Dodgers at Mets, 10:10 a.m.
Jerry Hairston Jr., LF
Mark Ellis, 2B
Matt Kemp, CF
Andre Ethier, RF
Juan Rivera, 1B
Luis Cruz, SS
Juan Uribe, 3B
A.J. Ellis, C
Nathan Eovaldi, P
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Anonymous
Thought for sure Uribe would be moved to clean up… that whole iron hot saying.
Anonymous
Benching would make more sense, DFA more yet.
Anonymous
Agreed – though I would suggest that if the guy picked a time to remember how to hit the little white ball thing, he probably picked the right time.
Anonymous
I expect him to revert to form today.
Anonymous
And have Kennedy play 3B? Sometimes the treatment is worse than the illness.
Anonymous
Hope the Dodgers packed their brooms.
KT
Good start Jerry
peter drysdale
Hope this return of the offense continues today and in the future
Anonymous
Ellis took a perfectly good strike three.
KT
Eric Collins flyball call is steinerest…terrible
peter drysdale
On that last fly ball to Hairs ton, Stockton seemed to think it was going out and it didn’t even get to the warning track.
KT
I guess it was the swing of the bat that fooled them
Anonymous
Balls that come off the bat fool Steiner.
Anonymous
On fly balls, nobody is worse than Steiner.
Breck Lundin
nobody is worse than Steiner period. The guy should be a Giants or Angels announcer. One moment he is loud then next he is too quiet and for both he is constantly wrong. Be is made to work for the Giants or Angels not the bums.
KT
that inning was fast
KT
Come on DP
KT
That will work…Now for the DP
Anonymous
I’m getting tired of Daniel Murphy.
Anonymous
There used to be a Daniel Murphy High School in Los Angeles. The Archdiocese closed it a couple years ago.
The property was sold.
It is now Yeshiva Aharon Yaakov-Ohr Eliyahu
Anonymous
To clarify: I’m tired of the Mets’ Daniel Murphy.
KT
tough catch by Matty…way to get out of it EO
Anonymous
Classic collapse by Adam Scott in the British Open – Bogeyed the last 4 holes to lose by a stroke to Ernie Els.
veryolddodgerfan
maybe there is some advanced metric that explains that
Anonymous
1 dislike but that applies to pretty much all of the commenter’s post all making the same point as this one above
veryolddodgerfan
nice to hear from you sunshine.
Anonymous
I guess Eovaldi doesn’t have to be traded to the AL now.
Anonymous
Certainly not if he can continue to pitch as he did in the first two innings.
Anonymous
Eovaldi’s getting more swings and misses than in his earlier efforts.
veryolddodgerfan
I hope everyone now can dispense with the notion that EO is a two pitch pitcher and his Ks stats means he’ll never be a valuable starter.
KT
JUAN Gone!!!
Anonymous
When did Steve Lyons become a prophet?
foul tip
Just figured out the game is on TBS, so I can see it.
Just the second I switched over Rivera smacked the HR.
I will remember this technique for future use.
Wonder if it might work on Uribe and Loney? Probably shouldn’t overexpect.
KT
Foulball??
Anonymous
I thought fair.
KT
tough to tell…I didn’t see chalk only dirt
veryolddodgerfan
i thought it touched the line
Anonymous
Foul-ball double getting cashed in is a burn.
Anonymous
Failure to concentrate?
KT
EO @ 81 pitches after 4…looks like we’ll get maybe 1 more inning from him
Anonymous
I’d like to see less replay, and less Daniel Murphy.
KT
need to get that run back
Anonymous
Eovaldi still throwing way too many pitches.
Anonymous
some credit to Tejada who saw almost 1/5 of the pitches
KT
Need better communication on that bunt
Come on DP
Anonymous
Poorly played bunt by Eovaldi.
veryolddodgerfan
yup. a 22-year-old kid learning his trade on the job because the dodger pitching is so deep
Anonymous
He pitched well today, in many aspects, but too many pitches.
veryolddodgerfan
the best thing about today was his increasing comfort with his other pitches. not great execution but definitely better. including a couple hanging curves lol
foul tip
Home plate ump with a couple pretty emphatic calls. Reminds me of Dutch Rennert, who put on a show calling about every pitch.
