Notes on each member of tonight’s Dodger starting lineup.
Skip Schumaker, 2B: Had a .440 OPS on May 7. Went 27 for 69 (.391) at the plate to raise OPS to .694 on June 9. Has gone 8 for 45 with four walks and no extra-base hits since.
Yasiel Puig, RF: With 37 hits in 85 at-bats, only needs to go 3 for 15 to be at least at .400 after 100 at-bats. David Pinto of Baseball Musings notes that the most at-bats for an entire season for a .400 hitter since Ted Williams is 134 by Bob Hazle in 1957.
Adrian Gonzalez, 1B: Three homers in six games vs. San Diego this month, zero homers in 18 games vs. everyone else.
Matt Kemp, CF: Seven for seven in stolen bases this season. In his rookie season, he was perfect in six attempts. Played in 71 career games before his first caught stealing.
Andre Ethier, LF: Making his first appearance in left field since 2008.
A.J. Ellis, C: Has .260 on-base percentage, .284 slugging in 79 plate appearances since May 13.
Juan Uribe, 3B: Per Fangraphs, has fourth-best WAR on Dodgers in 2013, behind Carl Crawford, Puig and A.J. Ellis.
Nick Punto, SS: Riding a three-game hitting streak, but has .516 OPS in 130 plate appearances since May 8. Luis Cruz has a .525 OPS in 51 plate appearances in that time period.
Zack Greinke, P: Opponents at Dodger Stadium have .270 OBP against him this year.
Phillies at Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.
Anonymous
Bob Hazle helped Milw Braves to World Series down the stretch off the bench, earned nickname “Hurricane Hazle” after the season’s great meteorological event.
Anonymous
Hurricane Hazel was in 1954, but people still remembered it in 1957. And it was alliterative. Hazle was definitely a short-term wonder.
http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/7ea99404
Anonymous
My faulty memory, or the fact that I was very young at the time.
Jon Weisman
Hazle was batting .507 on August 28, then hit .299 the rest of the way.
Anonymous
“CHARLEY STEINER TO BE INDUCTED INTO NATIONAL RADIO HALL OF FAME”
What, Petros was unavailable?
Anonymous
An opportune moment for his retirement.
Jon Weisman
You don’t have to like Steiner, but comparing a guy with a four-decade career dedicated to broadcasting to someone like Petros is pretty silly.
Anonymous
Who’s Petros?
Anonymous
Perhaps WBBsAs was being a bit sardonic.
Anonymous
More likely being clueless.
Anonymous
Question: Is Mr. Pink’s Ginseng Energy Drink Still the Official Ginseng Energy Drink of the Los Angeles Dodgers? If not, what is?
Linkmeister
Re the post title, who gets to be Cary Grant?
Any youngsters who’ve never seen “North by Northwest,” get it from Netflix or your local library. The Mt. Rushmore scenes are unforgettable (I remember them and I saw the movie in original release a LONG time ago).
Anonymous
KT? So far, so good!
Jon Weisman
Dodgers just pounding the ball in the first inning – Puig, Gonzalez, Kemp and Ethier all ripped it. 3-0 lead.
Anonymous
Are you here, Jon? A great inning!
Jon Weisman
I’m at home …
Anonymous
1. Was that a defacto ‘dogs and cogs’ ? :)
2. What a start!!
Jon Weisman
As close as I’ve come in a while …
Jon Weisman
It’s naive on my part, but hard not to get excited reading these quotes about rehabbing Kemp’s swing. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130627&content_id=51923788¬ebook_id=51924708&vkey=notebook_la&c_id=la
Anonymous
There are 3 articles there; the one Jon mentioned was last for me.
Jon Weisman
Does it matter?
Anonymous
just trying to be helpful since there was nothing about Kemp at the top, ok?
Anonymous
At least the usual HR off Grienke is out of the way now
David Farinella
He is Lilly-ian in that regard.
Jon Weisman
Finally an out after a rough start to the top of the second.
