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Alek Thomas has 4-hit, 4-RBI game for Oklahoma City

All four Dodgers affiliates lost on Saturday. Player of the day Alek Thomas drove in four runs on Friday, then plated another four runs on Saturday for Oklahoma City. He tripled, doubled, and had two singles against Salt Lake. Triple-A Oklahoma City The Comets were on the wrong end of an offensive battle, falling 14-13 […]

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Dodgers notes: Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Roki Sasaki

The Dodgers are back in the win column for the first time since July 30, as they took an extra-inning thriller against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday to end a seven-game skid. Shohei Ohtani provided the deciding run, grounding an infield single to bring home Kyle Tucker to give the Dodgers a 2-1 lead with […]

Dodgers on Deck: Sunday, August 9 at Diamondbacks

Justin Wrobleski was an All-Star this season but heads into Sunday with plenty of room for improvement after two forgettable starts in a row. Wrobleski allowed four home runs in each of his last two outings, matching his total from his first 17 games and 106 2/3 innings this season. Fellow left-hander Eduardo Rodríguez is […]

Dodgers search for elusive first win in August

The Dodgers will turn to Yoshinobu Yamamoto on Saturday in hopes to end their seven-game losing streak, a stretch in which nothing really seems to match up properly. Yamamoto pitched quite well last Saturday at home, allowing three runs in eight innings to the Boston Red Sox, but that was a game in which the […]

Christian Zazueta has best Double-A start yet

Three of four Dodgers minor league affiliates won on Friday. Player of the day Right-hander Christian Zazueta, the Dodgers’ top pitching prospect, had his best start since getting promoted to Double-A, with eight strikeouts in six scoreless innings for Tulsa on Friday night in Corpus Christi. Zazueta in seven starts in Double-A has a 3.30 […]

Dodgers notes: Edwin Díaz, Tarik Skubal, Blake Snell

The Dodgers came tantalizingly close to a win on Friday night, but Edwin Díaz saw a slider deposited over the wall for a two-run home run, turning a one-run lead into a stunning walk-off loss to the Diamondbacks. After the Dodgers’ seventh straight loss, manager Dave Roberts talked about Díaz, who since returning from the […]

Arizona walk-off: Dodgers’ misery continues with 7th straight loss

The Dodgers (69-47) dropped their seventh straight game to the D-backs (62-55) Friday night. They still have yet to notch a win in the month of August. Despite a solid six-inning start from Roki Sasaki, a big night from Tommy Edman with the game-tying hit, and a huge Andy Pages homer, the Dodgers once again […]

Dodgers vs. D-backs game chat

The Dodgers (69-46) look to snap their six-game losing streak in the desert when they open a three-game series against the D-backs (61-55) Friday night.  Roki Sasaki (5-5, 4.64 ERA, 1.30) makes his 20th start of the season for the Dodgers.  Merill Kelly (8-9, 5.04 ERA, 1.49 WHIP) toes the rubber for the D-backs. Lineups […]

Dodgers on Deck: Saturday, August 8 at Diamondbacks

The Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks continue their weekend matchup on Saturday with the middle game of this weekend series at Chase Field in Phoenix. Yoshinobu Yamamoto had his worst start of the season on July 11 against the Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium, allowing six runs in six innings. He’s allowed six runs in his three […]

Defending historical dominance against Merrill Kelly

For a brief period last season, Merrill Kelly defended a team other than the Diamondbacks for the first time in his career, and to anyone who follows the NL West closely, it felt unusual. Now back where he broke through as a big leaguer at 30 years of age in 2019, Kelly hadn’t had the […]

Dodgers minors: Mike Sirota reaches base a season-high five times

Splitting four games on the road, the two higher levels took the win while the Loons and Tower Buzzers were both beaten. Player of the day Getting better at a higher level isn’t normal, at least not unless your name is Mike Sirota, who has taken his in-season promotion to Double-A in stride, absolutely thriving […]

Dodgers notes: Gavin Stone, Shohei Ohtani, playoff roster

So far this season, Yoshinobu Yamamoto is once again leading the Dodgers in pitching wins after he led the team last year. Two years ago, right-hander Gavin Stone was tied for the team lead in wins during the regular season, but he’s still yet to take the mound for the team since. Stone had his […]

The Summer Swoon is here

Getting thumped by the jewelbox teams is never fun, but alas, on this off day, we revisit something that has been on my mind for a while. Eric Stephen has an excellent summary of the Dodgers’ skids over the past few years. I have some firsthand experience on the subject. You know what’s worse than […]

Feared as baseball’s best, Dodgers are playing their worst

For all the hemming and hawing over the Dodgers ruining baseball by accumulating many of the best players in the sport, they sure aren’t playing like it right now. They’ve gotten swept for two series in a row, looking more like a team who will have to play a wild card series rather than have […]

Dodgers minors: Charles Davalan can’t be stopped in High-A

With two teams scoring 12 or more, and the other two scoring three or fewer runs, it was a day of extremes across the Dodgers minor-league affiliates. Player of the day Setting the tone as the leadoff batter, Charles Davalan provided a three-hit performance in a 13-run effort for the Loons on the road. Outstanding […]

Cubs cap off sweep of Dodgers, losing streak reaches six games

The Dodgers’ woes in the month of August continued on Wednesday, as their losing streak reached a season-high six games in a 7-6 loss to the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. Shohei Ohtani got the best of his former WBC teammate Shota Imanaga, as he turned around a center-cut fastball for another leadoff home run. […]

Dodgers vs. Cubs game chat

Eric Lauer faces Shota Imanaga as the Dodgers look to snap a five-game losing streak against the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday. WEDNESDAY GAME INFO

Dalton Rushing has torn UCL in right elbow

Dodgers catcher Dalton Rushing went from minor arm irritation to the injured list with elbow inflammation, to now a slight tear in his ulnar collateral ligament that will sideline him for at least a month. Manager Dave Roberts confirmed to reporters on Tuesday night at Wrigley Field that MRI results Monday showed a “slightly torn” […]

Dodgers on Deck: Friday, August 7 at Diamondbacks

After dropping two series in a row, the Dodgers move on to face the Arizona Diamondbacks, who are fighting for a wild card berth. Roki Sasaki takes the ball in the series opener on Friday night at Chase Field in Phoenix, where the roof will be appreciated with triple-digit high temperatures in the forecast all […]

Dodgers minors: Josue De Paula continues terrific campaign

High-scoring games across the board in the Dodgers minor league system, with no team scoring or allowing fewer than six runs in any of the four games. Also worth noting, both Blake Snell and Tyler Glasnow made rehab starts. Player of the day Although he played for the only one of the four minor league […]

Dodgers notes: Tarik Skubal, Kyle Tucker, Mookie Betts

The entire baseball world turned their collective heads towards the city of Chicago on Tuesday, as the Dodgers debuted their shiniest new addition. Tarik Skubal took the mound for the first time in Dodger blue after being dealt from the Detroit Tigers late Saturday night. While Skubal finished with a quality start— six innings, two […]

Dodgers waste Tarik Skubal’s debut, drop 5th straight

Tarik Skubal had a perfectly fine Dodgers debut with six strikeouts in six strong innings. But the Dodgers couldn’t score much at all, while the Cubs offense did just enough off Skubal then teed off on the bullpen in a 5-1 win at Wrigley Field, the season-worst fifth straight loss for the Dodgers. Skubal allowed […]