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Amazing festivities last night, and the game wasn’t bad, either. Tonight, Clayton Kershaw makes what should be his penultimate start of the regular season. He has been good since returning (no surprise), and he has increased his workload, too.
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6:10 p.m.
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Los Angeles
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CF
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Blackmon
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Descalso
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Arenado
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Raburn
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P
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Bettis (R)
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P
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Kershaw (L)
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Kershaw threw three innings in his first start, five in his next and six in his last. The pitch counts in those games were 66, 64 and 88. He’s getting closer to being back to normal, which is something that wasn’t expected just a month ago.
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Pretty standard lineup today, with Howie Kendrick getting a start in left field over Andrew Toles. That’s fine, but Toles is definitely exciting and a clear defensive upgrade in left field. Here’s hoping the offense can keep it rolling against Rockies’ starter Chad Bettis.
The Rockies are employing a different lineup, with someone named Pat Valaika starting at second base. DJ Lemahieu and Carlos Gonzalez are getting rare nights off.
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Dodgers rotation:
SUN: McCarthy
TUE: De Leon
WED: Maeda
FRI or SAT: Kershaw
SAT or SUN: Hill https://t.co/kqtOSscNWL pic.twitter.com/iyrUqzPvtH— Eric Stephen (@ericstephen) September 24, 2016
This means Rich Hill won’t start tomorrow, which is fine. He’ll get one more tune-up before the postseason. If Brandon McCarthy comes back and pitches well enough, perhaps he’s the No. 4 starter in the postseason (if necessary). Jose De Leon‘s outing could also determine his playoff future.
Dave Roberts on catching Nats for NLDS homefield: "We have 3 games at home or we have 2 games at home. We just want to play good baseball"
— Bill Plunkett (@billplunkettocr) September 25, 2016
It’d be nice, but not necessary. Whatever is going to happen will happen.
The Dodgers reminded their fans not to leave early tonight because the club’s magic number is two, then explained what a magic number means.
— Pedro Moura (@pedromoura) September 25, 2016
If the Dodgers win and the Padres take down the Giants (the game just started), they’ll claim their fourth consecutive NL West division title. We’ll see what happens.
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