From the Dodger press notes: “The Dodgers are looking to move to 18 games over .500 for the first time all season. The club has lost on all four attempts (May 23 at Arizona, May 28 vs. Milwaukee, June 11 vs. the Angels and June 13 vs. the Angels) to reach that plateau this year.”
White Sox at Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.
Dee Gordon, SS
Elian Herrera, CF
Andre Ethier, RF
Jerry Hairston Jr., 2B
Bobby Abreu, LF
A.J. Ellis, C
James Loney, 1B
Juan Uribe, 3B
Chad Billingsley, P
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Anonymous
haven’t been able to post in the past few days but man! have i enjoyed reading your guyses stuff…
KT
welcome back Blue
Anonymous
>> The club has lost on all four attempts (May 23 at Arizona, May 28 vs. Milwaukee, June 11 vs. the Angels and June 13 vs. the Angels) to reach that plateau this year.”
What that means is that, for the past 3.5 weeks (since May 22), the team has been playing .500 ball.
Anonymous
Even as I generally respect Mattingly, I have questioned some of his decisions as to lineups and strategy. I am in total agreement that, if Juan Uribe must play, he should hit no higher than eighth.
Anonymous
Look at Uribe’s splits, admittedly a small sample because of his being hurt. He is first on the team in BA against RHP for any player with more than 14 AB, he is 6th in OBP same criterion, he is 4th in SLG for any Dodger with over 22 AB’s, again vs RHP. Both Loney and Gordon are worse than Uribe in all 3 stats.
Anonymous
With Uribe, I think that what you see is what you get. We could argue that he’s keeping Kennedy out of the lineup.
Anonymous
Agreed, I said that at another site this morning.
Adam Luther
Hairston in the 4 hole – interesting.
Anonymous
Well, we scored 8 runs the last 2 times he hit 4th, hopefully it happens again tonight.
KT
Didn’t he do really well the last time or was it the 3 spot where he went 5 for 5
Anonymous
The five for five game was in the three spot
kinbote
I want an easy plateau, somewhere to rest my head.
KT
Nice 1st inning Billz
Anonymous
Jason Hammel of Baltimore threw a 1-hitter against the Braves.
Jason Hammel!
KT
who? ^_^
Anonymous
Was that a strike? Looked outside to me.
KT
I think it was a tad low and outside…I rewound to see
KT
Good eye Elian
KT
Come on Dre…move him around
KT
Good job Dre
Come on Jerry…bring him home
KT
Just a base hit Jerry
Anonymous
1st and 3rd with 1 out, bring em home!
Anonymous
In his first hometown appearance since he left the University of Washington (my undergrad alma mater), Tim Lincecum has surrendered first inning home runs to Caspar Wells and Jesús Montero in a notorious pitchers’ park. 22 pitches before getting out of the inning.
KT
excellent news
Now we need chad to get out of this inning
KT
where was that pitch ump
Anonymous
Lucky hit
bcmaiden
Like I said last night, Alexei hits us well but no one else. They cashed in, we couldn’t.
Anonymous
To repeat (sort of) from below:
2012 before tonight:
Uribe 305/359/424
Loney 269/351/388
Gordon265/314/335
Linkmeister
Curses be upon MLB Network for showing me the Giants – Mariners game rather than the Dodgers – White Sox game.
There. I feel better.
Anonymous
You’re lucky. I get to see them fall behind while listening to Hawk Harrelson’s homerism and constant trite sayings like “he gon” and “got heem”.
KT
come on Chad
Christopher Staaf
Oh man. Come on Chad.
Anonymous
Down 3-nothing already, that didn’t take long…
KT
well maybe the running on the bases will tire the pitcher enough for us to get some back
Anonymous
I noticed that Kershaw shaved!
Anonymous
We’re getting to their pitcher, just need to drive in the runs
Lucas Bauer
Down 3-0, but we can get to Humber.. limit any further damage and chip away :)
Anonymous
Lazy popfly by Ellis
bcmaiden
Looked like ball 3 too. I’m ashamed of AJ.
Anonymous
Another weak popflly by Loney, this is ridiculous.
Anonymous
Lead off hit and we do nothing with it, smh.
Christopher Staaf
Jerry Meals better call that outside strike for Chad too.
Anonymous
This is gonna be one of those games, all their hits are finding open spaces.
KT
Come on DP
KT
Not the DP I was asking for but it will do nicely
Anonymous
Another full count for billingsley.
