Friday, May 03, 2024

Games 34-36 Thread: May 3-5 vs. Braves

Interesting that the Dodgers went with 1B Freddie Freeman here...hmmmmmmmm

Fri 5.3 7p: Gavin Stone (2-1, 4.68) vs. Charlie Morton (2-0, 3.60)
Sat 5.4 6p: Tyler Glasnow (5-1, 2.72) vs. Bryce Elder (1-0, 1.50)
Sun 5.5 1p: James Paxton (3-0, 3.51) vs. Max Fried (2-0, 4.02)

Wow, what a monumental divisional showdown here early in the season (and just after the four-game Yankees @ Orioles series, with Baltimore taking three of four at home to move into first place in the AL East)! These two teams have been divisional powers in epic struggle for at least the last five years, but also threading back all the way to 1969, when the Braves were inexplicably rivals in the NL West. The Braves actualy won five NL West titles, but never won the World Series from those finishes.

This year, the Dodgers are 20-13, 4.5 games up on the Padres and Giants, with a run differntial of +49. But the 2024 Braves are an even better 20-9 on the year, a half-game up on Philly, with a run differential of +48.

Surely, when these two titans meet this weekend, something's got to give.

This series won't be everything; after all, the Dodgers will still play a three-game series in Atlanta in September. But it certainly will be high-stakes at Chavez Ravine this weekend. I'm out of pocket for most of the weekend, but will try and weigh in with pithy sarcasm from afar!

26 comments:

spank said...

Game 1

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

P Stone

spank said...

i posted the lineup for game 1 but it has disappeared. i must have some bad juju

spank said...

homerun Braves

Steve Sax said...

Tie game at 1!

Steve Sax said...

Spank: not sure what happened to your post, but I just saved it 😜

spank said...

cool. thanks saxxy

spank said...

fuck. acuna homerun

spank said...

2-2 going to the 9th

spank said...

Muncy K's with two on and two out in the 8th

spank said...

Pages with a one out single in 9th

Steve Sax said...

Oh shit we are going to extras. This is not good.

spank said...

2 flyouts to send us to extra innings

spank said...

Vesia gives up the lead

Steve Sax said...

Vesia lets a run in.

3-2 ATL

spank said...

Mookie flies out.

Steve Sax said...

Ohtani!!!

spank said...

Ohtani ties it with a single

Steve Sax said...

3-3, mid-11

Steve Sax said...

IBB to Muncy. Interesting.

spank said...

Pages!!

Steve Sax said...

GAME 2

WIN

Steve Sax said...

GAME 3

Dodgers go up 2-0 on a Mookie walk and a Ohtani HR.

It’s now mid-3, 2-0 LA

Steve Sax said...

4-0 LA through 6

Steve Sax said...

Paxton goes 6.2, leaves with two out and a runner on first, up 4-1

spank said...

sweep baby!!!

Steve Sax said...

WIN

5-1

Awesome, I got to watch this while on a plane.