Friday, April 12, 2024

Game 16-18 Thread: April 12-14 vs. Padres

Strangely, these colors almost match the uniforms!

Fri 4.12 7p: Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1-1, 4.09) vs. Michael King (2-0, 3.14)
Sat 4.13 6p: Gavin Stone (0-1, 7.88) vs. Matt Waldron (0-1, 3.86)
Sun 4.14 4p: James Paxton (3-0, 1.64) vs. Yu Darvish (0-1, 3.86)

The Dodgers and Padres go back at it, after splitting two games in Korea to kick off the season. Since then, the Padres are off to a more tepid start, but they did take a series from the Cubs (albeit, playing at home), which is something the Dodgers couldn't do at Wrigley last week.

Jake Cronenworth is batting .304 with a .883 OPS, and Jurickson Profar is batting .333 with a 1.012 OPS. But their stars Fernando Tatis (batting .263), Xander Bogaerts (.237), and Manny Machado (.220) haven't come to life yet...though I expect them to bring their A-games to Chavez Ravine.

Saturday is Brusdar Graterol Bobblehead night, and the Dodgers' PR team is so excited, they referenced the wrong opponent on the ad (the Nationals come unto town Monday 4/15):

Graterol is on the 60-day IL with shoulder inflammation, so we won't see him in this homestand anyway.

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Steve Sax said...

Oh wow, it's really cold outside. Having second thoughts about this run.

Steve Sax said...

0-0, mid-2

Steve Sax said...

Muncy is looking a bit more comfortable at third on defense. Let's hope that sticks.

Steve Sax said...

200

Steve Sax said...

We flip the page!

Steve Sax said...

Teoscar grounds to third. One out.

Steve Sax said...

The Padres don't have anyone in their lineup under .200. We've got both Outman (.184) and Lux (.174) below Mendoza.

Steve Sax said...

Outman lines to first.

Steve Sax said...

Kiké lines to third.

0-0 through 2.

spank said...

does been a while since i witnessed a page flip. kudos

spank said...

shit. Paxton gives up a double to Rosario

spank said...

2 on for Tatis

Steve Sax said...

Oh man, not looking good here for (Bill) Paxton.

Steve Sax said...

Paxton walks Tatis so now the bases are juiced. One out. Not good.

Cronenworth set to break this open.

spank said...

fuck. bases juices after tatis walks

Steve Sax said...

Hey, Cronenworth GIDPs! Whoo hoo!

spank said...

yes. double play

Steve Sax said...

Dodgers go down 1-2-3 in the third.

Now Darvish is at 46 pitches, Paxton at 53 pitches.

Steve Sax said...

Machado goes yard. 1-0 SD.

spank said...

that sucked

Steve Sax said...

Paxton stops any further damage, despite allowing two more baserunners.

1-0 SD, mid-4

Steve Sax said...

Dodgers have Freeman, Smith, Muncy. Let's go.

spank said...

paxton gets out of it

spank said...

freeman double!

spank said...

fuck yeah. slappy singles in freeman

Steve Sax said...

Smith with an RBI!

spank said...

muncy!!

spank said...

all these in screen statistics and graphs on every other pitch is making me hate baseball. i just want to watch a fucking game. shit sucks like ESPN

Steve Sax said...

That’s eight walks for Paxton. Gotta pull him.

Steve Sax said...

Brasier warming up. That’s not good—he was bad on Friday.

spank said...

this aint gonna end well

Steve Sax said...

Brasier comes in and promptly walks Kim. Great.

Steve Sax said...

Campusano GIDPs but a run scores. 3-2 LA, Profar on third.

Steve Sax said...

And, it's promptly tied up. Brasier coughed up that lead pretty quickly.

3-3, Merrill on second, Tyler Wade PH for Rosario.

Steve Sax said...

Wade grounds out to end the inning.

3-3 tie, mid-6.

I was cheering for the Dodgers' offense during my run. Now I am wondering if I should have stayed out there for more mileage.

Steve Sax said...

Darvish out as well. De Los Santos in, who went 0.2 IP on Friday (1 K, 1 BB, 0 H)

Steve Sax said...

Slappy leadoff single!

(we'll strand him, though)

Steve Sax said...

Slappy got that single on an 0-2 count. Nice.

Steve Sax said...

Muncy up 3-0, then a called strike 1 that looks like it was outside.

Steve Sax said...

3-2 count to Max.

Steve Sax said...

Muncy with an infield popup. Ugh.

Steve Sax said...

Here's Teo

Steve Sax said...

Padres bring in Yuki Matsui, a lefty, to go against Outman. And it works--Outman quickly goes down on four pitches.

Steve Sax said...

3-3 tie through 6.

Steve Sax said...

Feyereisen now has given up a leadoff walk and then a single that advances Bogaerts to second. None out.

This San Diego team shows it can fight back from deficits. That's a big difference from last year. And they seem even more hungry than we do.

Steve Sax said...

Feyersen walks Cronenworth! That's our 11th walk of the game. What the fuck, Dodgers?

Steve Sax said...

Bases-clearing double for Profar, who gets revenge from yesterday.

It's 6-3 San Diego.

spank said...

fuck

Steve Sax said...

Ohtani with a leadoff base hit, but it's wasted.

6-3 SD through eight.

Steve Sax said...

Welp, that’s what you get with a crappy bottom of the order.

Steve Sax said...

PGT up.

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