Though the defense remains solid, Juan Uribe’s offense has deteriorated since his seven-RBI game July 5. He has a .247 on-base percentage and .266 slugging with three walks and 18 strikeouts in his last 86 plate appearances, dropping his 2013 OPS from .800 to .708.
Anonymous
No so snuggly anymore. [sigh]
Jon Weisman
The button is off the overalls.
KT
Go BLUE!!!!
Jon Weisman
The button is off the overalls …
Jon Weisman
Boy, I had a lot of trouble doing an image there.
foul tip
Not too hard to surmise that if the Dodgers make any more deals this season, 3B would be a likely spot. But, who?
Or maybe Cliff Lee. Unlikely, that.
David Farinella
I missed much of the game last night. Curious how Dee Gordon looked. Thoughts?
Anonymous
I also missed the game but good to see he had a couple hits – will be nice to have his speed around for pinch-running if/when needed until Hanley returns.
Anonymous
Two hits but booted a ground ball.
David Farinella
Also, saw that Dan Haren and Kyle Loshe have been put on waivers. That could be curious. Loshe is obviously older and Haren has been prone to the home run ball this season. Might be my Oakland roots showing, but I think a Haren pick up might be nice.
Anonymous
Not sure either is an upgrade over Cappy/Fife
KT
Just did a quick look at satellite and radar…there is a line of thunderstorms popping up to the southwest of STL but looks like they will stay to the south as they propagate across the midwest…My forecast is we will be ok…no rain for the game
Anonymous
May be down, but lets not count him out nor forget he is part of what got the Dodgers to this point.
KT
CC!
KT
Nice bunt…not really but did the same job
KT
Puig!
Anonymous
Maybe Guerrero can be signed and moved to third instead of second.
KT
Puig!
KT
Mellis!
KT
Good inning Ryu!
KT
Dee with the strategic placement…but not on purpose
KT
Dee Speed!
Anonymous
Had trouble getting KLAC on MLB Audio, so had to hear the Cards’ announcer for one play — and almost fell asleep!
KT
DP Time
KT
Juan!
KT
DP!!
Jeffrey Thomas III
That was a pretty sweet turn from Ellis and Dee.
KT
CC!
Anonymous
2nd time around . . . let’s get some runs!
KT
Mellis and CC speed!
Jeffrey Thomas III
Some good base running this inning.
Anonymous
Agon! C’mon, Puig!
KT
CC! gonzo with the sac!
KT
missed tag…foot in first…if he tagged the foot out
KT
Let’s go Dre
KT
Good eye Dre
KT
Good eye AJ!
Anonymous
Unfortunately, Uribear lives up to this headline.
KT
good inning Ryu!!
Anonymous
Some missed opportunities to be sure but the Dodgers sure have made this Martinez kid use up a ton of pitches.
KT
not this inning
Anonymous
Jeeze right after I say it – he only needs 5 pitches to get through an inning.
KT
Gonzo!
Anonymous
Makes it look routine
Anonymous
Now available, the Gonzo Glove, aiding All Stars everywhere . . .
Anonymous
What a joke
Anonymous
It worked yesterday, hopefully the same today — I’m taking my dog to the park now and hope to return to see the Dodgers have broken open this game.
Jeffrey Thomas III
Are you kidding me?
Anonymous
I’ve never seen a more *unearned* run in my life.
KT
3 outs
Jeffrey Thomas III
Ok how many more singles will it take to get Adrian in tonight?
Anonymous
Or one very long one that leaves the playing field
KT
Puig!
KT
AJ!!!!
Anonymous
There we go !
Anonymous
There’s the dinger we needed!
Anonymous
Man, just pull the poor kid already
KT
he was done before the at bat
Anonymous
yeah, and they send the trainer out there to stretch his arm/wrist/fingers out ? Dumb.
KT
right index finger and forearm
Jeffrey Thomas III
That’ll get Adrian home! And then some!
KT
Got this from McCovey Chronicles…
http://i.imgur.com/JOlCKE7.jpg
Anonymous
But the Giants are a team full of *heart* and *grit* !
KT
T.F. @EephusBlue2m
Andre Ethier and the most WTF play ever http://paintthecorners.wordpress.com/2013/08/08/andre-ethier-and-the-most-wtf-play-ever/ …
Here’s either’s play for thse of you without eyes
foul tip
Strong candidate for a Sports Center Lowlight.
Anonymous
Worthy of the play in May, not now!
