Mon 19 7p: Kershaw vs. Kelly Tue 20 12p: TBD vs TBD Tue 20 7p: TBD vs TBD Wed 21 7p: May vs. TBD Thu 22 7p: Urias vs. TBD
Five games in four days? Is that any way to reward the 2022 NL West Champion Dodgers after sweeping the Giants in San Francisco, finishing the season with an astounding 15-4 record against the team that edged us out for the divisional title last year?
Luckily, the Dodgers are a stratospheric 46-16 against the NL West this year, including a 11-3 record against the Diamondbacks. Our starting pitchers for this extended series aren't called just yet, particularly for that day-night doubleheader on Tuesday. But the Dodgers still have a six-game lead for the best record in baseball with 17 games left to play. I'd like to see us continue to smush some sad snakes here at home.
Oh, and I'll be at the Stadium on Wednesday evening; hit me up if you want to say hi!
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GAME ONE
Betts RF
T Turner SS
Freeman 1B
Smith C
Muncy 3B
Gallo LF
Lux 2B
Taylor DH
Bellinger CF
Kershaw P
Starting to be make-or-break time for Taylor and Bellinger here. Taylor looked bad last night (0-for-4 with 3 Ks). Bellinger now at .199 BA; Muncy at .201.
Dodgers up 1-0 in the middle of the third. Both teams with two hits, but one of ours was a Joey Gallo solo HR.
Kershaw with 6 Ks through 3.
Bellinger up to lead off the third inning.
Cody works a 1-2 count back to a 3-2 count.
Bellinger: batting .135 in September
Hey, Cody doubles!
Leadoff double for the Dodgers!
Luplow had it in his glove and lost it!
Mookie with a comebacker, which doubles off Bellinger.
Unbelievable.
We can't score in the third. Still 1-0 LA.
Kershaw with 8 Ks through four frames.
1-0 LA, mid-4
This AZ pitcher has a 12.34 ERA
That ERA is so mathematically perfect
Just saw the highlight of CT3's HR. That was a tough call. Glad it went favorably for us.
Mookie is 0-for-4 tonight.
Btw the D-backs pitcher, Luis Frias, got three outs in the seventh, so his ERA dipped to 11.37. Well, it was mathematically fun while it lasted.
Will Smith thrown out at home from a Gavin Lux single to right.
5-1 LA through 8 full.
And here's Kimbrel.
Leadoff single for Christian Walker.
Josh Rojas HBP on the first pitch at the AB.
Snakes have first and second with none out.
Apparently Kimbrel has a 12 ERA vs. Arizona. Great.
Kimbrel f'ing hits Corbin Carroll! Bases loaded, none out.
Rick Monday is lying. Baseball refernce has Kimbrel with a 5.14 ERA vs. Arizona.
Lux makes a double play, but Walker scores. 5-2 LA, two out.
WIN
GAME TWO
T Turner SS
Freeman 1B
J Turner 3B
Gallo RF
Thompson CF
Taylor 2B
Lux DH
Vargas LF
Barnes C
Grove P
Mookie and Slappy both sit. Hmm
RIP Maury Wills.
1-0 LA through one. Trayce Thompson sac fly with the bases loaded.
Leadoff double by Ketel Marte in the second, but Josh Rojas Ks so there's one out now (T2).
Welp, there goes the lead.
1-1 on a Cooper Hummel double. Two out.
1-1 through 1.5
Now we're down 2-1 on a Daulton Varsho HR. great.
Mid-3
Freddie with a leadoff single to right in the third.
CT3 pops up with the bases loaded. Lux with a chance now. Two down.
Weak grounder leaves the bases loaded.
Error by Freeman, but Grove Ks the next two. Two down in the fourth.
Bloop single drives in the run. 3-1 now.
Barnesy with his second hit of the day.
Trea with a single. 16 game hitting streak now. Ducks on the pond for Freeman!
Extra wide strike called on Freddie. He flies out on the next pitch.
Mr. Clutch, Justin Turner, up now with two down.
1 for 7 with RISP today's not gonna get it done. On to the fifth.
Well this is going from bad to worse, fast. Snakes have put up a run in each of the last four innings, it's 4-1 AZ now in the middle of the fifth. What the hell.
Offense needs to step it up. 8 LOB. Grove has 7 strikeouts, and hasn't allowed a crooked number yet. Not much more you can ask for from a rookie.
1 of the runs allowed was unearned.
