When the season began who knew Kenta Maeda would be the workhorse of the Dodgers rotation? Maeda took the mound today for the 27th time, seeking his 15th win, after winning 7 of his last 8 starts. On top of all that, who knew it would take this long for Captain
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Take a look at these numbers: Major League Baseball has existed for 140 years. More than 210,000 games have been played over that span. There have only been 23 perfect games thrown. Last night, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Rich Hill was on the cusp of becoming only the 24th man
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There were plenty of story lines in tonight's game to pick from: Joc Pederson's multiple home runs, the return of Andre Ethier, a circus catch that only Yasiel Puig could make in that moment. But the real story tonight was Rich Hill and the perfect game that was not allowed
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The much anticipated return of Clayton Kershaw happened as the Los Angeles Dodgers started Game 1 of this ten game road trip against Jose Fernandez and the Miami Marlins. This road trip will span three cities in ten days. Kershaw was making his first appearance since June 26th. Kershaw came
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On Aug. 31 Andrew Toles rose out of seemingly nowhere in Coors Field against the Colorado Rockies and hit a grand slam to put the Los Angeles Dodgers up 10-8, which led to a huge comeback victory to salvage a game in that series. The Dodgers bench erupted for the
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Today was Wednesday, Hump Day, and the Dodgers were hunting for a sweep. Brock Stewart took the mound hoping to build on his excellent previous outing (5 shutout innings), and to build on the four-game lead the Dodgers built over the second place Giants. 1st inning Paul Goldschmidt got a lucky "ground
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The Dodgers gave "turncoat" Zack Greinke some labor pains on Labor day as the Dodgers pounded the snakes 10-2. Greinke shed some skin last night as he chased the money to go to Arizona during the off-season. Dodger fill in Kenta Maeda outdueled Greinke. This was a statement win for the Dodgers.
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Today was the much-anticipated debut of young Dodger call up, Jose De Leon. Enough hype. Here's how the game played out. Spoiler Alert: The kid did not disappoint. 1st inning Jose De Leon's line after one - 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 walks, 1 HBP, 2 Ks, 20 pitches. That alone was worth
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Rich Hill has pitched so little for the Dodgers, because of a blistered finger, he's being called nicknames like Blister Boy and Captain Blister. It's too bad the blister remains his calling card, because he was lights out (6 scoreless innings) against the Giants in his Dodgers debut. He returns to
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The Dodgers expanded their roster yesterday and called up Yasiel Puig who went 2-4 yesterday to help against left handed pitching. The Dodgers had a whopping 13 hits off Padre pitching including two RBI's from Joc Pederson and four hits from Howie Kendrick. Usually that's a recipe for a victory
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After a near disastrous, mini-road trip, The Dodgers returned to Chavez Ravine. The big question for tonight's starter, Julio Urias, was whether he could get his pitch count down in order to go deep into the game. He's fast approaching the innings limit the Dodgers have placed on him, so
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Hey everybody! Remember double-headers? They used to be commonplace, just like stirrups and reasonably priced stadium beer. Now it's 2016, and you'd be hard pressed to find a double header anywhere in the majors. But the Dodgers and the Rockies had one today. Here's how the first game went. 1st inning A long
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The Dodgers just announced "Vin Scully Weekend", which will be held Sept. 23-25 at Dodger Stadium. Over that weekend the Dodgers will pay tribute to the man who has been the golden voice of summer in Los Angeles for 67 years. But here's the rub. Scully hasn't really been heard by
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The Dodgers just completed a successful home-stand against the Giants and the Cubs taking two of three from both. So the letdown occurred yesterday against the Rockies in Coors, where the Dodgers were pounded 8-1. The Dodgers now lead the Giants by 1 1/2 games in the NL West. So
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As Scott told us in the pregame report, this is the last time in 2016 the Dodgers will play in the Baseball Devil's Triangle known as Coors field. Kenta Maeda, the most consistent Dodgers starting pitcher since the All-Star break, was tasked with winning his seventh straight game. The game was
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The Cubs won the first game this weekend. The Dodgers took the second. Here's how the rubber match of this playoffs-preview series played out. It was close! 1st inning Jon Lester struck out the side. 3rd inning Brock Stewart struck out the side. That gave him 7 Ks. Dodgers Brock Stewart got his first ML single! 4th
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