Mon 5.20: Yoshinobu Yamamoto 4-1, 3.21) vs. Joe Mantiply (2-1, 4.67) Tue 5.21: Gavin Stone (4-1, 3.27) vs. Brandon Pfaadt (1-3, 4.17) Wed 5.22: Tyler Glasnow (6-2, 2.90) vs. Ryne Nelson (2-3, 7.06) All games 7p
James Outman, the Dodgers center fielder who finished third in last year's NL Rookie of the Year voting, was demoted to the minors this past weekend. Outman is batting .147 with an OPS of .516 (OPS+ 48), and a bWAR of -0.6, which is awful. The kid definitely has promise but he needs regular at bats, and with the return of Jason Heyward off the IL, that wasn't going to happen in the majors.
Outman is by no means the worst offender in the Dodgers bottom of the lineup, by the way--but that's another topic for another day.
But you know who's not much better than Outman? 2023 NL Rookie of the Year winner Corbin Carroll, still batting leadoff of the Diamondbacks despite similarly slumpy sophomore numbers. Carroll is batting .191 with a OPS of .552 (OPS+ 60), and a bWAR of -0.1, which is also no place for a leadoff hitter to be.
I'm hoping that both Carroll and Outman can turn it around. At least they've been on the field in 2024; the Mets' Kodai Senga, who finished second in ROY voting last year, hasn't pitched this season, sidelined by a shoulder injury. Yikes!
The Dodgers are 2-1 this year against the Diamondbacks, who are in fourth place, nine games behind the Dodgers (the .500 Padres are in second place, 7.5 GB). Arizona was predicted to do well this season, coming off their World Series run last year.
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GAME 1
Betts SS
Ohtani DH
Freeman 1B
Smith C
T Hernandez LF
Pages CF
Heyward RF
K Hernandez 3B
Rojas 2B
Yamamoto RHP
The Brewers' Christian Yelich stole home today. Pretty cool!
Zeroes through 2. Shohei got on in the first, but Freeman GIDPd.
Kiki!!
Jumped on just in time to see Kiké go yard and tie the game at 1.
Betts goes upstairs and shoots a fastball to right. Totally impressive AB there.
Ohtani up with Betts on first and Rojas on second.
Shohei works the walk on five pitches.
Freeman up with rancho ardiendo!
GRAND SLAM FREDDIE!!!
Frederick!!
Right before that GS, Orel said, "He's been overshadowed by Betts and Ohtani, but he'll come out of the shadows, he'll have a hot streak."
BOOM
5-1 LA
Slappy!!!
Dayum
Slappy with a HR!
6-1 LA
Teoscar Ks for the first out.
Pages pops to first for the second out.
And, Heyward makes the third out.
6-1 LA through 3.
yoshi gives up his second run with one out in the top of the seventh. Let’s let him rest.
Yamamoto removed after 6.1 IP, 100 pitches.
Yamamoto's line: 6.1 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 1 BB and 8 Ks.
Here's Anthony Banda, glasses and all.
Dodgers playing defense like the bad news bears now
mookie checked me 😂
Carroll with a single, but it turns to two bases when Taylor botches the fielding in left.
Mookie snares the next one for a quick second out.
PH for Joc Pederson: Randall Grichuk, with two RISP.
Grichuk: .358 BA in his last 19 AB.
Banda escapes!
6-2 LA at the stretch.
1-2-3 inning for Jarvis to dispatch the Dodgers in the seventh.
6-2 LA through 7 full.
Elieser Hernandez takes over for the eighth.
Hernandez gets Walker to foul out to Freddie. One out.
Gurriel Jr launched that one.
6-3 LA, one out in the eighth.
Wow, they're teeing off on Hernandez here.
6-4 L A. Rancho ardiendo for Pages (Freeman single, Slappy walk, CT3 single). One out.
damn. Booooooo
Pages with a valiant AB, working it back to a full count, but f'ing GIDPs to end the inning.
6-4 LA through eight full.
Daniel Hudson entering for the ninth.
Hudson was down 3-0 on that first Diamondback, and works it back to a 3-2 count and then gets him to ground out 5-3.
Hudson overpowers Carroll with a fastball.
Two out.
that's a wrap
Strikes out Ketel Marte to end it!
Way to go, Hudson!
Way to go, Yamamoto!
Nice job, Freddie!
WIN
GAME 2
Betts SS
Ohtani DH
Freeman 1B
Smith C
T Hernandez RF
Lux 2B
Pages CF
K Hernandez 3B
Vargas LF
Stone RHP
Mookie Betts bobblehead tonight!
We are getting no hit through three.
AZ 2, LA 0
4-1 6th
Vargas just doubled
Ohtani singl s in Vargas
4-2 AZ
Slappy doubles in Shohei
4-3 AZ
Unfortunately, it went downhill after that. Ugh.
Rubber match today.
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