At least Clayton Kershaw is in midseason form already. The Dodgers wrapped up the Arizona portion of their exhibition season with a 4-3 loss to the Indians at Camelback Ranch. This was the final game at Glendale. The boys in blue are coming home on Thursday to open the Freeway series against the Angels. Thursday and Friday night’s games are at Dodger Stadium.
Kershaw tossed three shutout innings allowing just two hits and striking out four. He finishes the spring with a 1.86 ERA. Carlos Frias followed him with 3.2 innings of his own, but did not fare well. Frias allowed four earned runs on four hits and walked five. Kershaw’s mound opponent Corey Kluber was just as good as well. Kluber threw 4.1 innings, allowing only one earned run on six hits. He struck out six and walked none.
The Dodger offense scored three runs on 11 hits. Trayce Thompson hit a solo home run, his third of the spring. Charlie Culberson, who could find himself making the roster because of the injuries to Howie Kendrick and Kike Hernandez went 2 for 3 with two RBI singles. Apparently the Dodgers had the tying run thrown out at the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning to end the game.
Former Dodger papi Juan Uribe plated a run with an RBI double. Rob Segedin also had two hits, and the Dodgers were 2 for 10 with runners in scoring position. The Dodgers are now 13-14-2 in Cactus League play as they come home for the freeway series.
In the opening game on Thursday night, left hander Andrew Heaney will counter Dodger’s southpaw Scott Kazmir at 7:10 PM. In the second game on Friday night, Kenta Maeda will face hector Santiago at 7:10 pm. In the series finale, Alex Wood will face off against Nick Tropeano in Anaheim. The Dodgers will then travel to San Diego to open the regular season on Monday afternoon.
Not much left to say.
Light the candle.
Or is it a fuse?
Here’s my early stab at the Dodgers opening day lineup:
1. Crawfish LF
2. Utley 2B
3. Turner 3B
4. Gonzo 1B
5. Puig RF
6. Pederson CF
7. Seager SS
8. Ellis C
9. Kershaw The Other Left Arm of God
1. Utley 2B
2. Puig RF
3. Turner 3B
4. Agon
5. SVS LF
6. Pederson CF
7. Seager SS
8. Ellis C
9. Kershaw P
Id agree that lineup, but flip Seager and Joc, will open on Monday
God knows what we throw out there for games 2 and 3
Sounds like everybody is in mid-season form. Can we go back to Zero Beach next year? We can’t seem to get over the hump in Glendale.
How about win/loss, standing predictions? I got 79-83, third behind AZ and SF, time for the optimists to put there money where their mouth is!
Let’s here it boys, go on record.
I feel safe with the under 92.
Where are those over 92 guys now? Seems I remember one hoser saying 97.