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— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) October 11, 2022
Julio Urias vs. Mike Clevinger.
The Dodgers watched the Mets and Padres play a full three-game series, and now host San Diego in a best-of-five series. All the talk has been about how the Dodgers are 14-5 against the Padres this year, but this Padres team looked a lot better versus a 101-win New York Mets team: Jurickson Profar and Juan Soto each batted .333 at the top of the lineup; Trent Grisham mashed a 1.917 OPS (and a .500 batting average) from the eight-hole; and even Josh Bell woke up his power bat (Manny Machado, as well). Not to mention, both Yu Darvish and Joe Musgrove had great starts for the Padres in their two victories.
The Dodgers? Well, they've been taking some time off, which means that our pitchers are rested, but our bats may be rusty. And don't forget that Max Muncy, though hot at the end of the season, ended the year batting .196; Cody Bellinger slumped his way to a .210 batting average; and Chris Taylor, if he makes the postseason roster, is battling some neck issues.
Yeah, I'm pretty nervous. I may be at the game. Or I might be biting my nails at home for this one.
153 comments:
Oh man. Braves stumbling out of the blocks vs. Phillies, down 7-1 already.
I hope this isn't an omen for us.
I'm never one to root against a Dodger, but I was happy to see that Kimbrel was left off the NLDS roster.
The bye teams are not faring well so far today...
PHL 7, ATL 3 (B8)
SEA 4, HOU 0 (T3)
@Quad: I'm actually very surprised about the Kimbrel move. Better hope we've got the arms with Treinen and May.
I'm surprised Hanser got left off roster and Vargas is in.
Astros charging back, it's 4-2 B3.
Braves have a man on with none out in B9.
Braves at the corners, B9. None out.
Holy cow, Matt Olson three-run HR makes it 7-6 PHL, B9
Zach Elfin of the Phillies is pulling a Kimbrel
And, the Phillies win Game 1, 7-6.
Mariners expand the lead to 5-2 on a Crawford solo shot.
Phillies almost gave that one away. damn
@Sax Pitching is always something to be nervous about.
@Spank I've got a feeling Vargas is going to come up big when needed. I hope at least.
6-3 SEA through five full.
@Quad: Totally agree that Vargas was an interesting call. Boy it would be a great story if he went nuts from the plate!
Dodgers NLDS roster:
C: Will Smith, Austin Barnes
IF: Freddie Freeman, Gavin Lux, Trea Turner, Max Muncy, Justin Turner, Miguel Vargas
OF: Mookie Betts, Cody Bellinger, Chris Taylor, Trayce Thompson, Joey Gallo
SP: Julio Urias, Clayton Kershaw, Tyler Anderson, Tony Gonsolin
RP: Evan Phillips, Tommy Kahnle, Brusdar Graterol, Chris Martin, Blake Treinen, Yency Almonte, Dustin May, Andrew Heaney, Alex Vesia
Eugenio Suarez homers. It's 7-3 SEA, T7
Holy smokes. Houston wins on a walk-off three-run HR.
That was not what I wanted to see.
NLDS GAME 1 LINEUP
Mookie Betts RF
Trea Turner SS
Freddie Freeman 1B
Will Smith C
Max Muncy 3B
Justin Turner DH
Gavin Lux 2B
Trayce Thompson LF
Cody Bellinger CF
@Quad: glad i wasn't watching :)
@quad7 - definitely want to see Vargas light it up.
fucking Mariners
Deadspin says "The Padres' arms are coming for the Dodgers".
fuck. the anticipation is killing me. start the game dammit.
I'm done with these Pete Davidson Taco Bell ads
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1-2-3 inning for Urias, including outs on Soto and Machado.
Mookie with a sharp grounder but Machado vacuums it up for the out.
TREA!!
Trea Turner HR!
trea!!!
Will Smith with a two-out double!
Come on, Max
Muncy RBI single!
2-0 LA
nice maxy
Urias with the slo-mo windup for a K to start the second.
good Urias
2-0 through 1.5
Bellinger Ks on three straight pitches. Pathetic.
Easy inning for Clevinger: only nine pitches.
2-0 LA through 2
Urias got a favorable call there, maybe? Top of the zone for a K on Kim.
One out.
Urias is dealing: 18 Ks in the zone in a row.
He gets Grisham looking. Two out.
Nola with a two-out double. He ripped that one.
Urias had to battle through Profar, but gets the K.
2-0 LA, mid-3
nice
Clevinger has a very nervous stance out there.
Leadoff double for Trea!
trea getting hot
fuck yeah slappy!
Lux sends Clevinger packing with an RBI double.
Lux ropes it! RBI double chases Clevinger!
4-0 LA, Muncy on third and Lux on second. Two out.
4-0 LA. Cleavinger gone.
Full count to Trayce
Trayce earns a walk!
And here's Cody, with the bases loaded and two out, B3
come on Belli!!!
Bellinger HBP. I'll take it.
Oh wait, maybe not a HBP. Looks like it hits the knob. This going to be overturned.
oh shit
Fox announcers chastising Bellinger for not selling this one better.
Call overturned.
Belli, you can shut my ass up here and get an RBI.
