Giants top Dodgers 2-0 despite injuries to Cueto, Crawford

“That is kind of the way they manage their staff over there”. I mean, gee whiz, Giants and Dodgers tonight.

In 1958, when the Dodgers played their first game in Los Angeles, I was a resident of that city and barely 20 years old. The Dodgers only have themselves to blame for failing to suck any more magic out of the Giants. In five innings, Maeda struck out six and allowed one run on three hits, getting the decision in Los Angeles’ 3-2 victory.

The Dodgers plan to honor their second-longest tenured employee (behind former manager Tom Lasorda) starting Tuesday night with a Scully bobblehead giveaway. His flawless game went out the window when Eduardo Nunez got a base hit to lead off the first.

“Let’s all take a deep breath as we go to the most dramatic ninth inning in the history of baseball”.

Scully, who began with the Dodgers in 1950, has said from the start this season that he’s been uncomfortable with all the attention paid to him.

The low-scoring affair featured a pitching duel between Johnny Cueto and Rich Hill. The 36-year-old has gone 3-1 while striking out 28 against three walks in 24 1/3 innings since begin acquired by the Dodgers from Oakland on August 1.

Hill (12-5), was equally efficient, making just one mistake (the home run to Nunez), in an otherwise stellar outing for the southpaw. High fly ball into right field.

Scully calls Hank Aaron’s historic 715th home run to break Babe Ruth’s all-time record. In Monday’s game, he beat out an infield single against Clayton Kershaw, stole second, went to third on a wild throw by Yasmani Grandal and scored the Giants’ only run on a wild pitch. I will concentrate on Denver as if they are challenging the Dodgers for first place and the game will take its place and hopefully carry me along with it to the very end. “One mistake to Nunez, a fastball that was supposed to be down”. He came off the mound and shook his leg after throwing a pitch to Andrew Toles, which brought the training staff out of the dugout. “It’s the blister that we’re consciously trying to monitor”. “It’s not necessarily an issue but it’s something that we’ve got to continue to monitor and stay ahead of”.

Crawford left the game. He left runners at first and second – how could he not?

“God has been so good to me to allow me to do what I’m doing”, said Scully, a devout Catholic who attends Mass on Sundays before heading to the ballpark.

Scully said of working a seasonal job at the post office, “We would spend all the time slotting and arguing about who was better, Duke Snider or Willie Mays”.

Following yet another bullpen collapse, San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy might be forgiven if he fails to call on any relievers for a few days.

The first man out of the gate was right-hander George Kontos, but he didn’t make it to the infield dirt.

“Don Larsen pitches a flawless game, retiring 27 Dodgers in a row”. Yet both saw their nights cut short when they were pinch hit for down 1-0.