You almost forgot what it was like to see Dodgers’ starter Zack Greinke give up run, entering Sunday’s game against the Mets with 43 2/3 consecutive scoreless-innings. That streak extended to 45 2/3 innings before New York played spoiler in the third inning and went on to win the game 3-2. Mets’ starter Jacob deGROM became public enemy No.1, more »
Kershaw Flirts With Perfection In The Big Apple
The New York Mets knew they were up against it on Thursday, facing Clayton Kershaw, who took the mound at Citi Field with a 5-0 record and 1.58 ERA in eight career starts vs. the Mets. It also didn’t help that the three-time CY Young winner has held opponents to a .177 batting average with 101 strikeouts and 11 more »
Bolsinger’s Strong Outing Helps Dodgers Avoid Sweep
The Dodgers were relying heavily on Mike Bolsinger to eat up some innings on Wednesday in Atlanta, after their previous two starters’ combined for 6 2/3 innings over the last two games against the Braves. Bolsinger, despite his 4.34 ERA in his last nine starts, accepted the challenge and gave Los Angeles seven strong innings to earn his fifth more »
Anderson And Mattingly Exit Early In Loss To Atlanta
By now you’ve heard about how Brett Anderson’s made the most starts he’s made since the 2013 season, about how valuable he’s been for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2015 but each of those statements are taken with a grain of salt because of his history of injuries over the last couple of years. Unfortunately, Anderson had to be more »
Dodgers Activate Carl Crawford From Disabled List
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Dodgers activated Carl Crawford from the 60-day disabled list, after a lengthy recovery from a right oblique injury. Brandon Beachy, Monday night’s starter, was optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City and right-hander Preston Guilmet was designated for assignment to make room on the 25- and 40-man rosters. In Crawford’s time away, Andre Ethier has supplanted more »
Greinke Blanks Nats, Extends Scoreless Innings Streak
The last time Zack Greinke gave up a run the Golden State Warriors were not yet crowned NBA champions, the NBA draft came and went, and the Women’s World Cup was still in group stage. It was June 13 when Greinke last surrendered a run. Since then, Greinke’s made six starts combining for 43 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings in more »
Dodgers Beat Nats Behind Kershaw’s Season-High 14 K’s
Coming off a complete game shutout with 13 strikeouts against the Philadelphia Phillies before the all-star break, Clayton Kershaw, carried that success over to start the second half of his season on Saturday. It was one of those vintage Kershaw outings, as he added on to his now 20 consecutive scoreless-innings streak while fanning a season-high 14 Washington Nationals’ to more »
Dodgers Drop Suspended Game To Nats
Play resumed from the night before just after 11 a.m. PT on Saturday, with the Dodgers trailing the Nationals 3-2 in the top of the sixth inning. Tanner Roark took the mound for Washington, and before you knew it, Adrian Gonzalez homered for the second time to tie the game 3-3, except about 18 hours separated the two home more »
After Long Delays, Dodgers and Nationals Suspended due to Lights
The two days following the All-Star Game in baseball can seem like a lifetime to the most avid fans. That wait will be a little longer for Dodgers and Nationals fans after a tease on Friday night in the nation’s capital. A group of lights on the left side of the field had problems all night long causing two long more »
Gonzalez Closes First Half With Late Heroics in Dodgers win
LOS ANGELES — Adrian Gonzalez came up with a big two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth to lift the Dodgers to a 4-3 victory over the Brewers and take the series win. With the Dodgers down by a run, Howie Kendrick led off the inning with a single up the middle and took second on an error more »