Month: July 2021

July 30-Aug 1: We need to sweep this series — against the worst team in the NL.

Game 1- Raise your hand if you saw this coming. In a 4-hour+ game, Dodgers give away the game with a walkathon of 9 BB’s (seemed like 50), including 5 of 1st 11 hitters, mostly by Walker Gonsolin. Dodgers gave up 5 runs, and it could have been a lot more — to the NL’s weakest hitting team. Jansen came in for the 8th (yay, not the closer), and loads the bases to make us all sweat by going to full counts — but gets a big K to end it. Treinen now the closer (yay), but left tied after 9.

Dodgers’ offense went 15 scoreless innings until CT3 jacks one in the 6th, and the Dodgers loaded the bases. AJ hit a near slam, only to have it caught on the track, and 1 run scored (instead of 4). Dodgers did make a nice comeback to tie at 5, but just could not get the go ahead run. Taylor gets a triple with no outs and doesn’t score — a sin. Dodgers then leave 2nd and 3rd in the 8th, after a clutch game tying pinch hit by Tio Albert. Then we get bases cornered with 1 out in the 9th, but usually reliable Will Smith bangs into an around the horn DP (he just had to get the ball in the air!). Belli tied a record for futility with 4 popups (and a K).

Game went to extra innings, where the Dodgers suck big at 1-11 now. Due to the bullpen not being able to stop the runner from 2nd from scoring by giving up a hit yet again.

All this in the shadow of the Dodgers blockbuster trade (which didn’t help us tonight).

Game 2- Nice bounce back by Dodgers’ offense — 8 runs on 16 hits — led by a huge 2-run HR by JT to take the lead for good at 5-3. Then another key RBI PH by Tio Albert. Top of the lineup (1-5) stayed hot, especially Will Smith (3 hits) and AJ (2 hits). Not so much the bottom, even though Belli got 2 infield singles (a good sign, but still swings and misses on high fastballs), but McKinney ofer (but somehow stays in the lineup).

Pitching was another bullpen game, led off by gopher ball White. Mitch seems to think it is OK to live off hanging curves. Taxi squad Cleavenger didn’t have command, and surrendered a solo jack. But the rest of the pen was pretty solid (Gonzalez, Vesia, Kelly, Treinen, and even Uceta) — with help from a pair of DP’s.

Game 3- Game over. Dodgers blow out D’Backs 13-0 on 14 hits, including 4 by red hot AJ, homers by JT and Mookie (yay). Save some for the Astros, please. Snakes were so bad today they ended the game with a position player pitching knuckleballs at 60 mph.

Pitching: Urias pitched great again, no runs on 2 hits but only for 5 innings. Urias got his 13th win. Our latest acquisition (#134?) is a call up, Yefry Ramirez, who looked good covering the 8th-9th.

July 27-29: Huge series for Dodgers to take back some swagger. Dodgers need to win the series.

Game 1- Ugh! Dodgers just can’t beat the Giants, especially when they beat themselves. Bottom line is the Dodgers anemic hitting. Can’t win many games scoring only 1 run.

Pitching: Urias was very good again, but got no run support. I thought Roberts pulled him too early, but the bullpen did a good job. Treinen’s pitches were nasty, so much so he could not control them. Those leadoff walks lost the game.

Big error: First of all, Muncy should have thrown to 2B immediately, then none 0f that mess would have happened. 2nd best play was for Muncy to hold the runner like he did and toss to 1B. Then Belli was supposed to throw to 2B to complete the easy double play. Belli had a brain cramp, and Muncy wandered into his throw path to 3B because Belli was supposed to throw to 2B.

Game 2- Dodgers go 8-ball on Giants to relieve the pain of all those close losses. Dodgers have 2 big innings: 4-run 3rd, and 3-run 7th punctuated by a big hit in each inning — Will Smith triple (a wallop to the deep part), and a Muncy double (smash off base of wall in left center). In all, Muncy and hot AJ both got 3 hits, with CT3 and JT cooled off. We finally got Beaty in left instead of Raley. But Roberts is nuts to bat Belli 5th (a big hole: K, K, K), although it was fun and predictable that he would finally hit a homer (a towering jack out of the park in RF) when it wasn’t needed, and he got a gopher ball.

