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Live Blogging with Eddie Rivera | Diamondbacks Embarrass the Dodgers, 5-2

Last place 'Backs play like world beaters; DeGeus earns the victory

Published on Friday, July 9, 2021 | 6:23 pm
 

In a game that the Dodgers were never really in any danger of winning, the Dodgers blew eight opportunities with runners in scoring position, and left six base runners stranded, while losing the first game of a three-game series to the Arizona Diamondbacks, 5-2.
Both teams used a fistful of pitchers, and the Dodgers helped their losing cause by stranding runners, a few fielding errors, and an eighth inning that saw three Diamondback runners cross the plate, ably assisted by reliever Edwin Uceta, who walked three batters in that inning.
Starter David Price extricated himself from more than one jam, but was gone after the third inning.
AJ Pollock homered early to give the Dodgers a 1-0 lead, but the Dodgers looked unfocused for much of the game, with poor pitching from the staff, assisted by weak hitting.
Here’s how we blogged it.
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The Dodgers finished an eight-game road trip (5-3) to Washington, DC by beating the Marlins, 6-1, behind Julio Urías, to avoid an embarrassing four-game sweep from the lowly Marlins (25-34).
Tonight, the Dodgers begin a three-game series with the Arizona Ugly Uniforms this weekend, prior to the All-Star break next week and the end of the 2021 season’s first half. Los Angeles is 7-0 vs. Arizona this season, outscoring the Diamondbacks, 40-17.
The Dodgers are now just 1.0 game behind first place in the NL West and the National League’s best record.
Following the 91st All Star Game on Tuesday and a couple days off, the Doyers will begin the second half with a three-game series at Coors Field in Denver next weekend.
Yesterday, Dodger starter Julio Urías went a career-high 7.0 innings for the fifth time this season, saving the bullpen and picking up his Major League leading 11th win of the season.
Game time is 7:10 p.m., Bobbleheads.
Attendance: 49,215.

FIRST INNING 

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Nick Ahmed grounds out to first, not in a good way. 

Josh Rojas (no relation) singles to short left field. 

Eduardo Escobar 1-0, flies out to second, Rojas chills at first. Brrrr.

Christian Walker is at 2-1, 2-2. He doubles on a bounce into the left field bleachers. 

David Peralta gets hit, loading the bases.

Asdrubal Cabrera (no relation) looks at a strike, He fouls one off. 1-2. He strikes out, ending the imminent threat, per se, as such thereof, to wit.

Arizona 0, Dodgers coming up.

Bottom

All-Star Team member Mookie (no relation) Betts flies out to center.

All-Star Team member Max (no relation) Muncy, strikes waaay out.

Justin Turner singles right up the middle.

Cody (no relation) Bellinger grounds out to first. 

Arizona 0, Dodgers 0.

SECOND INNING

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Pavin Smith gets to 3-0. He walks over to first, right over there.

Daulton Varsho flies out. Not literally, but,…

Pitcher Taylor Widener wants to bunt. He sacrifices so much to get Smith to second.

Nick Ahmed flies out.

Arizona 0, Dodgers 0.

Bottom

Chris Taylor gets nuttin’.

Will (no relation) Smith flies out to Pavin Smith

Gavin Lux is at 1-1. He flies out.

Arizona 0, Dodgers 0.

THIRD INNING

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Rojas be out.

Escobar singles.

Walker singles as well, also, too.

Peralta is at 1-2. 2-2. He is so out.

Escobar personally ends the threat.

Arizona 0, Dodgers 0.

Bottom

0-1. AJ Pollock homers into center field. Its his tenth of the year.

David Price strikes right out.

Mookie Betts flies out to right.

Max “no relation” Muncy doubles to center field.

Justin Turner strikes all the way out.

Dodgers 1, Ugly Uniforms 0.

FOURTH INNING

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Price is chilling. Darien Nunez is now pitching. Pavin Smith flies out.

