Monday, May 06, 2024

Games 37-39 Thread: May 6-8 vs. Marlins

Mon 5.6 7p: Walker Buehler (0-0, -.--) vs. Roddery Muñoz (1-0, 2.45)
Tue 5.7 7p: Yoshinobu Yamamoto (3-1, 2.91) vs. Edward Cabrera (1-1, 6.05)
Wed 5.8 12n: Gavin Stone (2-1, 4.06) vs. Ryan Weathers (2-30, 4.54)

Hot off a surprising sweep of the Braves, the Dodgers welcome back Walker Buehler tonight after a 23-month absence and a long recovery. Buehler's recent minor-league starts have been promising, but the game has changed since his last stint, wronte the LAT's Jack Harris, not to mention the advent of the pitch clock which will ratchet up the pressure even more.

I'll be at the Stadium tonight, along with SoSG AC, to watch this one.

Welcome back, Walker Buehler!

83 comments:

Steve Sax said...

GAME 1

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

Buehler RHP

karen said...

WALKER!!

karen said...

Only 697 games between starts. You got this Butane

spank said...

damn. i forgot all about SoSG AC. represent broheims.

Steve Sax said...

They’re playing the imperial March during the marlins intro

spank said...

Sho-Time!!

spank said...

Frederick!!

spank said...

back to back hrs

Steve Sax said...

What a start for the bats. Wow

spank said...

3-2 LA after 1 inning

karen said...

Tied at 3

spank said...

i think they repaired the wrong arm on Buehler

Steve Sax said...

Outman pulls a Ohtani!

spank said...

Outman!!

karen said...

Tarzan puts us up 5-3

spank said...

win

Steve Sax said...

WIN

Steve Sax said...

GAME TWO

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

Yamamoto RHP

karen said...

Sax keeping with the 'winning lineup format'

Steve Sax said...

Oh no, I spelled out “TWO”… 😬

Steve Sax said...

Why are we always spotting the marlins first-inning runs

karen said...

MAX!! 4-1 Boys

karen said...

@Saxy...7:22.....I didn't notice the TWO so it doesn't count. Done and done

spank said...

Lux for MVP!!

Steve Sax said...

Okay just finished dinner.

Muncy with a grand slam and Lux with his first home run since 2022?! Let’s gooooooooooo

Steve Sax said...

@karen: you’re hilarious letting slide my superstition fail! I goofed

Steve Sax said...

8-1 LA through 5.

Steve Sax said...

Yamamoto at 61 pitches here, early in the sixth.

Steve Sax said...

Nice play by Mookie to get Chisholm for the first out.

Yamamoto gives up a HR to Bryan de la Cruz just afterward, so it's 8-2 LA, one out in the top of the sixth.

Steve Sax said...

Outman makes the catch for the third out on Josh Bell. Chris Taylor was coming right at him from left, and luckily they didn't crash into each other.

Steve Sax said...

NYT Wednesday crossword in 4:17! That's my new Wednesday best time.

Steve Sax said...

Rojas PH for Betts, and Rojas smokes a single up the middle. Well done, MiggyRo!

Steve Sax said...

Outman now 0-for-3 with a K from the nine-hole tonight.

Ohtani flies to left, stranding Rojas.

8-2 LA through six. Amazingly, the two teams have the same number of hits (four).

Steve Sax said...

Yamamoto out to start the seventh, for the first time in his MLB career. He's at 77 pitches with the first-out K of Jesus Sanchez.

Steve Sax said...

If we can get some length out of Yoshi, that would be great.

karen said...

To the stretch, 8-2 Boys

Steve Sax said...

Grounder to Muncy at third for the second out.

Steve Sax said...

Fly out to CT3 in left for the third out. Way to go, Yoshi!

Steve Sax said...

@karen! So, how have you been doing lately? What's going on

Steve Sax said...

oh no, my wifi is failing here

Steve Sax said...

Slappy GIDPs, erasing Freeman. And then Muncy Ks. Smith is 0-for-2 with a K and a GIDP, but he has a walk and two runs (also reached on a HBP).

Steve Sax said...

Yoshi into the eighth! He gets the first out, and is at 86 pitches. No action in the Dodgers bullpen.

Steve Sax said...

Here's Jazz Chisholm, 1-for-3 with a solo home run. He grounds into a force out to Rojas, who gets the out at second with a throw to Lux.

Two out.

Steve Sax said...

Vesia is getting warmed up now.

Steve Sax said...

Yamamoto gets Bryan De La Cruz with a fastball, swinging!

Eight innings, two runs, 97 pitches. Well done, Yoshi!

spank said...

that's a wrap

karen said...

The Los Angeles Dodgers Sawmill Co....Opponents bats line up here.....

Steve Sax said...

PGT up!

Steve Sax said...

WIN

Steve Sax said...

Early game tomorrow, ladies and gentlemen. See you on the blog!

Steve Sax said...

GAME 3

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

Stone RHP

Steve Sax said...

Also transpiring at the same time as the Dodger game (12n): 2nd leg of the Champions League semifinals, Bayern @ Real Madrid!

karen said...

I was so excited about Walker's return I forgot to say 'Hell yeah' Blake Train!

Steve Sax said...

1-2-3 first inning for Stonestown!

Steve Sax said...

Shohei is getting robbed on those two called strikes. But strike 3 was in the zone.

Steve Sax said...

Ohtani thought both strikes 2 and 3 were balls. He was correct, the first time, for sure.

Steve Sax said...

Freddie with a two-out single!

Steve Sax said...

Freeman takes second on a balk. Teo still at the plate, 2-0 count.

Steve Sax said...

Freeman takes third on a passed ball...and then Teo singles Freeman in!

Steve Sax said...

1-0 LA.

Kike grounds out, so 1-0 LA through 1

spank said...

Maxy got demoted to 6th in lineup.

Steve Sax said...

I’m guessing it’s a matchup thing given he hit a grand salami yesterday.

Steve Sax said...

Real Madrid and Bayern, 0-0 at half

Steve Sax said...

All tied up. Grrrr

spank said...

thats what i was thinking saxy about maxy but still not good enough to keep his spot even for one game.

Steve Sax said...

1-1, mid-5

Steve Sax said...

Andy Pages, leadoff single in the bottom of the fifth. Great AB.

Steve Sax said...

And, MiggyRo GIDPs. Not good.

Steve Sax said...

Mookie flies out. Weathers is keeping us down, man: 77 pitches through 5.1.

Steve Sax said...

Here's Ohtani, 0-for-2 with 2 Ks

Steve Sax said...

Ohtani is almost like he can't see the ball as well...maybe because it's a day game?

Steve Sax said...

Well, at least Freddie is hitting. There's a double. But still two out.

spank said...

TeO!!

karen said...

Teo!! 3-1 LA

Steve Sax said...

Teoscar just sneaks out a HR! It barely crested the wall, almost fooling Teoscar himself!

3-1 LA

Steve Sax said...

@karen! @spank! WOOOOOO

Steve Sax said...

Good thing Teo hit it out: Automatic out Kike grounds to second on the first pitch to end the inning.

3-1 LA, end 6

Steve Sax said...

Are you kidding me?! Real Madrid was down 0-1 in the 88th minute. And they might have just scored a second goal, coming in extra time, to win it.

Steve Sax said...

Daniel Hudson, trying to get that last out. Sanchez up with a 2-2 count

Steve Sax said...

WIN

SWEEP

karen said...

Homestand Sweep!!!

Steve Sax said...

Pretty fine fielding play by Miguel Rojas at second to get that last out. He had to hustle on a dribbler in the infield.

spank said...

that's a wrap

sweep baby!!