Cardinals at Dodgers, 1:10 p.m.
Carl Crawford, LF
Mark Ellis, 2B
Adrian Gonzalez, 1B
Andre Ethier, RF
A.J. Ellis, C
Skip Schumaker, CF
Juan Uribe, 3B
Dee Gordon, SS
Clayton Kershaw, P
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KT
Chores are done…time to cruise the sports sites before the game>
Anonymous
Dodgers fans becoming the first people ever to say, “We should be starting Nick Punto!”
KT
He’s going to be important to the win as a substitution…key hit
Linkmeister
How hard did Mattingly have to work to persuade Matt to take a day off?
Anonymous
I wonder if it has anything to do with Matt’s reaction to the double switch yesterday?
KT
no he needed time off…my opinion
Anonymous
He has to prepare himself mentally to face Joe Blanton.
Anonymous
Let’s get the Kid some support!
KT
Nice eye Carl
Anonymous
Good start (I have to leave to get ready for work – hope I find good news when I get there)
Anonymous
Adrian!!!!!
KT
AGon!!!!
Anonymous
I am guessing Adrian Gonzalez is no longer slumping.
Anonymous
Agon has to be comfort to Matt, knowing there IS life after that surgery.
Anonymous
Can I leave safely now (I took 1 last peek !) :)
KT
good for you…now you can leave with a smile
Anonymous
Wait and peek some more –hopefully with the same result! :)
Anonymous
Once again, it’s the Boston connection giving them the runs.
KT
Well we won that inning
Anonymous
This does not bode well, especially the two walks. .
Jeffrey Thomas III
I’m glad Crawford stopped running on that Freese broken bat “double”.
KT
He never saw it…definitely lost it in the stands…probably never made it into the dark area above the fans where you can pick it up
Jeffrey Thomas III
Even if he thought it was going foul he should have kept running.
KT
By his reaction…he lost track of the ball and had no idea where it was going
Jeffrey Thomas III
Boy it’s fun watching Holiday play left field.
KT
Holiday having trouble picking that ball up
Jeffrey Thomas III
He has trouble picking up every ball hit to him. At least this time he can’t blame the rally towels.
Anonymous
Kershaw’s batting average at the moment still higher than his ERA: .174 to 1.67.
foul tip
If the team pulls this one out it will have won 4 of its last 5 series. If so, maybe some wailing and gnashing of teeth about the record and the epidemic of injuries, Mattingly, RISP, Kemp/Ethier, the pen, and other scapegoats will subside. Two of those series wins would be v Washington and St. Louis.
Lost in dodging all the pieces of sky that surely were about to fall is that the 2 “weak” links of the starting staff–Cap and Lilly–each have allowed no more than one earned run over at least 5 IP two of their last 3 times out. Lilly may have to be held together with bailing wire, but maybe the 2 “crafty” lefties have some mileage left.
Anonymous
Let’s hope this is the case!
Anonymous
And how efficient of the Dodgers to do it – if they are able to do it (I’m hopeful!) – in the minimal number of wins. Sadly, their record would only be 8-7 in that time.
All that said, I agree that it could be a sign of things turning around.
Jeffrey Thomas III
This time Crawford on the good end of a bloop double!
KT
Must be a sea of white along the 1st base line…too many balls being lost in the stands
KT
Come on MEllis
Jeffrey Thomas III
Great gold glove play from Kershaw to get that double play. Nice turn from Dee too.
KT
Nice Play Gonzo!!
KT
Nice hit Clayton!!
Anonymous
Kershaw’s batting average, .200. His ERA, 1.61.
KT
Nice Carl!
KT
Gonzo!!
KT
Damn
Anonymous
Com’on Unibear!
KT
Juanito
Anonymous
How many crazy doubles have there been today?
Jeffrey Thomas III
Three? If Dee had caught that one it would have been spectacular.
Anonymous
Interesting strategy here by the Cards…
Anonymous
Oh Kersh!
Jeffrey Thomas III
Dang, can’t believe they scored on that.
KT
Come on Gonzo…bring him home
KT
Let’s go Dre
KT
Bases loaded on the HBP
Anonymous
Good strategy to sacrifice with no out and a speedy runner in scoring postiion?
