It was the one game in this series I thought the Dodgers would win for sure, but sometimes it doesn’t work that way. With Yamamoto on the mound, I felt he would outpitch the Padres rookie, Ryan Bergert. Bergert though kept the Dodger bats at bay giving up just 3 hits and a walk while striking out three in his 4.2 innings of work. Up until that point in the game, except for a second inning homer by Bogaerts and then a sac-fly by Iglesias scored Bogaerts with the second tun in the 4th. Bergert got into some trouble in the 5th, after retiring Muncy and Pages, Edman walked, and Kim singled him to third. Morejon replaced Bergert and got Ohtani to ground out back to him.
Yoshi gave up another run in the 7th on back-to-back doubles by Bogaerts and Cronenworth. Iglesias struck out and Trevino replaced Yoshi and got the last two outs. Padres scored 2 off of Jack Little in the 8th, the first coming after Arraez tripled then scored on a one-out single by Sheets. The Padres then loaded the bases and scored the fifth run on a bases loaded walk to Iglesias.
Roberts seemed to throw in the towel at that point and in the bottom of the 8th inning, he pinch hit Rojas for Betts, who singled after Ohtani struck out to begin the inning, he than PH Rushing for Smith and finally Kike for Freeman. Both of those guys struck out ending the 8th. In the Padres half of the 9th, things got more than a little testy. Little struck out Maldonado. He then hit Tatis Jr. with a pitch, the second time he had been hit in the series.
Roberts and Shildt came out of the dugouts yelling and cursing each other and both benches emptied. Shildt and Roberts were both ejected. A pinch runner replaced Tatis. Little got Arraez to pop out and Machado to fly out to end the 9th. In the bottom of the inning, Reynolds came in to pitch for San Diego. Teo and Muncy walked. Pages flied out to the wall in left center. Suarez replaced Reynolds and was greeted by a Tommy Edman single which was misplayed by CF Lockridge and Teo scored with Muncy going to third and Edman to second.
Kim then grounded out short to first, Muncy scored, and Edman went to third. Ohtani to the plate. On a 3-0 count, Suarez hit Ohtani high up on his shoulder. The umpire ruled it was intentional, and Suarez was ejected from the game he also ejected their bench coach. Ohtani waved the training staff off and even went over to the Padres bench to try and calm things down. Matsui relieved Suarez and he proceeded to throw a wild pitch that wound up in Maldonado’s gear and the umpire ruled a dead ball and sent Edman home with Ohtani moving to third and Rojas on first with a walk.
With the score now 5-3, the first 5 pitches to Rushing were all balls, but the umpire made some really bad calls, and it was 3-2 to Rushing. Matsui then threw a perfect strike that Rushing swung at and missed ending the game. LA went 17-12 against teams with a winning record over that 29-game stretch. They finished 5-2 against the Padres over that stretch and 2-1 against the Giants. They lead San Diego by 5 games and SF by 3. 5 while currently having the best record in the NL at 46-30. Their next 9 games are against teams currently under .500. DC, the Rockies, who lost to DC tonight and the Royals who are 1 game under.500.
The home plate umpire, Marvin Hudson made some really bad calls with an especially egregious call depriving Yamamoto of an immaculate inning. Believe it or not, there have been several posts on Yahoo sports saying this guy should be fired. LA had trouble with this umpiring crew the entire series with several balls and strike calls made that were highly questionable. Plus, Roberts thrown out twice in a four-game series? That has never happened before.
LA’s offense was totally shut down by Padre pitching amassing just 6 hits, 2 of which came off of the bat of Tommy Edman. DC comes in tomorrow for a 3-game series to end the homestand. The Dodgers placed Gonsolin on the 60-day IL and recalled Little. Sheehan was optioned to AAA. No pitching matchups announced yet.