Pitching: Another stellar outing from Buehler: 7 innings, 0 runs, 3 hits. Walker finally gets another well deserved win. (Since Dodgers didn’t blow his lead this time!) He had great command of all his pitches this time, and took a no-hitter into the 4th.

Game 3 (important rubber game)- Dodgers revert to ineffective offense, getting shutout on only 4 hits. Dodgers loaded the bases in the 6th, only to have sure out Belli K (should not be hitting 4th!). AJ was the only one still hot (2-3). Giants looked like the much better team, on both sides of the ball.

July 23-26: Back to pounding the Rox. But wait…. How long will the pain continue?

Game 1: You’re not only killing me, Dodgers, you’re torturing me (and all of us). 3rd in a row we waste a good starting pitching effort — by not getting that extra run we needed, and by Roberts bad choice of relievers (all our worst). Dodgers blow leads of 4-1 and 5-3. What was Roberts saving our best pitchers for (Treinen and Kelly)? We can’t win with the bullpen used tonight. (But good for home run derby.) Dodgers are now an embarrassment in extras at 1-10 (bullpen issues). Now lost 4/5.

Injury to Belli? He finally gets some good hits but then pulls a hami (not used to running the bases I guess).

Game 2- Ridiculous 1-0. At home vs. Rox and we go 1 run on 5 hits? Minor league lineup with Raley, Nuese and McKinney (and pray for rain). I would play Smith, Beaty and McKinstry (much better hitters).

We won obviously because our pitching held the Rox to 0 runs on 2 hits. We held our collective breath when Roberts really rolled the dice again to rely on Jansen for the save. I would not have done that. I would have extended Gonsolin, Kelly and Treinen to cover the 9 innings. Is Gonzalez OK? We were all lucky that we got the “Angry Kenley” tonight — he hit 96 consistently with command, and ended the game on a great double-up slider combo.

Game 3- Dodgers squeak out a come from behind 3-2 win to take the series. Thank you CT3 (2 HR), Willy Smitty (GW HR) and Joe Kelly (save). 4 solo jacks in the game (3 by Dodgers). AJ continued to hit well, so should bat in the 4 or 5 hole (not 6-7). Dodgers offense still slowed by the minor leaguers Roberts plays (Raley, Nuese, McKinney), who collectively are hitting .050. In this double Gray game, Josiah started shaky but settled down after giving up runs in each of his 1st 2 innings. Dodgers bullpen was good today (Nelson, Graterol, Kelly)

July 19-21: Key series with Giants at home, with a rematch away next weekend. All hands on deck: missing newly IL Gavin Lux, and Betts day to day.

Game 1- Holy batman — what a 1st inning! Both teams go copycat with back-to-back homers — from usual suspects. 3-2 SF before the seats are warm. Gotta love those gopher balls — looked like home run derby. Ugh in the 2nd: Dodgers leave ’em loaded when Smitty fans on 3 slow curves (gotta know what he’s throwing that AB). Both pitchers gone in the 4th. Then the bats go to sleep for both teams, until the 7th, when the Giants explode on Victor Gonzo for 4 runs on 4 hits. Game over. The Dodgers embarrassed themselves by getting only 2 hits after the 1st.

San Francisco 7-12-0, Dodgers 2-4-1

Lineup: Missing red hot Mookie! (Guess he’s day to day.) Replaced in starting lineup by Reks instead of red hot Pollack!? Reks should hit 8th, with McKinstry ahead of him.

Rant on pitching: When will the Dodgers ever learn to not pitch killer Posey up and in — boom every time! Especially can’t be careless with a hanger there. Gonsolin has command issues early again, and he needs to use his toughest pitches early and not try to get by with just fastballs and curves. His splitter is unhittable, and he is tough when he keeps his curve/slider down and away. After 2 innings, his pitch count was 51! Pulled in the 4th (3.1 IP) after 2 more walks and 79 pitches (most were balls). Victor Gonzo brought in just off the Il in the 7th, got too much of the plate on mediocre pitches to get lit up for 4. Bright side: Vesia looked good.

Rant on opposing stealing: Dodgers let Yaz steal 2B without a throw or even anyone covering in the 4th (BS!). They could have at least tried a pitchout first. Then another steal of 2B without a throw. Throw the ball! Runners often overslide.

add this from MLB: “Fourteen hitters across six different teams made history on Monday and smacked seven separate sets of back-to-back home runs, an MLB record according to Stats by STATS.”

