Dodgers’ vs Nationals: Starting pitchers: LA Kershaw DC Gore. LA’s starting lineup. Ohtani DH, Betts SS, Smith C, Hernandez RF, Pages CF, Edman 2B, Conforto LF, Hernandez 1B, Rojas 3B. Records LA 46-30 1st in the NL West. DC 31-44 4th in the NL East:
In the top of the first, Kershaw allowed a first pitch homer to Rosario, who was batting second and retired all of the other Nats hitters. DC 1. In the bottom of the first, Ohtani walked, but Betts, pop out, Smith, hit himself with a batted ball, and Teo, strike out, stranded him on first. In the second, Kersh walked Lowe, then House struck out. Kersh 11 from 3000. Call singled and Riley hit into a double-play.
Pages led off the second with a single. He was then caught stealing. Edman lined out to short and Conforto flied out to center. In the top of the third, Young flied out to right. Abrams singled. Rosario singled. Kershaw then struck out Wood and Chaparro. Now just 9 Ks away from 3000. Kike led off the third with a ground rule double. Miggy grounded out softly to the pitcher, with Kike taking third. Ohtani walked. Betts hit what looked like a double-play grounder to third, but Betts beat the relay to first, and Kike scored. LA had challenged the out call at first.
Smith then walked and Teo hit a ball that SS Abrams knocked down, but threw wide to second for an error, Betts scored. 2-1 LA. Pages singled to center scoring Smith. 3-1 LA. Edman struck out to end the inning. Kershaw got the Nats out in order on 6 pitches in the top of the 4th. Conforto led off the 4th and struck out. Kike flied out to right. Rojas then doubled down the right field line. He went to third on a passed ball. Ohtani singled him home. 4-1 LA. Betts flied out to right.
In the fifth, Adams led off with a homer against Kershaw. Young singled to center and Abrams struck out. Rosario grounded out to Rojas. Wood grounded out to Betts. Keshaw finished the night with 4 Ks, leaving him 8 from 3000 and he allowed 2 runs, both on homers. LA went down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the 5th. Kopech took over in the top of the 6th. Chaparro flied out to center. Lowe struck out, House singled and Call struck out swinging. ‘
Bottom of the 6th, Edman grounded out and Conforto flied out to left. Kike walked and Miggy Ro homered to left his 3rd of the year. LA 6 DC 2. Vesia in to pitch the top of the 7th. Vesia hits Adams. Young lined out to center. Abrams singled and Rosario walked loading the bases. Wood struck out. Yates relieves Vesia. Garcia pinch hits for Chaparro, and lines a double to right, Adams and Young score. 6-4 LA. Lowe then hit a sinking liner to left that Conforto makes a diving catch on ending the inning.
Betts doubled and Smith walked in the bottom of the 7th. Teo popped out to first. Pages hit into a force play with Betts taking third. Edman flied out to left. Dreyer came in to pitch the top of the 8th. He got House to fly out, a ground out by Call, and then he struck out Adams. In the bottom of the 8th, Conforto flied out. Kike hit his second double and Muncy, pinch hitting for Rojas walked. Ohtani struck out and Mookie grounded out to third.
Top of the 9th, Scott in to pitch. He got Young to fly out to right. Abrams then homered to center making it 6-5. Rosario grounded out to short, and Wood grounded out to Edman ending the game. Kershaw got his 3rd win, Scott his 15th save. Kike, Pages and Rojas all had 2 hits apiece. LA had 9 total. Prior to the game, LA sent Little back to AAA and called up Klein.
Minor League Results
OKC got crushed by Round Rock, 13-4. Funkhouser took the loss. OKC had 12 hits. Freeland, Outman, Hoese and Feduccia all had 2 hits apiece. Okey returned to action and played first base. He was 1-4. Funkhouser took one for the team going 4 innings and giving up 11 earned runs. The other 2 runs came off of Carlson. Frasso pitched a scoreless 9th. Midland shut out Tulsa 2-0. The Drillers managed just 5 hits. Heubeck took the loss, his 4th. Keith was 2-4.
Peoria beat Great Lakes 7-1. The Loons managed just 5 hits. Sirota was 1-2 and is now hitting .342 with an OPS of 1.067. Nevin was 2-4. Ibarra gave up 3 runs, and Romero allowed 4. Rancho out slugged San Bernadino to win 10-7. Quintero was 3-5 with a homer and 2 driven in. Diaz was 2-3 with 2 homers and 5 driven in. Elkins and Munoz had 2 hits each. Foeller got the win, his 3rd, even though he allowed 6 runs in his 5 innings of work. Godwin got his first save.
Around the League
Kyle Gibson opted out of his deal with the Rays. The Dodgers got some help as the Royals beat the Padres 6-5 and the Red Sox beat the Giants, 7-5. LA now leads the Giants by 4.5 and the Padres by 6. Tatis Jr. was in the Padres lineup, so his hand was not injured seriously when he was hit by Little last night. Devers went 0-5 against the Sox pitchers tonight. Roberts was suspended for one game and served that suspension tonight. Danny Lehmann was the acting manager.