KT
Los Angeles Dodgers @Dodgers4m
AJ Ellis likes long walks on the base paths and three-run jacks. Watch: http://atmlb.com/15hfr5G
KT
Great inning Ryu!!
KT
DEE!!!!!
foul tip
Ever-graceful Miggy trips over 3B, doffs his cap.
http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id=29541945&c_id=lad
KT
DP Time
Anonymous
Just back from the park with my dog, Frodo — it worked again, 3 runs! I’m looking forward to catching up on what happened.
Linkmeister
Frodo? Okay.;)
Anonymous
Got him from the shelter . . . he had had a life almost as traumatic as his Hobbit namesake.
Linkmeister
Careful. He may take you adventuring on The Road and you’ll end up at the Grey Havens. :)
KT
K’ed
KT
3 outs
KT
scratch again Boys
KT
whiff by freese
Jeffrey Thomas III
And he whiffs again!
Anonymous
Did I hear Lyons say no error can be charged on a foul ball right after Freese made an error on a foul ball?
KT
no he didn’t say that
Anonymous
what did he say about errors on foul balls?
KT
It was Collins who talked twice in a row after Lyons talked about him trying to hurry up and make the catch…the second phrase out of Collins mouth was him emphasizing “You Can make and error on a foul ball”. The “can” part was drawn out and almost sounded like can’t…just “rewound” the DVR
Anonymous
Thank you
Jeffrey Thomas III
Great start for Ryu, nice to see him not give up a ton of hits.
Anonymous
I don’t want to take anything for granted . . . but in a short series — post-season, for instance — the trio of Zack, Ryu, and the Kid will be awfully imposing. The key — as it has been all season — is the offense.
Anonymous
LEt’s pad this lead!
KT
Eric Stephen @truebluela2m
Hyun-jin Ryu has 22 strikeouts and one walk in his last three starts
KT
Chad Moriyama @ChadMoriyama2m
Hyun Jin Ryu’s ERA drops below 3 at 2.99 after that inning.
KT
Eric Stephen @truebluela3m
Hyun-jin Ryu has 22 strikeouts and one walk in his last three starts
KT
AJ!
Anonymous
Andrew James!
KT
Dee with the BB
KT
JH Jr!
Anonymous
Jerry!
Anonymous
Like this. They aren’t rushing to make the plane, but trying to finish the job here.
Spence
Who needs Hanley? Still take 3 of 4 from the Cardinals.
Jeffrey Thomas III
Still one more inning! I wonder if they bring Kenley in with a 4 run lead, not sure who else they trust.
Anonymous
Belli hasn’t pitched in a while.
KT
hasn’t pitched in 3 games
Jeffrey Thomas III
I know, I like the move. Just wondering if they would use somebody else in the non save situation.
Spence
Cardinals are going to be 4 games behind the Pirates. I think seeing a Pirates – Dodgers NLCS would be great.
Anonymous
Paco had a couple of appearances this road trip that worried me a little bit (just a little), but he seems back on track.
KT
2 outs for Paco
Jeffrey Thomas III
Puig!
Anonymous
I like the fact the Dodgers have scored after getting a bunch yesterday . . . and that they’ve scored in three different innings, three different ways . . . can’t always count on the long ball.
Anonymous
Watching Matt Holliday in the outfield is often amusing.
Anonymous
Reminds me of someone long ago referring to Manny Ramirez play the outfield looking as if he had rollerskates on.
Anonymous
Never forget Loney nailing him.
Anonymous
On Gameday, that pitch looked as far off-target as Andre’s throw into second . . .
KT
26 in a row by Kenley
KT
Ball Game Dodgers Win!!!!
Kenley with 27 straight batters
14 games over .500
17-3 since ASB, 34-8 since 6/22
5.5 gms ahead of the Dbags,
#4 seed, 6 gms back of the #1 seed, 2 gms behind the cards
14 straight series win or tie 10-0-4, Still Streaking!!!!
http://i.imgur.com/AMbO5zV.jpg
Jeffrey Thomas III
Well it wasn’t perfect but 7 of 8 aint bad. Gonna be a big series against the Rays at home.
Anonymous
Don’t forget – the Cards scored 13(Pirates), 13,3,and 15(all vs. Reds) in last 4 before this series.
Dodgers held them to 2,5,4, and 1 to take 3 out of 4.
KT
I know some of you
don’t care about the #1 seed in the NL or think it’s too soon but here it is:
Dodgers solely in 4th place in the NL standings.
