Can The Dodgers Sweep the Braves?

Read all the above posts – all valid.

However, how come Bellinger gets a free pass?

Forget the error – what about his hitting or rather lack of?

Put him on the bench ASAP – looks totally lost

Thanks , 2demeter2 and campy for explaining Machado strikeout question.

I personally don’t think the Dodgers can win everything without some timely hitting WRISP. They can’t change who they are overnight (HR’s or bust), but ONE hit by Machado with bases loaded wins this game.

I’m confident that the Dodgers can close it out tomorrow too, but I don’t assume anything. I’m sure that many of you recall the Odd Couple episode in which Felix Unger let us know why it’s not a good idea to assume anything.

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The Dodger website has the Braves throwing Foltynewicz tomorrow on 3 days rest. Maybe the Dodgers will light him up, but I think we all recognize that he has the stuff to shut any team down. I don’t know if 3 days rest will adversely effect him, but you never know. And although Rich Hill can be great, there are also days on which he can be awful.

2demeter2, I thought first was open, Pederson on 3rd, JT on 2nd.

I guess reason Machado didn’t attempt to go to first is because he’s no Chase Utley.

Bobo, that occurred to me also. I thought maybe I was overlooking some rule that kept Machado from running. Probably would have been just a routine throw to first for an out, but like you said, there is no way to know what might have happened.

This loss shouldn’t surprise us. We came back by the home run, but once again, could’t cash in with RISP, Like AC, Mark, and a few others have posted the last 3 or 4 months, this is how FAZ built this team, it’s who we are, warts and all. Feast or famine sometimes. After Joc and JT had great at bats in the 9th, same old song and dance with the strike outs. What really bothered me was Machado’s at bat after Turners walk. He immediately got in a swinging 0-2 hole, then looked like a rookie swinging at a pitch that was about a foot outside, didn’t even try to work the count like Turner and Joc. He actually looked kind of scared up there, not calm or confident. Wouldn’t break the bank for this guy next year. Great come back, we will close it out tomorrow.

I don’t think that removing Bueller had anything to do with this loss. After he left the Braves scored just one run, and the Dodgers failed to follow-up their early comeback by squandering oppotunities to get back even and take the lead.

Why didn’t Machado run to first on his strike out with Pederson on third. Ball went to backstop, who knows what might of happened with throw to first. What am I missing?

I think Murphy was at this game. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong. Bueller waking the pitcher with the bases loaded, Taylor swinging at ball 3 in what might have been a big inning, and finally Muncy swinging at what looked to be ball 4 with two runners on and only one out.

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And as much as I would like to see the Dodgers sign Machado, I’m getting sick of watching him swinging for the fences everytime he steps to the plate. Can’t tell me that other teams haven’t seen that and are pitching him accordingly. It’s just the opposite of what I recall seeing when he joined the Dodgers. If memory serves his first Dodger hit was a pitch that he went with to right field.

the Bultler’s tantrum cost was high

Its a lot of presion for Machado

Terrible. The Dodgers certainly gave that one away. I thought it was ours when Muncy was 3-0. Let’s hope Hill has it tomorrow.

They came all the way back… only to lose it.

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Giving a team like this life… can be very dangerous.

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Energizing to the Braves – Disheartening to LA!

Yeah everyone is a great secIms guesser, but no way Wood is the right play there. No way, And no one will tell me Robert’s is any better then average as an in game manager. Alexander or Ferguson should have faced Freeman. And intentionally walking Culberson shows little faith in your ace, didn’t like it but that one was probably correct. Wood was not correct.

Memo to Alex Wood: Don’t groove the first pitch to your old buddy, Freddy!

Guess I can’t complain about CT3 because of the HR he hit earlier, but he just swung at ball 3, which could have cost the Dodgers a big inning.

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And then Freddie Freeman brings back that dumb Braves chant. Bullpen has to keep Dodgers in this game.

WRISP

Damn! Taylor hit ball 3 and got himself out. Poor plate discipline

Walker Buehler showed me today he’s an ace. His stuff is totally filthy as it is (minus that 2 min span where he just lost it). But after the grand slam, 50, 000 fans screaming, he easily could have folded. But the rookie settled right back in and his back to dominating. He did not fold. He kept us in the game and the offense bailed him out by tying this. And in that 5th, after we tied it, he got them 1-2-3. The pressure is ALL on Atl now!!!

This bodes really well for Buehler’s next start.

Not very often do pitchers get a second chance after allowing 5 runs and a GS at that.

Very impressive of the young kid getting his control back. Nice move by Roberts staying with the kid.

The Dodger need Mr. Machado to start hitting – he looks mediocre, not looking All-Star at all.

It occurred to me earlier that Freese was replaced by Muncy, because the latter can hit lefties. And then he did.

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Now we need for Bueller to settle in, and for the Dodgers to put up runs.

Legion of Boom!

As soon as the Braves manager took their starter Newcomb out, I knew we would come back and win this game.

Because it was still early in this game, and like Hawkeye said, the Braves don’t have a good bullpen.

And Gausman has nothing.