Monday, August 25, 2025

Game 132 Thread: August 25 vs. Reds, 7p

Emmet Sheehan (4-2. 4.17) vs. Hunter Greene (5-3, 2.63).

The Dodgers and Padres are tied atop the NL West with 31 games to go, and it doesn't look any easier from here for the Dodgers. Now that we're don playing the Padres this season, we have to focus on contenders like the Cincinnati Reds, 1.5 games out of the final wild card slot and hungry to overtake the Mets. Not the best team for us to host, starting off by facing local phenom Hunter Greene (Sherman Oaks Notre Dame High School), whose fastball can top 100 mph.

Meanwhile, the Padres have the easiest remaining strength of schedule in the majors, with a winning percentage of .474, featuring cream-puff opponents like the Twins, Rockies, Orioles, and White Sox. The Padres also finish the season with six games at home, while the Dodgers finish on the road.

This doesn't stack up well for the good guys. I'm pretty freaked out.

38 comments:

karen said...

Buddy Kennedy DFAd. Kike off IL.

spank said...

Conforto is in left today. stubborn as fuck with this guy.

karen said...

Beautiful catch by Conforto in left.

karen said...

PAGES!!!! 1-0 Boys.

karen said...

Sheehan keeping the outfielders busy tonight.

karen said...

PAGES hits his second homer of the game! 3-0 Pages - 0 Cincy.

Steve Sax said...

Two HR for Pages. It would be great if he got hot again for the rest of the year.

3-0 LA through 5 full.

Steve Sax said...

Greene chased, following a Freeman double and a Slappy walk to lead off the sixth.

Dodgers up 3-0

Steve Sax said...

Padres inching back on the Mariners, it's 9-5 SEA, mid-7 (in Seattle)

Steve Sax said...

Barlow in to pitch for the Reds, and Teo works a walk. Bases loaded, none out, B6

karen said...

Bases loaded in B6 with no outs.

Steve Sax said...

Freeland Ks. One out. Not good.

Steve Sax said...

CONFORTO Ks. What a frickin' surprise.

Steve Sax said...

Conforto did have a double tonight. But he is 1-for-3 with 2 Ks.

STOP CONFORTO

karen said...

PAGES AGAIN!!! 5-0 Blue B6.

Steve Sax said...

Pages with two more runs scored, on a De La Cruz two-base error!

5-0 LA

Steve Sax said...

Rojas flies out to end the inning.

5-0 LA through six.

karen said...

@Saxy....Your Conforto comments are really entertaining!! :) :) :)

Steve Sax said...

Also watching the Padres @ Mariners game. Padres' Brash gets Machado to K for the first out

Steve Sax said...

Brash gets a favorable call on Boegarts with two on and one out. So that's the second out, a called strike 3. Top 8, Mariners up 9-5.

Steve Sax said...

Betts with a sweet play at short to get the third out!

karen said...

Great pitching tonight from Sheehan.

I hope the team is getting it back together and not teasing us.

Steve Sax said...

Tying run at the plate for the Padres: Laureano, bases loaded, two out.

Steve Sax said...

@karen 9.02p: totally agree

Steve Sax said...

Brash with a 96mph pitch at the knees freezes Laureano. Strike three called, Mariners go to the bottom of the eighth up 9-5.

karen said...

I love Mookie's celebration at short after making that play.

karen said...

MOOKIE goes yard!!! 6-0 LA.

Steve Sax said...

Mariners making errors to get the Padres back into this one. One out, two RISP

Steve Sax said...

Padres lose 6-9

Steve Sax said...

Conforto with another double. Amazing

Steve Sax said...

Rojas Ks.

7-0 LA through eight full. Pages responsible for six of the seven runs (two on an error).

Steve Sax said...

Spencer Steer with a nine-pitch, two-out walk.

Steve Sax said...

Banda's got two on, two out. Come on, Anthony!

Steve Sax said...

We are only 1-for-8 with RISP tonight, that's not good

Steve Sax said...

Banda WP, so two RISP for the Reds. Hayes still up, 2-2 count.

Steve Sax said...

Ke'Bryan Hayes Ks swinging!

WIN

Steve Sax said...

Dodgers up a game in the West. Let's gooooooo

karen said...

TWO WINS IN A ROW!!! My but the air is thin up here.