May against Irwin tomorrow and Ohtani makes his second start on Sunday. Good win for the team.
Yes, nice win especially with both Giants and Padres losing.
Vesia looked shaky last night. First time in some time he was not mowing everybody down. Other than the HR Scott again looked very good.
Go Dodgers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’ve been battling a nasty flu for the past week but still managed to watch every game. It seems our pitching has galvanized enough to where we will win or battle our way through the coming season barring more injuries. Kershaw is still enough to stand in and deliver. What more can we ask of this demi-god.
It was thrilling for me to see Shohei on the mound the other day. Indeed, historic! The only thing I miss seeing from him is his base stealing which will probably be toned down since his move to the mound. Safety first.
Relievers are beginning to look believable again. Scott, 15th save today, gives up a HR and barely blinks. Love it. The team is looking like magic again.
Hope you feel better soon Jeff. Ohtani has not even attempted a stolen base in about a month.
Quintero is really performing. Interesting Frasso as.a reliever.
Nice win for Clayton. Solid outing again.
Pages keeps raking.
Quintero should go up to high A soon. Are the Dodgers not promoting guys like dePaula, Sirota, Hope, Quintero because they want to keep their trade value as high as possible ? If the promote them now and they struggle it could harm their value in a possible trade.
After a slow start at the ACL Emil Morales has gone on a tear the last week raising his average all the way up to .280 with 5 HRs.
Go Dodgers!!!!!!!!!!!
There is a log jam of outfielders in the system. Great Lakes has five very good outfielders. Not sure about Tulsa, none of their outfielders jump out at you. OKC has some decent outfielders, Ward, Ruiz, Berra and of course Outman. In my unprofessional opinion it’s time the Dodgers cut bait with some of the outfielders. I can think of one at the major leagues and OkC needs to only keep a couple of there outfielders all of them are over 26 years old. Perhaps bring one up to play left field and see if he can handle MLB pitching. If Tulsa has a worthy outfielder (let me know, I check there box scores and stats daily) move him up to OKC. The outfielders at Great Lakes and Quintero for the Quakes would be exciting to watch at a higher level.
Ward is spending the bulk of his playing time lately at first base. None of the AA outfielders jump out at you. Keith has 9 homers but is hitting around .245. Most of the other guys are hitting below that. Ramos has 10 homers; Newell also has 9. Pagan is hitting .250, the highest BA among the outfielders. Taylor Young, who is a second baseman, has the highest BA on the team, .288, he also has stolen 18 bases which leads the team by a bunch. As a matter of fact, Ward is now listed on the roster as a 1B. He also has stolen more bases than Outman with 11. Ruiz leads the team with 33.
I don’t see the Dodgers making a move with any of their young talent. I think there will be some moves out of OKC for some back end relievers or younger talent like Lux-Sirota. Pretty scary for MLB that we’re doing this kind of damage without much starting pitching. I wonder if Roki could come back for some October bullpen duty? And yes, let’s get Frasso in the pen bc there is no opportunity to start for him, now or in the future.
There might yet still be a start or two for Frasso, or someone else, going forward. July/August heat hasn’t really started yet. I certainly anticipate an R&R need for Yamamoto, May… wait…
I am currently looking at the Fangraphs depth chart for the Dodgers and it shows only 4 starters, Yamamoto, Kershaw, May and Casparius.
We’re in the shallows now. And summer just started.
Good thing this team can score.
A first day of summer look at Dodger things:
Yes. A win.
But this was against the Nationals, a team that is recently reeling and for the season is among the worst in the league. They had 3 home runs and made it closer than it should had oughta been.
Our closer has an ERA of 3.79. He has looked better of late though, dropping that ERA from 4.73, but, hes a very expensive closer. Shouldn’t that ERA look more like it did for the 3 previous seasons?
Betts, 5 for his last 36 with 1 home run in the last month and his lowest OPS in his career. Is playing short wearing him down? Some (me) suggested it might. And it’s only now summer.
Pages an All Star? Yep.
Another Sports front page piece in the Times about how the Dodgers were the president’s toadies and have been ducking their social responsibility. Oh this is going to piss some people off. But, we’re adults here, right? Federal agents showed up at Dodger Stadium. Gulp. The Dodgers did however donate $1 million to immigrant causes. That might help.
Why you always got to bring bullshit politics into the conversation and ruin the mood.
And you’re post doesn’t ruin the mood?
After that brutal 29 game stretch, in which they went 17-12, they deserve a respite. Which over the next 12 games they will receive.
Considering all of our injuries going 17 -12 is a really good record against the teams we played.It shows the depth and intensity the team knows how to play with.I am very happy with our team.I am though concerned about Mookie offensively.
