You would think the Mets would be an easy mark for the Dodgers. After all the New York club is horrible this year. They’re mired in fourth place and 13 games under .500. Once you get into September and get this close to the end of the season you find
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Just one week after falling behind the Arizona Diamondbacks by 4 ½ games in the National League West, all is right in Dodgerland once again. Kenley Jansen has had three straight scoreless appearances, collecting two saves, and a win. Walker Buehler looks like the ace of the future, or maybe
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After the emotional series with the snakes, the Dodgers welcomed the New York Mets. The road didn't get any easier as they took on Jacob deGrom. The Dodgers countered with Alex Wood. The Gauntlet 2 awaits the Dodgers this weekend when they face the Rockies in Coors for three for
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Matt Kemp had been mired in a massively disturbing second half slump before he smashed that go-ahead three-run home run off of Archie Bradley on Saturday night that beat the Snakes at Dodger Stadium. Kemp has been ice cold since the all-star break and particularly in the month of August
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The Dodgers have won two straight against the Snakes in thrilling fashion to tie the Snakes for first place. This afternoon the Dodgers sent Walker Buehler to the mound to face former Red Sox Clay Buchholz. What do you know, a pitchers duel broke out. This series has been close
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The Major league baseball season takes some weird twists and turns. Something has clicked with the Dodgers over the past couple of nights and I don’t know what it is. I’ll take it though and very glad that it’s happened. The 2018 Dodgers have mostly been a supremely frustrating and
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The Dodgers aren’t going down without a fight folks. For the second consecutive night the Dodgers rallied in the late innings overcoming a 2-0 deficit by scoring three runs in the bottom of the eighth. This time around it was Matt Kemp’s majestic three-run blast that gave the Dodgers the lead
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One of the most important aspects of a successful baseball team is the ability to win close games. In order to do that you need to get two vital parts. First you need to have solid relief pitching. If your bullpen is leaking runs in the late innings and unable
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Just when we thought the Dodgers were dead and buried. Left in the bone yard, they rose from the ashes like a Phoenix to surprise us. Speaking of Phoenix, this game had to stick in their crawl. The Dodgers (king of the solo shots) down 2-1 in the eighth inning
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It’s no secret the Dodgers need bullpen help. So today the Dodgers have reportedly acquired veteran reliever Ryan Madson. The 38-year old right hander was placed on revocable trade waivers by the Washington Nationals 48 hours ago. The Dodgers will be sending minor leaguer Andrew Istler to the Nationals to
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The Dodgers are one of the worst if not the worst clutch performers in the majors in 2018 and they showed why on Thursday evening during their latest disaster, losing to the Dbacks 3-1 in the series opener. The Dodgers entered the contest winners of their last five in a
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The Dodgers put their modest four-game winning streak on the line tonight, sending Alex Wood, who skipped a start after a bad game against the Cardinals, to the mound in the final of a two-game series against the Texas Rangers. Cody Bellinger cracked the scoring seal with a powerful home run
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The Dodgers scored eight runs on fifteen hits and got four scoreless innings from the bullpen to defeat the Rangers 8-4 in the interleague series opener on Tuesday night in Arlington. The Dodgers overcame a lackluster start from Walker Buehler with strong relief pitching and a productive performance from the
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As much as Dodger fans would like to be reading about how Kenley Jansen returned this week and saved the bullpen, everyone knows by now that’s not what happened. Jansen lost two games when entering in the 9th inning, each in a tie game, and blew a lead over the
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A bloop hit last night by Justin Turner salvaged a game for the Dodgers which Kenley Jansen almost blew. So today the Dodgers put Hyun-Jin Ryu on the mound against left hander Robbie Erlin. The Brewers, Phillies, and Snakes all won today. The Rockies lost. The Dodgers had a chance
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The Dodgers edged the Padres in 12 innings 5-4 on Saturday night overcoming another Kenley Jansen blown save and another Dodger Stadium power outage securing a series win. Clayton Kershaw tossed seven innings allowing two earned runs on seven hits with nine strikeouts but was not involved in the decision. Manny Machado
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