Before the seventh inning of tonight’s 2-0 Dodger victory, neither team had a batter reach second base. Enrique Hernandez scattered a couple of hits among a lot of continued Dodger …
Read More »Cardinals 2, Dodgers 1: Brett Anderson’s Gem Wasted & Waiting For Corey Seager
Brett Anderson was outstanding today, and the disaster of the eighth inning takes nothing away from that. Anderson went 7.2 innings, allowed only seven baserunners, and struck out five. However, …
Read More »Cardinals 7, Dodgers 1: Dodgers get the result they played for
Carlos Frias turned in an admirable effort with a tired bullpen behind him, going 6.2 innings and being pushed (for him) to 107 pitches. Frias’ troubles started in the top …
Read More »Rockies 7, Dodgers 6: Dodgers bullpen returns favor, blows 2-run lead in 9th
The Dodgers bullpen started the night well. Rookie Josh Ravin came in throwing smoke and, most importantly, throwing strikes. He pitched two innings of scoreless ball, wiggling out of trouble …
Read More »Dodgers 9, Rockies 8: All hail Alex Guerrero … and Joc Pederson
This recap was written with a much different tone, but then our savior Alex Guerrero came to the rescue. With two outs in the ninth inning, the bases loaded and the Dodgers …
Read More »Rockies 6, Dodgers 3: Predictable loss is predictable
When Don Mattingly throws out the “all right-handed lineup” against left-handed pitchers, I’m not usually opposed to it. The Dodgers have some quality bench players — most of whom would …
Read More »Dodgers 11, Rockies 4: Clayton Kershaw and all of the runs
Clayton Kershaw turned in another quality start tonight, making this the third-straight outing of his in which he has gone seven innings or more. Kershaw struck out seven and limited …
Read More »Cardinals 3, Dodgers 1: Offense shut down again
Blah game was blah. The Dodgers couldn’t get anything going against the Cardinals’ young fireballer on Sunday afternoon in a 3-1 loss. That’ll happen when you, inexplicably, bat Alberto Callaspo …
Read More »Dodgers 5, Cardinals 1: Grandal’s dinger nets win, even as team sets stupid record
After getting shelled in his last start for 10 runs and 12 hits, Carlos Frias bounced back in a big way, going seven strong innings without allowing an earned run. …
Read More »Cardinals 3, Dodgers 0: 3 hours of life you’re never getting back
Don Mattingly and A.J. Ellis (A.J. ELLIS!!!) got ejected from tonight’s game for arguing balls and strikes, which summarizes how erratic the zone was today. How much did it matter? …
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