If nothing else, the Dodger ownership knows how to make money. So whether they support ICE’s efforts and methods or not, this is a political football. And since about 40% of their fanbase is Hispanic it’s smart business to donate 1 million to immigrant causes.
It speaks more about smart business and less about a political stance.
Another good point. They didn’t want to do anything, but knew they had to do something.
yup
Badger,
Life is great, and so is this organization. Don’t sweat the small transient stuff.
Don’t worry, the team will make the playoffs. The team has a chance to win it all.
Its all good.
It’s good, but it’s not ALL good. And, in my opinion a dearth of starters is not small stuff.
That said, I hear Snell and Glasnow are throwing again. The Dodgers should be fine when they return.
Glasnow is making a rehab start at OKC on Sunday to begin ramping up.
And Ohtani is ramping up.
Good point. He should be at 5 innings by the time 100 degrees shows up around the country. July and August can be brutal playing every day.
How long will it be before Frasso is calked up to be part of the bullpen?
Yankees are shopping for a righty bat utility player.
Padres looking for a LFer.
Conforto for Merrill
I like this idea. If Pads wanted a bit more, I’d toss in the dude we just got from Boston
Padres should be looking for their lunch money. Because we stole it.
I love great baseball names. Miami has a starting pitcher named Jason Junk.
If James were a pitcher, Outman would be a good name.
Sadly Bum, James is that or an outfielder.
I like Aaron Bummer.
And Grant Balfour………..
How about lunch with Pete Fries, Jake Burger and Oscar Colas?
Going fishing with Trout or Salmon!
You Could throw in Catfish
I’m actually headed to Wendys now for some fries and a burger, thank you for the hints!!
Another solid performance from Kershaw. The HOFer continues to win. Hopefully only two more starts to get to 3000 strikeouts. And he is providing much needed consistency while the high paid, fragile starters rehab. Great job Clayton!
I think it’s going to be very interesting to see Kershaw’s role come playoffs.
I, who knows nothing, think his reduced stuff will get annihilated in the post-season, but how do you leave him out? Maybe he can be satisfied piggy-backing, but a #5 starter (behind Ohtani, Glasnow, Snell and YY) is frightening for a potentially consequential game.
Yikes.
If his stuff moves to the middle it’s frightening. Can’t see a place for him if big four are healthy in October
I have mentioned before that while Kersh has done a nice job in his return, I’m thinking he has value out of the bullpen in the right circumstance. One inning, one time through perhaps.
That decision will be totally dependent on the status of the starting staff come playoff time. Who’s available and who isn’t.
Work him all summer eating innings and see where everything is come mid/late September. Still a long way to go.
Staying in the moment, Kershaw is needed in the rotation and keeping the Dodgers in the game. He could get better and or might not be needed in the rotation down the road.
Also, Betts should be backing off from his demanding shortstop training, getting more rest, and start getting his bat mojo going.
Conforto any day now should be hitting or be part of a David Copperfield disappearing act.
Bum, I saw Lance Burton one time in Vegas and he make a Corvette disappear. I once had a girlfriend who did that too.
Girlfriends can make a lot disappear.
Just saw the Dodgers starting lineup for tonights game. Conforto starting and Kim sitting again. Roberts is full of sh*t. Says Kim has earned more playing time and then sits him. Ridiculous.
Where is Kim going to play? They obviously like Pages defense in center better than Kim and he has never played LF in the majors. Edman would be the starting second baseman over Kim. Kim would not have made that play that Conforto made last night to save a couple of runs. Roberts is opting for experience. Kim is more of an infielder, and his best spot is second base, which just so happens to be Edman’s best spot.
Kim at 2B and Edman in the outfield. Conforto should sit. He sucks.
You have no way of knowing if Kim would have made that catch or not. No one does.
Edman is not going to play the outfield until his ankle feels 100 percent. That was talked about on the broad cast yesterday. IMHO Kim would not have made that play with as little outfield experience as he has.
I’m thinking they will have patience with him until July. The Dodgers are 4 games up. They probably feel they are fine for now. Second half may be a different story.
Padres DFAd Jason Heyward.
Ohtani horrible AB in the 5th. Had a 3 & 1 count but swung at ball 4 on the next pitch, then struck out looking on the following pitch. It cost the Dodgers at least 1 run, because had he walked (as he should have), Edman would’ve advanced to 2B where Betts’ single would’ve scored him.
I haven’t been happy watching Shohei at the plate for a while. It’s almost like he’s forgotten how to bat. No bat to ball skill. Chasing bad pitches. Watching perfect strikes retire him. This move to the mound is not having a good effect on him, methinks.
May’s “reworked” throwing motion might keep him healthy and prolong his career, but it’s surely reduced the effectiveness of his “stuff.” He’s not what he used to be.
He’s still pretty good but making mistakes with his control.
i’m pretty sure it’s more the arm surgeries than any rework
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