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The Dodgers (80-64) got another dominant performance out of a starter last night, with Tyler Glasnow throwing seven no-hit innings. He needed 105 pitches to do so meaning the Dodgers followed Glasnow with Blake Treinen and Tanner Scott, as they did Saturday following Yoshinobu Yamamoto‘s near no-hit bid. Unlike that game, Treinen was effective with a 1-2-3 eighth but Scott allowed a double (on an actual good pitch out of the zone, for the record) to snap the no-hit bid. Scott did hold on for the save and for a second-straight Dodger win, to keep them in first as the Padres beat the Reds in extras. Tonight, they go for three straight and get even more reinforcements back.
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| 2B | Freeman | DH | Ohtani (L) |
| RF | Moniak (L) | SS | Betts |
| C | Goodman | 1B | Freeman (L) |
| LF | Beck | C | Smith |
| SS | Tovar | 3B | Muncy (L) |
| CF | Doyle | RF | T. Hernández |
| 3B | Karros | LF | Conforto (L) |
| DH | Fernández (L) | CF | Pages |
| 1B | Toglia (S) | 2B | Rojas |
| P | Márquez (R) | P | Sheehan (R) |
Emmet Sheehan gets the start coming off a solid short-notice start in Pittsburgh. He started Wednesday after Shohei Ohtani was scratched from the (pitching) start with an illness and turned in 4 2/3 solid innings. He allowed a pair of solo homers and struck out six before being pulled with a runner on two outs in the fifth at 84 pitches. He’d topped 90 pitches in each of his previous three starts and was coming off the longest start of his career, seven shutout (and a career-high 96 pitched) against the Reds on August 25. This will be Sheehan’s first time seeing the Rockies in LA, but three of his 20 career starts have come in Colorado. He allowed five runs in 11 innings over his two starts against the Rockies in 2023 but had a rougher time this August at Coors. He got through six innings, but allowed four runs on a pair of two-run homers (including Kyle Karros‘ first career homer). Sheehan’s been much better at home this season with a 2.63 ERA in 24 innings (4.40 ERA in 28 2/3 innings on the road).
Germán Márquez gets his 23rd start of the season for the Rockies. It’s been a rough go for Márquez since coming off his Tommy John in 2023, with a 6.19 ERA/4.96 FIP in 107 2/3 innings. Unlike a lot of Rockies’ pitchers, he hasn’t really been a victim of Coors. He’s definitely been better away from Coors, but still has a 5.95 ERA and is allowing a .875 OPS on the road. Márquez missed most of August with a bicep injury, but came back two turns ago and has struggled in two starts (both at home). He allowed eight runs and nine hits against the Cubs on August 29 and allowed four in five innings last time out against the Giants. This will be Márquez’s third look at the Dodgers this season, and the previous two have not gone well for him. The Dodgers chased him in the first inning in LA back in April, tagging Márquez for six hits, seven runs and two homers in 2/3 of an inning. They squared off again in late June at Coors and Márquez came into that game on his best stretch of the season, allowing one run in his previous two starts combined. Márquez allowed two baserunners in the first three innings of that game, but the wheels extremely fell off in the fourth. Márquez was not charged with an earned run, but gave up six in the inning on two errors, two singles, a double and a homer.
Not great. Márquez’s fastballs have been wrecked this season. He leads with a four-seamer (32.3 percent usage) and is giving up a .358 average and .642 slugging off it (expected numbers .323 and .596) with only a 9.5 percent whiff rate. He also throws his sinker 22.9 percent of the time with pretty similar numbers (.363 average, .504 slugging, 5.1 percent whiff). He’s also thrown a knuckle curve 30.8 percent of the time with pretty good results. He’s allowed a .210 average and .413 slugging off it (.224 and .381 expected) and has a 36.9 percent whiff rate with it. He’s also mixed in a slider (11.7 percent) and change (2.3 percent).
Will Smith returns to the lineup, batting fourth. Teoscar Hernandez slides down to sixth, with Michael Conforto and Andy Pages hitting behind him. Miguel Rojas gets the start at second.
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We’re approaching dangerous levels of being back.
Roki Sasaki was shoving in OKC today. He was dominant through four innings before the wheels kinda fell off in the fifth. He allowed one hit over four shutout innings with eight strikeouts, walked two in the fifth and allowed a single and a double for a three-run inning.
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The bullpen gets a bit stronger today, as Alex Vesia is back off the IL.
Ben Casparius was optioned which feels like a bit of a surprise, but this is about as healthy as the Dodger bullpen has been this season.
Dave Roberts called it a "tough" decision to option Ben Casparius: "If we can give him a chance to catch his breath, get to OKC and get back to [dominating right-handed hitters], it'll be more helpful for us the rest of the year and potentially throughout the postseason."
— Sonja Chen (@SonjaMChen) September 10, 2025
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A couple other injury updates. Dalton Rushing is expected to start his rehab assignment tomorrow, and Brock Stewart is still lined up to go on rehab next week.
Updates, per Dave Roberts:
— Sonja Chen (@SonjaMChen) September 10, 2025
-Dalton Rushing will start a rehab assignment tomorrow.
-Brock Stewart threw another bullpen today. Still on track to face hitters Fri. and go out on rehab after.
Stewart threw a bullpen today and will face hitters on Friday. If everything goes well, he should go on rehab next week.
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First pitch is scheduled for 7:10 PM PT and will be on SportsNet LA.
