Friday, April 26, 2024

Games 28-30 Thread: April 26-28 @ Blue Jays

Get used to this view at the Rogers Centre. Friday's weather forecast is a high of 46F, and the other two days are forecasting rain.

Fri 4.26 4p: Gavin Stone (1-1, 6.00) vs. Chris Bassitt (2-3, 3.90).
Sat 4.27 12n: Tyler Glasnow (4-1, 2.92) vs Yusei Kikuchi (2-1, 2.28).
Sun 4.28 10.30a: TBD vs. Kevin Gausman (0-3, 5.57).

The Dodgers' recent sweep in Washington DC not only gave the team a 2.5-game lead over the Padres, it cured the slumps of almost all the underperformers bottom-feeding at the bottom of the lineup. Well, almost--James Outman had a PH RBI on Tuesday, but followed that promising moment up with a 0-for-5 performance on Wednesday, dropping his average to .178.

And then there's Chris Taylor, whose 0-for-4 (with 2 Ks) on Thursday dropped him to a .047 BA, with 21 Ks in 43 AB. Nationals Park can't solve everything.

Let's see if the Dodgers can move to turf and keep the momentum rolling, or if Toronto's cold exterior threatens to ice our bats up once again.

These three games are pretty early, so set your alarm clocks!

87 comments:

karen said...

GAME 1

SS Betts
DH Ohtani
1B Freeman
C Smith
3B Muncy
LF T Hernandez
CF Outman
RF Pages
2B Lux

RHP Stone

karen said...

Shohei booed in Toronto and answers with a HR to right.

spank said...

3-0 Dodgers after back to back rbi singles by Fredward and Slappy

spank said...

Muncy!!

spank said...

6-0 LA after that Muncy 3 run homer

spank said...

7-0 LA

Lux singles in TeO

karen said...

Pitching change...7-0 Boys with 2 on and 2 out in top of third

karen said...

7-0 Dodgers going to B3

karen said...

Spanky.....do one of your famous nekked dances to get Stone out of this inning.

karen said...

Solo for Slappy! 8-0 Boys

spank said...

karen...haha. almost had to bring that dance back. looks like stone got out of the jam

spank said...

Dodgers need to trade Jerry Hairston. Don't even need anyone in return just send him away...please

karen said...

THAAT'S A WRAP! 12-2 Blue

spank said...

win!

12-2

karen said...

Night Spank!!

karen said...

GAME 2

2B Betts
DH Ohtani
1B Freeman
C Smith
RF T Hernandez
3B K Hernandez
CF Pages
SS Rojas
LF Taylor

RHP Glasnow

karen said...

Kikuchi, Jays pitcher, went to high school with Ohtani

karen said...

1-0 Dodgers after one

karen said...

3-0 Boys going to B2

spank said...

3-0 LA

top of the 4th

Steve Sax said...

Oh wow, I thought today's game started at 1p. My bad!

4-0 LA, T4

Steve Sax said...

Kikuchi fooled Ohtani on that one. Two out, T4. Ohtani lost his helmet a la Pages.

Steve Sax said...

Taylor looked bad on that K to end the sixth.

Taylor with an outside chance to have his first multi-hit game this year...

Steve Sax said...

Here's JT!

0-for-2 with 2 Ks, though he's got a .316 average.

Now Justin Turner is 0-for-3 after grounding to third to end the sixth.

4-0 LA

spank said...

Glasnow on point today

Steve Sax said...

Kikuchi replaced by Cabrera, and he gets Mookie on a line out to third for the first out in the seventh.

Steve Sax said...

Ohtani reaches on an error

Steve Sax said...

Freddie with a base hit to left-center! Two on for Slappy.

Steve Sax said...

Dodgers with 10 hits today, in the top of the seventh.

Steve Sax said...

Smith is only the second Dodgers catcher with consecutive four-hit games (the other one is Campanella, 1951). --factoid from Sarah Langs

Steve Sax said...

Smith with a .304 average with two strikes, 6th in MLB.

Wow.

Steve Sax said...

Deep fly ball from Smith, Ohtani goes to third.

Steve Sax said...

John Schneider, Blue Jays manager, comes out in his hoodie sweatshirt to hook Cabrera.

Steve Sax said...

Teoscar grounds out to end the inning.

4-0 LA at the stretch.

karen said...