Anonymous
Since I found the Fangraphs WAR results mentioned under Uribe above surprising, here are the b-r results:
Uribe is 7th behind Puig, AJ, Adrian, Punto, Crawford, Hanley
I believe Adrian Gonzalez loses more on baserunning at Fangraphs than at b-r while the same for Haley except for fielding.
Anonymous
According to Vin, Ryne Sandberg once had hair down to his knees and was nicknamed “Prince Valiant.” Did I miss something?
Linkmeister
Shoulders.
David Farinella
Anybody else having problems with MLB.tv?
Anonymous
Time to turn two!
Jon Weisman
Utley drives in the run with a lunging swing and a blooper.
Anonymous
Later than I wanted, but it’s still good.
Anonymous
It stopped that half innings getting completely out of control
Jon Weisman
Dodgers began the game ripping the ball – now 12 in a row have been retired.
Anonymous
They have to remember they’re the NEW “Whole New Blue.”
Anonymous
Greele only really looked sharp in the first inning. He’s not fooling anyone.
Anonymous
That’s 4 first pitch singles now
Anonymous
Desperately seeking a… Got it!!!
Jon Weisman
Greinke has a “quality start” through six innings despite allowing 11 hits.
Anonymous
Lucky Howard swung at a 3-0 pitch last time or this game could have been beyond us by now
Jack Dawkins
Wonders if this lets me post now….trying again.
Anonymous
It’s ‘on’!
Anonymous
Silver Lining Dept.: they were extremely efficient with their offensive output.
Reality: their offensive output ain’t much . . . and has disappeared
Anonymous
One more inning Greinke. You can do it! Dig deep.
Anonymous
Darn .
Anonymous
Un-qualitied this start!
Anonymous
At 12 hits to 4, we are lucky we are still close
Anonymous
lets make the walk count!
Anonymous
They did!
Anonymous
Dodgers have to graciously accept the gift — and do something about it!
Anonymous
C’mon, HanRam!
Anonymous
PUIG!!!!!!!
Anonymous
de-livers
Anonymous
Turns the whole feel of the game around . . . especially with 2 strikes!
Jon Weisman
Not many hitters try to pull a low and outside 0-2 pitch and succeed.
Jack Dawkins
He is unreal. First 2 pitches were the same and he looked lost. Then he adjusts. kemp never couild make that adjustment.
Anonymous
4 scary words: up to the bullpen
Anonymous
it’s their time to shine!
Anonymous
Sometimes, when Puig looks so lost (first two pitches), I wonder if he’s faking the pitcher out. And how the heck did he hit that third pitch?
Anonymous
Now I look forward to seeing it on the clips tomorrow.
Besides the fact everyone is amazed he was able to hit it, I’m surprised he pulled it, since he’s been soo good at going the other way.
Anonymous
Way to go ‘Yassy’….
Nice piece of hitting.
Anonymous
4 outs to go
Anonymous
C’mon, Belli!
Anonymous
BELLI!!!!!!
Anonymous
No bottom of the 9th for these next four games!
(And a boring top of the 9th would be nice as well!)
Anonymous
Woo hoo! Good Belli!
Anonymous
Flyin’ Bison!
Anonymous
Matty!
Anonymous
Another run would be GREAT!!!
Anonymous
Run By Bison (with assist to AJ)
Anonymous
Such a joy to see Matty run!
Anonymous
You’re at the game, right?
Anonymous
Yes. And a great game it was!
Jeffrey Thomas III
Just got back last night from Mexico, nice to come home to a Dodgers winning streak!
Anonymous
So much for the boring 9th.
Grateful for the run by Matt.
Anonymous
Let’s not be “indifferent” to the runner!
Anonymous
Get the K, Kenley!
Anonymous
Ditto! . . .
Jeffrey Thomas III
6 in a row! This is fun, sad I missed the first few.
Anonymous
Agon!!!!
Nice game . . . had the lead, gave it up, got it back, and hung on . . . again!
Anonymous
Game, set and match!
Jon Weisman
NPUT