The Dodgers held on by the skin of their teeth on Tuesday evening to beat the feisty Rays by a score of 3-2. Two errors, (One by possible future Dodger Chris Archer) led to two unearned runs and Yasmani Grandal’s bomb was just enough to give the Dodgers the win
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Tonight's opening game of the home stand featured the Tampa Bay Rays and Chris Archer, the RH pitcher who almost everyone on Twitter and the blogs is wishing and hoping will be traded to the Dodgers. Bud Norris, who's already a Dodger, was hoping to continue building his reputation as
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The Dodgers finally return home to play a five game home stand against Tampa Bay, and Arizona. They’ll play a short two game interleague series on Tuesday night and Wednesday afternoon before a scheduled off day on Thursday and then a weekend set against the Dbacks. The Dodgers are of
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The rubber match tonight between the Dodgers and Cardinals featured a national ESPN broadcast (bleh!) and Mike Mayers making his debut on the mound for the Cheatin' Cardinals. Spoiler Alert: It did not go well for the rookie.We already knew the broadcast would not go well, as ESPN almost totally ignored
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The Dodgers made a nice recovery to get back in the win column on Saturday afternoon with a 7-2 win over the Cardinals. Kenta Maeda pitched 5.2 effecting innings and the Dodgers scored 4 runs early in the game to give Maeda plenty of cushion. Outfielder Andrew Toles collected 3 hits and
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After 16 innings last night, the Dodgers and Cardinals went at it again. Kenta Maeda was trying to prove he's a reliable and effective innings eater, and the Dodgers' offense was trying to prove they understand the philosophy of the RBI. We'll pick things up in the second. 2nd inning Dodgers Howie Kendrick
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The Dodgers suffered one of the most pathetic losses of the season on Friday evening blowing a golden opportunity to gain more ground on the slumping Giants in the NL West. The Dodgers blew a 3-2 lead with 2 outs in the bottom of the ninth inning as Kenley Jansen allowed a
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Corey Seager returned and Brandon McCarthy was on the mound for the Dodgers. The game went for 16 innings, so let's get right to the recap. 1st inning Dodgers Chase Utley with a lead off double! Corey Seager picked up right where he left off before coming down with a three-day case of
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My pregame predictions were correct, and it was indeed time for Stephen Strasburg to lose as the Dodgers knocked him around early to take the series in Washington. Justin Turner slugged two home runs and youngster Julio Urias pitched 4 effective innings. Adam Liberatore picked up his second win this season as the
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Gooooooooood mooooorniiiinnnggg L.A.! It was an early morning 9 a.m. start for Dodgers fans today. Angelinos awoke to plenty of news: Corey Seager was still missing from the Dodgers lineup. Charlie Culberson's call up turned out to be no more than a cup of coffee, as he was optioned back down.
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There’s only three certainties’ in life, death, taxes, and Dave Roberts sitting his best offensive threats when an opposing left handed pitcher is on the mound. To nobodies’ surprise Roberts rolled out the all-righty lineup again on Wednesday afternoon and hold onto your hats it failed to answer the bell.
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Despite Scott's plea, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts trotted out the all-righty lineup against losing record (5-8), left-handed Gio Gonzalez. Missing today were Utley, Seager and Pederson. Yasiel Puig got the start in CF and Scott Van Slyke in RF. Charlie Culberson was brought up to spot the still-ailing Corey Seager. In
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I missed a lot of news on Tuesday afternoon while I was at work as the Dodgers were defeating the Nationals 8-4 in the series opener. The Dodgers were dealt more injury blows as Hyun-jin Ryu and reliever Casey Fien were placed on the disabled list. For Ryu the news is anything but surprising.
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Joc Pederson is back! But Cory Seager, Clayton Kershaw, Casey Fien and Hyun-Jin Ryu are now out. The universe is a cruel and cold place. Here's how tonight's opening game between Scott Kazmir and rookie pitcher Reynaldo Lopez went. 1st inning Just after the start of the game, I jumped in my
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The Dodgers will try and put the frustrating Arizona Series behind them as they fly into the Nation’s capital to take on the Washington Nationals for a three game series. The boys in blue are no doubt frustrated and tired after losing two of three to the crappy Dbacks, so they’ll try to
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I had a perfect recap all written up for this game when it was 6-0 Arizona in the top of the ninth inning. I use the term "perfect" loosely of course. However the Dodgers rallied to score 5 runs over the final two frames (Including 3 runs in the ninth)
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