Tonight, the Dodgers try to find out if Edinson Volquez’s last start was the fault of Coors Field or the fault of Edinson Volquez not being any good any more. Trevor Cahill hopes to hold the Dodgers to fewer than six homers.
Adrian Gonzalez is the Dodgers nominee for the 2013 Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award sponsored by the Players Association. You can vote on the award and read about the other nominees at the MLBPA website. After Sunday, there will be winners from each division and then the players will choose from among those six.
Thinking about 2014 already? The Dodgers and Diamondbacks will open the season on March 22 in Sydney. Their North American opener will be March 31 at San Diego. Their Los Angeles opener will be April 4 against the Giants. And there will be a World Series rematch against the Tigers at Dodger Stadium on April 8-9.
OK, a little presumptuous on that one. But, if the Dodgers play the Tigers in the World Series, it would mean that the Dodgers would be the first NL team to play all eight of the original American League franchises in the World Series: Red Sox (1916), Cleveland (1920), Yankees (1941, etc.), White Sox (1959), Twins (1965), Orioles (1966), A’s (1974, 1988).
And this video made its Dodger Stadium debut last night:
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Since sweeping the Dodgers, the Reds have failed to score in 13 innings against the Cubs. They lost 2-0 last night and are down 6-0 tonight.
Bob_Hendley
Go Nats!
KT
Go BLUE!!!!
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The Cardinals, who scored 26 runs in a weekend sweep of the Pirates, are scoreless through 5 against Wily Peralta and the Brewers in an interesting game.
Linkmeister
Kershaw v. Verlander, Greinke v. Scherzer in Games One and Two this year, huh?
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The game in St. Louis is no longer interesting. Matt Holliday hit a 2-run homer to put the Redbirds up 2-0 on the Brewers.
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Edwin Jackson with a home run for the Cubs in Cincinnati. 9-0 Cubs in the 7th. Braves lead in Miami 4-3 in the 8th.
KT
Gonzo!
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Braves won 4-3. Now at 87 wins. Dodgers at 84. Cardinals, up 3-0, have 83.
KT
DP!!
KT
Good eye Juanito
KT
MEllis!
TAFKA_Gagne55
Based on the Uribe comment and now this, it appears my updates are about a minute behind.
KT
I’ll Slow down
TAFKA_Gagne55
Nah, it’s all good. I like getting my game updates as enthusiastic shouts.
KT
YES!!
TAFKA_Gagne55
I take it an “in play(runs)” is coming up.
KT
Stolen base
TAFKA_Gagne55
Ok, I switched to Yahoo! which is more up to date than ESPN tonight. Just curious for others who often follow on gamecast, which site do you prefer?
KT
I’ve followed mlb
Bob_Hendley
Me as well. Haven’t tried those.
KT
used to do ESPN but it always hangs up in the later innings
KT
Nice inning Eddie
KT
Gonzo missed a homer by 1-2 feet
Bob_Hendley
Missed a double by about the same amount.
Jack Dawkins
Id say he was abnout 1 or 2 seconds from beating the throw for a double.
Bob_Hendley
Yep, that was my calculation as well.
KT
hit hard enough but not high enough
KT
Juanito!!
KT
AJ!
Jack Dawkins
really golfed that one out.
KT
and then stood and admired it
KT
walk a thon
KT
DRE!!
Jack Dawkins
Hanley looked odd running, but noone is looking at him.
KT
he’s sore…right off his ankle bone at about 100 mph…surprised he could score from second
TAFKA_Gagne55
If scoring from second on a double is an issue, then he probably should have been taken out.
KT
He was limping and grimacing as he was getting close to home
TAFKA_Gagne55
Ah, so he hurt himself running home? Although he did play shortstop the next inning so it couldn’t have been too bad. A cramp maybe?
KT
No he fouled a ball right off his left ankle and then walked on the next pitch and Gonzo walked so he didn’t get to stretch it out
KT
Juanito!!
KT
nice way to end the inning
Jack Dawkins
The replay at end of inning was interesting. The second base ump didnt signal out til Puig transferred the ball to his other hand. Seems like they are lookign for that from him now.
