Mon 5.15 7p: Noah Syndergaard vs. López Tue 5.16 7p: Clayton Kershaw vs. Ober Wed 5.17 12n: Dustin May vs. Gray
Technically, the Loudon Wainwright III song "Gray in LA" refers to Wednesday's afternoon matchup, starring the Twins' Sonny Gray (4-0, 1.39 this year, but 1-3 vs. the Dodgers and 1-2 in Dodger Stadium).
But there's gloom across the rest of this series as well. Clayton Kershaw will be pitching with a heavy heart Tuesday, following the passing of his mother on Saturday. Our condolences to Clayton and Ellen and their family.
Less serious, but still gloomy, is Monday's starter Noah Syndergaard, who will be trying to rebound after his exploded blister derailed his last start. Syndergaard is 1-3 with a 6.12 ERA this season, and this setback to his digits will likely mean...a setback to his (ERA) digits. My expectations are low. And that's just the first game of the series (at least attendees will get a great consolation prize).
Despite this gloom, though, the Dodgers have been rolling of late, inlcuding a sweep of the Padres over the weekend. But now the Dodgers will play a winning team, as the Twins sit atop the largely weak AL Central with the division's only >.500 record. We'll see if the Twins bring rainclouds with them to the Stadium this week.
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Game 1
Betts RF
Freeman 1B
Smith C
Muncy 3B
Martinez DH
Heyward CF
Vargas 2B
Peralta LF
Rojas SS
P Syndergaard
Tarzan sits.
3-0 LA on back to back HR from Smith and Muncy!
Bottom 1, one out
3-0 LA, end 1
Oh wait, Heyward reaches due to catcher's interference. Twins catcher Vasquez never removed his catching gear during that review check, so here we are with two out, Heyward on first, and Vargas up.
Ok, now it's 3-0 LA, end 1
Kyle Farmer with an RBI single, it's 3-1. And another single for Gordon, so Syndergaard is again ineffective early.
Correa lustily booed in the third, and he strikes out for the second time tonight, this time ending the inning.
3-1 LA, mid-3
Muncy with another HR!
5-1 LA, that was Muncy's 14th HR (leading the NL)!
5-2 LA, B5
Muncy is now 3-for-3 with a single to center. Slappy advances to third.
Freeman with a triple! 6-3 LA, scoring Betts
Freddie just missed HR #300
They’re scoring Freeman with a double there. Not a triple. Oh well
Freeman is on third anyway
Yency Almonte just coughed up the lead. It’s tied at 6 in the eighth.
Almonte finally gets one out
damn. that sucked
Peralta comes through! Two-out Vargas double, followed by a RBI double by Peralta to regain the lead, 7-6!
fuck yeah Peralta!
fuck
Dammit, Phillips gives a run back in the ninth. Tied at 7.
Phillips gets Polanco and Larnach to K to end the top of the ninth.
Tied at 7, adn we have 1 Betts, 2 Freeman, and 3 Smith coming up.
103mph. ridiculous
Betts Ks on a 103-mph fastball. Yikes.
We've got Bickford warming up. Talk about yikes.
Freeman grounds out for the second out.
come on Slappy. send me to bed
And, we go to extras, tied at 7.
shit. Bickford sucks
And, Bickford quickly moves to give up the game for us. Walks Kyle Farmer, and then Willi Castro singles on a bunt ground ball. Bases loaded, none out.
Fucking Bickford walks Vazquez, the go-ahead run, on FOUR PITCHES.
Booooo
there were a couple balls called as strikes. Bickford getting bailed out
Slappy starts out on second, Muncy flies out.
@Spank: Bickford is horrible.
Martinez!!!!
Martinez single to center, scoring Slappy!
Trayce Thompson replaces JD Martinez. Trayce, you'd better steal second.
tied
@ Saxy - I know. what happened. he was good last year I think.
Thompson picked off first.
TRAYCE THOMPSON, YOU ARE AWFUL
Bickford IBBs Trevor Larnach with two out, to get to Farmer. Then he gets Farmer to line to second.
8-8, mid-11.
Davis and Orel can keep sugar coating those pitches by Bickford. the dude is wild in my opinion
Heyward starts the bottom of the 11th on second. Vargas Ks for the first out.
Here's Peralta.
Outman to PH, with two out and Heyward on third.
Let's go, Tarzan!!!
And outman Ks.
We go to the 12th.
that sucked. on to the 12th
Wow, Bickford got out of it in the 11th, with men at the corners.
8-8, mid-12
Taylor starts on second. Betts pops to short. Freeman IBB.
First and second, here's Slappy.
Slappy Ks. We double steal anyway, which really doesn't matter. Two out, Dodgers on second and third.
Muncy Ibb. Here's Trayce Thompson, with a chance to atone.
don't choke like Klay
Full count to Thompson, who worked it back from 1-2
Thompson works the walk-off walk!!!
oh.shit
WIN
Good night!!!
fuck yeah!
Wow, I didn't realize spank was so excited that I was going to sleep. Okay then.
Game 2
Betts 2B
Freeman 1B
Heyward RF
Muncy 3B
Martinez DH
Outman C
Peralta LF
Rojas SS
Barnes C
Kershaw P
I'll be at a comedy event tonight, guys, so you'll have to carry this one.
Not so great job carrying, friends.
Now Dustin May leaves the game after one inning, with right elbow pain.
Not good.
😬
Tazan with an infield hit and a stolen base to start the 4th.
Mookie with the 2 out RBI! Dodgers lead 2-1!
Sucks to hear about May. Hope it's nothing related to his past Tommy John surgery.
Covey back out for the fifth. Been good so far.
I played baseball in high school and fouled a ball or two off my leg, but never on a pitch over about 70mph. Can't imagine how much that hurt Gordon.
Next Twins batter fouls one off his own leg. Covey is brutal.
Gotta jump into some meetings here. See ya on the flip side!
OUTMAN GRAND SLAM! WIN!
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