2 games behind the cards.
5.5 games behind the Barves
6.0 games behind the Bucs….very obtainable…Go BLUE!!!!
KT
current series record:
http://i.imgur.com/R0QYYpt.jpg
Spence
Puig is ridiculous. 377/437/600 thru 220 at bats.
KT
Leads all rookies with a 3.1 fWAR before this game
Anonymous
does that include pitchers?
Spence
I’d probaby give ROY to Jose Fernandez, but if Puig had played the whole season in LA he’d be the easiest choice ever. He’s literally one of the top 5 players in the game right now.
Anonymous
Rookie of the Year
KT
Aaron Roberts @BertsBall17m
3 of 4 in St. Louis, 17 & 3 since the AS break & unbeaten in 14 straight series! All they do is Win Win Win #Dodgers pic.twitter.com/R0s1kaupQq
KT
Puig getting hit with the ball during the game:
http://24.media.tumblr.com/00c40226ccc34df7883d60ff305d28f7/tumblr_mr8v7o6yJB1rs467vo1_400.gif
KT
Los Angeles Dodgers @Dodgers20m
RECAP: @AJEllis17 goes deep, collects 3 RBIs as #Dodgers top Cardinals, 5-1: http://atmlb.com/15hxLeY pic.twitter.com/N17LRWUEO9
KT
Seager hits his first HR for the Quakes. 2 run shot to center. Its good to hear
KT
Dodgers Nation @DodgersNation10m
Amazing “@FeelinKindaBlue: The #Dodgers have lost two games since July 26 (11-2). Both games were started by Clayton Kershaw.”
Anonymous
And Dodger bats plated 1 whole run, I believe.
KT
yea his the bad luck pitcher for the Dodgers this year…It always has to be someone who doesn’t get run support I guess it’s his turn this year
Anonymous
AA Chattanooga had lost 11 in a row before tonight by a combined score of 19 to 60. They won tonight by tying the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the 9th and winning on a walk-off HR in the 13th.
Anonymous
interesting video of Puig’s flip to Ethier after catch. Don’t think this was talked about on Dodgers telecast but I am prepared to be wrong on that.
http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id=29543995&query=&game_pk=348457
Anonymous
Saw that, but Lyons was strangely for me mum on it, though he marveled at the routineness for Puig of catching a ball that otherwise had double written all over it.
Anonymous
ESPN this morning showed the play and then showed Ellis talking to Puig in the dugout telling him that had Ethier had dropped the ball the hitter would have been safe. As I remember, players have to take the ball out of their glove before the catch becomes an out–what Puig did is not considered taking the ball out of the glove.
Jon Weisman
I feel that if that’s true, then Puig should get an assist and Ethier the putout.
mike_tink
good point
Spence
I wish the playoffs would start next week.
KT
I don’t that would mean this great season would be over soon and would you really want to start the playoffs without a healthy Hanley or Matty???
Anonymous
The 162-game schedule is one of the best things about MLB – makes the eventual Champ that much more deserving.
Bob_in_Vegas
Early June, I was wanting the season to end for a whole different reason!
Anonymous
Loney and TB coming to LA
KT
time to sweep
KT
Puig and Ryu:
http://imgur.com/6ZgD6NE
Also, this one of Puig is pretty awesome:
http://imgur.com/ndVO17k
KT
Hope we get good Cappy tonight:
http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/chris-capuano-putting-up-some-surprising-numbers/
Anonymous
Going to need him, going up against Price.
KT
“Ryu (11-3) allowed one unearned run on five hits while striking out seven and walking no one. He increased his winning percentage to .786, which is the highest winning percentage for a rookie in Dodgers’ history”
From ESPN article (not Saxton):
http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=330808124
Anonymous
Ryu can be co-MVP with Puig.
Anonymous
Uribear blues.
KT
He’ll pick it back up again
Anonymous
I suppose he will rebound a bit and we always have his defense, but I am thinking that was the final surge from him after a 13-year career.
KT
From ESPN article (not Saxton):
http://espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles/dodger-report/post/_/id/6678/dodgers-make-a-statement-in-st-louis
“The St. Louis Cardinals are not just any other team, and Busch Stadium has not been just any other ballpark for the Dodgers.”
“Thursday’s 5-1 win gave the Dodgers only their second series win at Busch Stadium over the past decade. In fact, before Wednesday’s 13-4 blowout win, the Dodgers were just 9-24 over the past 10 seasons in St. Louis.”
