Mon 5.1 7p: Tony Gonsolin vs. Taijuan Walker Tue 5.2 7p: TBD vs. Matt Strahm Wed 5.3 1p: TBD vs. Aaron Nola
The 2022 National League Champion Phillies are only 15-13, basically the same record as the Dodgers (16-13). Except they sit in fourth place in their division (only ahead of the lowly Washington Nationals), while the Dodgers share first place with Arizona. There's upside for the Phillies on the near-term horizon, though, with Bryce Harper potentially being reinstated for this series in Los Angeles, as early as Tuesday. That's always dangerous for Phillies opponents...not to mention opponents' stadium walls.
UPDATE 3.07p: Harper has been cleared to play starting Tuesday, which would be 160 days since his Tommy John surgery. Amazing! And welcome back, Bryce Harper!
For the Dodgers, that weekend sweep over the Cardinals to start off this homestand was pretty sweet indeed--as was seeing Will Smith and Max Muncy return to the lineup, not to mention only the second multi-hit game for Chris Taylor all year. Our bullpen (and timely defense) held the Cardinals bats at bay during high-leverage situations in all three games. Three more games to go on this homestand, before a well-deserved day off!
Oh, and I'll be at the Stadium on Monday night, so hit me up if you want to say hi.
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GAME 1
1 Betts SS .235
2 Freeman 1B .292
3 Smith C .300
4 Muncy 3B .238
5 Heyward RF .240
6 Outman CF .292
7 Vargas DH .213
8 Peralta LF .167
9 Busch 2B .100
P Gonsolin 0-0, 0.00
That's right, we've got a DH batting seventh at .213. And then two guys batting below Mendoza. Hooooooooo boy.
I'll be at the Stadium tonight, looking for my first 2023 win
CT3 goes 2 for 4 with an RBI and his reward is the bench? Why not try and let his bat get hot on back to back days?
6-9 in our lineup have zero at bats against Walker. 3 are rookies, so it's expected, be we'll see how this goes. CT3 is 3 for 13 against Walker.
I’m here. Good vibe and good crowd for Dustin May bobblehead night
SMITH BOMB!!
SLAPPY!!!
Peralta!!!
Holy cow that three-run Peralta HR was unexpected; he’s batting under .170!!!
And that is why I’m not a manager. PERALTA 3 RUN BOMB!
Heyward with a bomb tonight too! 8-1 in the fifth.
13-4 victory. We even overcome Phil Bickford’s relief appearance.
Nice win for the Dodgers. And I totally forgot about Trea Turner on the Game Thread! Whoops.
Check out this comparison of the 2022 and 2023 Dodgers CFs, so far in 2023:
Cody Bellinger: 95 AB, 28 H, 23 R, 7 HR, 18 RBI, 5 SB, .295 BA, .962 OPS
James Outman: 99 AB, 28 H, 18 R, 7 HR, 20 RBI, 4 SB, .283 BA, .973 OPS
Almost identical lines. Who would have thought that CodyLove would have such a great rebound year in Chicago, and that Outman would be off to such a hot start in Los Angeles?!
GAME 2
Betts RF
Freeman 1B
Smith DH
Muncy 3B
Taylor LF
Outman CF
Vargas 2B
Rojas SS
Barnes C
Urias P
Nice plays from Muncy and Outman in the second. Urias looking good through two.
Urias has struck out four through three frames.
3-0 LA, mid-3
Hi Quad!
Betts knocks in another one! 4-0 LA, and Betts is 2-for-3 with 3 RBI!
Sorry, my bad. It’s 4-1 LA through five; Trea Turner solo shot.
Trea works a two-out walk in the sixth.
Julio gets Castellanos to K to end the sixth! Urias with 9 Ks on the night!
Mookie leadoff single in the seventh. Freeman makes the first out, then Slappy singles and Betts takes third on Brandon Marsh’s weak throw back to the infield!
Muncy works a walk. Rancho ardiendo!
So here’s CT3.
Taylor with a two-run double!
6-1 LA
Outman Ks for the second time tonight. He’s 0-for-3
Vargas!
Vargas doubles to right, scoring two. That’s his third double of the game!
8-1 LA
Vargas is going off tonight! Love it!
Hi Sax!