Minor League Scores
OKC 7 Round Rock 6. OKC built up a 6-1 lead only to have Round Rock score 5 in the top of the 9th to tie the game. Feduccia went 2-4 with a homer and a double driving in 2. Hoese had a homer. Ruiz had 2 hits and drove in a run. Ward had a triple, Outman and Gauthier had doubles. In the bottom of the 9th, Kimbrel came in for Round Rock. He walked Feduccia and struck out Dean. Feduccia went to second on a wild pitch. Ruiz singled Feduccia to third and then stole second. Senzel flied out to short left field. Hoese walked loading the bases. On a 3-2 pitch to Gauthier, it was called a strike, but they challenged, and it was a ball, giving Gauthier a game winning walk off walk. Kimbrel took the loss and Julian Fernandez, who got the last out in the top of the 9th, got the win in relief. Jarvis started going 5.1 innings and giving up just 1 run.
Midland 6 Tulsa 5: The Drillers fell behind 6-1 after scoring the first run in the bottom of the first. They had a 4-run rally to make it 6-5 in the 8th. They had only 6 hits, 3 of them by Simmons and 2 from Young. Simmons drove in 3 in the 8th with a bases clearing double. Loss went to Brandon Neeck who pitched just 2.1 innings allowing 2 runs.
Great Lakes 13 Peoria 4: Going into the bottom of the 7th inning, Great Lakes was leading, 3-2. They scored 8 in the bottom of the 7th and 2 in the bottom of the 8th for their final tally of 13. They got their first run on a Sirota homer in the 1st, his 4th of the year. They scored 2 in the bottom of the 4th on a double by Diaz. He then scored on a single by Wagner. Wagner went to second on a wild pitch and scored when Nevin doubled. Bottom of the 7th: Rodriguez singled, George and DePaula walked. Sirota hit a sac-fly, and the other two runners moved up 90 feet. Vetrano walked and Wagner struck out. Nevin singled in George and DePaula, Vetrano to third, 6-2 GL. Gelof hit a 3-run homer to left, 9-2. Thompson doubled and Rodriguez homered to end the scoring in the 7th, 11-2. Peoria got 2 back in the top of the 8th. With 2 outs, Wagner was HBP and Nevin walked. Gelof then doubled them both in giving him 5 RBIs on the night. Gutierrez got the win, his 4th with 2.2 innings in relief of Fox who went 4 scoreless.
Rancho 3 Lake Elsinore 2: The Storm scored 1 in the first to take the lead. Rancho scored 1 in the bottom of the 4th when Martinus tripled and then came home on a wild pitch. In the bottom of the 8th, Guerrero walked and went to second on a passed ball. He then scored when Quintero singled to center. 2-1. The Storm tied it in the top of the 9th on a double, a wild pitch and then a ground out. In the bottom of the 9th, Meza walked, Martinus walked, and they were moved up on a sacrifice by Perez. With Nicklaus at the plate, the pitcher, Ruiz balked and Meza scored. Patick went 5 innings allowing a run. Sanchez pitched 3 scoreless. Cruz, who blew the save got his second win.
Born June 14th, 1948, in Los Angeles California. AKA The Bear
Weird game. That last at bat was not fair to Rushing. Marvin Hudson made way too many egregiously poor calls (all night) and that at adds up to affecting the game’s outcome, something every ump wants to avoid.
And what to do about it? Nothing. Not this year.
On a night when strikes were balls and balls were strikes it’s hard for me to evaluate Little’s performance. His stuff looks good, but the outcome was 2 earned in 2 innings, not good. Should he stay? I have no idea but my guess is probably not. With 13 ML quality pitchers on the IL it seems somebody on that list, maybe a few somebodys, would bump guys like Trivino and Little.
Pinch hit for both Betts and Freeman? What’s up with that? Waving the white flag?
Washington. 1-9 On a 1 game win streak. Don’t let up cuz they suck.
Michael – I’m glad you mentioned Roberts “throwing in the towel”.
Ive gotta be honest, I’ve had to wait 6 hours and take a number of deep breaths before posting this morning.
I mentioned the same thing a couple of weeks back when he gave up on a game only for us to
mount a comeback in the 9th when Pages hommered. Last night what harm would it have done to let Mookie, Freddie and Will hit before taking them out for the bottom of the 8th? Made zero sense. Zero, other than to tell the Padres they had won.