Trying to see if I had the name spelled right, looked him up and found this on Wiki:
“In an April 20, 2012 interview on Comcast TV in Philadelphia former
National League President Bill White told local TV personality Larry
Kane that an eye exam revealed that Rennert could not see out of his
left eye and it couldn’t be adjusted with glasses, and “I retired him
nicely.” White went on to say that he later saw Rennert in Vero Beach,
Florida and White said Rennert told him that was the best thing you did
(sic) for me.”
Even so, it probably would not go well if a hitter took a pair of glasses with him for the ump next AB after a call he didn’t like.
Wonder if anyone ever actually did that, maybe in the old days, and what happened? Or, maybe a better question: if it did, how many games was the player suspended?
KT
Nice K Scott
1 more
KT
SF 2 Philly 2 bottom of 5
KT
Way to get out of the jam Scott
Anonymous
Elbert seems to be the go to middle relief guy, yeah?
Anonymous
Situational Lefty – that situation was perfect for Elbert.
Anonymous
If the Dodgers don’t lose the lead at any point, it will be up to the official scorer to decide who gets the win. It would likely go to Elbert.
KT
way to get on mark
KT
Way to tag up Mark
Anonymous
Mark made that run happen!
KT
I agree…very smart base running
KT
Nice hit and Hustle Dre!!
Great hustle Mark
Anonymous
Well, that was certainly a disappointing way for Elbert to end his outing.
Anonymous
Collins was foolish to let Niese hit for himself, and Elbert was terrible to walk him.
veryolddodgerfan
I think the San Diego signing of Q is dictated by market condition. don’t think it’s a bad move. the theoretical is less important than having an offensive threat and giving your fan base some belief. not sure about signing Street though. also why trade Headley, “one of the five best 3b in the majors”. can always trade him next year. at some point you have to start fielding a major league team especially if you’re a new owner.
Anonymous
WooHoo! John Mayberry! 3-2 Phils..
Anonymous
What? It wasn’t Juan Pierre?
KT
Another hold…way to go bullpen
Anonymous
I switched from the Dodgers game to watch Ron Santo’s widow, Vicki, deliver a meaningful and memorable speech for her husband’s Hall of Fame induction. If you get a chance to watch it on YouTube or elsewhere, I recommend it.
Anonymous
Incredible with centuries of baseball in the books only 12 third-basemen in the HOF.
Anonymous
Astonishing.
Anonymous
Who is in the TBS booth with Dick Stockton? Is it Ron Darling?
veryolddodgerfan
has been in the past
Jeffrey Thomas III
Blown call just cost us a run.
Anonymous
We need another situational lefty in the bullpen.
Anonymous
Elbert is not a situational lefty, we do need one
Anonymous
Annnndreeeeeee
Anonymous
Darn.
KT
Way to eat up david at the hot corner Mark
Nice hit Matty
Linkmeister
Well, that was an awful result. Ethier and Abreu couldn’t even move guys over. Phoo.
KT
I missed the bad call by the ump…I hope it doesn’t cost us
veryolddodgerfan
how could you miss anything on that 85 inch screen?
KT
I was doing laundry/heating my food and I didn’t hear the TV…It’s only a 80″
peter drysdale
Good DP to get out of inning
veryolddodgerfan
man uribe still can’t hit but his ABs are so much better. not as cartoon like
KT
I agree…not flailing at the ball to much now
Anonymous
It’s all relative. The results are more in like with what we expected.
veryolddodgerfan
WBB i know where you stand on the matter. By the way how is your recovery coming?
KT
Good hit AJ
Anonymous
morning from me everyone, we have another close lead I see
KT
1 maybe 2 gift runs by the umps…in my opinion
veryolddodgerfan
James has made grounding into a double play an artform
Anonymous
13 this season.
veryolddodgerfan
wow would have guessed more. wonder what the record is?
