For the first time since 2009, we will have a World Series game in Yankee Stadium. The Yankees will be starting Clarke Schmidt (5-5, 2.85 ERA in 16 starts). The Dodgers will respond with Walker Buehler (1-6, 5.38 ERA in 16 starts). Either manager will be happy if his starter makes it through the fourth inning without getting shelled.
Each of the first two games in the Series ended with the trailing team coming to bat with two outs and the bases loaded. In Game One, Freddie Freeman his a grand slam. In the Game Two, Jose Trevino flew out. That's the difference in the Series so far.
ReplyDeleteThe Yankees are sticking with their lineup:
ReplyDelete1. Torres, 2b
2. J. Soto, rf
3. Judge, cf
4. Stanton, dh
5. Chisholm, Jr., 3b
6. Volpe, ss
7. Rizzo, 1b
8. Trevino, c
9. Verdugo, lf
No one for the Yankees wears a single-digit number, as the Yankees have retired every number from 1 to 10. They've also retired 15, 16, 20, 21, 23, 32, 37, 42, 44, 46, 49, and 51.
ReplyDeleteThe Dodgers have retired 1, 2, 4, 14, 19, 20, 24, 32, 39, 42, and 53. I noticed that Ice Cube was wearing a 24 jersey on Saturday night.
ReplyDeleteI knew almost nothing about Ice Cube's background, but he was 7 when Walter Alston retired, and maybe he's a big Walter Alston guy:
DeleteO'Shea Jackson was born in Los Angeles on June 15, 1969, to hospital clerk and custodian Doris and machinist and UCLA groundskeeper Hosea Jackson. He has an older brother, and they had a half-sister who was murdered when Cube was 12. He is a cousin of fellow rappers Del tha Funky Homosapien and Kam. He grew up on Van Wick Street in the Westmont section of South Los Angeles. In ninth grade at George Washington Preparatory High School in Los Angeles, Cube began writing raps after being challenged by his friend "Kiddo" in typewriting class. Kiddo lost. He has said that his stage name came from his older brother, who "threatened to slam [him] into a freezer and pull [him] out when [he] was an ice cube".
Cube also attended William Howard Taft High School in the Woodland Hills area of Los Angeles. He was bused 40 miles (64 km) to the suburban school from his home in a high-crime neighborhood. In the fall of 1987, soon after he wrote and recorded a few locally successful rap songs with N.W.A, he enrolled at the Phoenix Institute of Technology Phoenix, Arizona. In 1988, with a diploma in architectural drafting, he returned to Los Angeles and rejoined N.W.A, but kept a career in architecture drafting as a backup plan.
The Dodgers called on Brad Paisley to do the National Anthem in Game One, but the Yankees counter with Leslie Odom, Jr. for Game Three. He is great, just as you would expect him to be.
ReplyDeleteIn response to Ice Cube, the Yankees have sent out their own rapper, but I don't know anything about rappers, and Fox won't put up a caption to identify him, so I can't tell you anything more about it.
ReplyDeleteI've got the radio and the TV synched up, and I'm ready to go. I endorse the RTS-200C RadioTVSync from Motron Electronics. It's an amazing product.
ReplyDeleteIn the top of the first, Ohtani walks, Betts pops out to left, and then Freddie Freeman hits his third home run in three World Series game -- a classic Yankee Stadium blast into the right field seats. Dodgers lead 2-0.
ReplyDeleteThat's all for L.A. It's the Dodgers 2, the Yankees coming to bat.
ReplyDeleteBuehler walks Torres, but then retires Soto (fly out), Judge (strikeout), and Stanton (groundout). Dodgers lead 2-0 after 1.
ReplyDeleteWalker Buehler has played well enough in this postseason that he might end up being opening-day starter for the Las Vegas A's in a few seasons.
DeleteDodgers go down 1-2-3 in the top of the 2d. They still lead 2-0.
ReplyDeleteYankees cannot score in the 2d, and the Dodgers lead 2-0 after 2.
ReplyDeleteIn the top of the 3d, Edman walks, advances to second on a groundout by Ohtani, and scores on a flare to right by Betts. Great small ball from the Dodgers, and they now lead 3-0.
ReplyDeleteSchmidt walks Freeman, gets Teoscar Hernandez to pop up, and walks Muncy. That's all for him, and he's finished after 2 2/3 innings. The Dodgers have the bases loaded with two out, and the Yankees are turning to Mark Leiter, Jr.
