It appears the Dodgers of old is back. No matter what game and no matter the circumstance, the Dodgers just persevere. Per Mason Wittner at MLB.com:
"It's one of those things where you've got to kind of ask guys to do more than they've been asked to do and stretch them more," Roberts said. "You try to navigate it the best you can and you understand you don't have a whole lot of margin [for error]. To the guys' credit, the bullpen did a fantastic job."For the second game in a row the Dodgers had to use a bullpen game to get bye. On Wednesday they fell just short of victory. Yesterday, they battled and defeated the Pirates, 8-7. Best yet, Joc Pederson had a career-type of day at the top of the order. He slugged two homers and walloped a double to drive in three runs.
Photo above of Joc Pederson via Justin Berl/Getty Images at Dodger Insider. Below are more links to check out:
- This Day in Dodgers History: In 1955 the Dodgers sent pitcher Tommy Lasorda down to the minors (Montreal Royals) in order to make room for bonus baby signee Sandy Koufax on the roster. In 1968 Don Drysdale not only set the major league record for consecutive scoreless innings, but also saw his streak end at 58 2/3 innings when the Phillies score a run in the fifth inning on a sacrifice fly by Howie Bedell. In fact, this would be Bedell's only RBI this season. BTW, the Dodgers would win the game, 5-3. In 1991 Mike Scioscia catches his 1,219th game as a Dodgers - setting a franchise mark for games caught. In 2012 the Dodgers are no-hit by six different Mariner pitchers, 1-0. Seattle began the game with Kevin Millwood, then followed Charlie Furbush, Stephen Pryor, Lucas Luetge, Brandon League, and Tom Wilhelmsen.
- Happy Birthday, Van Lingle Mungo, Mark Belanger, Kevin Gross & Dave Mlicki!
- Cat Loves the Dodgers was at Dodger Stadium earlier this week for a special event that included free food and batting and bullpen practice for fans. Check out her pics here.
- Dustin Nosler at Dodger Insider takes a look at the Dodgers' draft picks from the 3rd round, here.
- This is worth reading. Via Ron Cervenka at Think Blue LA; "Life after the MLB Draft." He explores the impact the amateur draft has and shares some quotes from several Dodgers' coach's and prospects:
“It actually was a hollow moment after that for me, more because I think as humans, we tend to always think alike: ‘Once I get here, then I’ll be happy, once I reach this goal then everything is going to be fine’,” (Drew) Saylor said. “And when you’re always worried about just achieving the next goal and you’re not really enjoying the journey, you have moments like that.“It’s like this high for probably about 15 minutes and after that, I can remember sitting in my mom and dad’s front room and thinking like ‘Wow, is this it? Is this all that I’ve worked for for all these years’, Saylor added. “There’s like this moment, you summit the mountain, you get back down, and then you look back up and there’s another mountain staring at you.”
- Forest Stulting at Beyond the Bricks shares an interview with Dodgers ambedextrous reliever Pat Venditte:
“When I was three my dad had the idea,” Venditte recalled. “He said there were switch-hitters, so why not switch-pitchers? A lot of work and a lot of hours later, here we are.”A natural righty, Venditte gained strength and motor skills in his left arm in a myriad of ways outside of throwing a baseball. Most notably, he threw a football left-handed and learned to play different musical instruments.
- Check out this Justin Turner bobblehead being given out tonight at the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes game:
The first 1,500 fans through the gates tonight will receive a Justin Turner Bobblehead, courtesy of @smilegen!— RC Quakes Baseball (@RCQuakes) June 8, 2018
Tickets still available here: https://t.co/yj6Kwe1aVD. pic.twitter.com/OErZc3LKUl
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