Game 2- Whoa! Yes! Wailing Walkoff Willie delivers “Happyness” and the 8-6 walkoff win — one we really needed. Looked grim when the Dodgers were behind 6-1 after 5, and were not doing a thing against old pal Woody. But tonight the Dodgers clawed their way back to 6-5 on the back of CT3’s pair of jacks. Still, it looked like a sure 6-5 frustrating loss for Dodgers in the 9th. DR sure picked the right PH this time! After he let Reks bat in the 8th, with Mookie just sitting there. What was he thinking? (Reks might get his 1st hit a week from Tuesday, right after Belli.) Nice AB by Barnesy to drive in Belli for the 3rd run.

Dodgers were in the 6-1 hole because they threw out there a raw, untested rookie Gray, who gave up 4 runs in 4 innings. This series is too important to rely on rookies. Unfortunately, we lost both our hot hitters JT and Mad Max after being plunked. (Smart of Woody to dispatch them — ouch! He’d rather pitch to Albert and Belli.)

Game 3- Ugh! Giant reversal. Dodgers let damn Giants turn the tables on them with a 9th inning go ahead 2-run bomb. Jansen robs Urias of a league first 13th win by his 2nd straight blown save. Kenley had nothing going for him, as he gave up single, homer, double, walk — with few swing and misses.

But Dodgers also repeat game 1 on offense: only 2 runs on 3 hits. Not gonna win many with only 3 hits. Usual hot hitters got those 3 hits and drove in both runs: CT3 (homer) and AJ (double). Where was the rest of the team? Only needed 5 runs to win!

Game 4- You’re kidding me, you’re killing me Dodgers. Back to back stabs in the back! Can’t happen twice in a row. 3rd blown save in a row by Jansen, and this time he had a 2-run cushion. Roberts blows over earning his 2nd straight ejection, after yet another controversial called ball 4 that brought in the tying run. Appeared Ruf did swing — game should have been over. But play before that, a routine grounder to end the game didn’t: Taylor should have thrown to 1st to end the game. Always risky to try for the force if the runner gets a good jump. Once again, both teams did what needed to happen for the Giants to steal a game, and steal a game (with a little help from the umps).

But the real problem was Roberts rolling the dice by going with Jansen again. We all knew what would happen. I would have let Buehler get 1 more out (only 99 pitches), and then leave in Treinen for a 4-out save. We surely would have won. Doc didn’t do Kenley any favors either, based on the results. And of course he left him in 1 batter too long. I feel sorry for Urias and Buehler, who both threw great games, only to lose their wins. Finally, why was McKinstry not in the game, replaced by another newbie, McKinney?

Sad bottom line: Dodgers can’t win with only 2-3 runs anymore, especially if they have to rely on Jansen to close. It looks like the Giants are destined to win the division.

July 16-18: Dodgers start 2nd half of season with a weekender at Colorado, where they usually dominate. We saw how well balls fly out of Coors Field for the All-Star game and HR Derby. No lead is safe there.

Game 1- 10-4 good buddies! Dodgers put up 3 crooked numbers (5, 2, 3) and hold on for a 10-4 win. Urias was a better batter than pitcher although he survived a slam on a mistake to last 5 innings and pick up his NL leading 12th win (12-3). Hits were produced by all 8 Dodgers position players, 2 pitchers and a PH (Pujols) — for 14 total. Big hit was a 1st inning 3-run blast by CT3, coming off his All-Star performance, following a leadoff double by red-hot Mookie (once was 8-10, went 3-5). Will Smith and AJ pounded the ball, Muncy struggled, and poor Belli still can’t hit a high fastball. Bullpen put up 4 pretty clean innings, including yet another newbie (Smurfy? Selfie?) just picked up from San Francisco. Hard to keep track of Dodgers roster, especially the pen.

Game 2- Dodgers slow and steady to build a 9-2 win: they put up a picket fence until finally posting a big crooked number (4) in the 9th. Monster mashing by the M&M bros. as Mookie and Max Muncy each had 4 hits (8 of the 12 LAD hits) and 10 total bases: Mookie 3 2B + 1 HR; Max 2 1B + 2 HR — wow! Injury: Mookie left game with a sore hip (hoping not serious). AJ continued his hot hitting with his 7th HR of July (he should be batting in the 4 or 5 hole now). JT finally got a hit (0-4 in the 9th), driving a long fly to CF that would have been a homer in most parks, but it squeaked in between the top of the fence and top of the glove for a 2-run double.

