Mon 4.8 4.40p: James Paxton (1-0, 0.00) vs. Bailey Ober (0-1, 54.00) Tue 4.9 4.40p: Tyler Glasnow (2-0, 3.18) vs. Louie Varland (0-1, 6.75) Wed 4.10 10.10a: Bobby Miller (1-1. 5.87) vs. Chris Paddack (0-0, 4.50)
The last time the Dodgers were at Target Field, it was April 2022 and the Dodgers took both games en route to a 4-0 record against the Twins that season. Last year wasn't quite as good, with the Dodgers hosting Minnesota at home, winning two of three.
But those games weren't off the back of a miserable day at Wrigley Field, where Sunday's persistent rain and persistent Dodgers fielding errors led to a 8-1 thumping in the rubber match vs. the Cubs. Beaten, bruised, and cold, the Dodgers arrive in Minnesota a more fragile team.
Max Muncy was out of the lineup on Sunday in Chicago, and the abyss at the bottom of our lineup got even deeper:
- Kike Hernandez, 0-for-4 with 3 Ks; now batting .182;
- Chris Taylor, 0-for-3 with a K, now batting .048;
- Gavin Lux, 0-for-3 with a K, now batting .156;
- Miguel Rojas, 0-for-3 with a K, surprisingly batting .313.
To be fair, Sunday's top of the order wasn't much better, with a second-straight 0-for game by Mookie Betts, and an 0-for-4 outing by four-hole Will Smith. (Shohei Ohtani went 2-for-4 with a double and triple, and an RBI; Fredie Freeman went 1-for-3). But with Muncy out of the lineup, the automatic outs start coming early and often for the Dodgers, and honestly it's something we can't afford if we want to succeed this season.
Let's get cracking, Robert van Scoyoc!
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GAME ONE
Betts SS
Ohtani DH
Freeman 1B
Smith C
Muncy 3B
Hernandez RF
Lux 2B
Outman CF
Trammell LF
Paxton P
Minnesota has 3 team HR this year.
Mookie Betts has 5 HR.
meh. they still swing at the first pitch
Dodgers up 1-0 though 2.5. Dodgers scored in the first on a Betts walk, Ohtani double, and Freeman sac fly. Since then, the Dodgers haven't gotten a man on base.
Dodgers should have kept Margreux
2-1 Twins after 4
Slappy singles in Ohtani who had doubled
2-2
Outman homers
3-2 LA
ShoTime homers
4-2 LA
win
WIN!!! I’ll take it
Home run by Outman could be a great sign. Another home run from Shohei is also a good sign.
If we can get the top four to string along some hits...
GAME TWO
Betts SS
Ohtani DH
Freeman 1B
Smith C
Muncy 3B
T Hernandez RF
Outman CF
Taylor LF
Lux 2B
Glasnow P
Outman now batting .139. Taylor at a microscopic .045. Lux at .167.
Geez, guys.
woop!
Outman 3-run homer
3-0 LA
dayum. slappy with a 3-run homer
6-0 LA 5th
Outman and Slappy, each with three-run bombs! Wow
6-0 LA through five full
Ohtani grounds out with the bases loaded
8th
Fuck. Brogdon gives up back to back homers
6-3 bottom of 9th
Brogdon is shitting the bed here
Brogdon finally escapes.
WIN
good win despite the 9th
Outman now has two HR in this series, after batting .125 going into the series.
Giants had bases loaded and none out, down 5-3 to the Nationals, B9. Conforto hit a comebacker to the pitcher to record the force out at home, and then Matt Chapman GIDPs 6-4-3 to end the game.
Glasnow tonight: 14 Ks, tying his career high. Most from a Dodgers starter since Walker Buehler, with 15 in 2019.
The only other Dodgers RHP to have 3 H or fewer, 0 R, and 0 BB and at leaset 14Ks: Van Mungo in 1935.
Stats courtesy MLB stories
Padres down 5-1 in the seventh, though they came back from a 8-0 deficit against the Cubs yesterday to win, 9-8.
Current NLW standings:
Dodgers 10-4
Padres 6-7 (3.5 GB)
Snakes 5-7 (4.0 GB)
Giants 4-8 (5.0 GB)
Rockies 3-9 (6.0 GB)
Dodgers have 79 runs scored to lead the majors, though they have played more games than anyone else, too.
Early game tomorrow! Let's do this
GAME THREE
Betts 2B
Ohtani DH
Freeman 1B
T Hernandez RF
Muncy 3B
K Hernandez LF
Outman CF
Rojas SS
Barnes C
Miller P
Oh man, Smith out and Barnes in. Don't let the .500 BA / 1.071 OPS fool you.
Time to start hitting, Kiké!
@spank, it looks like it's just you and me in this here series thread.
1-0 Dodgers
i missed the run and game start time. thought it was 11
@saxy....must be the Twins for lack of SoSG attendance. personally i like these games
Twins tie it up with a leadoff homerun
Bobby Miller not impressing me at all.
cool. Miller sacked up and got out of a two on no-out jam
Dammit, we're down 3-2 in the fifth.
Outman, Rojas, and Barnes are a combined 0-for-6 with 4 Ks. Jeez.
Grove relieves Vesia with two out in the fifth, and gets Buxton three straight pitches. Nice.
3-2 Twins through five.
Ha, Outman heard me. One-out single in the sixth.
Outman CS, and then Lux comes in to PH for Rojas, and promptly Ks.
Top 7. Barnes with a full count here, he might actually work a walk...
Barnes walks! Hallelujah, he avoids his third K of the game (for now).
Flip the order over for Mookie
Dammit, Ohtani out at home.
Still down, mid-7
T9 down 3-2. PH Chris Taylor. My god.
Taylor predictably Ks. We gotta send him back to triple A.
Slappy PHs for Lux and gets a single.
Hope Slappy can play second base.
And then Austin Barnes GIDPs.
I hate the bottom of our lineup so much.
Oh wait, we are challenging.
Challenge wins. Barnes on first with two out. It’s all up to 🐄🔑🦇🦇🦇🦇
Nope, Mookie pops to short. Ballgame.
BOOOO
PGT up.
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