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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Let's hope Bud Norris is feeling nostalgic because he's facing off against his former teammates this afternoon. How will he fare against his old club? A hanging curveball to Manny Machado, and Baltimore ace Chris Tillman halted the Dodgers home winning streak at ten in Tuesday night's 4-1 loss. Kenta Maeda
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As morning broke today, the Dodgers were undefeated on the homestand. They'd been mounting comebacks for wins. Hyun-Jin Ryu was returning and Yasiel Puig had been heating up at the plate. In addition to all of that, we got the good news that rookie Corey Seager is an All-Star. For the
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The Dodgers kept their winning streak alive on Independence Day with two come from behind rallies against the Orioles. The final rally saw them come from behind to overcome a 5-2 deficit and defeat the Baltimore club by a 7-5 score. It was Corey Seager’s triple that keyed the go-ahead run and
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There is nothing more patriotic than a Dodgers win on Independence Day. The Dodgers made all Americans proud on Monday night with a 7-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles to celebrate the fourth of July in grand fashion. The win gives the Dodgers ten consecutive victories at home. The Dodgers
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The moment we’ve scoffed about for weeks has now finally arrived. The pitching reinforcements are here. McCarthy is coming!!! McCarthy is coming!!!! Paul Revere shouted as he rode his horse through the Dodger stadium club level parking lot. I may have to actually stop making fun of McCarthy’s 48 million dollar
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This afternoon's game brought us the grand return of Brandon McCarthy to Chavez Ravine. In addition to that, the Dodgers were hoping to pull off the victory and sweep the Rockies. Will pick up the action in the second... 2nd inning Dodgers Trayce Thompson went deep to center field for a solo home
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The Dodgers have now won eight consecutive home contests after defeating the Rockies by a 6-1 score on Saturday night. The Dodgers are now a season high 9 games above .500 and 5 games behind the Giants in the NL West. This comes as a huge surprise considering the club is now
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Bud Norris started the homestand off right with a brilliant performance last night. This game brought Scott Kazmir to the mound for the Dodgers. At the beginning of the season, Kazmir was an iffy pitcher, who tended to either be very good or pretty bad. He's thrown considerably better in
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The Dodgers officially placed Clayton Kershaw and Joc Pederson on the 15-day disabled list on Friday afternoon. The opening game of the home stand was the first day of A.K. also known as life after Kershaw. It’s tough and makes me want to break furniture but the Dodgers were able
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