KT
Terrible play by Herrera
Christopher Staaf
Kemp would have had it. As would Gwynn Jr. Herrera showed he doesn’t play CF often.
Anonymous
Wow, everything going wrong right now
bcmaiden
Another big deficit to overcome. White Sox looked horrible in ST, started the season slowly, and have turned it on. Interleague scheduler be damned.
KT
We got to start holding them if we want to get back into this one
KT
Nice Chad
Come on Dee
KT
Nice Dee
Come on Elian
Anonymous
1st and 2nd with no outs, we need to score here.
Anonymous
Herrera responds with a weak popfly…
Anonymous
Dre singles and Hairston hits a sac fly, well, better than nothing.
KT
Nice hit Dre
Come on Jerry now the time to come through
KT
He’s been calling that a strike all night
KT
well we scratched
KT
Nice Bobby!!
Anonymous
2 runs, this has gone better than expected.
KT
make that 3…much better than expected
KT
Nice AJ!!!
Anonymous
3 runs!
Anonymous
A STORY BEHIND EVERY UNIFORM Super Joe McEwing (third base coach, White Sox) –His first full season in the majors was also his best. McEwing batted .275 in 1999 with 141 hits and nine home runs, both career highs. He also amassed a 25-game hitting streak, the fifth longest at that time by a rookie, and finished fifth in National League Rookie of the Year balloting.
McEwing became an immediate fan favorite because of his energy, hustle and obvious love for the game. During his rookie season, McEwing played every position on the field, except for pitcher and catcher. In his honor, St. Louis Cardinals fans created what was known as “Little Mac Land,” in a play on words of the official “Big Mac Land” created in the upper deck of Busch Stadium for Mark McGwire. McEwing had a streak of 230 errorless games, which at one point was the longest such streak by an active major league outfielder.
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From Wikipedia Dot Org
KT
nice article
Anonymous
this team just blows my mind. amazing!
KT
Come on James
KT
BGJ!!! ties the game
Anonymous
Tie game!
KT
Let’s go Juan your turn
Anonymous
Great inning dodgers. It’s a brand new game now.
KT
good inning…now let’s hold them
bcmaiden
This is Chad you speak of.
Lucas Bauer
So much for chipping away! Game on
Christopher Staaf
James Loney is coming around nicely. Now please put him in the lineup every day.
bcmaiden
Yes
Anonymous
Lol, bills was sick of that annoying Ramirez as well
bcmaiden
Ugh, bad defense again on a routine play. IDJ and Elian are both better defensively but don’t get the call over Jerry and Adam.
bcmaiden
…and it costs another run.
Anonymous
Gave the lead right back, they didn’t even earn it. :/
KT
I still think Jerry is better suited for 3rd base even though he says he’s not comfortable there
KT
Very intersting in Anahiem
Good hit Chad…come on Dee
Anonymous
is rojas avoiding calling it again? so stupid…
Anonymous
i think Billz made the best pitches (of the entire game) to Beckham, OUTSIDE fastball tailing in at 93mph, then he threw a fastball IN to tie up Beckham with a weak grounder. If he pitches like that moving forward, we’ll be ok…
KT
just a little ahead on that one Elian
KT
Good eye Dre
Come on Jerry
KT
Now they are in scoring position
Make him pay for throwing at your head (not on purpose)
Anonymous
Humber with all kinds of trouble, the catcher set up outside & Humber threw it over Hairston Jr’s head.
Anonymous
Ugh, lucky sox
Anonymous
We need to make them pay even more if they are going to let us get runners in scoring position every inning.
KT
Come on DP
KT
just what the doctor ordered
Anonymous
Beautiful pitch sequence to Rios.
Anonymous
Something very interesting happening in Anaheim
KT
now that mlb network switch games….I switched feeds, now watching the WS feed but not in HD
KT
Bobby got out and AJ’s up
KT
AJ k’ed
Loney up
Anonymous
Something less interesting now
Anonymous
Wow, pathetic defense, stop giving away freebies to the other team
Anonymous
Good throw and catch Aj to Dee
bcmaiden
Bad throw good tag Dee.
KT
Come on IDJ jr
KT
bases loaded 1 out in the bottom of the 6th in SEA…Lincecum gone
KT
in play run
KT
in play runs…now 7-4
KT
going to the top of 7 sea 7 – Gnats 4
Anonymous
Dee looks at three straight strikes, back to back 123 innings
Anonymous
We have lost the ability to field ground balls
bcmaiden
Wright our ground ball pitcher coming in…please field the ball gang.
bcmaiden
Okay, catch a fly ball then.
