Mon 4.17 7p: Dustin May vs. Peterson Tue 4.18 7p: Clayton Kershaw vs. Megill Wed 4.19 12n: Noah Syndergaard vs. some guy with heterochromia
The 8-8 Dodgers are most decidedly a .500 team in 2023. They don't have consistent offense, made worse by mini-slumps from Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman, further complicated by an IL stint from Will Smith (the Dodgers' leading hitter). They don't have very good pitching, with a weak bottom of the rotation, complemented with a unreliable bullpen. And they have a ton of lineup spots with weak bats, like Miguel Rojas, Chris Taylor, and possibly Max Muncy (who we hope might have snapped out of it vs. the Giants last week).
And the Dodgers rate 25th for batting average with RISP, at .231. There's some slight solace that the Padres are 26th on that list (and the Mets are 28th!), but both of those teams have big bats coming back. We have Austin Barnes, batting .053 and unable to throw anyone out stealing second, now playing every day.
Enter into this shitshow the Mets, who had a payroll over 50% more than the Dodgers ($346M vs. $225M), and a much better record (10-6) to show for it. I'm going to the Stadium on Monday, but I'm not feeling it. This seems like another losing series to me.
graphic courtesy Cat Sims of Sports Illustrated
50 comments:
damn. that was a gloomy post. bleak as fuck. Go Doyers!
Whyyyyyyyy is Chris Taylor batting cleanup with a .135 average?
This is insanity. He Ks to end the inning.
1-0 LA through one, on the Freeman HR
Austin Wynns with a two-run double!
3-2 LA through 2
Wow that was Lindor’s second great play this game.
I wish we had a shortstop.
Taylor Ks for a second straight time.
3-2 LA through 3
Feeble fourth for the Dodgers. We’re down 5-3.
Wow Chris Taylor actually made contact this time.
He flies out to start the sixth.
There is no one in the Mets lineup (right now) whose last name is more than six letters.
But, we are losing 8-6
On the flip side, we get free McNuggets tomorrow
I blame Hello Kitty
BOOOOO!
That game was awful last night (I was there). We suck
GAME 2
Outman CF
Freeman 1B
Martinez DH
Muncy 3B
Heyward RF
Vargas 2B
Peralta LF
Rojas SS
Barnes C
Kershaw P
Heyward gifts the Mets a runner on third with a fielding error to start the game, but Kershaw works his way out of it with three straight Ks after that.
0-0 through 0.5
Freeman with a one-single.
JD Martinez putting up a fight up there, eight pitches in.
MARTINEZ HR!!!
Holy cow, on the tenth pitch, he drills it to center for a 2-0 lead!!!
WHOO HOO!!!
2-0 LA through one.
JD hits a solo shot to have the Dodgers up 3-0.
We're up 3-0, but just look at that bottom of the lineup:
5 Heyward (1-for-3, 3 LOB) .192
6 Vargas (0-for3, 2Ks, 5 LOB) .186
7 Peralta (0-for-4, 2 Ks, 5 LOB) .171
8 Rojas (0-for-1) .125
9 Barnes (0-for-3) .045
You need a magnifying glass to see those microscopic batting averages.
Vargas with a great play, doubles up pinch runner Alvarez off first.
Barnes steals a base.
That's the Dodgers' third SB this whole frickin' year.
Outman with a single, advances Barnes to third.
Freeman sac fly to left, Barnes scores! Outman takes second.
Martinez knocks in Outman! But JD Martinez is thrown out at second to end the inning.
5-0 LA, end 8.
Graterol gets Marte and Lindor to K for the first two outs in the ninth.
Pete Alonso flies out.
WIN
CLAYTON KERSHAW WINS #200!!!
Of all pitchers with 200+ wins, no one has a better winning percentage than Kershaw (200-88)
Almost forgot it’s a day game.
Syndergaard opens up by yielding a base hit to Nimmo
Noah escapes with a 1-4-3 GIDP and a fly out.
0-0 through 0.5
Max Scherzer takes the mound for the Mutts!
Outman with a leadoff single!
Freeman pops to short. One out
bases loaded with one out and the Dodgers couldn't get er done
Scherzer apparently had a foreign substance in his glove and got ejected from game.
Just watched the video. Max is arguing like nuts before he gets tossed.
I could have sworn he was staring at the umps with one of those heterchromatic eyes.
Dodgers then take a 1-0 lead (which won’t hold, but is still funny)
Yep, we are already down 2-1 in the next frame.
Bottom 7, and our lineup goes 1-2-3. Quick inning for the Mets, but what do you expect when it’s Peralta, Luke Williams, and Wynns. My god who are these guys in the lineup?
Still down 2-1 through 7
Down 3-2 in the bottom of the eighth. Martinez on second (RBI double, scoring Freeman), and the Mets IBB Muncy to get to Heyward.
Heyward immediately pops to the infield for the second out (on the first damn pitch).
And now we have to depend upon Miguel Vargas. Sheesh.
Miguel softly pops to first for the third out. Great.
3-2 NYM through 8.
Shelby Miller chokes a one-run lead away, it's now 5-2 NY with only one out.
This bullpen SUCKS
Peralta leads off B9 with a HR.
5-3 NY, though.
This would have been a tie game, if not for Shelby Miller.
Idiot on the field being tackled and disposed of.
It's over. Dodgers lose the game and lose the series. Yay.
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