Anonymous
What was the missed call or what were the missed calls by the ump?
KT
questionable fair ball double the 4th where the runner late scored (Very very close to the line)
Definite missed strike 3 ball caught by AJ in the 7th who later doubles and scores
Anonymous
Thanks.
Anonymous
Foul-ball double ending up producing a run and missed strikeout call by home-plate ump produced a second run for Mets.
KT
good play Mark stopping that ball
KT
Come on DP or K
Anonymous
uh oh
peter drysdale
Great stop by Ellis
KT
good block of low pitches by AJ
KT
not hit hard enough to James
peter drysdale
Noooooooo
Anonymous
Wasted chances today and shaky back of bullpen continues.
C’mon, Blue!
Anonymous
Had Loney fielded it cleanly, I think the runner would have been out at the plate.
veryolddodgerfan
disagree
Anonymous
I doubt it. Too slowly hit, and a fast runner.
KT
It would have been very close
Anonymous
Could have been better, could have been worse!
veryolddodgerfan
hmmm. may see josh wall yet before his trip back to new mexico.
Anonymous
At least we are now back to the top of the lineup
Anonymous
Gwynn has been disappearing. He hit .229 in June and is now hitting .128 in July.
veryolddodgerfan
javy doesn’t have much today. but do you go to Wall? tough one.
Anonymous
Lindblom is also available at the point of the above comment
peter drysdale
Crap. Don’t blow it guys
Anonymous
Guerra does not inspire confidence.
KT
another missed call by an ump
Anonymous
That’s the 3rd blown call – umps have to have dough on the Mets.
Anonymous
He was out by a full step. How could DiMuro have blown that?
KT
said ellis didn’t keep his foot on the bag
KT
At least this one didn’t hurt us
Anonymous
Reminds me of Harvey Keitel (betting on Dodgers-Mets) in Bad Lieutenant – great movie.
Anonymous
Great reference, but, wow, was that a depressing film.
Anonymous
Justice prevails.
Lucas Bauer
Any reason why you don’t just keep Jamie Wright in to try and close the 9th inning instead of going to Javy?
peter drysdale
That’s two by him. Everyone has a bad day sometimes but that’s annoying. At least we got out of it
KT
good eye Dre
Come on Clayton
Anonymous
BTW, wasn’t there a remake of Bad Lieutenant with Nicholas Cage ? Haven’t seen it, but no way he tops Keitel’s performance in the original.
veryolddodgerfan
man that would be a travesty if it were true
KT
Excellent bunt Clayton
T.M. Brown
Walking Kennedy to get to Ellis. It’s like the Mets exist in a baseball vacuum.
veryolddodgerfan
or they don’t buy into the hype
Anonymous
I don’t think Kennedy would be considered a dangerous hitter in our slow pitch league.
veryolddodgerfan
I think Kennedy tears your softball league UP. that has to break a rule or two. but i understand you get leeway.
Anonymous
While months are somewhat arbitrary, AJ hit 222 in June but did OBP 380; in July before his 2 for 5 today he hit 225 but OBP only 273. In June he K’d 23 times in 63 AB, in July, before today 15 in 40.
Kennedy hit 313 in July before his out misplayed into a double OBP of 351. Perhaps the Mets look at recent stats while in their vacuum
KT
Let’s go AJ
Jim Joyce just had a lot to say to AJ
Anonymous
Pitching as if he were still on the Dodger payroll, Bad Penny gives up the game-winning run to the Phils in the 12th.
KT
yes!!
Anonymous
‘Bout time the Gnats lost one – feels like they won 10 in a row.
Anonymous
It’s the start of a new streak.
Anonymous
Phillies just beat the Giants, and Brad Penny, in 12 innings, 4-3, on a Jimmy Rollins hit.
Anonymous
We went over this a few months ago. Javy is not a closer.
Just how thick is Donnie?
Anonymous
After using Jansen two tight games in a row, I guess he didn’t want to go back to him for the third straight day.
KT
or use Belli but he might use belli now if the situation comes up again
veryolddodgerfan
well what do you want. to blame him for pitching javy or blame him for overusing belli and kenley. which?
