The first two games of the Dodgers/Brewers series were tough, back and forth affairs. Each team had come away with one win. Mike Bolsinger was set to pitch against Chase Anderson. They are both old friends, and Bolsinger was Best Man at Anderson's wedding. The big question was, which of the
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Julio Urias took the mound at Chavez Ravine with the intent to boost the Dodgers back up after a difficult loss to the Brewers last night. Last night's game was a see-saw affair with blown leads, two 3-run comebacks, a ninth inning rally that fell short, and a shouting/shoving match in
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During the sixth inning of last night's Dodgers - Brewers game, Justin Turner sent a fly ball to deep left field. Joc Pederson tagged up at third and scored the tying run, but the play was much closer than it had to be. Yasmani Grandal was on first base and he
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After a six-game, .500 road trip, the Dodgers returned to Chavez Ravine (and Vin Scully) to take on the Brewers. Chase Utley returned to the lead off spot, Will Venable started in right field, and Scott Kazmir took the mound, with Yasmani Grandal as his battery mate. We'll pick up the
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The machinations behind the Dodgers daily line ups absolutely baffle me. Let's use yesterday's game against the Diamondbacks as an example. On one hand, the Dodgers made a smart move by dropping Adrian Gonzalez down to fifth in the batting order. I've called for that for the past few weeks. We
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Clayton Kershaw took the mound this morning, hoping to give the Dodgers a two-game winning streak. The game featured a tweaked lineup for the Dodgers, with Adrian Gonzalez batting fifth for the first time this season. Trace Thompson moved up in the batting order to bat clean up. They also sat Joc
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After a three-game losing streak, including dropping the first game of the series against the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Dodgers were asking themselves, can Maeda-san be a stopper san? The answer was yes, in more ways than one. We'll pick things up in the third, with the Dodgers down by one. 3rd inning
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Zack Greinke was the one the Dodgers let get away (to Arizona). Like a true mercenary, Greinke chased the dollars to the desert, and many in LA were smug and satisfied when he began 2016 in the worst way possible. Greinke was shelled mercilessly early in the season, but the
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The rubber match between the Dodgers and the hated ones featured Julio Urias' fourth start (third on the road). His stuff was impressive at Dodger Stadium, but the kid has to get his pitch count down. The Giants threw a mostly left-handed lineup against him. Here's how that battle played
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The Dodgers won the first game of the weekend series against the Giants with a little help from ninth inning heroics from Justin Turner and Clayton Kershaw's thirteen strike outs. They didn't have the benefit of Kershaw again, so Scott Kazmir and his up and down pitching abilities would have
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This series is important. It's the big kahuna. The NL West is on the line and both teams were leading with their big boys on the mound. Clayton Kershaw (8-1) and Johnny Cueto (9-1) are the top two pitchers in the National League. The Dodgers are trying to prove to the
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Tonight brought the rubber match between the Dodgers and Rockies. In game one the Dodgers were one hit, and they won game two on the strength of two hits. Manager Dave Roberts rested Chase Utley and Corey Seager, two of the hottest Dodger bats, and just as Scott predicted, he fielded
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The Dodgers slept walked through last night's game against the Rockies, and as a result, they were one-hit by a very good road pitcher. Tonight they countered with their AAA phenom, Julio Urias, who so far has been a very bad road pitcher. Tonight, however, Urias was wearing the home whites
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There's no other explanation for it. Somebody must be turning the screws on Farhan Zaidi and Dave Roberts, forcing them to keep the light to non-hitting Justin Turner in prime spots of the Dodgers' batting order. Despite never returning as the power hitter he was last season, and not making contact
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The third place Rockies rolled into Chavez Ravine on the 72nd anniversary of D-Day, to face a Dodgers team that was as hot as it had been all season. Unfortunately, that was only as hot as a 4 inning-old Dodger dog. The Dodgers swept the Braves over the weekend, but skipper
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The dark skies and ashes from the fires of last night were gone. Today brought the Dodgers and Braves together on a sunny LA afternoon with the smell of a sweep in the air. Scott Kazmir was on the mound, and Carl Crawford was finally out of the dugout. Here's
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