The Dodgers came off an important split against the snakes to stay within 7 games of the division. Now the Dodgers play a three game set against the Padres in Monterrey, Mexico. Fernando Valenzuela threw the first pitch. Walker Buehler and the bullpen combined for a no-hitter against the hapless
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The Dodger bullpen rode to the rescue and rose from the ashes of mediocrity on Wednesday night to lead the Dodgers to an improbable 2-1 win over the Dbacks in Phoenix. Ironically the phrase is fitting considering the Dodgers were finally able to defeat the one team they haven’t been
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The Dodgers fresh off a pathetic loss to the Miami Marlins on Wednesday with Clayton Kershaw on the mound. The Dodgers began their longest road trip of the season against the hated ones. Corey Seager sat out with a sore hip. Hyun-Jin Ryu went up against Derek Holland. In the
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The Dodgers slugged three home runs on Saturday night to even the series against the Washington Nationals. Two of the three home runs (Joc Pederson, Enrique Hernandez, Cody Bellinger) came against opposing starter Stephen Strasburg. Two of the three blasts were solo shots (Pederson, Hernandez) and Bellinger’s was a two-run
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There's nothing like playing the last place team in your division to provide a shot of "Get better juice" and snap out of the baseball doldrums. Not far from last place themselves, the Dodgers pulled into San Diego fresh off an impressive win in their last game against the first
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We are in the middle of a rare situation in the NL West, as the Los Angeles Dodgers open up their first three-game series with the San Diego Padres trailing in the division. The Padres currently boast a 1/2 game lead on the Dodgers and will have home-field advantage. Tonight's
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It took me long enough, but I finally made it out to Blue Heaven on Earth, and caught a ball game. It's been a couple of hand-wringing weeks - or a few early season games with nothing to worry about - depending on how you see a record of 3-6
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The Dodgers certainly had a rough road trip losing four out of five games, but they returned home on a happy note after narrowly defeating the Giants 2-1 on Sunday afternoon to force a series split. After an off day on Monday the Dodgers opened a five game home stand
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I should have known the Dodgers were doomed to lose this one. It looked like a disaster waiting to happen right from the lineup that showed Joc Pederson batting leadoff, and the back-to-back placement of Chase Utley and Logan Forsyth in the lineup. Add in starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu, who was
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Dodgers exhibition season ended a little earlier than expected on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium. With the Dodgers leading 4-3 in the bottom of the fifth inning, after a sewage pipe burst right outside the Dodgers dugout sending water onto the field and into the expensive box seats. The spillage
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We’re about two weeks away from opening day and manager Dave Roberts has confirmed the Dodger’s starting rotation for the upcoming season. The Dodgers will go with Clayton Kershaw, Rich Hill, Alex Wood, Kenta Maeda and Hyun-jin Ryu as their starting five. There’s no surprise there. But what if there
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The Dodgers flew into Denver for the final series of the regular season with the hopes of playing spoiler. The Dodgers were hoping to spoil Colorado’s Wild Card party this weekend. Colorado needs to win just two of the three to clinch the second wild card. Unfortunately the Dodgers were
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One night after they clinched the NL West division and literally bathed in champagne, the Giants snuck in a victory over the tired and possibly half-comatose Dodgers. Madison Bumgarner held the boys quiet over seven and 2/3 innings. Justin Turner was still out of action, nursing a "viral thing", as skipper
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You know this was a winnable game until the Dodgers brought in the middle relievers in the fifth inning again. The game was at least within reach but when you’re forced to use a parade of middle relievers starting with Ross Stripling in the fifth inning then you get what
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Last night the Dodgers dropped their fifth game in a row, and fifth recent - with one more contest remaining - against the suddenly rampaging Arizona Diamondbacks. That said, don't despair, Dodgers fans, because there are some bright spots to be gleamed from last night's loss. First off the proverbial bat,
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I'm not even sure where to start tonight. Should we begin by mentioning this was the second night in a row the Dodgers' starting pitcher couldn't get into the fifth inning - and they allowed too many runs for the offense to recover? Maybe we should lead off with the
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