![]() The 38 games against their NL West rivals will provide fans with an exciting look at what's projected as a season-long race for playoff position. These same Padres are power ranked behind the Dodgers to open the new season. Los Angeles' run differential in 2020 was nearly 100 runs better than the second best San Diego Padres. The Dodgers scored the most runs in baseball and posted the best team ERA. LA had a strong starting rotation last season, but it got even better with the addition of Trevor Bauer. The 43 wins during the pandemic-shortened 62 game schedule produced the sixth best winning percentage all-time, and the second best in modern MLB history. They will need to prove it in 2021 across a full 162-game slate. Despite three World Series appearances out of the last four, some feel the 2021 Dodgers' team is the best yet, maybe one of the most talented teams, top-to-bottom, of all time. LA's six-game victory over the Tampa Rays compensated somewhat for back-to-back disappointing losses in the Fall Classic in 20. … The Dodgers recalled Bruihl and placed RHP Caleb Ferguson on the paternity list.Ĭlayton Kershaw (5-2, 2.53) pitches for the Dodgers and Wade Miley (3-1, 2.31) starts for the Brewers as this three-game series concludes with a Wednesday matchup of left-handers.The Los Angeles Dodgers finally won a World Series last season, after a more than 30 year drought. He was limited to a designated hitter role Monday due to an illness. Martinez (lower back tightness) is expected to return Friday for the start of a home series with San Diego. The Brewers optioned LHP Bennett Sousa to Triple-A Nashville.ĭodgers: DH J.D. The hand issue had put him on the injured list. ![]() “Chris is playing some really good baseball.”īrewers: RHP Gus Varland was activated from the injured list, over three weeks after a line drive from San Diego’s Manny Machado went off his pitching hand before striking him on the chin and left forearm. “It was like that was 2018 revisited,” Roberts said. Taylor also robbed Yelich of a hit in the fifth inning of that 2018 game to preserve the Dodgers’ 2-1 lead in a 6-1 win. ![]() Taylor followed that up by making a diving catch of a Christian Yelich liner in the third. With two on and nobody out in the first inning, Taylor caught a Willy Adames drive in front of the left-field wall. Los Angeles also got quality defense from Chris Taylor, whose outstanding play in left field brought back memories of the Dodgers’ 2018 NL Championship Series Game 7 victory over the Brewers in this stadium. Vargas added a two-run drive off Bryse Wilson in the sixth. Smith hit a solo shot off Lauer in the third. The Brewers’ only runs came in the seventh, when Rowdy Tellez and Victor Caratini homered off Shelby Miller.Īfter the Brewers put two runners against Brusdar Graterol in the ninth, Evan Phillips came out of the bullpen and retired Tyrone Taylor on a grounder for his sixth save in as many chances.īetts sent Lauer’s second pitch of the night over the wall in left-center for his 39th leadoff homer, putting the Dodgers ahead for good. Phil Bickford, Justin Bruihl (1-0), Yency Almonte and Victor González combined to allow one hit over five innings of shutout relief as the Dodgers built a 6-0 lead. “He’s had it and put stuff on it to keep it at bay. ![]() “I think we’ll know more in the next couple of days,” Roberts said. “We tried to do what we could to make it serviceable but it just got to the point where it was probably going to just continue to open up.”ĭodgers manager Dave Roberts said there's a chance Syndergaard could end up on the injured list. “I went to use the restroom before the game and looked own and my hand was bleeding pretty good,” Syndergaard said. Syndergaard lasted only one inning because of a cut on the index finger of the 30-year-old right-hander's pitching hand. The news wasn't all good for the Dodgers. “I kind of felt like towards the end of my outing I was starting to kind of find it a little bit, but obviously, too little, too late,” Lauer said.
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