Belli still trying to hit a high fastball with no contact (sad) — move him down to 7 or 8.

On the pitching side, Buehler found himself after giving solo runs in the 2nd and 3rd to dominate and shut down the Rox through 7. I would have let him pitch the 8th, or at least until 100 pitches, since no lead is safe in Coors. Roberts, as is his want, pulled him early (wasting bullpen arms).

Coaching tip: twice in the game Rox CF and RF fought over a fly ball they both called and twice the ball fell in. My coaching tip is to always use a “3rd party call” on flies betwixt. Don’t let the fielders involved make the call, since they will often both call, interfere with each other, with bad results. Use a designated 3rd party to call it early and loudly, so the other fielder stays clear.

Game 3- Ouch! Dodgers blow 3 leads and are now 1-9 in extra inning games. The Dodgers 1st lead was on a JT 2-run jack (2-1). Later, CT3 dropped a popup to give the Rox the tie at 2-2. Past ball aids putting Rox on top 3-2 in the 7th off Kelly. But red hot Will Smith golfs a 2-run job for a 4-3 lead in the 8th. Treinen does his job in the 8th, but Jansen blows the save in the 9th to tie the game 4-4 and go to extras. Will Smith comes through yet again with a clutch RBI single in the 10th to give the Dodgers their 3rd lead 5-4. But then old time Dodgers killer Blackmon hits the 1st pitch from Bickford out of the park for a walkoff 6-5 Rox win. Bad taste.

July 9-11 (3-game series). Dodgers come home to face the worst road team in MLB. They should feast on them like everyone else.

Game 1– Ugh! Dodgers do charity work by donating 1st game to Snakes. Roberts throws in the towel by trotting out of the bullpen his worst pitchers (newest rook Nunez, Vesia, Uceta, Reed) in a game we should easily win. I would have let Price pitch at least 4 if not 5 innings, but Doc lifted him after only 3. Makes no sense. Of course Dodgers really lost due to their lack of offense. Besides a hot AJ (batting 8th?), rest of team had only 3 hits and scored none.

Rant: I don’t know who is hitting worse now, Belli or Lux. They both should be batting at the tail end of the order. I would have PH Pujols for Lux when we had 2 on. (What were we saving Pujols for?) Dodgers defense suspect again: JT ole’d a hopper, Max let a DP liner get away from him, and they let Ahmad steal 2nd and 3rd with hardly a play.

Game 2- Complete reversal in spades as Dodgers play Home Run Derby with 8 jacks by 6 players including 2 slams for 22 runs on 21 hits, courtesy of a steady diet of meatballs by the broken D’Backs. Fun to see Pinetar Turner and Mookie order out at the deli counter for a pair of salamis — JT’s first ever, Mookie’s 5th, and 2nd time this season Dodgers have a pair of slams (MLB record), adding to the Dodgers’ total of 9 slams so far this season (1 shy of their club record). Also fun watching Tio Albert pound a lollipop served up by Josh Reddick 420 ft for his 2nd homer of the game (and 3rd hit). This is probably Dodgers largest victory margin ever and maybe in MLB too.

But, save some runs for tomorrow! We all know the Dodgers will go back to struggling to score tomorrow. But time to savor taking us out to the Snake Shack for now.

Game 3 (rubber game)- Mighty Mad Max Muncy! The Mookie and Max show. Dodgers claim first 9th inning walkoff of the season, 7-4, on one mighty Max swing. Dodgers climb out of their dead sleep coffin — apparently exhausted from the 22-run night before –to score 3 in the 8th and 3 more in the 9th. Both set up by good leadoff AB’s by Zach and Tio Albert. That’s more like it!

The bad: sloppy play by JT almost cost us. Base running out on Smith with what would have been bases loaded, due to JT not getting good enough jump to score on single by CT3, so Ebel had to hold him at 3B, but left Will out to dry at 2B. While again Belli is killing us in the 4 hole — bad K with bases loaded no outs in 8th.

Pitching: Another good but sloppy start from Cat Gonsolin, and strong finishes by our top guys Treinen and Jansen. Not so good in between, as Roberts waited too long to bring in the duo. Scott Alexander got roughed up for 2 runs in the 7th by hanging out in the middle of the zone (stupid pitches).

