The Boys in Blue took the rubber match against the "hated ones" last night to improve their lead to six games in the NL West and decrease their magic number to five. The Dodgers tonight will begin a four game series against the Colorado Rockies. Making his return to the
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Kenta Maeda was shown in last night's telecast sitting in the Dodgers dugout with baseball in hand. It looked like he was working on his pitching technique. He slowly moved his arm forward at the elbow and put a finishing wrist-twist on his simulated pitch. What he didn't know at
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The Los Angeles Dodgers bats failed to hit with runners in scoring position all game long against Johnny Cueto and the San Francisco Giants. The Dodgers fell 2-0 last night but still hold a five game lead in the NL West heading into tonight's rubber match against the Giants. Tonight
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The second game against the Giants looked to be a dandy, following the infamous "Don't look at me" game, and the premature lifting of Hill after seven perfect innings in his last outing. Add to that, Johnny Cueto taking the mound for the Giants, and we had all the makings for
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Last nights come from behind 2-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants had a lot of fireworks. It was Clayton Kershaw vs. Madison Bumgarner. It was Yasiel Puig vs. Bumgarner. Ultimately it was Adrian Gonzalez clutch hit in the ninth inning to secure the victory. The Dodgers now have a
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Dodgers vs Giants. Kershaw vs Bumgarner. Puig vs Bumgarner. Lots of bad blood. The NL West title on the line. If you need more hype than that, you're not a baseball fan. 1st inning 1,2,3 inning. Job done for Kersh. 2nd inning Dodgers Yasiel Puig with a double. Yasmani Grandal was plunked on the elbow. Two
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Sometimes life gets in the way of Dodger baseball. This is exactly what happened to me on Sunday afternoon as the Dodgers lost a wild game 10-9 in 12 innings to the Dbacks. I apologize for the lack of recap, rest assured that will be the only time you will
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It’s important to note that while I have been critical of Andrew Friedman and the front office brain trust, what they are doing is working. The Dodgers are in first place 5 games ahead with 13 left to play on course to win their fourth consecutive NL West title. They
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Good morning faithful LADR readers, Today's pregame is brought to you by Oscar. Hope you enjoy the Sunday change of pace. The Arizona Diamondbacks won four games in a row, including the first of the four-game, extended series against the Dodgers. The boys in blue stopped the Snakes streak, winning two in
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The Dodger’s talent shined bright as they defeated the Dbacks 6-2 on Saturday night to take a 2-1 lead in the four game series, Rookie Brock Stewart turned in an admirable effort tossing five innings and allowing just two earned runs on five hits and struck out 6 to earn the
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The Dodgers snapped Arizona’s annoying little 4-game winning streak by beating turncoat Zack Greinke and the rest of the Snakes 3-2 to even the series in the second game on Friday evening. The Dodgers were able to make three early runs stand up and staved off a late Dback’s rally to
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You know Greinke went for the money this year and maybe he doesn't regret it with his 210 million dollars. He can't be happy though with the lousy team he inherited. He may be rich with money but is very poor with wins. This is the last time the Dodgers will
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The Dodger’s recent offensive malaise continued on Thursday evening as they plodded along to a very sad 7-3 loss to the Dbacks in the opening game of this four game series. The Dodger’s sudden offensive drought has popped up only on this road trip. On this current trip the Dodgers are hitting
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The Dodgers looked like two different teams in the Big Apple, but they managed to take the series from the Yankees. Their return home to LA was slowed by a stop against their NL West rivals, the Arizona Diamondbacks.Here's how game one of three played out.2nd inning The Diamondbacks quickly let Rich
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Odds are that Rich Hill is going to allow a run at some point. Until then it’s a lot of fun watching him pitch. Could we possibly have another situation where he’s pulled from another no-hitter or perfect game? Speaking of pulled, the Dodgers pulled out a tough rain soaked 2-0
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The Los Angeles Dodgers struggled once again against lefties yesterday and followed it up with a predictable 3-0 loss. The Dodgers had their right handed line-up against the New York Yankees C.C. Sabathia who turned into the Sabathia of old against the boys in blue. The Dodgers hoped to rebound in the rubber match with
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