Anonymous
C’mon, Skip . . . PLEASE!
Anonymous
Frustration, thy name is the 2013 Dodger “offense.”
Anonymous
Some things are shocking: Kershaw gives up 4 earned runs for first time in 23 games.
Some are not: Gonzalez is the Dodger batting MVP thus far . . . the rest of the offense stinks in the clutch.
Anonymous
Pirates might have a winning season “For the first time since Adam and Eve”
Heh.
Anonymous
Perfect bunt, ballsy.
And now the Bison.
KT
Come on Matt
Jeffrey Thomas III
Matt Kemp should not be running slower than Kershaw down the first base line.
Anonymous
I didn’t see it — if it’s an injury, that’s one thing. If it’s lack of hustle, this is the old Kemp Coletti called out once upon a time.
Jeffrey Thomas III
I can’t honestly say if Kemp was slower, but it sure looked like Kershaw tried a lot harder on his infield single earlier. If you’re struggling like Kemp, shouldn’t you be running even harder? It’s just frustrating.
Anonymous
I agree completely. His shoulder shouldn’t affect his legs. And I knew Kershaw’s drive is intense.
Anonymous
RHP Rosenthal has much better #’s against LHH both this year and last (which is his ML career so far) but Mattingly ph’s Punto hitting left for Uribe hitting right. I don’t mind it in this specific case but he does this sort of thing often with seemingly no thought to the pitchers’ actual splits.
Anonymous
just arrived at work, another game of many missed opportunities I see!
Anonymous
Deja vu, huh?
Anonymous
I thought should have Clayton batted with bases loaded and 1 out. I then thought, ‘well he is just as likely to get a base hit than anyone we had on the bench (including Kemp as it turned out later!)
Anonymous
I didn’t hear it live and it’s easy to second guess, but I’m sure I would have been happy to see the Kid up there . . . he definitely has been more clutch than many of the “hitters.”
Anonymous
Plus it kept the game away from the bullpen.
Anonymous
True
KT
How long does it take you to get to work?
Anonymous
Only half hour, but unfortunately I have responsibilities other than baseball :) (both at home and at work!)
KT
I know the life of being semi-retired is rough
Anonymous
I should have said ‘arrived at ‘DT’ rather than ‘arrived at work!’
Anonymous
Can we dare to dream!
Anonymous
Just tuned in. Dang, missed my change at seeing the Minotaur be fully human. Maybe next year.
Jason Ungar
Ellis with RISP .412. Gonzo .436. leadoff double and u take bat out of their hands, give away an out to get the guy further into scoring position so Ethier .156risp, ellis .207 risp or Schumaker at .148 risp can get their shot. Sometimes u have to manage by feel, numbers be damned.
Anonymous
Mattingly almost never passes up the opportunity to bunt…except when there’s a runner on third and fewer than two outs. Someone might correct me, but I can’t recall his ever calling for a squeeze. Admittedly, squeezing with the bases loaded would be unconventional, but Kershaw is probably the team’s best bunter and surprise is the whole idea – if A.J. is running with the pitch, he probably gets it down and the Dodgers take the lead.
Anonymous
The Dodgers haven’t had a successful squeeze this year. They had two last year. One by AJ Ellis and one by Adam Kennedy.
Anonymous
OK, thanks for the info. Do you recall whether they have even attempted a squeeze this year?
Anonymous
This proves anyone can be off their game . . . but how many times this year would Kershaw have dreamt of the Dodgers giving him as may as 3 runs?
Anonymous
this ridiculous lack of translation “The Dodgers signed the 160-pound left-hander last August, just 11 days after he became eligible on his 16th birthday. The Dodgers purchased his
rights from Diablos Rojos del Mexico — the Mexico City Reds — of the Mexican League.”
from this story:http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130526&content_id=48689968&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&tcid=tw_share
Anonymous
Quite a debut in any event.
Linkmeister
After much searching, it appears that the young man is the younger brother of José Lima. Can there be a renewal of Lima Time?
Jon Weisman
NPUT