Monday, August 28, 2023

Games 130-132 Thread: August 28-30 vs. Diamondbacks

Mon 28: Bobby Miller vs. Gallen
Tue 29: Clayton Kershaw vs. Kelly
Wed 30: Ryan Pepiot vs. Pfaadt
All games at 7p

4-2 on the last roadtrip, which brings us to an amazing 21-4 record in August. Concerns that we are peaking too soon notwithstanding, the Dodgers have now opened up a 12-game lead on the second-place Diamondbacks and a 13.5-game lead on the Giants.

And like the Braves, the only other division leader with at least a ten-game gap, the Dodgers should be thinking more about resting our arms for the playoffs--so the TBD sitting on Wednesday's docket makes a lot of sense. With Tony Gonsolin out for the season, and the Dodgers picking up Tyson Miller off of waivers, let's not push anything over the edge!

102 comments:

Steve Sax said...

GAME 1

Betts 2B
Freeman 1B
Smith C
Muncy 3B .200 HOLY COW HE DID IT
Peralta LF
Heyward RF
Outman CF
Hernandez SS
Busch DH .169

P Bobby Miller (7-3, 3.86)

Steve Sax said...

Corbin Carroll starts out by grounding to first. One out.

Steve Sax said...

Ketel Marte flies to right. Two out.

Steve Sax said...

Tommy Pham flies to short. Three out.

0-0, mid-1

Steve Sax said...

Betts Ks. One out

Steve Sax said...

Freeman HR!

1-0 LA

Steve Sax said...

Slappy singles!

Steve Sax said...

Muncy HR! Smith scores

3-0 LA

Steve Sax said...

Peralta grounds out. Two out.

Steve Sax said...

JayHey pops to third. Three out.

3-0 LA, end 1

spank said...

Muncy's bat waking up?

Steve Sax said...

Snakes get one, but it could have been worse if not for a GIDP.

3-1 LA, mid-2

Steve Sax said...

Dodgers go 1-2-3 in the second.

3-1 LA, end 2

spank said...

Heyward 2 run blast

5-4 LA

spank said...

Outman with the back to back!

spank said...

6-4

Steve Sax said...

7-4 LA, B8. Outman tacked on another run in the seventh inning, singling home David Peralta for the seventh run.

Steve Sax said...

Betts is 0-for-4 with 2 Ks. He now has a 1.012 OPS.

Freeman is 1-for-4. He has a 1.000 OPS!

Muncy (2-for-3) is all the way up at a .204 BA!

Steve Sax said...

7-4 LA, end 8. Going to the ninth: Diamondbacks' 7-8-9 hitters, Gabriel Moreno, Jace Peterson, and Geraldo Perdomo.

Steve Sax said...

Ferguson in to close this.

Steve Sax said...

Moreno Ks swinging. One out.

spank said...

that's a win

7-4

Steve Sax said...

WIN

Steve Sax said...

Dodger magic number is 19, with 32 games left. Good night everyone! See you tomorrow.

Steve Sax said...

GAME 2

I'm bored right now, so let's review some of the Diamondbacks' records vs. Kershaw (today's starter):

Ketel Marte, .250 BA in 40 AB, with 2 HR and 4 RBI
Nick Ahmed, .184 BA in 38 AB, 0 HR and 2 RBI
Evan Longoria, .297 in 37 AB, 1 HR and 2 RBI
Christian Walker, .303 in 33 AB, 5 HR and 8 RBI
Tommy Pham, .059 in 17 AB, 0 HR and 0 RBI
no one else with >10 AB

Steve Sax said...

And for the Dodgers, vs. Merrill Kelly (10-5 this season, 2.97 ERA):

Max Muncy, .406 BA in 32 AB, 1 HR and 3 RBI
Mookie Betts, .233 BA in 30 AB, 3 HR and 3 RBI
Chris Taylor, .267 BA in 30 AB, 1 HR and 5 RBI
Will Smith, .321 BA in 28 AB, 1 HR and 2 RBI
Freddie Freeman, .333 BA in 24 AB, 1 HR and 1 RBI
Miguel Rojas, .273 BA in 11 AB, 1 HR and 3 RBI
Kike Hernandez, .100 BA in 10 AB, 0 HR and 0 RBI
Jason Heyward .300 BA in 10 AB, 0 HR and 0 RBI

no one else with > 10 AB--however, James Outman is batting .429 in 7 AB, and Amed Rosario is batting .833 in 6 AB.

Steve Sax said...

My god it's 500 degrees outside

Steve Sax said...

GAME 2 LINEUP

Betts 2B
Freeman 1B
Smith C
Muncy 2B
Peralta DH
Heyward RF
Outman CF
Taylor LF
Rojas SS

P Kershaw

karen said...

HAPPY KERSHAW DAY!!!!

Steve Sax said...

Heeeeeeeeeeeey karen!

karen said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CT3!!!

karen said...

Hellllooooo there Saxy!!

karen said...

Hellllooooo there Saxy!!

spank said...

judging from Saxy's statistical numbers the Dodgers should win this easily which means they'll probably lose

Steve Sax said...

Ha!

Steve Sax said...

0-0, B1. Dodgers have two on (Betts on second; Slappy on first) and Muncy is up with one out.

Steve Sax said...

Muncy almost GIDPs, but Dodgers challenge the call and it turns into only a force at second.

Dodgers at the corners, two out, Peralta up.

Steve Sax said...

Peralta doubles, Mookie scores. Muncy to third.

1-0 LA

karen said...

DP doubles in Mook. 1-0 Now 2-0

Steve Sax said...

Holy cow, Heyward doubles! Muncy and Peralta both score, it's 3-0 LA

spank said...

good hitting with 2 outs

spank said...