July 5-8 (4-game series)- Dodgers come into Miami with a 9-game winning streak. Marlins headed by ex-Dodger skipper Donny Baseball who loves to tweak our boys with stolen bases galore and pitch arounds of our hot hitters. He brought 2 of our cast-off relievers with him: Dylan Floro and Yimi Garcia. But Dodgers hang out sign: “Gone Fishing!”

Game 1- Nice 8th inning comeback to tie, but streak over on 1 pitch, 1 swing. Just not quite enough bite on that curve that ended up outside corner above the knees. But the Dodgers had their chances to score more than 2 in the 8th, with bases loaded and no outs. Scored 2; reloaded the bases; but CT3 popped out and AJ swung and missed for a K.

Frustrating 3rd and 4th innings for Buehler, as he was sailing along with 2 outs in the 3rd but then the wheels came off. Hit batter followed by 2 hits and an error for 3 runs. Then Dodgers gave away a 4th run in the 4th with another throwing error on a stolen base. Frustrating to watch the Marlins under Mattingly run wild on the Dodgers yet again. Can’t hold runners on, can’t slide step, can’t throw them out. Seems every throw by our catchers bounces.

Game 2- Stupid and terrible that the Dodgers can’t score more than 1 against the Marlins, especially with 9 hits and 14 LOB. They deserved to lose. Great outing by The Cat Gonsolin (2 H, 0 R) wasted by lack of runs. Also wasted was a lot of gutty, scoreless relief pitchingThe capper is how the Dodgers literally threw the game away. Triple ugly on 3 bad throws. And the devil smiled. (Will Smith can’t throw the ball off balance, but JT has to block the ball!)

Travesty that Lux fails to get his glove on a 2-hopper that would have ended the 6th without a run, so tying run scores. Whew on a big escape with bases loaded still in the 6th and a big hitter up, as Roberts inexplicably brings in a just called up rookie in a pressure spot (you can breathe now). Then we go to the 9th, with Alexander on the ropes as usual, and bases full with 1 out. Full count (oh no!) and … swung on and missed! Now comes Treinen to get us to extras. Wild finish to 9th: WP kick save by ump, followed by indecision by JT that almost cost us the game, but a stretch save by Pujols! Challenge goes to Dodgers, and we go to extras — where the Dodgers suck (1-8 now), but Fish aren’t much better.

Key play/call in 7th on yet another steal attempt by Fish on close play. Call was out, and upheld on review. Dodgers still struggling vs. runners stealing. This was a good throw by Smith and a little late tag by CT3 that withstood the challenge (barely). Dodgers don’t apply tags well, but CT3 is good at keeping the leather on to get a call when runner’s hand or foot comes off. This looked like runner may have been tagged out twice.

Only Dodgers scoring was a 1-run minimum out of 4 hits including a triple! Big squander. Left a couple on in the 8th and 9th.

No-no curse: note that this season of loads of no-hitters has attached a curse of a losing streak. Cubs have lost 11 straight since they no-hit Dodgers. And they are not alone.

Game 3- See games 1 and 2 — ugh! Why can’t I bear to watch these games against the Marlins. All 3 games were tied in the 8th, and the last 2 games were Fish walk offs. After a wild LOB fest yesterday tied at 1, the teams exploded for 4 home runs each today. While the Dodgers reverted to form: only one big inning (5 runs, including a 3-run HR by JT) then bats go back to sleep, the Marlins put up a picket fence of 1’s until the walkoff 3-run knock in the 9th. (Note: never pitch a RH power hitter up and in — just never. And Jansen surrendered the would be winning run on an inexplicable center cut 2-seamer instead of a high cutter to the crafty lefty. Kudos to McKinstry for his murmur of “die another inning” protest with a shocking game tying homer in the top of the 9th. But Roberts brought in Uceta — game over at 9-6.

So frustrating that the Dodgers held the Fish to 1 run (in 9) yesterday, but could not hold them under 6 today. Guess too many bullpen games has depleted our corps, so we were stuck with rookies Reed (2 runs), White (3 runs), Uceta (3 runs) — with all 3 giving up dingers. Add the bad news of Kersh on the shelf until after the break.

