The Dodgers shuffled their beleaguered bullpen Tuesday, placing right-hander Joel Peralta on the 15-day disabled list with a right neck sprain. He talked about the injury prior to tonight’s game against the Washington Nationals:
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PHILADELPHIA — This city loves Jimmy Rollins. There were several anecdotes from today I could hold up as evidence: the two dozen reporters gathered by his locker from the time he arrived at the ballpark; the hundreds who lined up around the dugout for autographs; the thousands who cheered when Rollins ran out to the field to take ground balls during batting practice. This newspaper page or this standing ovation before the game’s first at-bat:
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Pitching change, so let’s stare at these. pic.twitter.com/D26jhOeuJn
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 23, 2015
CHICAGO >> It’s probably intellectually lazy on my part to write the same story every day, but … the Dodgers hit two home runs and allowed three Monday, neither team’s offense showed up otherwise, and the Cubs won 4-2.
What distinguished this game from all the others before it: the floodlights went out for a time over Wrigley Field, the game ended under protest (which I assume Joe Maddon has already dropped), and the sunset created a creepy yellow-orange-brown hue. This color is not listed in the box score.
Since this didn’t make my game story, here’s what crew chief Jerry Meals told a pool reporter about the 10-minute visibility delay: “We felt that we would be able to continue playing, that it was sufficient lighting,” Meals said. “Out of the six banks, none were out. There was scattered lights out, and the information I got from Roger with the Cubs (groundskeeper Roger Baird) was that the lights are going to come on slowly, sporadically, one at a time here or there. Once they warm up, they’ll continue coming on and probably within 15 minutes they’d all be on.”
Prior to the game, Joel Peralta reflected on his road back from a potential career-ending injury.
CHICAGO >> Two vaguely familiar uniforms are hanging in the postage stamp of a visitors’ clubhouse at Wrigley Field. One (#63) belonged to Joel Peralta. The other (58) belonged to Ian Thomas.
The Dodgers optioned relief pitchers Daniel Coulombe and Matt West to Triple-A Oklahoma City and activated Peralta from the disabled list. Peralta spoke at length Monday about the physical and emotional journey he endured while recovering from a pinched nerve that was affecting his right triceps. Peralta has missed the 53 games and said there was no guarantee he would return at all. More from him in a future blog entry.
The more intriguing case is that of Thomas, who was officially recalled about 20 minutes before the anticipated 7:05 p.m. (CT) start time. A team spokesperson said that Thomas was delayed en route to Chicago from Oklahoma City, where the Dodgers’ top farm team is in the middle of a seven-game homestand.
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