ReplyDeleteLeiter gets Smith to tap back to the mound, and the Dodgers leave the bases loaded. They lead 3-0 after 2 1/2 innings.
ReplyDeleteWith two out in the bottom of the 3d, Torres walks again, but Soto can only a hammer a grounder to Freeman, and that ends the inning. Dodgers lead 3-0 after 3.
ReplyDeleteThe top of the 4th started promisingly for the Dodgers with a walk to Lux and a single by Enrique Hernandez that put Lux on 3d. But Lux was tagged out at home trying to score on a squeeze play. Then the Yankees brought in Nestor Cortes, and he struck out Ohtani and got Betts to line out to left. So the Dodgers get no runs, and they still lead 3-0 after 3 1/2.
ReplyDeleteIn the bottom of the 4th, the Yankees started to reach Buehler. Judge flew out to left, but Stanton doubled to left. Chisholm hit a sinking line drive to right -- just like the one Joe Hardy catches in the top of the 9th in "The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant, " and Mookie Betts made a similar diving catch for the second act. Then Volpe laced a single to left, and Stanton tried to score from second. On Fox, the camera work was fantastic -- you could see Stanton, you could see Teoscar Hernandez picking up the ball in left and throwing it home, and then you could see the ball gaining on and passing Stanton, and finally you could see Will Smith tag Stanton for the third out about one foot from home plate. It was a beautiful play by the Dodgers, who lead 3-0 after 4.
ReplyDeleteIn the top of the 5th, Freeman reaches on an error, but Cortes gets T. Hernandez to line out to center, and then gets Muncy to ground into a 4-3 double play. Dodgers lead 3-0 after 4 1/2.
ReplyDeleteMore great defense from the Dodgers in the bottom of the 5th. An excellent charge and throw by Muncy on a slow bouncer from Trevino, and a running and leaping catch by Betts on a liner to right by Verdugo to end the inning. Dodgers lead 3-0 after 5.
ReplyDeleteIn the top of the 6th, the Dodgers get another run as Lux is hit by a pitch, steals second, and scores on a single by Enrique Hernandez. Dodgers lead 4-0 after 5 1/2.
ReplyDeleteBuehler is finished for the night. The Dodgers bring in Brusdar Graterol (0-0, 2.45 ERA in 7 appearances) to pitch the bottom of the 6th.
ReplyDeleteGraterol gets Torres to ground out, but then walks Soto. Judge forces Soto at second, but then Stanton singles to center. So the Yankees have Judge at second and Stanton at first with two outs in the bottom of the 6th.
ReplyDeleteThat's all for Graterol, who will be replaced by Alex Vesia (5-4, 1.76 ERA in 67 appearances).
ReplyDeleteVesia induces Chisholm to ground to second, and Lux flips to Edman for a force that ends the inning. Dodgers lead 4-0 after 6.
ReplyDeleteIn the top of the 7th, the Dodgers get a single and a walk but can do nothing with them. Dodgers lead 4-0 after 6 1/2.
ReplyDeleteFormer National Daniel Hudson (6-2, 3.00 ERA in 65 appearances) comes in to pitch the bottom of the 7th.
ReplyDeleteHudson struck out Volpe, allowed a single to Rizzo, and struck out Austin Wells (who was pinch-hitting for Trevino). That was all for Hudson, who was replaced by Anthony Banda. Banda warmed up by walking Verdugo on four pitches, and then struck out Torres to end the inning. The Dodgers lead 4-0 after 7.
ReplyDeleteDodgers do nothing in the top of the 8th. They lead 4-0 after 7 1/2.
ReplyDeleteRyan Brasier (1-0, 3.54 ERA in 29 games) pitches the 8th. He retires Soto on a liner to Betts. He walks Judge. But then he strikes out Stanton and Chisholm to end the inning. Dodgers lead 4-0 after 8.
ReplyDeleteIn the top of the 9th, Ohtani is hit by a pitch, but Betts promptly grounds into a double play. The Dodgers lead 4-0 after 8 1/2.
ReplyDeleteThe Dodgers send out Michael Kopech (6-8, 3.46 ERA in 67 appearances) to pitch the 9th.
ReplyDeleteWith two outs, and Rizzo on second (due to a walk and a wild pitch), Kopech throws a gopher ball to the Yankees' number-9 hitter, and Verdugo's home run cut the Dodger lead to 4-2. But Kopech then induced a ground ball from Gleyber Torres, and Tommy Edman made a great play to get Torres and end the game.
ReplyDeleteThe Dodgers win 4-2, and they lead the Series three games to zero.
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