The Dodgers had lost the previous three games to the suddenly mighty Pirates. Scott Kazmir - or as I call him, "Ol' Back, Back, Back" - went to the mound, and manager Dave Roberts used his "all righty" lineup in an attempt to avoid the sweep. Your loyal writer wears
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Clayton Kershaw is human. Sunday night certainly wasn’t his usual dominating performance. The ace left hander was handed just his second loss of the season in the Dodger’s pathetic 4-3 defeat. Kershaw can’t win every game and he’s going to have outings where he give sup a few runs. Maybe he
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The last time we saw Clayton Kershaw was at Chavez Ravine, and it was 100° afternoon. It wasn't quite a hot LA Sunday, but it was a humid Pittsburgh night. The Dodgers had already dropped the first two games to the Pirates, and were once again looking to number 22
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The Dodgers stagnant season continues as the boys in blue must once again turn to Clayton Kershaw to stop a losing streak. The Dodgers had won six in a row before they punted away Friday’s game by starting random bum Nick Tepesch, who was predictably horrendous in the Dodger’s 8-6
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The Dodgers lost the first of four games against the Pirates, and sent Kenta Maeda to the mound with orders to begin a new winning streak. Although last night's game was a loss, the offense did their job in scoring six runs. Among the big questions for tonight:Would the run scoring
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So Nick Tepesch was predictably terrible in his Dodger debut and the Dodger’s 6-game winning streak was snapped in an 8-6 loss to the Pirates. Unsurprisingly Tepesch allowed five earned runs on seven hits over just 4 innings. The Dodger bullpen gave up the rest and the offense could never fully catch
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Tonight the Dodgers opened a four-game series at PNC Park with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nick Tepesch got his first start as a Dodger. SPOILER ALERT: He was terrible! 2nd inning Pirates Tepesch gave up three consecutive hits. Toss in Yasiel Puig missing the cut-off man (again) and you get the Pirates up 2-0. In
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The Dodgers are red hot right now. They’ve won six consecutive games and are coming off of one of the most exciting games of the season that saw them come from behind to score two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat the Nationals on Wednesday evening 4-3. The
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The Dodgers had won five straight, and were going for the sweep with Julio Urias on the mound, and Dusty Baker bobbleheads in everyone's hands. Here's how the game played out. 1st inning Nats After a questionable walk to Jason Werth, Julio Urias struck out two and got one fly out. Dodgers Chase Utley
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It looks like the last couple of weeks of my complaining have really paid off. The red hot Dodgers pulled a rabbit out of their hat with a come from behind 3-2 win over the Nationals on Tuesday night. Yasmani Grandal’s beautiful three-run home run put the Dodgers ahead and Scott Kazmir
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The Dodgers have won four in a row, but tonight's pitcher is wild card, Scott Kazmir. That means anything can happen, and you won't find me betting on five in a row. That said, the other wild card is the Dodgers' offense. Like LA's temperatures, the bats have been flaming hot.
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The Dodgers rolled off their fourth consecutive win on Monday evening as Clayton Kershaw defeated the Nationals by a 4-1 score. It was a brutally hot day in Los Angeles with temperatures in excess of 110 degrees. Despite Kershaw tiring in the top of the seventh, he still allowed just one earned
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Tonight's game was supposed to be the big showdown between the National League's two big guns, Clayton Kershaw and Stephen Strasburg. It was a match up so anticipated, that Vin Scully braved a sore throat to come in to work. Like many of us, Scully was anticipating a great game. However,
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The Dodgers came from behind on father’s day to defeat the Brewers 2-1 and take the series 3 games to 1. Kike Hernandez’s solo home run in the bottom of the eighth helped erase a 1-0 deficit and Yasmani Grandal’s bases loaded walk in the bottom of the ninth forced in the
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It was 99 degrees at first pitch. The Dodgers and Brewers were both decked out in powder blue accented unis, and Kenta Maeda on the bump. 1st inning Brewers They say the hotter weather makes it easier for home run balls to travel. Perhaps so, as Maeda gave up a first inning
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The Dodgers fattened up on Milwaukee pitching on Saturday night with an impressive 10-6 victory to take a 2-1 series lead. The Dodger offense exploded and scored 10 runs on 14 hits as Justin Turner stayed hot slugging another home run and driving in three runs. Joc Pederson (who batted lead-off last
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