I am going to try something new and it’s up to you if it continues. Maybe you want it… maybe you don’t.
The ball is in your court. This is the place to talk about the game…
Starting Lineups:
| Pos | Padres | Pos | Dodgers |
|---|---|---|---|
| LF | Jankowski (L) | 2B | Forsythe |
| CF | Margot | SS | Seager (L) |
| 1B | Myers | 3B | Turner |
| 2B | Solarte (S) | LF | Gutierrez |
| 3B | Schimpf (L) | RF | Puig |
| RF | Renfroe | 1B | Gonzalez (L) |
| C | Hedges | C | Grandal (S) |
| SS | Aybar (S) | CF | Hernandez |
| P | Richard (L) | P | Maeda |
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Discussion (17)
Disagree, not disagreeable
2016 deja vu, all over again.
Wow, double plays are killing us. That’s the seductive madness of baseball that we get so addicted to. You kick a teams butt all over the field on one day, and your team looks so dang good, firing on all cylinders, then the next night you get a lefty who has bounced around the league a bit who shuts you down and just sucks the life out of the stadium. Buckle up boys, we got a long season ahead of us. Man I hate that I love this game so much.
I just checked out the box score. i guess that so far the Dodgers still don’t hit lefties.
Maeda struggled. Avilan looked very good. His changeup has improved greatly.
If A-Gon can keep hitting the other way, they will have to abandon the shift and then he can be even more effective.
Some very interesting notes. I concentrated on the batting statistics. It appears that all of tonight’s starting lineup have been successful against Clayton Richard, with Franklin Gutierrez and AGon very successful. Both Joc and Kike’ have been 1-2 against him; however Kike’ by a very large margin has the lowest BA against SD with 0 HR and O RBI. One other stat I noticed (which might also lead to Joc sitting) is that Joc has the worst BA at Dodger Stadium (.207), also by a fairly significant margin. This is good stuff for stat nerds like me.
Why isn’t SVS playing first base?
I like the starting line ups. Kike is starting only to give him some playing time. He needs to prove that he belongs. If not, we will see Taylor. Same with Hatcher. We will see him often in April. Roberts is good about giving players a chance to prove themselves. When they are sent down they cannot say much because they were given a chance.