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Dodgers ran out an impressive lineup of replacement level fodder today and were quite frankly lucky to score three runs. Meanwhile, Christian Walker continued to humiliate the Dodgers as he homered twice in a 9-3 victory for the Diamondbacks.
Or something, I dunno, I didn’t wait for the game to finish to publish this.
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Landon Knack was effective against most batters today, and in fact he was pretty great if you remove the pitches to Walker. Unfortunately, you can’t do that, and Christian Walker hit two homers off him for three runs, with Joc Pederson adding another as well to account for all four runs in his outing.
It was basically literally those three swings that cost him: 4.1 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 1 BB, 6 K, 85 Pitches.
Homers are bad for pitchers, folks.
JOC AND C-WALK START THE FIREWORKS EARLY. pic.twitter.com/JJSWrVa79a
— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) July 5, 2024
Folks, we have no more words. ? pic.twitter.com/Q4LHlSLYeI
— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) July 5, 2024
Folks, we have no more words. ? pic.twitter.com/Q4LHlSLYeI
— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) July 5, 2024
The Dodgers did fight back a bit in the 4th, as back-to-back singles from Andy Pages and Miguel Vargas started the inning, then a one-out walk from Chris Taylor loaded them up. An Enrique Hernandez groundout plated a run, and then an Austin Barnes blooper scored a pair to make it 4-3.
That was it.
¡Kiké y Austin nos acercan en el marcador! pic.twitter.com/bsA6Djxku0
— Los Dodgers (@LosDodgers) July 5, 2024
Relieving Knack, Anthony Banda was victimized in the 5th as an error by Freddie Freeman led to a predictable stolen base against Barnes and then a single from Ketel Marte scored him to push the lead to 5-3.
Nice Play by Corbin Carroll on the bunt to get to first in the fifth after avoiding the tag #Dbacks pic.twitter.com/VJfRuUq6Et
— Lucasparmenter23 (@Lucasparmenter0) July 5, 2024
Just an All-Star doing All-Star things. ? pic.twitter.com/Eosvopralw
— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) July 5, 2024
After Banda got five outs, it was Alex Vesia with a scoreless inning. However, after Nick Ramirez got a scoreless 8th, he gave up four runs in the 9th to push it to 9-3.
The offense basically did nothing else so … yeah.
When the run lineups out like today's, it really is baffling that they don't give literally anybody else a chance.
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) July 5, 2024
Basically just hoping it's one of those weird baseball days with this shit.
Look at the lineup they're willingly running out in JULY. It's whatever, clearly. https://t.co/vNPCEqj3hg
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) July 5, 2024
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At least this guy is having fun. pic.twitter.com/MGYMwPtgh0
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) July 5, 2024
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| NL WEST | RECORD |
|---|---|
| Dodgers | 53-35 |
| Padres | 48-43 (6.5 GB) |
The Dodgers welcome the Brewers to Dodger Stadium for a three-game set starting at 4:10 PM HT/7:10 PM PT/10:10 PM ET. It’ll be Tyler Glasnow against Aaron Civale making his Brewers debut.