KT
terrible defense tonight
KT
good eye Elian
Come on Dre
KT
nice drive him now Dre
KT
Wow….midlle batter pitching switch…twice in 2 days
KT
I guess I missed it…Dre struck out not middle switch
Jason Ungar
I vote for Herrera as leadoff.
KT
Come on Bobby
Anonymous
Hairston strikes out looking, swing the bat man
Anonymous
What an ugly inning.
Hopefully the Mariners can save our butts tonight and hang on to their lead.
bcmaiden
Batting Jerry cleanup a disaster tonight with 8 runners 7 LOB. This team could be scary if it had a real #5.
Anonymous
We have nobody other than Ethier that teams have to worry about pitching to. Can’t wait for the all-star break.
Anonymous
i was about to type, that it was a perfect situation for Abreu to hit his 2nd bomb…
bcmaiden
Giants down to their last 3 outs to get 3.
Anonymous
hey batter, batter…
Anonymous
i got wiggly legs on that Wright curve.
bcmaiden
There goes Alexei AGAIN.
KT
Way to work a walk AJ
Come on BGJ
Anonymous
Thank you Mariners! Our division lead remains at 4 tonight.
Christopher Staaf
Come on Loney, good time to hit your first Dodger Stadium homer of the year.
Christopher Staaf
So much for that…I think we got away with one on the DP attempt.
Anonymous
i’ll take it, it was definitely an out.
bcmaiden
Looked like a tie to me and the rule is tie goes to the runner, doesn’t it?
Anonymous
Si se puede?
Christopher Staaf
At least Uribe didn’t hit into a double play.
bcmaiden
Watching Uribe at bat is the most painful thing.
Anonymous
His swing is a tornado of failure.
Christopher Staaf
I still want to know how he hit 156 HRs and lasted over 10 years with that swing.
bcmaiden
Excellent question because he not only has a horrible swing, he swings at everything.
Anonymous
his swing is everything i feel about Eric Davis but in backwards.
Jason Ungar
so funny cause it’s true.
Anonymous
Uribe does not swing. He lunges.
Anonymous
Gwynn can’t hit or steal bases now.
bcmaiden
Bad words. Jr is going thru a really bad stretch. Our Saturday record in jeopardy.
KT
Good job Josh…Come on Boys let’s get some hits
Anonymous
i hope destiny has something pretty in store for us this inning!
Let’s go Dodgers. woo!
Anonymous
What year did Dre have a ton of walk-offs? I want some of those now.
bcmaiden
Explain to me how Adam Dunn could suck as badly as he did last year FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR?
Anonymous
Hibernation
Anonymous
Hi Guys….
Quick post here… too much family stuff lately to post…
But, I have to say that Herrera’s AB last night in which he laced that ball down the right field line on that 2-strike, hard bender had to be one of the nicest pieces of hitting I’ve seen in a while…
Had to give him some major credit for that one.
….
How is this team finding ways to win all these games? Smoke and mirrors? …
I don’t care…. I’m not going to complain… I’m just going to enjoy the wins and Vinny’s voice. :-)
Anonymous
3-3 for the week, meeting expectations with this current roster.
On the other hand, another one run loss, getting really sick of these.
Christopher Staaf
Good news: the Giants lost, still have a 4 game lead. The bullpen (expecially Jamey Wright) pitched well.
Bad news: no hits after the 4th inning, the defense left much to be desired, the Saturday winning streak ends.
Tomorrow, I hope Cappy can go 8 innings and take the series before heading on the road to Oakland. Go Blue. See you all tomorrow and Happy Father’s Day.
bcmaiden
I’m calling Jerry the whipping boy tonight with all the goose eggs with RISP and bad defense.
Anonymous
In the cleanup spot as well, bad bad bad combo.
KT
Oh well tomorrow we need to take the rubber game…always like to take a series
Anonymous
Yep, don’t want to drop 2 series in a row.
underdog
Happy father’s day to all of you who are fathers
or have a father or had a father or know a father!Today’s game feels like one of those I Especially Miss Matt Kemp Today games (facing a young lefty) but hopefully I’ll be wrong. Quintana’s been pretty good but we’ll see. Time for righties like Jerry Jr to pick it up again. Enjoy the game, I’m out in the woods (with internet) this weekend and gonna get some fresh air, watch the game on replay later. Let’s get a W!
Anonymous
Enjoy the woods UD. Outdoors with internet, unbelievable. And yes let’s get a W :)
Jon Weisman
NPUT