Friday, August 04, 2023

Games 108-111 Thread: Aug 4-7 @ Padres

Fri Aug 4 6.40p: Bobby Miller vs. Yu Darvish
Sat Aug 5 5.40p: TBD vs. Blake Snell
Sun Aug 6 4.10p: Lance Lynn vs. TBD
Mon Aug 7 1.10p: Tony Gonsolin vs. Seth Lugo

With the trade deadline pickups of Rich Hill and Ji-Man Choi, the Padres are all-in! And I feel about as confident about that assertion, as I do about the Dodgers being all-in by picking up Lance Lynn, Joe Kelly, and Amed Rosario.

I suppose the material difference is that the Dodgers are 62-45 and have a 2.5-game lead in the NL West, whereas the Padres are in fourth place in the division, 9.0 GB (and 4.0 games out of the Wild Card race).

Still, these four games should be a better barometer of how formidable the Dodgers might be for the playoffs--at least, relative to the Dodgers' recent sweep over the hapless and homeless Athletics. Let's go, Dodgers!

17 comments:

Steve Sax said...

Win in game 1, a come-from-behind victory late (in the eighth).

In Game 2, 3-1 LA through six. Machado, who homered earlier for San Diego, just struck out to end the inning as the tying run at the plate.

Steve Sax said...

The eighth giveth (yesterday)

The eighth taketh away (today)

Steve Sax said...

Giants and Snakes both lost, though

QuadSevens said...

GAME 3

Dodgers have lost 10 Sunday games in a row. The last Sunday game they won was against the Pods.

Boys in blue up 6-0 in the 2nd.

Steve Sax said...

6-1 LA, mid-4

Forgot that Sunday tidbit, Quad! Thanks

Steve Sax said...

Another big win for the good guys.

Dodgers pick up a game on everybody in the NL West

Steve Sax said...

GAME 4

QuadSevens said...

Day game! Had no idea. Dodgers up 8-5 at the end of the fourth.

QuadSevens said...

Dodgers get 5 more in the 6th. 13-5 going to the bottom half.

QuadSevens said...

There's one fan behind home plate who is flailing his arms and yelling each time Gonsolin throws a pitch. It looks really funny.

QuadSevens said...

Gonsolin goes for 6 innings, then Joe Kelly strikes out the side in the 7th. Love to see it.

QuadSevens said...

Gonsolin giving up 6 runs not great though.

QuadSevens said...

Outman with 4 hits today. Nice.

QuadSevens said...

WIN! And series win!

spank said...

fucking beautiful

spank said...

glorious day

Steve Sax said...

Gonsolin gets the win but his ERA, which was already above 4, went up further.

Geez, Tony. Get it together, dude.