4-1 B3
4-1 PHI in the third.
Damn
Gavin had a bit of a brain fart there.
Oh man. Cody got ahold of that one but it goes foul.
I wonder if Trea has had some sort of ballet. His slides, both offense and defense, are so graceful.
7-1 Phillies T6.
Slappy repping the tying run
Boys going station to station. Bases juiced, no outs, JT up. 7-4 Bad Guys B8
JT brings in 2 on a 0-2 pitch. 7-6 Bad Guys.
That was an amazing call to bring in JT to pinch hit there, especially given Rios is red hot. And it pays off for Doc, and the Dodgers!
Wow
CT3 ties it up!!!
Base hit for CT3. GAME ALL TIED UP!!!
Jeez. Everyone in LA knew he was going to squeeze after the foul bunt.
Tie game through 8.
@karen: not sure why Barnes got such a late jump there. If he’s a pinch-runner, he had better know how to move.
Fuck! First and second with one out for the Phils
This is not good, Hudson.
Daniel Hudson, you suck
Will Smith is such a bad defensive catcher, as well.
Now it’s 9-7 Phillies. Two out.
Isn't it a rule or law or something that a guy has to hit a homerun on his Bobblehead night??
@Sax...How you holding up???
No redemption for Barnes tonight. Maybe Belli can get his.....
Knebel is wild, and Barnes fucking swings at the first pitch. And pops out. Idiot.
Bases loaded, none out, and we aren’t going to score.
Unbelievable.
Dodgers lose. This is really bad.
That’s it. I’m going to the game tomorrow and we are going to turn this shit around.
@Saxy.....Don't forget to pack the SoSG mojo. We need the win.
Bad.
Really bad.
I’m still bitter about last night
Looked like the Dodgers came down with a classic case of the Dave Roberts last night. His pitching decisions sucked. Why was Anderson still in the game when the 7th run scored? Horrible.
CLAYTON TO IL
GAME 2
Betts RF
Freeman 1B
T Turner SS
Muncy 3B
J Turner DH
Bellinger CF
Taylor LF
Lux 2B
Barnes C
Buehler RHP
Clayton won't say what's wrong only that he doesn't feel great. The team is saying right lower back. He was put on the IL starting on 5/9. He had an epidural yesterday and should be ready to pitch on the next road trip.
Kershaw should've went for that perfect game. Now look. Saved for what?
Its been a month of "gotta get Muncy going"
That was an uneventful inning
2-0 Phillies T2. I'm feeling my inner bitch starting to take control.
Damn.I guess I'm staying with the Suns/Grizzlies game for a while
Warriors not suns
Chase Utley in the house.
@Spanky....I know your sis is in NoCal but I hope you're not rooting for the Warriors.
CT3!!
You can tell that one goodbye!! CT3 solos to left. 2-1 Bad Guys B3.
@Karen- never. Fuck Frisco
Barnsy double
@Spank...Good boy!!!!
Mookie ties the game at 2!!!
Mookie double brings in Barnsy.
Dirt packed so hard Shwarber bounced off the ground on that dive. Lol
Nice Muncy
3-2 LA
A fucking windfall. JT clears the bases.
Fucking hell
This is not one of Butane's greatest efforts.
HEY SAX.....If you see this: No matter what happens tonight stay in your seat and do not go out onto the field and kick Austin Barnes's ass.
@karen, I do want to, but I won’t. And he had a good hit tonight.
Chicken McNuggets baby!!!
6-5 LA, B5
Why is everyone doing the flashlight in the stands?!
Oh. Big hit by pitch. Game changer
Can Muncy go on the IL too? That sucked.
8-7 creamcheesers
Losing 9-7 in the 9th and Roberts brings in Kimbrel to pitch. God bless him.
Here we go....Bottom of the ninth....
OMG!!!! JT ties it!!!!!
JT all up in this bitch!
FREAKING HUMIDOR!!
A stadium full of Charlie Steiners on that flyout
Easy come easy go. 11-9 Creamcheesers
Thank you Barnsy. Goodnight yall
Once again, Austin Barnes totally sucks. His error leads to yet another run. We are down 12-9.
I have to admit, we had to leave early so we missed JT’s heroics. But if I had been there for this part, I would have been pissed off.
Time for Mookie to take us to the promised land.
Holy shit. Bases juiced for Mookie
I can't believe this.
Booooo
Fuck
Fireworks is going to last two seconds.
Bases-loaded, none out: the dodgers choke for the second night in a row.
Urias pitching tonight. be Interesting to see how he does after Buehlers jem last night
Seriously. We need a stop here
GAME 3
Betts RF
Freeman 1B
T Turner SS
Smith DH
J Turner 3B
Taylor LF
Bellinger CF
Alberto 2B
Barnes C
Urias LHP
game 3
Betts
Freeman
Trea
Slappy (DH)
Animal
Taylor
Cody
Alberto
Barnes (C)
Urias P
Ha! Karen your lineup is much better than mine.