Talk about bad luck. Broken bat single, throw to third hits the runner and goes out of play. Another run in.
I jinxed Grove by saying he hadn't allowed a crooked number yet. My bad.
Still 5-1 through six.
Pepiot with a 1-2-3 7th. Two scoreless innings for him now.
JT leads off the seventh with a single to center. Let's see if they can get it going here.
BTW, this ump has been terrible. Strike zone has been all over the place.
Two on for Trayce.
Ok so here we go. Down 5-1 in the seventh, two on with none out, Trayce Thompson up.
Dodgers 1-for-9 with RISP this game, so far
Hey there, Q7!
Trayce Ks.
How is CT's walkup song "Cold Heart"?
And, we can't fucking score. K, fly out, fly out.
Unbelievable.
Hey Sax! Another bad inning for the offense there.
BARNESY!
All right! Two-run Barnes HR, B8. No out.
2 run bomb for AB! 5-3 now.
Dodgers going for some late inning drama. Hanser reaches on an error and takes second. Then a passed ball gets him to third. Nobody out and Freddie up.
SNLA stat: 43 comeback wins this season. Most in MLB. Freeman walked, JT up with 2 on.
RANCHO ARDIENDO FOR GALLO!
Will Smith coming up instead as the DBacks change pitchers.
End of the bat bloop for Smith. Everyone moves up a spot. 5-4 now.
Still loaded, nobody out, Trayce up.
Tie game! Single off the third baseman!
CT3's turn with the bases loaded now.
It is all tied up in the fifth!
Bases loaded, still no one out, and we've plated four this inning.
Taylor down swinging. One down.
Mookie coming up to pinch hit.
Betts comes in to PH for Lux, and Ks for the second out.
Dammit.
Here's Vargas.
I expected CT3's K. But Mookie? That's a bummer.
Mookie strikes out, but Vargas with an infield single. Dodgers up 6-5!
Vargas with the go-ahead infield single!!!
Holy moley. These Dodgers.
DBacks third baseman has an error and two balls off his glove this inning. Ouch.
Martin closes it out. WIN!
DODGERS WIN!
That was insane.
Let's do it again in three hours!
I hope Rojas is playing third again. *evil laugh*
I gotta see those highlights!
GAME THREE
Betts RF
T Turner SS
Freeman 1B
Smith C
Muncy 3B
J Turner DH
Lux 2B
Taylor LF
Bellinger CF
Anderson P
Snakes up 1-0, mid-2
Muncy with a two-run HR!
3-2 AZ in the sixth
Now 4-2 AZ, as we enter the ninth.
Damn. Winning streak ends at five, Dodgers lose the nightcap 5-2.
We have to be gassed.
I will be at the Stadium tonight!
GAME FOUR
Betts RF
T Turner SS
Freeman 1B
J Turner DH
Taylor 2B
Thompson CF
Barnes C
Vargas LF
Alberto 3B
May P
May is not good tonight.
May, and Barnes, cost us that game. I'm salty.
Though it was great to see Mookie's 35th HR!
G A M E F I V E
T Turner SS
Freeman 1B
Smith C
Muncy 3B
J Turner DH
Gallo RF
Lux 2B
Thompson LF
Bellinger CF
Urias P
No Mookie.
1-1 through 6. Muncy's RBI double tied the game for us.
Top 8. Brusdar out there for us, still a 1-1 tie
The Dodgers look pathetic tonight. 13 Ks through 8 frames, and Gallo and Lux both have 3 Ks (Trea, Thompson, and Bellinger each have 2 Ks).
Pathetic.
1-1 through 8.
Christian Walker homers off of Kimbrel. Of course.
2-1 AZ, top 9, 1 out.
Bellinger with a leadoff double in the ninth! He took a full count pitch to the wall. Wow that is surprising.
Trea Turner grounds to third, freezing Bellinger.
Started Freddie with a regular AB, but eventually IBBd Freeman to the open first base. I wouldn't have wasted that time.
First and second, one out. Slappy at the plate.
Smith with an infield single! Everybody's safe.
Muncy at the plate.
Muncy singles! Slow roller to third, Bellinger scores and Muncy reaches when the throw takes the first baseman off the bag!
2-2 tie. JT up.
NYT Friday complete in 32:41! Wow, that one was difficult.
Oh, and JT Ks.
Betts PH for Gallo. Two out, bases loaded.
BETTS WINS IT!
3-2 FINAL
WIN
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