It sends totally the wrong message. Never ever give up. We’ve all seen highly improbable things happen in Baseball and last night proved to be exactly that. The Padres were in total disarray with a reliever having to warm up on the mound because of Suarez ejection. The HPU was their saviour of course, but Robert’s white flag was an insult to his players and the fans. I’m not sure if I was an owner I’d have been to happy either.
This early surrender and the nonsense of Kike the other night leaves a bad taste. Too cocky by half.
I sincerely hope that the players had enough about them to let Roberts know that was unacceptable.
The more I think about it now, I don’t think Roberts pulled Mookie, Freddie and Smith to give up, I think he pulled them because he did not want to risk them getting hit by San Diego pitchers.
He normally doesn’t pull all three of them in a 5-0 game.
I disagree. The Puds could not hit a batter without getting ejected from the game and their bullpen was on fumes. If that was his reason, he screwed up.
That was only true after Tatis was plunked in the 9th. There is no carry over from the day before. So, when Suarez hit Ohtani, he was automatically gone. Up until that point, there were no warnings issued in this game. Ejection only happens after being warned or if the umpire is convinced it was intentional. There was no intention with Tatis, Ohtani on the other hand was targeted.
Why would Roberts be worried about Betts, Smith, and Freeman being beaned in the 8th inning? I think he should have let them hit.
He was worried about them getting hurt. A fastball to the wrist/thumb fingers, broken hamat bone, they are out for weeks or months. It’s not worth the risk, and I agree.
I understand the risk of injury by getting hit by a pitch. My question is why did Roberts believe the Puds would hit one of them in the bottom of the 8th inning. Tatis was not hit until the 9th.
Most of us agree with that.
I still don’t understand what people see in Robertts. Imo he’s a joke certainly not a good manager nor leader. Continuous year after year misusing bullpen and players but hey he just signed an extension the powers that be love him.
Actually Sandy, you are totally off base about him. He is a communicator; his players love the guy. He lets them know exactly what their role is. He was a magician with the pen last year, maybe his best job ever considering all the injuries. The same thing is happening this year. Look, I get it, not all of the fans are going to like the way he manages. But I thought Alston was a terrible manager. Always platooning players, leaving relief pitchers in during big games when they were obviously gassed. Lasorda made more than his fair share of blunders too, like pitching to Jack Clark, and many blame him for overuse of Fernando.
We are not talking Little League. It is OK to be off base. Just don’t get picked off.
His team wins.
I too often wonder about some of his moves, many of which are done attempting to mend the organization’s offering of broken pieces. Glue the multimillion dollar vase together and pour out wins. In the end, I have no problem with Roberts.
Clearly you didn’t watch the 2024 playoffs when Roberts had 1 starting pitcher left and “misused” his bullpen all the way to a title.
Ridic.
Roberts = France
Oh my word, get the whine out with your Roberts cheese. He’s steering the ship nicely. Standing tall last night will endear him to his team even more! He’s gonna be a HOF manager with multiple (hopefully many more WS rings). He’s gets my support for being smart and a great leader of this team
He still should not have pulled the plug on 3 of his best hitters. That game might have ended a lot differently had he left them in. They were down 5, not 10.
Yeah, maybe. But combined Mookie and Freddie were 5 for their last 30. Maybe Doc wanted to rest them for the next series against the powerful Nationals.
Yeah, that extra half hour of rest will make a difference.
I was being facetiously sarcastical.
😀 Me too.
Sarcasm, love it.
I have no doubt the next time these two teams meet, Friday the 15th of August at Dodger Stadium, that the bad blood will continue. Especially if after having his hand get imaging, Tatis ends up with a broken hand and misses some time. I understand them getting pissed because their star player got hit, but Little is a rookie, and he obviously was not throwing at the guy, whereas the plunking of Ohtani in the 9th was obvious payback. Shildt and his team overreacted to the situation at the time. But the bad blood will still be there no matter what. These two teams do not like each other.
If a team’s best player keeps being pitched inside he will eventually get hit. Payback isn’t only about revenge, it is also about saying stop pitching inside too much.
Unfortunately, the way the rules are now, that can get you tossed from a game. Big D would not approve.
Sandy,
Can you please explain how Roberts misused the bullpen and pitching staff last October?