Anonymous
I’ll take the former.
Put Wall in, which we did, after straining to perform defensive miracles to make up for Javy.
The gods definitely looked after us this series, lord knows Donnie didn’t.
veryolddodgerfan
the donnie bashing is really cute.
Anonymous
stupid comment, Belisario and Jansen were not overused merely they were used in their roles the last 2 days plus earlier in the week. Mattingly could not have predicted how few innings he would get from the starting pitchers esp. during the Sunday game in uncomfortable weather in NY.
veryolddodgerfan
good work Tink!
Anonymous
With the options available to him, I don’t blame Mattingly in the least for going with Guerra when he did.
KT
let’s go DP
KT
Nice throw AJ
Anonymous
Wall’s career ERA in eight seasons in the minors is 5.06.
Anonymous
Nice major league debut for Wall. Now, let’s get something so he can get the win.
Anonymous
Welcome to the show Josh Wall.
KT
Nice hit James
peter drysdale
Or Josh, as Ron Darling said
KT
Nice bunt and hustle Tony
KT
good call ump
peter drysdale
Glad to see a play at first go our way this time
Anonymous
Had that bunt been successful, the Mets likely would have walked Kemp.
Anonymous
True, but I don’t think the Metros have another lefty to face Ethier.
Anonymous
Come on, Treanor.
Anonymous
The Gnats are considering picking up Rick Ankiel as a strikeout guy off the bench.
peter drysdale
I could go for a grand slam right now
KT
Matt!!
Anonymous
I like Bad Penny much better today than I ever did when he was a Dodger.
KT
^_^
Anonymous
Gold medal for Misty May’s hubby!
KT
^_^
peter drysdale
But I’m satisfied with two
KT
not me..I want more
KT
LUIS!!
Anonymous
Treanor has been a pretty good backup catcher and bench player, especially given how little we expected of him.
Anonymous
he hit 133 in April, 190 in June, and 214 so far in July but he had a great May. All together he has been doing as well as he did last year or as poorly. If he were a Giant you would be making humorous comments about how bad he is.
KT
ADAM!!!
KT
more more more…I want more….no need for Belli now
Anonymous
It would be an ideal spot for Coffey, but they stop serving beer in the 7th, so he’s probably back at the hotel in Manhattan by now…
peter drysdale
NICE
Anonymous
Watching how the Mets’ rightfielder just misjudged the hit by Kennedy, I got to thinking, Camptown Ladies Sing This Song…
Anonymous
And here’s Loney, the man who started it all this inning.
Anonymous
In some ways, he started it all with his GIDP in the ninth, IIRC.
KT
Good eye AJ
Come on James do it again
KT
wow 23 total people LOB in this game by both team
Anonymous
By each team?
KT
10 by LA / 13 by NY
KT
That’s 1…two more Josh
KT
That’s 2….1 more Josh
Anonymous
Instead of possibly being 3.5 games back, we are now 1.5 games behind.
KT
Sweep!!!
Anonymous
Woot! Woot!
Finally tightened the race with the Giants.
Anonymous
Correction: it’s the “Gnats,” and they are embarking on a streak.
Anonymous
Ha! Sorry. Gnats…
And you did predict this yesterday, as I was slipping into despair.
KT
Gained ground finally
KT
As per Eric Stephens of TBLA:
Josh Wall is first Dodger to pick up a win in relief in his MLB debut since Tim Belcher on September 6, 1987
Anonymous
Keep Wall, send Guerra down. I will never trust him…
Anonymous
Despite the blown save, he did a good job of minimizing the damage. Though no Kenley, he is a valuable bullpen piece.
KT
looks like temps in the low 100’s in St. Louis until Thursday when it drops below 100 (99) with chance of thunderstorms…Hope they are wrong
Anonymous
I am cautiously optimistic that, when the Dodgers board the plane from St. Louis to SF, they will be in first place.
KT
The gnats have SD at home
Anonymous
But the Gnats are more than capable of giving games away to the Madres.