4-1 Dodgers in B7. Glasnow out Mariachi Joe coming in

karen said...

Kelly gets his guys. 4-1 Blue going to eight

karen said...

Brasier gets his guys out in B8. 4-1 Blue

Steve Sax said...

Mookie with a SB!

Steve Sax said...

Ohtani almost goes yard but it’s a fly out

karen said...

Evan Phillips is scaring the hell out of me

spank said...

come on Phillips.. stop dicking around and finish this game

spank said...

that's a wrap

Steve Sax said...

WIN

Steve Sax said...

GAME 3

SS Betts
DH Ohtani
1B Freeman
LF T Hernandez
3B Muncy
RF Pages
CF Outman
2B Lux
C Barnes

RHP Grove

Steve Sax said...

Roberts is really testing the baseball gods today. Check out the bottom of our lineup: Outman (.182), Lux (.183), and Barnes? Okay, so let's see if our hot streak can extend to them, too.

karen said...

Good Morning SoSG Nation!! I'm having trouble with my laptop so if I suddenly disappear like I did yesterday that's what's going on

spank said...

ahh yes. Toronto's blue uniforms. Beautiful.

spank said...

Spectrum needs to upgrade their cameras and broadcast tech. Blue Jays broadcast on canadian tv is way more sharper and colors are way more rich.

karen said...

Great pick from Grove

spank said...

shit. Toronto scores 3 whilst i was in the shower. i should have stayed smelly

Steve Sax said...

Geez. I go out on my run and hear Grove give up three in the bottom of the second. Ugh

Steve Sax said...

Freeman! HR makes it 3-1 Toronto, T6

spank said...

Barnes putting up a fight here in the 8th. 10 pitches in this at bat

Steve Sax said...

10-pitch AB for Barnesy, who works a leadoff walk in the eighth

spank said...

the fucker walks.blets go mook

spank said...

mookie doubles Barnes to 3rd

spank said...

that was lackluster Ohtani

Steve Sax said...

Barnes on third, Betts on second, Ohtani up. No out.

Steve Sax said...

Jammed Ohtani inside. He pops to first.

Steve Sax said...

EK is right: Both of the pitches Ohtani saw there weren't strikes, but he swung on both anyway.

IBB to Freeman, so here's Teoscar.

Steve Sax said...

Teoscar is a former Blue Jay. This would be good...but he's .160 with the bases loaded this year, which is not good. And now he's in a 0-2 hole.

Here comes the K.

Steve Sax said...

Three-pitch K on Teoscar, and the last pitch was bad, Teoscar was way late.

Steve Sax said...

New pitcher to face Muncy with rancho ardiendo.

Steve Sax said...

That Nissan commercial with the puppies loose in the house is pretty stupid. They need to bring back Brie Larson.

Steve Sax said...

Tim Mayza in. 13 appearances, 0-1 with 6.52 ERA.

karen said...

C'mon Max!!!

Steve Sax said...

Muncy's gonna K, though...

Steve Sax said...

Geez, 3-2 count...

Steve Sax said...

Muncy's gotta swing, with Pages up next

Steve Sax said...

Fly out to center.

Well, that was our best chance. Now it's to the bottom of the order in the ninth...that's three quick outs. Oh well.

spank said...

fuuuuck

karen said...

(crying)

Steve Sax said...

To be fair, Muncy almost got it, but not enough.

Steve Sax said...

3-1 Toronto, mid-8

Steve Sax said...

Lux made a nice double play throw there with Guerrero coming right at him.

Steve Sax said...

Okay, to the ninth we go. Jordan Romano coming in to close the game for the Blue Jays, facing Pages, Outman, and Lux.

Steve Sax said...

Pages lines out on the first damn pitch.

Steve Sax said...

Outman Ks on three pitches. Thanks, James!

karen said...

Are the 'Flying Wulinda Brothers' playing outfield for the Jays today?

Steve Sax said...

Pages did give that ball a ride, Springer with a pretty good catch in right.

spank said...

Outman is not good

spank said...

yep. Springers catch was legit

Steve Sax said...

Lux fouling some balls back to stay alive...

Steve Sax said...

...but Ks.

Dodgers lose.

karen said...

On to Arizona and a sweep

spank said...

nimodo. can't win them all. later peeps

Steve Sax said...

PGT up.