Why ask me???? LOL, 😍
You’re the author, giving you authority. Maybe you can pass it along to Sandy.
Okie dokie
That’s the spirit Bear.
Another abysmal game by the HPUmpire. Not acceptable when they have the means to get it right.
What is easily lost in all the activity in last night’s game is just how bad Marvin Hudson was behind the plate. In addition to blowing Yamamoto’s emasculate inning was the fact that Marvin missed 14 pitches. And not consistent misses where he wasn’t giving pitches in a certain area. He missed pitches everywhere. I have no idea how he missed Yamamoto’s 9th strike, but he also took the bat out of Rushing’s hands in the 9th. This guy is a Crew Chief, who should set some kind of standard. He sets a standard all right, a standard of horseshit.
I had to retrieve the 8th and 9th innings on my VCR this morning as I called it a day when Doc called it a night in the 8th, last night. I might be nuts but 5-0 was a little early to piss on the campfire and call in the dogs.
Yamamoto’s line doesn’t look too bad, but he really wasn’t very sharp. He needs to pitch better but some early runs by us may have made a tremendous difference. 6 total hits, 2 of which by Edman, won’t cut it off 7 Padre pitchers.
The HBP on Ohtani was so bush. I used to get so pissed at one opposing coach we played. He was a cocky young buck who thought he invented baseball. He loved to hit guys on a 3 and 0 pitch. It’s just chicken-shit baseball.
Time to move on and NOT have an emotional letdown against the Nationals.
…” I might be nuts but 5-0 was a little early to piss on the campfire and call in the dogs.” Well yeah, who wants to cook dogs on a pissed on campfire?
I totally agree with everything you said. Hudson acted like he was the attraction and not the players. I would pay to see Roberts and Shildt square off in the tunnel.
Me too Bear. Smart $$’s on Doc.
But you can bet Machado would be somewhere in that picture. He always is.
White Sox are listening to offers for Robert Jr. and Benintendi and are willing to include cash. Tellez DFAd by the Mariners who chose to keep Solano to platoon with Raley when he returns.
Dodgers actually have 12 games in a row against sub-.500 teams, Nats, Rocks, Royals, who are 1 under at this point and then the White Sox before they face Houston and the Giants just before the All-Star break. Smith and Freeman are both #1 at their positions in the voting as is Ohtani. Betts is #2 behind Lindor.
I didn’t watch last night’s game, so I just now saw the missed called strike 3 on Tatis.
My god, that pitch wasn’t anywhere near the edges! It was a fastball in a spot that Tatis should have crushed 450′. How the ump missed that is unconscionable. Even the Padres announcers were stunned at that missed call.
I am afraid now to watch Rushing’s AB in the 9th, from the comments I’ve read as that may ruin my good mood.
Rushing had two balls called strikes against him. Umpiring has hit an all time low.
Dodgers are trading for Zach Penrod, a 28-year-old LHP. He was DFAd by Boston after the Devers trade. He has pitched just 7.1 innings in the minors after an elbow issue knocked him out of competition for a bullpen spot with the Sox. He has struck out batters at a 25% rate. Not sure what Boston gets in return, the trade was just announced on MLBTR. I would think he is headed to OKC first.
Nothing smell better than bacon than elbow injury to Friedman.
Did you see the video clip of Dennis Santana trying to punch an abusive Pirates fan above to visiting bullpen in the Tigers at the Pirates game?
And later some heckling Detroit “fans” were tossed for targeting Pirate outfield, Tommy Pham with abuse.
That stuff amazes me.
I played in a town once where I suspect a guy went up to the ticket window and asked if I was in the lineup. If I was, he’d pay his money just to heckle the hell out of me. Sometime he was actually very funny and in a small crowd, he was easily heard. It got so bad that some teammates were trying to identify him and do, I don’t know what.
I actually deceived myself into believing that the guy paid his money so he’s entitled to say what he wants. I don’t believe that, but it was better than being effected by it or trying to kick the guy’s ass.
