When the door on Clayton Kershaw closed, the window for Bud Norris opened. Let's see what the newest Dodger brought to the table. 2nd inning Rockies Bud Norris gave up a single and hit a batter, but he struck out the side. 3rd inning Rockies Norris with two more K's, making it five strikeouts
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Maybe we can close our eyes and pretend Bud Norris is Kershaw? We would really have to use our imaginations for that. Oh Boy. The Dodgers finally return home tonight to start a ten game home stand which will close out the first half and take them up to the all-star
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The Dodgers punted away another game on Wednesday with a 7-0 loss to the Brewers in the second game of the series at Miller Park. Brock Stewart wasn’t as bad as you would think, but still got pummeled for five runs on eight hits over 5 frames. However he did whiff 7
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The Dodgers presented us tonight with another debut of yet another young phenom. This time it was The Blue Meteor™, Brock Stewart, breaking through the baseball stratosphere and onto a major league mound less than 100 days from his first start in Class-A Rancho Cucamonga. Julio Urias had a near-disastrous debut
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Tuesday evening was a tough night for us Dodger fans. Our worst nightmares were revealed when the announcement of Clayton Kershaw’s back examination on Wednesday broke during the Dodger’s 6-5 win over the Brewers. We’ll all be holding our collective breaths as Clayton undergoes testing in Los Angeles. The Dodgers simply can’t
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Julio Urias was on the road against the Brewers tonight. There were rumors this would be his last start. Let's pull up a screen and see how the game turned out. Spoiler Alert: It was a doozy! 1st inning Brewers Dodgers defense straight up handled their business. Julio Urias tried to pick off
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The Dodgers staved off embarrassment and a sweep at the hands of the Pirates with a come from behind 5-4 win. Scott Kazmir turned in another poor performance, by allowing four earned runs in the top of the first inning, but didn’t allow anything the rest of the way. His outings
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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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