Dodgers fans feeling the Dodger Blues after team's postseason exit
After a record setting regular season, the Dodgers were bounced from the postseason Saturday night by the San Diego Padres in Game 4 of the National League Division Series.
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After a record setting regular season, the Dodgers were bounced from the postseason Saturday night by the San Diego Padres in Game 4 of the National League Division Series.
The good news is that shortstop Trea Turner is back in the lineup after appearing to suffer a finger injury late in Game 3. Turner is 4-13 with two home runs for Los Angeles in this series.
Left hander Tyler Anderson will get the start for the Boys in Blue in Game 4 against the Padres.
Jake Reiner reports from Elysian Park, where he got the chance to talk to some fans ahead of Game 2 of the National League Division Series, after capturing the first game against the San Diego Padres Tuesday night.
Jim Hill speaks with the Dodgers broadcaster Rick Monday and team journalist Beth Harris, who both said despite the regular season record against the Padres, October is a new season where anything can happen.
Dodgers starter Tyler Anderson, who is expected to assume the No. 3 spot in the rotation when the playoffs begin, tied a career high with 10 strikeouts in five innings.
For 64 years, Jarrín has been the Spanish voice of the Boys in Blue, just three seasons shy of the late great Vin Scully (67).
With the come from behind victory, the Boys in Blue became the first National League team to record at least 110 wins since Honus Wagner's Pirates more than a century ago.
Kershaw (11-3) cruised along by allowing just five hits with no walks and two strikeouts. He won his fourth consecutive start and has a 1.50 ERA in six starts since returning Sept. 1 from a back injury.
With the victory, the Dodgers solidified home field advantage throughout the National League playoffs.
Will Smith and Trayce Thompson also went deep for the NL West champion Dodgers, who had dropped three of four — including an 11-0 blowout by the Cardinals on Friday night.
Trayce Thompson hit a two-run homer to back Julio Urías' 17th win, and NL West champion Los Angeles beat up on the San Francisco Giants again with a 7-2 victory Saturday night to notch the 10th 100-win season in franchise history and fourth in six years.
Los Angeles, with the best record in the majors at 96-43, sealed a playoff berth for the 10th straight season.
The Dodgers, an MLB-best 95-43, can clinch a postseason berth for the 10th straight season with a victory Sunday or a Milwaukee loss. They are also closing in on their ninth division title in 10 seasons.
The Dodgers, who have the best record in the MLB at 92-41, extended their lead over the Padres in the NL West to 19 games with 29 games remaining. The Dodgers' magic number to claim the division is nine.
Gonsolin has put together a break out season with the Boys in Blue this season. He is 16-1 with a 2.10 ERA and 116 strikeouts in 23 starts for Los Angeles this season.
Fans attending the game on Friday, Sept. 30 will receive an Elton John bobblehead featuring his iconic Dodgers uniform.
Betts got the Boys in Blue off to a good start with his 36th career leadoff homerun.
Mookie Betts homered twice for the Boys in Blue, including the game-tying solo blast in the top of the 9th inning.
Cody Bellinger and Max Muncy hit home runs and Will Smith drove in three runs for the Dodgers.
After undergoing Tommy John surgery to repair an elbow ligament in his right arm, May will finally take the hill once again for the Boys in Blue.
Trayce Thompson's stellar defense robbed Nick Fortes of a potential tying homer leading off the ninth.
The El Modena High School product is donating $500,000 to help build a new baseball facility at his alma mater.
After surrendering a one-run lead on Tuesday, relief pitcher Craig Kimbrel closed the door on the Brewers in the 9th inning on Wednesday.
The Dodgers were trying to match their longest winning streak since moving to Los Angeles, having won 13 straight in both 1962 and 1965. The franchise record is 15 in a row set in 1924 while the team played in Brooklyn — the club moved to West Coast for the 1958 season.