I have a buddy who worked security in the bullpen at Spring Training. He said it was unbelievable, even in ST, what heckling fans would holler down at guys in the bullpen. And the Kids sounding like begging Seagulls trying to get baseballs.
Worse yet were the mothers of these little rats scolding players for not tossing up free baseballs. “well, he said please” was one of the best.
Some people feel entitled to say and do whatever they want. In my youth, we learned not to do that because you’d get your ass kicked. Not anymore.
I remember Dodger fans tossing stuff at Pete Rose when he was playing LF for the Reds.
And the beat goes on with Gonsolin and now Sasaki on the 60 IL. That brings the total pitchers on the 60 day IL to 12! This is approaching conspiracy theory territory. Lol. Are the Dodgers teasing other teams into thinking they have a chance to win the division?
It is totally unbelievable.
Kershaw pitching tonight against Gore. Freeman, Muncy out of the lineup. Rojas at third, Kike at first. Pages hitting 5th. Smith and Teo in front of him. Conforto batting 8th.
MLB news: AJ Puk undergoes elbow surgery. Gabriel Moreno has a fractured finger. Santana suspended for four days for his ” aggressive behavior towards a fan”. Ron Washington taking an indefinite leave from the Angels managerial post for health reasons. Bench coach, Ray Montgomery will lead the team in his absence.
Ok ok i get it Roberts is the best manager on the planet. They won two WS with him they probably would not have won without him. lm just curios which players have stated they love Roberts. Was it Lux,Bellinger,Busch,Vargas, Walker, etc or some of the players who said they would like to be on the Dodgers but not play for Roberts.
Not everyone is going to love the manager. Frank Robinson and Alston butted heads. Same with Dick Allen. Lasorda had his issues too. The players won the games; he just made the decisions on who played when. Buehler was not supposed to pitch the 9th in game 5. He was penciled in as the game 7 starter in case it got that far. But Roberts going out there and calming down Treinen at just the right moment. That was great managing. He was down to nothing behind Treinen. Never saw Buehler say anything about not playing for Roberts. As for the other guys you mentioned, none of them are star players. Bellinger has no reason to say anything negative about Doc since he kept playing Cody when he was arguably the worst hitter on the team. Lux never lived up to his press releases, Vargas was a bust, and Busch was blocked by Freeman and Muncy.
Ok Bear but what current players love Roberts? i agree you can find fault with any manager, front office player etc. and some players just don’t like the manager. i also agree you can find examples of Roberts doing a good job as well as instances when he has sucked which has been pointed out on this site in numerous occasions. Are you saying a player who isn’t a star, opinion doesn’t matter. If I could tell a manager where I was hitting, what position I was playing Id love him also. ps Cassidy I personally respect anyone who asks why you feel a certain way about your position an excellent negotiator
Not at all, what I am saying is every one of those guys got their first chance at playing under Doc. Not one of them has ever had a bad word to say about the man. The only bitching I ever hear about the man is on Dodger blogs. He gets roasted a ton by the fans, but they don’t strap the uniform on every day and play for him.
All of them? Most of them?
If all or most of them like Roberts I stand corrected
Here’s a few opinions from current players. There are many others just like this.
Freeman adds, “There’s a reason why so many people will play injured and hurt for him and this organization. He’s the leader of this team, and there’s a reason Sho, [shortstop Miguel Rojas] and I—all of us who were hanging on by a thread last year— will do anything for that man.”
Muncy says, “There should never be anybody that’s wearing a No. 30 Dodgers jersey ever again. I never want to play for another manager.”
According to Dodgers Nation, Betts said “To be honest, Dave is the real reason why we’re here,” Mookie Betts said after the World Series, via ESPN’s Alden Gonzalez. “I know there’s a lot of talk about Doc, but Doc is the best, man. Doc loves each and every person in here, Doc has confidence in each and every person in here, Doc never lost confidence in anybody in here. And no matter what we went through, he was always positive.”
Thank you for the examples as I said I stand corrected wrong is wrong my bad
Exactly, and he does it in a way that is a lot different from the positive stuff Lasorda used to say and do. But I have never seen Doc ream a player out in the open like Tommy did. The video of him and Doug Rau going at it on the mound during the World Series went viral.