The Dodgers edged the Padres in 12 innings 5-4 on Saturday night overcoming another Kenley Jansen blown save and another Dodger Stadium power outage securing a series win. Clayton Kershaw tossed seven innings allowing two earned runs on seven hits with nine strikeouts but was not involved in the decision. Manny Machado
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The Dodgers just completed the Gauntlet for the past 32 games after the All-Star Break. They played playoff contenders for 32 straight games and went 14-18. Fresh off getting swept by the redbirds. The Dodgers played ping pong yesterday to cool off. The Dodgers welcomed the Padres to the ravine
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The Cardinals certainly made a statement on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium as they defeated the weak ass Dodgers 3-1 in front of an angry sellout crowd at Dodger Stadium. The Cardinals a good young exciting club rallied from a 1-0 deficit to score three runs in the final two
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The Dodgers (67-60) have certainly sucked since returning to play from the MLB all-star break. The Dodgers had to embark on a three-city ten game road trip to Milwaukee, Philadelphia and Atlanta immediately after the break. They went 6-4 on that trip, but since then have gone 8-12, and have
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I think it’s time to accept reality. The writing is on the wall. You can see it very clearly if you’re not delusional. The Dodgers are just not a very good club this year. After another predictably boring 5-2 loss to the Cardinals at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night, have
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For our latest Q&A series we have reached out once again to good friend Daniel Shoptaw of the St. Louis Cardinal’s site called C70. His site is now part of the Cards conclave consortium of United cardinal’s bloggers. This is a fish pond of multiple Cardinal’s sites. If you are
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Joe Davis was blathering on and on about run differential all day during the Dodger’s 12-1 bopping over the Mariners in their series finale at Safeco Field in Seattle. Sure the Dodgers have the best run differential in the National League yet only have the eighth best record in the
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The Dodgers came off a game were they smacked home runs left and right. Tonight with the Rockies winning and the Diamondbacks losing. The Dodgers sent Rich Hill to the mound to face Erasmo Ramirez. This would turn out to be a frustrating game. Joc Pederson started the game off
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The Dodgers were fresh off an extra inning win against the Giants. It was a game they really needed. Now the Dodgers embark on a quick three game road trip in the Pacific Northwest after a day off yesterday to play the Mariners. The cool thing about playing in an
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The Dodgers have certainly been struggling to score runs since their return from the all-star break. Situational hitting, or hitting with runners in scoring position has been a problem for the Dodgers the entire season. The Dodgers do have something on offense that has been a hidden weapon; pinch-hitting. For whatever
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The Dodgers finally got off the proverbial schneid beating the Giants 4-3 and snapping a five game losing streak. In the process they avoided being swept at Dodger Stadium which would have been quote embarrassing. It only took them 12 innings to do it though. It took 12 innings, 16
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In the weeks ahead as the season winds down, I’ll be analyzing some of the most critical decisions that Dave Roberts and his staff encounter on the road to the playoffs, and perhaps their sixth consecutive National League West Division title. Each decision will be broken down from an analytical,
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I’m almost at a loss for words. The Dodger’s bullpen misery continued on Monday evening as Scott Alexander once again deconstructed on the mound allowing the Giants to score four runs in the top of the ninth to erase what was a 2-1 Dodger lead handing the Dodgers their fourth
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The Dodgers have been running in place for over a month now. Since the all-star break the Dodgers have an 11-12 record and hold no advantage in the National League West. We focus primarily on the poor pitching staff for the Dodger’s lackluster play lately. Granted the bullpen sucks, and is
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The Dodgers bullpen had blown two straight games. The first was courtesy of Pedro Baez. Last night was because of JT Chargois. Both should never be put in a high leverage situation again. This afternoon the Dodgers look to bounce back with Rich Hill on the mound facing Chad Bettis.
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Championship caliber teams have strong bullpens. If your team is leaking runs in the late innings then you’re not going to go anywhere in the standings. This explains the 2018 Dodgers, a good team cursed with a gaggle of lousy relievers. Once again the Dodger bullpen snatched defeat from the
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