Belli can't catch a break
1-2 count to Cody
come on Belli. shut saxys ass up.
@spank: Belli can't catch a break but he can't hit a ball these days, either
Bellinger DOES get a break! Weak-hit ball to Myers who can't field it cleanly! Run scores!
It's 5-0 LA
Fielding error to Myers.
fuck yes. I'll take it
c'mon, mookie
Oh man, Betts almost had a GS. Went foul.
Dammit. Mookie flies to center. He got under it.
5-0 LA through 3
First beer, Madewell Hazy IPA, extinguished.
I may need to do a beer run right now.
Had a Sam Adams Octoberfest here with dinner.
Soto hard shot to Bellinger for the fly out.
@Quad: sounds good. What did you have for dinner?
Mrs. Sax made some mean mahi mahi, with potatoes and brussels sprouts. Very happy. Very full.
But I need some more beer.
Machado Ks! Two out
@Sax Had a burger and some steak fries. Mrs Quad had a salmon burger and quinoa With a salad. She eats healthier than me.
Urias is very sweaty right now. And his left shoulder looks a little orange-glowy
@Quad: it's a longer story, but I've been eating less red meat lately.
And then this past weekend, I had three burgers and it was sooooooooooooooooo good.
Drury Ks.
Sax goes for beer. brb
@Sax Lol! Sometimes you just need some beef.
Wait, I found some more beer!
I'm staying
Freeman with a one-out walk.
Slappy pops out to second. Two out.
Muncy caught looking.
5-0 LA through 4
Myers solo shot.
Honestly, Trayce should have had that one. He was right there
Trayce was doing his best Pollock impression.
sack up Urias. game ain't over
Urias getting lit up here in the fifth. HR, single, double.
Chris Taylor would have gotten that one
fuck
Grisham RBI groundout. 5-2 LA, one out
Urias at 73 pitches, but not looking sharp
Dammit what is happening here
5-3 on the sac fly by Nola
Kim may have injured his hand on the slide, but it's still 5-3 LA
We need some runs
Let’s get out of this Julio. Come on!
This is all because I didn't go on that beer run.
I'm sorry, beer gods! I apologize!!!
Schoolyard rules, Kim would be out. Trayce nailed him in the ass on that throw.
Profar flies out for the third out.
5-3 LA, mid-5.
tough inning. get those runs back
Iris looks gassed. breathing through his mouth.
Urias
Dodgers go 1-2-3.
And here's 2-3-4 for SD. Gulp.
5-3 LA through 5.
Phillips in for Urias to start the 6th.
Oh, I'm not feeling good about this.
“Padres suck” chant going now.
Soto walks. No out.
Could really a double play here.
That was super unlucky for us. Crap n
Machado gets a bloop hit. Two on, none out.
This is awful.
Josh Bell PH for Drury.
Attaboy Phillips! One down!
4-6-3! Double play!
HUGE double play there on Myers.
5-3 LA, mid-6
Trea hits one to the wall for the third out. Bats need to wake up again. Need more runs.
Vesia gets three Ks (and one single) to keep it 5-3 LA.
We're at the stretch.
Vesia with 3 strikeouts. Time to stretch. 5-3.
On my third beer. The Kona Brewing Company one was not good for this game, so we're on to Sapporo.
Freeman grounds out on the first damn pitch.
Geez this Padres bullpen has killed us tonight.
Tim Hill has an efficient inning, so it's 5-3 LA through 7.
Padres 1-2-3 here.
This is high-leverage.
Mookie is 0-for-4 with 3 LOB here.
Vesia still in for the eighth?
He gets Profar on one pitch.
Vesia with a quick out. Soto up now.
Bazooka vs Machado! Round 2!
Vesia gets Soto to fly to right. Two out.
And now, to face Machado, Roberts goes to Brusdar.
Pete Davidson is back for another Taco Bell commercial. That can't be a good omen.
Graterol better be wearing his big boy pants.
Bazooka wins this round with just one pitch. Now let’s get a damn hit!
wtf? that it?
Justin Turner is 0-for-3 tonight.
@spank 9.43p: totally. All that buildup, and it's one Graterol pitch, and Machado flies to left.
Lux Ks.
We are shit vs. this bullpen tonight.
Dodgers bats called it a wrap long ago
Thank god Clevinger was starting or we would be losing this game
"Thompson is kind of a reclamation project for these Dodgers."--Fox announcers
As is Muncy
As is Taylor
As will Bellinger be for some other team next year
to be fair, as was Justin Turner. And, like Muncy and Taylor, the Dodgers reclaimed them.
Dodgers suck in the eighth.
5-3 LA, going to the ninth.
horrible
When did Danny Devito sell out to Jersey Mike's Subs?
Does this mean that Cheers reruns aren't on tv anymore?
Martin will get a chance to take us to Paradise. He’s closing tonight.
Chris Martin in for the ninth.
Somewhere, Gwyneth Paltrow worries.
Chris Martin says I’ll fix you to Bell and takes the ground out to first himself.
Dieter Ruehle plays Coldplay after that first out to Josh Bell.
2 down
WIN!!
damn
WIN
That was a LOT closer than it should have been.
that's a wrap. see you tomorrow peeps
PGT up!
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