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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I mean when a club is trying to gift you a win, you take it. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. The Dodgers just couldn't get out of their own way on Saturday. The Dbacks did their best to try and give away Saturday night’s game to the Dodgers.
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Game two of three. The Dodgers were coming off the high of last night's blowout win, and Brandon McCarthy was coming off the low of his last outing. How would this balancing act play out? 1st inning Snakes Two pitches into the game, the HP umpire took a foul ball off the
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The Dodgers kicked off the second half of the season with a bang, walloping the Dbacks by a score of 13-7. The offense exploded for 13 runs off 18 hits. Chris Taylor had the game of his life collecting three hits, hitting a grand slam home run and driving in six runs.
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Baseball is back! The first series of the second half brings the Dodgers to Chase Field in Arizona. They faced Snake southpaw Patrick Corbin, who was looking for his first win at home. Bud Norris took the bump for the Blue. Things to watch for: How Yasiel Puig's game is affected
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The Dodgers reopen the 2016 season and resume play with a three game weekend series at Arizona against the Dbacks. The boys in blue have a 51-40 record and are in second place in the NL West, 6.5 games behind the Giants. The Dodgers also lead the NL Wild Card
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It was the last game before the All-Star break, and Kenta Maeda was trying to bounce back from his last outing, which was one of his worst of the year. The Dodgers were up 2 games to 1 in a four-game series against the Padres, and it was a glorious
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The Dodgers (50-40) recorded their 50th win of the season with a 4-3 win on Saturday afternoon over the Padres. The winning run scored on a botched double play take-out slide from Justin Turner. The play was reviewed but ultimately the call stood. Brandon McCarthy pitched well only allowing 3
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I don't mean to sound like a broken record here, but the Dodgers seriously need some innings from somebody to take the burden off of a tired but excellent bullpen. It's unfair to put these kind of innings on the bullpen and it could result in some injuries. The last
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Friday night marked a significant achievement in Yasmani Grandal’s career. The Dodger’s switch-hitting catcher collected five hits and slugged three home runs to lead the Dodgers to a 10-6 win over the Padres. The win snapped the Dodger’s three game losing streak. Not surprisingly Scott Kazmir was unable to give the
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The Dodgers (48-40) rolled over and played dead on Thursday evening in the opening game of their four game series against San Diego. Hyun-jin Ryu’s return was unsurprisingly unsuccessful as the left hander allowed six earned runs in five innings to the lowly Padres. Sadly most shoulder injuries like the one he
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The bars in K-Town were probably jumping tonight, with Korean baseball fans celebrating the return of Hyun-Jin Ryu to Chavez Ravine. There has been some worry across the blogs and Twitter over Ryu's decreased pitch speed. Before his shoulder injuries, Ryu was averaging 93 mph on his fastball. He seemed to
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The Dodgers are going to be exhausted, and understandable so. The boys in blue suffered a tough loss on Wednesday afternoon in their insane 14-inning marathon loss to the Orioles. It was a crazy game that saw Scott Kazmir pinch-hit, Chase Utley collected 6 hits, and Chris Hatcher ended the game
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Today's afternoon rubber match between the Dodgers and the Orioles lasted 5 hours, 26 minutes, it broke the record for strike outs in a game at Dodger Stadium, saw career highs for two Dodgers, went so long that I had to miss the final three innings, sent manager Dave Roberts
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