maybe you can fix, er, adjust the lineup while you're at it dave Dodgers flip-flop rotation for Wednesday's doubleheader by Doug Padilla | ESPN Staff Writer — 4 minutes ago DENVER -- Rain enabled the Los Angeles Dodgers to adjust their starting rotation ever so slightly as the first doubleheader of the season is now on tap for Wednesday against the Colorado Rockies. Ross Stripling will now pitch before Rich Hill, who was scheduled to start Tuesday's game. Depending on how you look at it, though, it could be seen as things remained exactly the same. Stripling was scheduled to start Wednesday's day game in Colorado anyway and will continue to do that, only it will now be the first game of a split doubleheader. Hill will pitch in the rescheduled evening game. The Rockies will keep their probable pitchers in order, with Tuesday's scheduled starter Tyler Anderson pitching in the first game and Jeff Hoffman pitching in the second game. The Dodgers will get an extra 26th player for the occasion, with manager Dave Roberts saying he is leaning toward a pitcher. He did not name the pitcher. "We just felt more comfortable with Strip to go the first game," Roberts said. Roberts said there was some thought of playing a game on Thursday's off day, which would have allowed both teams to play with expanded rosters. But that idea was nixed in favor of the doubleheader. "We're fine," Roberts said. "Strip and Rich will pitch and we'll try to win a couple of games." The Dodgers will now have their Thursday free and expand their roster on Friday, which is the start of a six-game homestand against the San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks. Tuesday's game was called after a 2-hour, 32-minute delay. A rain cell formed over the downtown Denver area around first pitch. Not only did it not move, it grew in intensity for a while. Rain completely stopped not long after the game was postponed. AccuWeather reports a "partly sunny" day in Denver Wednesday with a high of 82 degrees. The forecast for Wednesday evening is for "mainly clear" skies. Tuesday marked the third Dodgers game delayed by rain this season and the first one that was postponed. Two of those delayed games have been in Denver.
If the Dodgers sweep the doubleheader tomorrow... (we won't) it will be impossible to doubt this team. Their has been quite a few chances they could've spiriled out the last month or so and they've always responded pretty well. Another test tomorrow.
Stripling to start Game 1 Wednesday, Hill in Game 2 by Matthew Moreno | Dodger Blue — 30 minutes ago The Colorado Rockies and Los Angeles Dodgers were rained out Tuesday night at Coors Field when a sudden downpour delayed first pitch moments before the 5:40 p.m. PT start time. After more than two hours of steady rain, the game was postponed and scheduled as part of a split doubleheader for Wednesday. The probables for tomorrow’s twinbill remain the same, with Ross Stripling taking the ball in Game 1 of the doubleheader, and Rich Hill starting the night game. Stripling was previously scheduled to start the Wednesday afternoon affair. He’ll be opposed by Tyler Anderson, with the Rockies electing to push Jeff Hoffman back to the game that will follow. Anderson was slated to face the Dodgers on Tuesday night but didn’t throw a pitch aside from warming up in the bullpen and a few tosses on the mound. The left-hander allowed allowed two runs on six hits, including one home run, over seven innings to earn a win when he faced the Dodgers at Coors Field on Aug. 3. Hoffman, a rookie, has yet to face the Dodgers in his career and will make just his third start. Similarly, Stripling has yet to face Colorado during his rookie season. Hill is 0-2 lifetime against the Rockies, with an 8.80 ERA in three starts. All of his outings came at Coors Field, though they were from 2006-08. Both clubs will have the option to call up a 26th man for Wednesday’s doubleheader. The selected player must already be on the 40-man roster.
Not feeling too good about their chances with two curveballers (Hill and Stripling) starting at Coors.
Think it's time for me to experience my first double header since fucking Root Sports is not televising either game. That storm last night was crazy. When they come in from the mountains they're fairly predictable, in .0001% time a storm comes in from the northeast, you never know what could happen and it is usually really bad. I live in Denver about 12 minutes east from the stadium(for another 6 weeks) so we had heavy rain and then light rain the rest of the evening as the heart of the storm parked over Coors. That storm was crazy to watch. It was beautiful blue skies and out of nowhere the clouds started forming and began to move into town. I could see clear skies behind that storm for a solid 2-3 hours, but the tail of that thing was constantly regenerating. Hopefully today is rain free, but when we get on a run where we get crushed by unexpected afternoon storms, it seems to continue for a week straight of 6 pm showers. One positive for tonight is that it's a bit more humid now, so hopefully Hill can get a little extra bite on his curveball.
Hill may not be able to make his start tonight as the team is worried about having him go after throwing 40 warm up pitches last night. If you are fucking worried now, don't fucking do it, he is too important to the team going forward.
Wonder what the actual scientifoc validity is to the humidity/ curve ball not grabbing on to the air in CO like sea level. At 60' 6", and thrown at 85 mph, say as an average...how long is the ball in the air actually? One second?...1.5 maybe. Does it really make that much of a difference? On the other hand, Orel always mentions it, so... I mean he's been calling shit before it happens lately, so I guess there's something to it. Just wondering out loud. It's like the endless drone about Coors...it's all weird and shit for the Rox, too, I'm pretty sure. Imo.
