Tune in at 8:05 PM ET as the Mets take on the Dodgers. Michael Dugan will be liveblogging for your enjoyment.
Welcome to National League Baseball, NY Mets @ LA Dodgers
Dillon Gee gets the start for the Mets, he is 5-6 with a 4.42 ERA
Clayton Kershaw takes the bump for the Dodgers, he is 5-4 with a 2.74 ERA
Both teams are 43-36 and in 2nd place in their respective divisions. They are tied with each other for the wildcard spot
Both teams rank near the bottom in offense, the most telling stat being HR..Dodgers tied for last in baseball with only 45 HR and the Mets are 25th with 65 HR
For the Mets, 1. Torres CF, 2 Tejada SS, 3 Wright 3B, 4 Hairston 1B, 5 Duda RF, 6 Turner 2B, 7 Cedeno LF, 8 Nickeas C
For the Dodgers, 1 Gordon SS, 2 Ellis C, 3 Abreu LF, 4 Rivera RF, 5 Kennedy 2B, 6 Loney 1B, 7 Uribe 3B, 8
Gwynn CF
The Dodgers have lost 7 straight and have been shoutout 5 out of 6
The Mets are going for their first ever 4 game sweep of the Mets
Torres at the plate takes the pitch for strike 1
Torres takes 1B on the HBP
Tejada to the plate, .309 with 11 RBI
Kershaw has a plus FB, in the mid 90s
Kershaw had him dead to right, Torres left on 1st movement. Out recorded 1-3-6
Kershaw with 5 pickoffs on the season
Kershaw having as tough time locating his pitches early has walked Tejada.
Inside out swing by Wright, Kennedy goes to the ground to keep it in the infield. All the runners are safe. Runners at 1st and 2nd with 1 away
Kershaw falls behind Wright 3-0
Hairston a sharp single to left center, 1 run score, Wright adavances to 3rd. Ball to the cutoff man to second and Hairston is tagged out
Mets already with 2 base running mistakes
Duda easy fly ball to CF, Mets are retired
Mets take a 1-0 lead but should have more, 2 outs on the bases kept it from being a big inning. After the top of 1, 1-0 Mets
Gordon leads off for the Dodgers, pops out to the SS
Gee has an avg FB, in the 90-91 mph range
Ellis up 2nd for the Dodgers, unusual to have a C in the 2 hole
@Eauzones Unsure, efforting
Ellis puts one to the wall, stand up double, his 8th DBL
Dodgers with a runner in scoring postion have been shutout 56 of the last 57 innings
Abreu strikes out swinging. Bad AB to not get the ball in play and move the runner along
Rivera at the plate for the Dodgers with 2 away and a runner on 2nd
A bit of a poke swing the ball gets over Duda's head. Ellis comes around to score. Rivera on 2nd with an RBI DBL
Duda seemed a bit lost out there.
Kennedy at the plate watches the pitch away, 1-2 the count
Easy bouncer to SS, on to 1st. Side is retired but the Dodgers hang a run on the board to tie the Mets. 1-1 after 1
Turner, Cedeno, Nickeas due up
Turner with a bouncer back to Kershaw, 1-3 on the put out