Daulton Varsho is 1-2. He is out at first.

Pitcher Taylor Widener grounds out.

Bottom

Dodgers 1, Ugly Uniforms 0.

Bellinger is at 2-2. Down he wents.

Smith flies out to center.

Taylor, on a  nine-game win streak, is at 0-1. 0-2. 1-2. 2-2. 3-2. he flies out to deep center.

Dodgers 1, Ugly Uniforms 0.

FIFTH INNING

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Ahmed is at 1-2. He gets to second on a rare fielding error by Turner. And then he steals second just like that.

Rojas is at 1-2. 2-2. 3-2. He gets himself very strickened out.

Escobar is all at 1-1. 2-1. 2-2. He homers into the right field bleachers.

Walker is at 2-2. Retired, so to speak.

Ugly Uniforms 2, Dodgers 1.

Bottom

Lux is walking on sunshine, so to speak.

Pollock is following in his cleats.

Beatty is at 0-2. He flies out to first.

Betts singles to first, Pollock is out at second.

Ugly Uniforms 2, Dodgers 1.

SIXTH INNING

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Cabrera is so out.

Smith doubles to center.

Varsho is at 2-1. 2-2. He is mowing the air, Randy.

Stuart Fairchild is at 1-1. 2-1. 2-2. 3-2. (Pretty good wave going on here…) He loses the race to first.

Ugly Uniforms 2, Dodgers 1.

Bottom

Turner flies out. But he is still here.

Bellinger gets walked-ed.

Smith singles, moving Bellinger to second.

Taylor flies out to right, and Bellinger scampers to third.

Lux grounds out to first.

Ugly Uniforms 2, Dodgers 1.

SEVENTH INNING

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Joe Kelly is now pitching for the Doyers.

Nick Ahmed be out.

Rojas is at 3-1. Kelly walks him along.

Eduardo (no relation) Escobar is at 1-1. He goes to first on an error by Muncy. Rojas jets over to third.

Kelly dings Walker on the arm to load the bases.

Peralta singles and Rojas comes home on an error by Lux.

Cabrera strikes out.

Smith is at 2-0. 2-1. Its 3-2. Kelly strikes him out.

Ugly Uniforms 3, Dodgers 1.

Bottom

Pollock sends one over Varsho’s outstretched arm in deep center, for a double.

McKinstry is out at first, and Pollock takes up residence at third.

Betts is out at first, and Pollock comes home.

Muncy is way out.

Ugly Uniforms 3, Dodgers 2

EIGHTH INNING

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Josh Reddick  steps up to a chorus of boos, flies out to a roar.

Ahmed walks. Ahmed steals.

Rojas is at 2-0. 2-1. 3-1. Out at, lets call it first.

Ugly Uniforms 2, Dodgers 1.

Bottom

Turner flies out.

Bellinger strikes out.

Smith strikes out.  Ssssshhh. The Dodgers are sleeping.

Ugly Uniforms 3, Dodgers 2.

NINTH INNING

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Edwin Uceta now pitching.

Uceta pitches at Escobar’s shoes. Escobar flies out.

Walker is at 3-1. He singles.

Peralta singles just ahead of His Mookiness.

Cabrera loads up the bases.

Smith has a count that is basically full. Uceta strikes him out.

Varsho is at 1-2 with the crowd standing and roaring. 2-2. Uceta gets booed again, and then they roar again. 3-2. They return to their booing. They roar again. They boo, they roar. Still 3-2. Uceta walks in a run, and the crowd boos again.

Jake Reed is in to pitch.

Josh Reddick gets booed. And gets to 3-0. And gets walked.

Ahmed strikes out to end the inning.

More runs cross the plate than I can keep track of.

Ugly Uniforms 5, Dodgers 2.

Bottom

Chris Taylor. Nothing.

Lux is at 0-2. 1-2. Out.

AJ Pollock flies out to end the embarrassment.

Ugly Uniforms 5, Dodgers 2.

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