Rant: Fish still running wild on Dodgers. Barnes had his 3rd straight game with catcher’s interference (what’s with that?). Lux still can’t catch grounders (this one clanked) — watch the ball all the way! (What I coach.)

Game 4- Dodgers repeat game 3: score 5 in one inning, tack on a solo run to end up scoring 6. But this time they had solid pitching to hold onto a 6-1 win. Urias hurled 7 strong innings (yay).

Rant: Curious that red hot JT, fresh off a 3-hit game including a homer, got sat today. Guess he was tired from all those hits and running the bases (sarcasm).

July 1-4. Dodgers open a tedious 4-game trip to DC. This is a matchup of the last 2 WS champs.

Game 1- Dodgers and Angels both in rain outs back east in DC and NYC. but Dodger game went 5 innings, so we got a 6-2 rain shortened win. rain gods were our friend today. Interesting pitcher selection by Roberts due to rain predictions: went with Gonzo as an opener, but didn’t even let him finish the 1st inning (weird). Then came Gonso the Cat, who looked pretty good, but also got an early hook. Enter the Clever, who gave us a shutdown 5th and final inning.

The offense, down 2-1 in the 5th, was sparked by AJ’s leadoff solo jack (yet another solo) for the tie, then along came red hot Mad Max to bomb his 2nd career grand slam (18th HR, on track for a 3rd straight 36 HR season), to put up a big 5 in the 5th. Game over, as the rains washed up Washington.

Game 2- The Dodgers were fresh off a trip to the White House when they politely handed the Nats 3 runs in the 2nd. JT made yet another throw in the dirt that is usually scooped by Muncy, but it inexplicably scooted by, letting 2 runs score and setting up a third. Max has to knock that ball down! Against the other Mad Max, Sherzer, the Dodgers had little hope. But relief was on the way when Sherzer was pulled after 6. A succession of Nat relievers opened the flood gates in the 7th, when again, the Dodgers put up a 5 spot. But wait, there’s more … Dodgers scored twice more, and then 2 more on an AJ blast, for a total of 9 runs!

Urias lasted a quality 6, matching Sherzer with only 1 ER on 3 hits (Sherzer gave up 4 hits). Julio showed poise by shutting down the Nats after the nasty 3 runs in the 2nd (only 1 run was earned). Dodgers were extremely sloppy in the field. Not only was there the painful JT to Muncy miscue, but also Muncy completely missed a double play grounder, and then Belli dropped a fly ball — leading to the Nats final 2 runs. Good thing we had a 7-run cushion to cement our 7th straight win, 10-5.

The final highlight was the surprise season debut appearance of Brusdar Graterol, who gassed the Nats with 100 mph fastballs and confounded them with 83 mph curves.

Let’s send the Dodgers to the White House again.

Game 3- That’s 8 straight! But an odd night for the offense just scratching out 5 hits with no homers, but were able to plate 5 with a bit of luck.

Kershaw got careless with a hanger to Gomes for the Nats only protest. Then the rain in the 5th cancelled Kersh to deprive him of his 10th win. Our bullpen held tight, but with tension to the finish as Kenley got a rough start, letting 1st 2 batters and tying runs get on. Facing 1 bad pitch to lose the game, Kenley came up big again to close it out. Best performance was Graterol throwing smoke at 100-102 mph to pitch a clean inning. Worst performance was Joe Kelly nearly hitting 2 batters in a row (but walked one) when he could not control his wildly tailing 2-seamer. So Joe stuck with his curve and pitched out of the jam.

Game 4- That’s 9 straight and a 4-game sweep! Good all around game, as Dodgers survive a HBP hat trick, including 2 in the head. Nice job for the bullpen, as 7 different pitchers did well.

Dodgers offense was dulled by a strong SP Ross until the 7th yet again feasting on relievers, with 2 in the 7th and 2 more in the 9th. Dodgers could have easily had a few more, as they left bases loaded with no outs in the 9th, with both Belli and Taylor striking out. Belli is still the swing and miss king, swinging way under the ball on fastballs. I would not bat him high in the lineup, but put him at 6 or 7, as he is a big hole in the middle. Uncle Albert came through again with a PH RBI for the game winner — hitting it off the wall, and making it all the way to 1B (LOL). Muncy just missed his 2nd slam of the series by a foot — off the top of the CF wall at the deepest part of the park marked 402.

Rant: please coach Barnes how to catch without interference (twice this series).