Kershaw needs to get it together. tons of pitches already

karen said...

Clay looking a little shaky.

Steve Sax said...

Ugh, Corbin Carroll single, and then Nick Ahmed walk. One out.

Steve Sax said...

Kershaw gets Moreno to GIDP! Inning over.

3-0 LA, mid-2

Steve Sax said...

Kershaw at 41 pitches through 2 frames. Yikes.

spank said...

feels good when the bottom of lineup manufactures a run.

Steve Sax said...

CT3! Walks, steals second, and then comes home on a Rojas RBI single. 4-0 LA

karen said...

MiggyRo brings in CT3. 4-0 Boys

Steve Sax said...

Rojas tries to push his luck, and is caught stealing. Oh well.

Steve Sax said...

3 balls, 1 strike, 1 out --> and dieter is playing Beautiful Disaster by 311.

That dude is brilliant.

Steve Sax said...

Mookie on second with the Freeman groudn out, and Smith up to bat with two out.

Steve Sax said...

Slappy flies to center, deep but catchable.

4-0 LA through 2 full. Kelly at 45 pitches through 2, so this won't be a pitchers' duel!

spank said...

yep. I just made a quick 311 spotify playlist because I heard the organist play that song. I had forgotten about them.

karen said...

I have heard Nomar refer to Outman as Tarzan a few times now. Are we doing that yet? If not, can we?

karen said...

Frisco pitcher throwing no-hitter

Frisco pitcher throwing no-hitter

JINX JINX JINX JINX JINX JINX JINX

spank said...

Dodgers are aggressive. I like it.

spank said...

NO HITTER

Steve Sax said...

@karen 8.13p: Yep, apparently Outman has picked up the Tarzan nickname because of his locks. Of note, on any fly outs he records in center, Dieter plays Baltimora's "Tarzan Boy", which is a totally deep cut from a one-hit wonder!

Steve Sax said...

One out in the top of the ninth in San Francisco.

Steve Sax said...

Dodgers up 7-1, mid-6

spank said...

Mookie!

Steve Sax said...

Nick Senzel walks with one out.

Steve Sax said...

BETTS HR!

8-1 LA

Steve Sax said...

Betts HR goes 428 feet, and is his 36th of the season.

Steve Sax said...

TJ Friedl flies out for the second out in SF.

Elly de la Cruz is in the hole

Steve Sax said...

Sorry de la Cruz is on deck

Steve Sax said...

The Giants' Cobb is at 124 pitches!

Steve Sax said...

Reds' Spencer Steer with an RBI double. No-hitter is broken up.

Steve Sax said...

Slappy HR!

9-1 LA

karen said...

SLAPPY!!!! 9-1 Blue

Steve Sax said...

Impressive outing for Cobb, though. Brutal to lose it after 26 outs.

Steve Sax said...

Freeman so far is the only Dodger without a hit (he is 0-for-4). His OPS has dipped to .991, whereas Betts is now at 1.020.

Steve Sax said...

Cobb still pitching, I suppose going for the complete game?

Steve Sax said...

He got it. Called strike three on de la Cruz.

SF 6, CIN 1 FINAL

karen said...

Frisco no-no gone-gone

YAY

Steve Sax said...

Just wanted the highlight of Cobb losing the no-hitter on the last out. Luis Matos was running from RF and took an awful route on that ball. He at least should have tried to leap a bit more.

Steve Sax said...

Busch comes in to start the seventh at first base, replacing Freeman. Hope that there's nothing wrong with Freddie (though it is 9-1).

Amed Rosario enters the game as well, playing second and sitting Betts.

Steve Sax said...

Outman makes the last out of the top of the seventh, and Dieter plays "Tarzan Boy," right on cue, going into the stretch.

9-1 LA, mid-7

karen said...

@Saxy....I think Doc is just trying to save them

karen said...

CT3 needs to learn the Freddie better

Steve Sax said...

Heyward with a leadoff single, but Tarzan GIDPs. Taylor, on his bobblehead night, gets his third hit of the game (3-for-3).

Steve Sax said...

Steiner mistakenly says that Betts is on deck (with Rojas up). Betts is not on deck, it's Rosario.

Steve Sax said...

9-1 LA, T9. Victor Gonzalez in to pitch.

karen said...

ANOTHER WIN BABY!!!!!

Steve Sax said...

WIN

spank said...

that's a wrap. see you tomorrow y'all

Steve Sax said...

Going to the Stadium tomorrow. Let me know if you'll be there too!

QuadSevens said...

@Sax Was trying to find the Tarzan Boy song to play it for Mrs. Quad but couldn't think of the band name. Thanks for mentioning it in the thread!

Steve Sax said...

@Quad: no prob. Obscure trivia that is a non-monetizable skill? I’m your dude.

spank said...

Dontrelle!

glad.Nomar isn't in the booth today. he's fucking horrible.

spank said...

game 3

Betts 2B
Freeman 1B
Peralta LF
Muncy DH
Heyward RF
Hernandez 3B
Outman CF
Rojas SS
Barnes C

Pepiot P

karen said...

LET'S GET OUT OUR BROOMS!!!!!!!

spank said...

Heyward gave it a ride but just came up short of a 3 run homerun

spank said...

no score so far. bottom of 3rd

spank said...

Freddie!!!

killed that fucking ball

2-0 LA

karen said...

Snakes didn't get that one!! 4-2 LA

spank said...

Heyward 2-run bomb!

spank said...

Muncy with a 2 run double

6-0 LA

spank said...

Diamondback fans get a free jumbo jack when the Dbags hit a homerun in a game. better deal than the Dodgers 10 strikeouts

spank said...

that's a sweep

Steve Sax said...

Oh, that was fun.