The Dodgers return home after an unsuccessful road trip that saw them lose four out of six to the Rockies and Cubs. They’ll have right hander Pedro Baez back as he’s been reinstated from the disabled list. He’s been nursing a wrist injury and the Dodgers have optioned Josh Fields
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The Dodgers faced the Cubs and old friend Brett Anderson in an afternoon game today with barely a breeze blowing. With each team winning a tough game so far, this rubber match would probably be won by the winds created by the team who wanted it more. Justin Turner returned to
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The lineup shuffling continues for the Dodgers in their series finale against the Cubs. The Dodgers were able to spoil the Cub’s World Series ring party on Wednesday thanks to some awesome pitching. Hopefully the Dodgers can escape with a series win, but they have to beat old teammate Brett Anderson to
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Judging the Dodger’s offense through the first nine games of the season is difficult to do. The hitting has been up and down. They’ve had some games where they’ve scored 10 or more runs and blown out the other club. Then there have been other games where they couldn’t score
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The Dodgers squeaked out a win over the Cubs on Wednesday night to even their three game series at one game each. The Dodgers can’t hit, but they certainly can pitch. Brandon McCarthy was fantastic tossing 6 shutout frames, and Ross Stripling was lights out as he pitched two scoreless
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The Dodgers placed outfielder Franklin Gutierrez on the 10-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring. The DL stint is retroactive to April 11. Right handed hitting Trayce Thompson has been recalled and he’ll join the Dodgers in Chicago. Gutierrez injured his hamstring while getting thrown out attempting to steal
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The Dodgers returned to the scene of the crime, to play the Cubs, the team who ended the Dodgers' quest to break a generation-long World Series drought, who were on their way to win it all and break their own century-long drought. Just to remind the Dodgers of last year's disappointment,
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The Dodgers were able to escape Coors Field with one win luckily. The boys in blue defeated Colorado 10-6 in the series finale on Sunday afternoon and then got the hell out of dodge. Now they’ll begin a three game series against the Cubs at Wrigley Field in a NLCS rematch. Wrigley
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The red-hot Dodgers who took three of four games from the Padres went ice-cold upon arrival in Colorado. It wasn't just the bats that sputtered in the high altitude, even the great Clayton Kershaw slipped up, allowing back-to-back homers for the first time in his career, while losing to the Rockies. After
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Fresh off finding out that Rich Hill is on the DL again. The Dodgers got stymied by Rockies left hander Kyle Freeland yesterday. Hoping to recover the Dodgers sent their ace Clayton Kershaw to oppose Rockies legend in the making Jon Gray. Kershaw didn't seem his dominant self and surrendered a
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So the all-righty loser lineup laid another egg for the Dodgers on Friday afternoon. The Dodger’s 2-1 loss to Colorado rookie Kyle Freeland was a truly pathetic performance. Hyun-jin Ryu and the bullpen did all they could to keep the boys in blue in the game, but there was no way that
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After two years of being away from major league baseball, 29-year old Hyun-Jin Ryu returned to the fields of dreams to see if his dream of a comeback with the Dodgers could be realized. Ryu earned his shot as he worked and willed himself back on the Dodgers' starting rotation. He
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It's been 953 days since Hyun-Jin Ryu last had a win in the major leagues. Today he took the mound for the Dodgers once again. Here's how it all turned out. The Dodgers had a promising start in the first inning. With two out and one on, Yasiel Puig smartly worked
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The Dodgers certainly had a productive day on Thursday afternoon’s series finale against the Padres. The Dodgers defeated San Diego by a 10-2 score as Yasiel Puig homered twice and Brandon McCarthy turned in a quality start. Everybody contributed. Corey Seager went 2 for 3 with 2 runs batted in. Puig drove
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Thursday afternoon’s 10-2 Dodger win was quite a game, and not just because Yasiel Puig blasted two monster home runs, or Brandon McCarthy tossed 6 innings of two-run ball. It wasn’t even because Corey Seager notched two more hits. Nope, the incredible event happened in the bottom of the sixth when
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Today's afternoon matinee could not have gone much better for the Dodgers. It featured the boys in blue scoring double-digit runs for the second time in one series, excellent pitching, great fielding, and the crowning jewel(s), two massive bombs sent out of the stadium by Yasiel Puig. Yours truly was lucky
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