Damn. Phillies at corners, 2 out.
@Sax....I always think there are going to be 2 lineups when I sneak in at the last minute!
3 run homerun for Phillies. 3-1 T1.
Man, the seats aren't even warm.
Wtf Dodgers
And just like that, we suck. Unbelievable.
This is a series from hell for us.
OOPS.....3-0 T1
Here we go again. Another crazy game
NOW 3-1 on Mookie's homer!!
Let’s go 🐄🔑🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇!!!
@Spank....How was your day soaking up the a/c??
@Sax....I'm assuming you had left the park when Barnesy threw the ball into left field because he's not walking funny.
@Karen- its going nicely. Chill mode
@Sax....I'm guessing that you had already left the park last night when Barnesy threw the ball into left field trying to throw out the runner because he's not walking funny today.
Yep. We are sucking again tonight.
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.
@Sax...I'm guessing you had left the park last night when Barnesy threw the ball into left field trying to throw the runner out at third. I am able to deduce this because he is not walking funny today.
@Sax....I am guessing that you had left the park last night when Barnesy threw the ball into left field trying to throw the runner out at third. I am able to deduce this cause Austin is not walking funny today.
This is just embarrassing. We are getting tooled, at home, by a sub-500 team. Fuck this shit.
Shall we try again?? Say around 1 o'clock???
Thank you Bravos for keeping us in first place even though we don't deserve it.
GAME 4
Betts RF
Freeman 1B
T Turner SS
Smith C
Muncy 3B
J Turner DH
Bellinger CF
Taylor LF
Lux 2B
Michael Grove RHP
AA Pitcher making MLB Debut
Happy 7th Birthday to my little Gracie Girl. I love you my baby!! (See Avitar)
The kid battles the butterflies and sits the enemy down in order.
Here we go....4-0 and we're not out of the second.
4-0_who?
I've gots the basketball game on
Shane Green up in the cooler. Who the heck is that???
Aw shit. Nevermind. Fuck
@Spank....Not us. The bad guys are already up by 4 with bases loaded in the second.
Kid finally gets the third out. The good news is he has 4 Ks so maybe Jenn will get a free JJ tomorrow.
Keep watching the basketball game. I think it's probably better for your soul then the Boys right now!!
HEY SPANK....Have you checked out Jon SooHoo's Instagram?? As usual+ he has great Dodger pictures but he also has a lot of Kobe, Magic and Cooper Kupp. The man is so talented.
.....and that's coming from me a frustrated photo journalist.
Mookie goes yard to bring the score to 4-1 with 2 out in the second.
@ Karen - nah. I haven't seen soohoos twitter. I didn't know it was a thing. Ill check it out
Celtics are winning. I hate sports
Happy birthday to Gracie Mutt!
Doc coming out to pull Grove in the fourth. 4-1 Phils with Bickford coming in.
@Spanky...Not twitter, Instagram and my baby girl is no F-ing mutt!!! She is a beautiful pug through and through!! And you know how much I love her!!!!
Slappy singles...Boys at corners with no outs.
4-2 Muncy brings in TT still no outs in fourth.
Boys best team in MLB with runners in scoring position. Let's just see...
JT hits into a GIDP...
Cody Ks for the final out.
I love Belli, I really do, but every time he comes up with runners in scoring position I feel a little sick to my stomach.
@ Karen - Instagram.. Got it.
I didn't mean no disrespect. All dogs are mutts to me. You know this.
Lux works the walk
@Spanky....XOXO
Lux comes in on Mookie double. 4-3 B8.
Trea swings on the first pitch into the GDIP.
Mookie on third representing the tying run with 2 out and Slappy at the plate.
MadBum pitching tomorrow night for the Snakes.
I hate that guy.
WALK OFF FOR LUX!!!!!!!!!!
Man it is good to hear Randy Newman singing I Love LA!!!!
Man it is good to hear Randy Newman singing I Love LA!!!!
That's a crazy wrap. Too bad my stream site took a dump after the basketball game. Missed the walk off
@spank: what stream site do you use ? I need some ideas.
Happy for the walkoff but the fact that we got beat by the state of PA really sucks
@Sax....What is up with that??? How can the great state of California get reamed by a team from freaking PA???? I am not trying to be a stuck up homer BUT C'MON!!!!!
Mad Bum is pitching for the Snakes tomorrow. If that doesn't get us pumped for a win then maybe there is no hope.
I just hate that guy.
@karen: love your passion! I’m totally with you and we gotta rebound for the divisional rival here. Too bad we don’t have any real starting pitchers on the docket 🤷♂️
But really psyched for Gavin today.
And how about that 🐄🔑🦇🦇🦇🦇?!
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