Gregory Soto, Phillies reliever, exits. Still two out in B7, with Vargas on second.
Vesia is shaky as all get out in the eighth, but we get out of the inning.
8-1 LA, mid-8
Barnes is now 0-for-4 and batting .085.
Btw charley is drunk tonight on the radio. He has made three miscalls (wrong score, wrong player name 2x) in the last 20 minutes
Michael Busch, subbing for Mookie, works a one-out walk.
Freeman! Two-run homer, it’s 10-1 LA
Lakers win Game 1, 117-112
Muncy with a two-out single
CT3, down 0-2 in the count, works an 8-pitch walk.
Kody Clemens, Roger’s son (and an infielder), is in to pitch mop-up for the second straight night.
Outman singles, scoring Muncy.
11-1 LA
Vargas singles for his fourth hit of the ninth.
12-1 LA
Geez, even Miguel Rojas gets a hit! Wow that is pretty amazing
Austin Barnes with an RBI!
Of course, it’s a bases-loaded walk on four pitches. You didn’t think Barnes would get a hit, right? Neither did I.
13-1 LA
Michael Busch grounds out for the final out.
We go to the ninth, 13-1 LA
Reds beat the Padres in 10
Oh god, it’s Bickford.
We could lose this game. Even with a 12-run lead.
Bryce Harper Ks for the third time tonight, he went 0-for-4 in his first game of 2023.
Now Dalton Guthrie is up as a PH, and Bickford gets behind 3-0
Holy cow, Bickford with a K on Guthrie!
WIN
Day game tomorrow! See you then
GAME 3
Betts RF
Freeman 1B
Smith C
Muncy 3B
Heyward DH
Outman CF
Vargas 2B
Peralta LF
Taylor SS
P GAVIN STONE (MLB debut)
Not a good start for Gavin
Gavin Stone lost the plot in the third inning. We are down 5-0.
Mookie gets one back, though. 5-1, two on and two out for the Dodgers. Muncy at the plate.
Muncy Ks for the second time today.
5-1 Phillies through 3 full
Vargas HR!
5-3 PHI
5-4 in the bottom of the 8th. Forgot it was a day game.
Rojas off the bench with a one out single. It's a start.
Outman slaps a 100 MPH pitch down the 3rd base line! Runners on the corners!
Correction, runners on second and third for Vargas now.
Vargas grounds to short, and they cut down Rojas at the plate. Doc is challenging that the plate was blocked. We might have something here.
Lost the challenge. Two down, Barnes up.
Barnes drives in the tying run! I don't believe it!
...and go ahead run! 6-5 Dodgers!
I don’t believe it either!!!
5-for-48 this season, and potentially the game winning RBI against a solid Philly reliever
Barnes caught stealing, but we have the lead going to the ninth!
Bazooka coming in to face Turner and Harper with one out.
Very interesting call to pull Caleb Ferguson, who is dealing through 1.1, with one out in the ninth and a 6-5 lead.
Graterol in to face Trea and Bryce 😬
Rojas with a web gem to get Turner! Wow!
Wow, Rojas gets the speedy Turner on a high chopper!
Phils with a RISP and two out…
Graterol chokes away the lead.
Why did we pull Ferguson?!?!
6-6 tie
Thanks a lot Brusdar
Playing it back: Brusdar was bailed out with a solid play by Rojas, but then Harper singled and Graterol walked the next batter, then Bohm tied it up.
Going to B9.
Oh, Kimbrel is on for the Phillies. This game isn’t over yet.
We crushed Kimbrel in game 1 of this series.
Here’s CT3 to leadoff the ninth.
Taylor with a line drive base hit to center!
Taylor steals second! Third stolen base this season for CT3.
Mookie at the plate.
Let's go Mookie!
Betts caught looking.
Freeman IBB. Slappy up.
Smith is 0-for-4 today but he’s batting .412 with RISP.
Will walks to load them for Muncy.
Kimbrel walks Slappy on five pitches.
Muncy up with rancho ardiendo
All we need is launch angle here, Max! (Or a walk.)
MUNCY WALK OFF GRAND SLAM!!
Walk off grand slam for Muncy!!!
SWEEP!
woop!
Muncy is going to be an All Star this year.
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