Anonymous
Not sure about this, but in that video, there is a guy who walks over and sits on the dugout bench before Ellis starts counselling Puig – he might be an interpreter.
foul tip
Just noticed that only 3 guys got all the Cards’ 7 hits…Carpenter 2, Holliday 2, Freese 3.
Anonymous
Jack Clark tries to drop a PED bomb on Albert Pujols and takes Justin Verlander and Shawn Green along with him.
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/clark-accuses-pujols-of-steroid-use/article_9afc6d86-6a7f-5e49-b636-2f893df579a1.html
Anonymous
Not that this hasn’t been told here already, but I just saw where the dodgers placed League on Waivers.
Anonymous
Never happen, but Ned can dream…
Anonymous
They probably placed a lot of players on waivers. They just want to see if someone is interested. They would bring him back off of waivers if he got claimed.
Anonymous
no they wouldn’t; not with League’s contract
foul tip
We can hope they wouldn’t. He might be effective at times, but he’s been inconsistent, and even Guggenheim probably would like to be rid of that dumb contract.
KT
Usually everyone goes on revocable waivers this time of year that way if a trade situation comes up they have already past through waivers and can be dealt to the new team
foul tip
Linked to this earlier but comment is gone. Probably of considerable interest–
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130808&content_id=56344282¬ebook_id=56344494&vkey=notebook_la&c_id=la
KT
Dodgers PR @DodgersPR2m
Yasiel Puig with a full page spread in this week’s Sports Illustrated. On newsstands now: pic.twitter.com/gFv4Q8wOwo
DodgerNole66
Enjoyed the game in person last night (game 4 in St. Louis). Wonderful way to cap off the series, albeit a little sloppy in the field with Ethier’s weird throwing error and Puig’s walk to gather in that single. They were looking a little sluggish. But Ellis comes through large after I had just said to my son, I’d take a bases clearing double right now.
Cards fans again proved to be the nicest fans on the planet (as they do every year we drive over), engaging us in conversation, laughs, and wishes of good luck and drive home safe while looking like small dot of blue in a sea of red. Funny that most assume we came in from LA for the game. No, we’re just Vero Beach natives who now live in the Kansas City area.
Let’s keep it going!
KT
Puig was trying to bait Carpenter into trying to go for second on that play so he could throw him out
Bob_in_Vegas
Nice to hear about cordial fans rooting for the opposition. I’ve found when I have rooted for the Blue in Wrigley, the BOB (back when AZ had a much cooler-sounding stadium!), or Petco, I get respect from their fans as long as I’m respectful.
KT
Ryan Walton @RyanWaltonMLB11m
Sick of hearing about the @Dodgers going 34-8? Me neither….here is what each individual has done since June 22 http://www.valleybaynews.com/2013/08/05/los-angeles-dodgers-team-stats-since-june-22/ …
ASW1
Fun stats to look at – My favorite and maybe the most impressive on the page is the “complete team pitching” line : 42 Games, 384 IP, 2.60 ERA, 1.11 WHIP
Bob_in_Vegas
That’s fun, KT, thanks. I especially like the breakdown of the remaining opponents. This division title is the Dodgers’ for the taking!
mike_tink
from Cardinals game story:
Martinez lit up the radar gun — reaching 100 mph twice, 99 mph 13 times and 98 mph on another 15 occasions.
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Also, there is a longer quote from AJ.
foul tip
TY
Jon Weisman
Dodgers vs. David Price:
M Ellis 2B
Punto SS
Gonzalez 1B
Puig CF
Hairston LF
Uribe 3B
Federowicz C
Schumaker RF
Capuano P
At the risk of being too negative, I feel like this is the Rays’ game to lose.
Jeffrey Thomas III
Wow.
Bumsrap
The logic of this lineup to be consistent should have Gonzalez hitting lower in the lineup or maybe have Grienke playing 1st or RF.
ASW1
Hmmmm. Well, uh…., hmmmmm.
Bob_in_Vegas
I think the only fear this lineup inspires is in the hearts of Dodger fans.
Bob_Hendley
Night off against the tough lefty, with Skippy the sacrificial lamb.
KT
Can’t remember who asked me yesterday about if Puig was leading the pitchers also in war:
Puig is at 3.2 WAR, easily leading rookie batters. The next closest is A.J. Pollock with 2.5 WAR. Jose Fernandez does have 3 WAR, though.
Jon Weisman
NPUT