Anonymous
Birdsong and Bum Mon/Tue. Timmy on Wednesday vs TBA. They’ll probably win the series.
Anonymous
I remain an optimist. The Gnats are terribly overrated.
Anonymous
Only a half game back in the WC race, as well. Sure feels better to have Kemp and Ethier back.
Anonymous
Nice rally brewing in A’s vs Yanks for those with league-wide viewing packages.
Anonymous
Unfortunately, being an Oakland resident, I am blacked out by MLBTV.
Anonymous
I think they might black the a’s out everywhere north of fresno, including fresno.
Anonymous
The A’s don’t even have a regular broadcast channel here – only available on cable, so I never get to see them. It’s absurd.
Anonymous
Well, let’s be honest, Lew is openly contemptuous of both his fans and the game itself. If totally closing games off to ticket buyers meant a couple million more in al east welfare checks, he’d do it.
Anonymous
Absolutely. He makes McCourt look like the poster boy for enlightened ownership.
underdog
Eo confirms cutter:
Dylan Hernandez @dylanohernandez:Nathan Eovaldi said he has added a cutter. Worked on it in his bullpen session, threw it in a game for the first time today.
His secondary pitches definitely looked better today. His fastball is generally excellent. Problem even then is number of foul balls adding to high pitch count and then he still goes out early, as happened today. But otherwise I thought he looked very good.
Good job by most of the bullpen to really give them many chances to win. A total of 3 runs by pitching staff in 12 innings is quite good. Thankful the Giants actually lost today and Dodgers managed to finally gain a game. Tough series coming up before Dodgers even hit SF, if they can be within 2 games of Giants by that series I’ll be feeling pretty good.
Anonymous
He had many more swings and misses today. For a guy who’s been pressed into service as a starter, he’s done OK.
Anonymous
I like Eovaldi’s up-side. he was cool under pressure last year – and has apparently not been rattled by the lack of offensive support, which is a good sign for a young guy.
Anonymous
Just got to work, great to see both 12 innings games went the right way!
Anonymous
6 walk offs in 11 home games and a sweep of the yanks.
3 games went exactly 12 for CA teams today.
Anonymous
The 4th CA team only needed 8.5 to dispatch the Rangers tonight. That Trout guy is sumptin else.
Anonymous
Yes, he’s going to start seeing some Bonds-style IBBs if he stays this hot.
Anonymous
You don’t think there’s something fishy about him ?
Anonymous
Of course, there’s something fishy about B*nds. He’s a convicted felon.
Anonymous
So was Steinbrenner.
I think 16 was angling for a pun there…
Anonymous
Josh Hamilton, who lost his lead in RBI in MLB to Miguel Cabrera today but is still tied for the lead in HR, just made the last out in a loss to the Angels. In the top of the 9th he struck out with 2 men on base and two outs. In the game he was 0 for 5 with 3 K’s and 5 LOB in his AB’s. Friday was the first day this year that his season BA fell below 300.
His BA since April 19 is 266
His BA since May 10 is 240
His BA since May 17 is 215
His BA in July is 164. 3 Dodgers have lower BA in July: Treanor 111, Uribe 120, and Gwynn 150: 2 Dodgers have a BA higher than twice Hamilton’s Kennedy 333 and Kemp 378
Baseball is a strange game
Anonymous
Leaving shortly for HOT St. Louis (104/104/103/101 predicted). I’ll be in blue, about 10 rows behind home plate for all four games. Let’s go Dodgers!
Anonymous
Keep cool, nsxtasy. And try to pick up some tips from the greatest fans in baseball for us.
Anonymous
Just a lovely weekend. Three days in Bali with my daughter (and without internet) and the Boys got out the brooms. Sweet!
Anonymous
To someone who watched little baseball and didn’t know how good the umpiring usually is, this game could have looked as if the umps tried to promote a Mets win at several critical moments. I’m certainly not saying this is true, but its a good example of how the breaks can go. I’m sure the
Dodgers had many breaks go their way during their amazing first half.
Jon Weisman
NPUT