Dan Haren outdueled Cleveland’s best starter in Corey Kluber in a 1-0 victory on Monday night. More importantly, the victory put the Dodgers in first place all by themselves for …
Read More »Dodgers 6, Cardinals 0: Andre Ethier Is Still Alive, Clayton Kershaw Is Still Ridiculous
In baseball, it’s foolish to call any game a done deal before it even gets started, but with the way Clayton Kershaw has been pitching lately, I couldn’t fault you …
Read More »Dodgers 9, Cardinals 1: Zack Greinke’s Dominance Softens Blow of Best/Worst Inning
More important things happened later in the game, but this is how today’s rout of the Cardinals began: GIF Link The three defensive miscues shown resulted in the Dodgers pushing …
Read More »Cardinals 3, Dodgers 1: Missed Opportunities
Did Scott Van Slyke have a good night tonight? Well, let’s examine. He walked in his first plate appearance, which is good. He flew out to right in the third, but …
Read More »Dodgers 1, Cardinals 0: Most exciting 1-0 game ever, probably
When two of the best pitchers in the National League face-off, that’s about the kind of game you’d expect. The Dodgers were able to squeak out a 1-0 win on Thursday …
Read More »Dodgers 5, Royals 4: Game-Winning Hit By Pitch
I wouldn’t normally put an image of A.J. Ellis getting plunked as the lead image here — sorry, A.J.! — but then, it’s not normal that the winning run scores …
Read More »Dodgers 2, Royals 0: Offense Bad, But Kershaw Better
Clayton Kershaw didn’t allow ruminations of Johnny Vander Meer to last very long tonight. The second batter of the game, Eric Hosmer, somehow singled to left on a fastball that was about …
Read More »Royals 5, Dodgers 3: Not As Close As The Score Would Indicate
You know it’s a bad game when… well, this was a bad game for a lot of reasons. But specifically, you know it’s a bad game when it’s the bottom …
Read More »Dodgers 2, Padres 1: That’s A Win, And We’ll Be Pleased With That
Hyun-jin Ryu was… well, let’s go with “efficient,” right? Certainly not dominating, not when he managed a mere two strikeouts (one apiece against Cameron Maybin and Alexi Amarista) against the …
Read More »Dodgers 4, Padres 2: Josh Beckett, still good, bullpen still not
Behind another fantastic outing by Josh Beckett, the Dodgers rebounded from last night’s frustrating loss in San Diego. The offense was good enough against Tyson Ross, who is really good at …
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