Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Games 56-58 Thread: May 27-29 @ Mets

Tues 5.28 1p: Glasnow vs. Megill
Tues 5.28 TBD: Stone vs. Quintana
Wed 5.29 1p: Paxton vs. Peterson

Quick Game Thread today after that bender of a Memorial Day weekend. I had too much whisky! But while we were enjoying sunny skies here in Los Angeles on Monday, the Dodgers were getting rained out in Queens and now have to squish in a double-header on Tuesday.

Let's hope the extra day off, mulling over getting swept in Cincinnati over the weekend, gives the offense some time to figure out how to rebound against a struggling Mets squad. I'm not hopeful, by the way.

46 comments:

Steve Sax said...

These games snuck up on us.

Glasnow is pitching pretty well, but gave up a two-run HR to Francisco Lindor.

Dodger bats look meek again. Teoscar almost had a HR, but it was ruled (after review) as a double, and even though there were none out, he didn’t score. So we are down 2-0 in the sixth.

Steve Sax said...

Chris Taylor, now 0-for-3 with 3 Ks.

Time to send him down.

Steve Sax said...

Dodgers just had their best chance in the eighth, benefitted by bad fielding by the Mets. But we still only mustered one run, with Smith striking out to end the inning.

Pathetic.

Steve Sax said...

Ninth inning, down 2-1.

Teoscar with a leadoff single. But we still have 6-7-8 in the order, so 😬

Steve Sax said...

Let’s start with weak-hitting Gavin Lux

Steve Sax said...

Last three games, bottom of the order is 1-for-32

Steve Sax said...

Lux singles. Teoscar to third.

Now here’s Taylor. 😬😬😬😬😬😬

Steve Sax said...

Taylor is going to hit into a triple play here

Steve Sax said...

Chris Taylor, ladies and gentlemen!!!

Steve Sax said...

Taylor with a game-tying safety squeeze!

Steve Sax said...

Taylor got lucky there, his bunt was In the air there, but it landed on the ground.

Steve Sax said...

And of course, momentum comes to a screeching halt, with Heyward King and Pages GIDP.

Steve Sax said...

That should read “Heyward k-ing”

Steve Sax said...

As in, striking out.

Steve Sax said...

2-2 going to B9

spank said...

Hudson needs to relax with the gestures. he got lucky getting out of the ninth

Steve Sax said...

Holy smokes. Daniel Hudson pulled off some sort of high-wire act in the ninth, with one out, bases loaded, and. 3-0 count on the batter. He got an infield fly and then another pop out to keep the game tied.

Mookie started the tenth with Pages on second, and singled him home. 3-2 so far, T10

Steve Sax said...

Freeman HR. It’s 5-2 LA. One out (an Ohtani K)

spank said...

Freddie bomb!!!

spank said...

game 1 win. onto the next

Steve Sax said...

Huge win for the Dodgers there. Let’s go

Steve Sax said...

GAME 2

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

Stone P

spank said...

Slappy!!

spank said...

lol. EK and all the hype that Kiki been hitting the ball hard despite his shitty BA. Kiki then grounds out weakly. damn i miss Vin.

spank said...

3-0 LA one out in 8th after i took a quick nap

Steve Sax said...

WIN

spank said...

oh shit. we got a winning streak happening

Steve Sax said...

GAME 3

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

Paxton P

Steve Sax said...

In today's lineup, the worst batter is...Kiké Hernandez (.193 BA, .537 OPS, OPS+ 54)! Batting seventh.

Steve Sax said...

Wow, that was fast. Big 3 go down on 8 pitches in the first.

Steve Sax said...

Slappy solo shot in the second. Pages RBI single in the fourth. Ohtani RBI single in the fifth.

But Paxson can't even get into the fourth inning. He only lasted 50 pitches through three frames. Not sure what happened here...

But Elieser Hernandez gives up two quick runs (and leaves Lindor, who walked, on first), so here's Michael Grove, B5, none out. LA currently up 3-2.

Steve Sax said...

JD Martinez ties it up. Darn it.

spank said...

bullpen fucking up

spank said...

ugh baserunning blunders

Steve Sax said...

Tied through six. We escaped a little bit of a jam there in B6, but we also got thrown out at home to end the top of the sixth (grrrrrr).

Steve Sax said...

@spank: it looked like a baserunning blunder on GameDay (at the end of the top of the sixth)--but i missed it. What happened?

Steve Sax said...

Dammit, one-out Mookie walk and we can't do anything, again

Steve Sax said...

Slappy with his second HR of the game!

4-3 LA

Steve Sax said...

Heyward smokes one as well, he has a triple with one out. Lux in for Kike (who did go 2-for-3 today, not bad).

Steve Sax said...

Lux works a walk, so men at the corners with one out. Then Lux steals second

Steve Sax said...

Rojas singles in Heyward!

5-3 LA

Steve Sax said...

Vargas with a two-run double to right!

7-3 LA, Vargas on second, one out.

Steve Sax said...

Heyward with a HR to lead off the ninth. 10-3 LA!

Steve Sax said...

Wow, I was caught in a meeting and missed the two-run Shohei Ohtani HR to make it 9-3 LA. Ohtani lifts his OPS back up over 1 (1.010) as a result of this 2-for-5 game.

Steve Sax said...

WIN

Steve Sax said...

SWEEP