Tuesday, May 05, 2026

Game 36 Thread: May 5 @ Cheaters, 5p

Shohei Ohtani (2-1, 0.60) vs. Lambert (1-2, 3.52).

Just like Anakin, the bats woke up from their slumber on May the Fourth, a 8-3 win over the Astros in which the Dodgers had seven runs, and home runs by Alex Freeland and Kyle Tucker, in the first three frames.. That was more than enough to let Yoshinobu Yamamoto do his work (6.0 IP, 3 ER, 8 Ks and 1 BB), guiding the Dodgers to a comfortable victory.

Today, we've got Shohei Ohtani on the mound...and at the plate. Considering Ohtani hasn't had a hit in his last five games, let's see if he can focus on both sides of the game today. UPDATE: Doc Roberts changed his mind, and Ohtani won't hit today, after all.

28 comments:

QuadSevens said...

“If we win today, that’s called a winning streak. It has happened before.” -Lou Brown

Steve Sax said...

Ohtani scratched from the batting lineup (not as a starting pitcher).

karen said...

Today's Lineup

Dalton Rushing, DH
Freddie Freeman, 1B
Slappy, C
Kyle Tucker, RF
Teo Hernandez, LF
Max Muncy, 3B
Andy Pages, CF
Alex Freeland, 2B
MiggyRo, SS

Shohei Ohtani, RHP

karen said...

I love Lou Brown!

Steve Sax said...

Geez, Dalton was so far ahead of that pitch, even I felt the breeze from his flailing swing.

Steve Sax said...

Freeman with a NICE one-out double there, off the wall in left.

Steve Sax said...

Not sure why Slappy is swinging at the first pitch there, esp grounding to third, so Freeman can't advance.

Here's Kyle.

Steve Sax said...

Tucker walks, but the bad news is, now here's Teo.

Steve Sax said...

Teo with a lazy fly ball to right for the third out.

0-0 through a half inning.

spank said...

shohei's on pitching fire

Steve Sax said...

Pages with an infield single and then stole second, and takes third on Freeland's 4-3 groundout. Two out. Here's MiggyRo.

Steve Sax said...

Rojas almost had a sweet bloopy RBI single there to shallow right.

Steve Sax said...

Rojas flies to center for the third out.

0-0, mid-2

karen said...

1-0 Cheaters B2.

Steve Sax said...

Oh man. I can't step away from my computer. Bad things happen.

karen said...

Correa got hurt last night? Good.

karen said...

Another HR for Cheaters. 2-0 B3.

Steve Sax said...

Ohtani gives up a bomb. It's 2-0 Houston.

spank said...

Dodgers have foreigner bats....cold as ice

spank said...

Pages is 2-2 but you got shitty ass Freeland hitting behind him. smh

karen said...

Bases loaded for Miggy.

karen said...

Cheaters cornered with 2 outs.

karen said...

Altuve Ks on a pitch outside by about 2 feet.

karen said...

Dodgers on the board. 2-1 Cheaters. T8.

spank said...

western bacon chicken sandwich from Carl's is bomb. just saying

karen said...

What a stinker this game was.

spank said...

BOOOOOOOO

Steve Sax said...

F'ing A.