Fri 4.28 7p: TBD vs. Flaherty Sat 4.29 6p: TBD vs. Montgomery Sun 4.30 1p: TBD vs. TBD
Friday's game marks a return to Dodger Stadium for Harvard-Westlake's own Jack Flaherty, who pitched the Wolverines to their only Southern Section Division 1 Championship in 2013 with a 1-0 vitory over Marina. Flaherty was one of three Harvard-Westlake pitching phenoms who would later play in the major leagues; in fact, all three pitchers (inlcuding the White Sox' Lucas Giolito and the Braves' Max Fried) started 2021 Opening Day for their respective teams.
Flaherty, who starts Friday for the Cardinals, is 0-0 with a 1.50 ERA in three starts @ Dodger Stadium, with 29 Ks over 18.0 IP. His 0.611 WHIP is the second-lowest across all 20 ballparks in which he has pitched, evidencing that he might be a little more fired up here at home. With the struggling Cardinals way back in the NL Central standings, I'm sure he has even more motivation to start this series off with a bang.
Let's welcome Flaherty back...but not be the best hosts possible. (But given we are a .500 team, I am sure we will be quite hospitable to St. Louis at least once this weekend.)
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Recipe for a bad game:
1 Opposing pitcher with excellent stats in our park
1 Shakey home bullpen
0 Named home starter
7+ Struggling or injured Dodgers batters
Makes 50,000+ servings of humble pie. Throw away left overs immediately.
Ha! Nice job Quad…let me know if you want to write some series threads!
Thanks Sax. I had a moment of inspiration. Not sure that I could pull off the game threads like you do, but I'll keep it in mind.
Heads up all! Tonight's game is on Apple TV+.
Dustin May once again can’t find the zone. It’s 2-0 St Louis in the first.
May works around two more walks in the third, thanks to a great diving catch by Heyward in right.
2-2 tie
Quad, there aren’t many of us fighting Gargantos this MPQ round.
Muncy! Run-scoring double knocks in Freeman from first!
3-2 LA
That’s Muncy’s first XBH that was not a HR in 2023
Heyward double!
4-2 LA
Dodgers are scoring runs!?! I’ll take it! MPQ reinforcements on the way too!
Martinez says he’s out for an extended period with a back issue. Dammito
^Dammit
You’re going to have to tell me where you are though
Heyward robbed, but ends up on base with catcher’s interference.
Heyward rocks one, but Nootbar makes an amazing catch for the fly out—except it was catchers interference. So heyward is on first with the bases juiced and one out for Outman.
Outman HBP!
5-2 and Flaherty is probably done.
Vargas is hacking up there. He Kd last AB. He looks bad here too
CT3 Ks with the bases loaded as well.
But the Dodgers are still up 5-2
Muncy just turns a great double play. Nice job by Vargas as well
Whoops, misspelled Nootbaar up there. My bad
Doc calls for Bazooka
I’m happy to see that my recipe didn’t turn out right. Let’s go for two in a row now!
GAME 2
Austin Barnes gets an RBI!!! That is a little unexpected.
1-0 LA through two
Okay B7, still 1-0 LA, and Miguel Vargas gets a leadoff double. Neither Outman nor Thompson can advance him. And Barnes just worked a walk.
Cardinals go for a pitching change.
WIN!
1-0 LA, Kershaw, Phillips, and Graterol throw a three-hitter. Way to go, Dodgers!
that was a good win
GAME 3
Dodgers up 3-2 after 4. Going for the sweep.
Thor doesn’t like having the lead. Double, single and we’re tied.
5+4+3=2
Pop out ends the top half of the fifth. Let’s see if the offense can bail out Thor and set him up for his first Dodgers win.
Bases loaded and nobody out. Let’s take advantage here now!
Outman coming up. My new favorite player.
Outman down on three curves. One down.
Wild pitch scores a run! 4-3.
Fielder’s choice ground plates another. 5-3 Dodgers after five.
Vesia with back to back strikeouts in the 7th. Bozooka coming in with a runner on first.
Wait CT3 has TWO hits this game?! Whaaaaaaaaat
Slappy with a bases loaded sac fly. 6-3 LA, B8
Sorry I’m late. In transit…
Muncy flies out for the third out.
6-3 LA through 8
WIN
SWEEP!!!
My flight to LAX is delayed. So this news comes at the right time. Yay!
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