TAFKA_Gagne55
Though not great by any means, Volquez did throw a quality start. Not too bad from an emergency starter.
KT
Beautiful pitch Paco
Bob_Hendley
Paco demoted to the 7th?
KT
struggling from overuse
KT
Nice MEllis!
scooplew
In there entire history, in Brooklyn and in Los Angeles, the Dodgers have had only four players with the initials E.V. Two of them are Eugenio Velez and Edinson Volquez. The other two are Elmer Valo and Ed Vande Berg.
KT
good eye Yasiel
ASW1
Time to bring him home.
KT
Let’s go Hanley
KT
Yasiel Speed
ASW1
Look out for the wild pitch.
ASW1
Beli right back on the horse.
KT
Hanley!!!
ASW1
Beautiful play – ankle looks fine.
KT
just need to work it out
ASW1
Man, I haven’t seen AJ do anything but hit grounders to the right side for a while now.
KT
DP Time
TAFKA_Gagne55
I guess it says something about Kenley that my reaction is “hits in back to back appearances? What’s gone wrong with him?”
KT
Kershaw’s bored:
http://imgur.com/x0gpDT9
KT
on to the bottom
TAFKA_Gagne55
Alright, time to get Kenley the W.
ASW1
Yeah – seems like it’s been awhile since Dodgers enjoyed a walk-off.
ASW1
Puig is overdue
ASW1
swung at the wrong pitch
TAFKA_Gagne55
Well, I’m done for the night. Later folks.
KT
night
Jack Dawkins
Free baseball
David Farinella
Pinch run!
ASW1
Nice call
David Farinella
Somebody had to say it.
Bob_in_Vegas
C’mon, Juan!
KT
Now do they walk juan
ASW1
Throw another one!
David Farinella
Just a little contact, Uribear. Just a little contact
ASW1
Needs to shorten his swing a little.
David Farinella
Uribear always swings as if the official scorer is going to give him extra runs for effort.
David Farinella
That’s 2 ball fours
KT
Damn it now we lost Gonzo’s bat
ASW1
Damn – he was swinging like Dodgers needed a HR there…
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In 9 inning games, Arizona’s winning percentage is .463. It is .727 in extra inning games.
ASW1
And their bullpen is not very good – bizarre.
Bob_in_Vegas
Get the K!
btimmer
As you wish.
Bob_in_Vegas
Get the W for W!
ASW1
Groundball to short? Or 3rd?
ASW1
Neither – and took a great play to get him!
David Farinella
Let Kershaw bat!
KT
grienke
David Farinella
Wow. Tip of the cap there.
David Farinella
C’mon SVS. I’m soooooooo tired.
ASW1
Nice call – Again!
KT
Ball Game Dodgers Win!!!! 26 games over .500, Magic Number is 6!!!!
Madres elimination number from NL West is 1 !!!!,
Good to see we really improved our home record (45-28)
won 27 of last 37 gms (.722) in August/Sept., 37-12 since ASB (.750) 55-17 since 6/22 (.761)
13 gms ahead of the Dbags, largest lead by a division leader
Dodgers 2 games back of the Barves for MLB’s best record
Last 24 series 18-2-4 going for the series sweep tomorrow
http://i.imgur.com/AMbO5zV.jpg
David Farinella
WOOOOOO —- HOOOOOOO.
Good night!
KT
night
John_from_Aus
nicely done boys!!
Bob_in_Vegas
Scott for postseason!
KT
http://i.imgur.com/2UF8kGl.png
David Farinella
The Mustachioed Brotherhood Unite!
Bob_in_Vegas
Nice bouncing back from that terrible road trip — run the table this homestand!
ASW1
I’m beat as well – g’night guys
KT
night ASW
RBI
Really great for SVS! Good game all around.
RBI
Me, three. Nighty night.
KT
night
Linkmeister
Woohoo!
Casey Barker
Collmenter lost his second battle with Withrow in extras!
KT
Los Angeles Dodgers @Dodgers5m
Shower time, vine: https://vine.co/v/h1DOl7dPe79
KT
David Vassegh @THEREAL_DV5m
#SVS pic.twitter.com/GSS1CvkCI7
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NPUT