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Gavin Lux homered to continue his resurgence and Gavin Stone finally had a quality start to lead the Dodgers to a 7-2 victory over the Brewers. The win made it five straight for a team that’s suddenly getting healthy and is uncoincidentally hot.
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Brewers starter Colin Rea started well by retiring the first five batters of the game, but he couldn’t make it six, as Will Smith drilled a solo shot with two down in the 2nd for an early 1-0 lead.
No. 16 for 16! pic.twitter.com/7J7NXiiRcB
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 14, 2024
The Dodgers scored again in the 3rd in the same fashion, as with two down Shohei Ohtani lined his 37th dong of the year to right for a 2-0 lead.
Shohei to the second deck! pic.twitter.com/OqH2fPFVzl
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 14, 2024
On the other end was Stone, looking to right the ship a bit after a while in rocky waters. He faced trouble early, having to navigate around a double in the 1st and a hit batter and single in the 2nd, but it was a simple William Contreras homer in the 3rd that finally got to him and cut the lead to 2-1.
A mammoth blast for his 15th on the year ?@Wcontreras42 https://t.co/B0LcdGiGNA pic.twitter.com/oBQzJxFKmd
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) August 14, 2024
No worries, as the Dodgers came right back. A Teoscar Hernandez single started the 4th, and Lux unleashed a homer to make it 4-1.
The Kenosha Kid putting on a show! pic.twitter.com/tKG8yeMJFx
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 14, 2024
Another rally got started behind a Will Smith single and Miguel Rojas double, which was followed by an Enrique Hernandez sac fly and an Andy Pages homer that went off the foul pole to make it 7-1.
Andy's homer got us cheesin' in Milwaukee. pic.twitter.com/FXRrw6HNRJ
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 14, 2024
The bats didn’t do much the rest of the game, but it wasn’t all that necessary anyway.
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Meanwhile, Stone settled in, striking out the side in the 4th and getting a clean 5th to end his outing in dominant fashion: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 6 K, 86 Pitches.
Presumably they didn’t need to push him because Landon Knack was backing him up, and he got a clean 6th. The 7th wasn’t as neat, as a couple of singles put him in some trouble. It looked like he’d escape it after inducing a weak grounder with two outs, but it went for an infield single to cut the lead to 7-2.
Knack hit a batter in the 8th, but got a clean frame in the 9th to make the dreams of at least one Dodger fan come true.
I've seen enough. This Dodgers team has what it takes
— Eric Stephen (@ericstephen) August 14, 2024
The whole sequence. pic.twitter.com/C3y3Trzjwo https://t.co/3JQ9Gqdp2m
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) August 14, 2024
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| NL WEST | RECORD |
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| Dodgers | 71-49 |
| Diamondbacks | 67-53 (4 GB)* |
| Padres | 67-53 (4 GB)* |
*Currently playing.
Same teams, same place, same time tomorrow at 2:10 PM HT/5:10 PM PT/8:10 PM ET on MLB Network. It’ll be Walker Buehler coming off the IL against Frankie Montas.
