The MLB award season is off to a favorable start for the Los Angeles Dodgers with Clayton Kershaw receiving three MLB Players Choice awards on Monday, and Zack Greinke and Adrian Gonzalez winning Gold Glove awards on Tuesday. Gonzalez is a four-time Gold Glove award winner at first base, twice with the San Diego Padres, once with the Boston Red more »
Dodgers Win Season Finale With Uribe At The Helm
The last day of the MLB regular season brings all kinds of different emotions to the table, with most team’s playing their final games together while just a handful of others look ahead to postseason play. On Sunday, the Los Angeles Dodgers played their last regular season game with a carefree mentality. That’s because Juan Uribe was managing the more »
Dodgers Win on Wild Pitch in the 12th
It took 12 innings to decide Saturday night’s battle between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Colorado Rockies. The second stolen base of the game for Scott Van Slyke paid huge dividends immediately as he came home with the winning run on a wild pitch giving the Dodgers a 6-5 win. A one-out single for Van Slyke and free pass more »
Dodgers Survive Bullpen Game With Win Over Cubs
On Sunday, the Los Angeles Dodgers started 19-year veteran Jamey Wright in their series finale with the Chicago Cubs. It was going to be a bullpen day for the Dodgers, with a pivotal series against the San Francisco Giants approaching, Dan Haren, a regular in the rotation was pushed back a day. So six different pitchers took the mound on Sunday more »
Dodgers Can’t Close the Door, Lose Late to the Cubs
Scoring runs hasn’t been a problem for the Los Angeles Dodgers over the current 10-game road trip, or even the month of September. Entering Saturday’s contest the Dodgers had scored just over six runs a game in September including over eight runs a game in the last week. The issue is that they’ve given up over six per game more »
Dodgers Ride Hot Bats To Win Over Rockies
On Monday, despite another poor Roberto Hernandez performance, the Los Angeles Dodgers offense stepped up in the 11-3 win over the Colorado Rockies. Hernandez entered the game with a 2-3 record and 4.75 ERA since joining the Dodgers. Los Angeles jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first inning, when Matt Kemp homered off Rockies starter Christian more »
Dodgers Lose Big in Series Opener with the Giants
The Los Angeles Dodgers may have lost more than just a game Friday night. Hyun-jin Ryu left after one inning with an irritated left shoulder. It is a similar injury to what landed the left-hander on the disabled list at the end of April. Ryu was roughed up in the first inning giving up four runs before the seats were warm. The more »
September Series, October Feel
If there’s one place to be this weekend for the ultimate sports fan it’s AT&T Park, where the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants began a three-game series with sky-high expectations. The Dodgers enter the series with a slight 2.0 game lead over the Giants in the National League West division. Look no further than the pitching matchups more »
Costly Errors Sting Dodgers In 6-3 Loss to Padres
Don Mattingly joked before Tuesday’s game about how his Los Angeles Dodgers did some good things during their three-error play from the night before, backing each throw up and what not, but he probably didn’t anticipate that sloppy play to carry over into the next game. Two errors by Hanley Ramirez in the second inning, on Tuesday, turned into more »
Dodgers Offense Breaks Out in Another Kershaw Win
Even when Clayton Kershaw doesn’t look dominant there is still a feeling that the opposition hardly has a chance. Such was the case again Monday night at Dodger Stadium as the 26-year-old limited the San Diego Padres to just three hits and three runs (one earned). It’s hard enough to beat Kershaw when his offense doesn’t score runs. But when more »