The last time the Los Angeles Dodgers met up against the New York Mets, they were in the middle of a tailspin. After losing a series against them back in April, the Dodgers came to Citi Field and swept the Mets in embarrassing fashion.
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Dodger Stadium has been the recent site of several do-or-die games for the Dodgers. Tonight the Dodgers went against the trend and sent the Padres home.
I can say it. In fact, I’m thrilled to say it — say it with me — I was wrong.
But to my credit, I did see the sliver of a golden path forward:
I figured it was madness that the Dodgers were giving their best available starter one bite at the apple in the NLDS. The Dodgers realized their likely...
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Dodgers and Mets will open things at Dodger Stadium on Sunday night, with a 5:15 p.m. PT start on Fox
LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers will begin their first National League Championship Series since 2021 with Jack Flaherty starting on the mound in Game 1 on Sunday night at Dodger Stadium. Kodai Senga will start for the Mets, New York manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters on Saturday morning in New York.
Flaherty starting Game 1 was not...
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LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers have won the National League Division Series and are now onto the National League Championship Series, but first let’s look back at some stories from Friday’s win over the Padres in Game 5.
Prior to telling Ken Rosenthal, “We don’t give a fuck” on Fox television after the game, and even before his home run on Friday, Kiké Hernández led a meeting with Dodgers players...
The Los Angeles Dodgers are using an underdog mentality to get them through the postseason after a 2-0 win in Game 5 of the NLDS against the San Diego Padres…
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Dodgers’ bullpen closes out shutout victory to beat the Padres and advance to the NLCS
Oftentimes the job of baseball analysis revolves around erring on the side of caution. In a world that prioritizes polarizing and definitive statements, things aren’t quite that simple in baseball. That being said, and it isn’t a hyperbolic statement for the sake of it, but the Dodgers do owe nearly everything in their National League Division Series win over the...
A mound visit between Will Smith, Evan Phillips and Dodgers infielders in the sixth inning of Game 5 of the 2024 NLDS. But it wasn’t for Phillips, but rather give rest to first baseman Freddie Freeman, who just made a nice play on an injured ankle.
“Tonight, we all told Freddie, ‘We got you.’”
LOS ANGELES — When the long grind of the six-month baseball season stretches into a seventh in October, wear and tear starts to build up, making it impossible for any team to be 100...
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LOS ANGELES — Alex Vesia left Game 5 of the NLDS while warming up during the eighth inning. The Dodgers left-hander felt a cramp in his right side, and walked off the mound with trainer Thomas Albert before the inning even started.
Alex Vesia exited the game with an apparent injury during warmups pic.twitter.com/z3woY4WwMA
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 12, 2024“Obviously it was a no-brainer to take him out of the game. We’re going to...
The Los Angeles Dodgers are the top seed in the National League playoffs, and the New York Mets are the sixth and final seed. Bookmakers believe the regular-season results accurate depict the teams' relative strength, establishing the Dodgers as a comfortable favorite to win the NL Championship Series.
LOS ANGELES -- Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched five shutout innings, Enrique Hernandez and Teoscar Hernandez hit home runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers advanced to the National League Championship Series with a 2-0 victory over the San Diego Padres on Friday.
The Los Angeles Dodgers got timely home runs for Kiké Hernández and Teoscar Hernández, helping them defeat the San Diego Padres 2-0 on Friday night. With the win, the Dodgers clinched the National League Division Series.
For the first time in the Shohei Ohtani era, the Los Angeles Dodgers are headed to the NLCS. Home runs from Kiké Hernández and Teoscar Hernández and five…
The Los Angeles Dodgers advanced to the NLCS on Friday night, beating the San Diego Padres 2-0. Kiké Hernández, when asked what separated this year's version…
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Continuing on with Game 5 of Dodgers-Padres, but in a new game thread.
NLDS Game 5 info Teams: Dodgers vs. Padres Series: Tied, 2-2 Location: Dodger Stadium TV: Fox (Joe Davis, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal) Local radio: AM 570 (Stephen Nelson, Rick Monday), KTNQ 1020 AM (Pepe Yniguez, José Mota) National radio: ESPN Radio (Roxy Bernstein, Jessica Mendoza)Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images
LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers outlasted the Padres in a Division Series that went the full five games, and earned the right to advance to the National League Division Series against the Mets.
The Dodgers finished off the NLDS on Friday night at Dodger Stadium, and that’s where they’ll remain to host the first two games of the NLCS against, by virtue of finishing with the best record in baseball during the regular season.
Game 1 of the NLCS is Sunday...
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A 2-0 win in Game 5 gave the Dodgers their first series win since 2021, and a berth in the NLCS, which starts Sunday at Dodger Stadium.
LOS ANGELES — Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched five scoreless innings, and both Hernándezes homered, completing the Dodgers National League Division Series comeback with a 2-0 win over the San Diego Padres in Game 5 on Sunday night at Dodger Stadium.
The Dodgers, who did not allow a run in the final 24 innings of the series, are...
Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman is in the starting lineup for Los Angeles' crucial Game 5 against the visiting San Diego Padres in Friday's National League Division Series.
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The Dodgers and Padres decide things on the field on Friday night in Los Angeles.
NOTE: We will have an overflow game chat in a new post going up at 6:44 p.m. PT.
NLDS Game 5 info Teams: Dodgers vs. Padres Series: Tied, 2-2 Location: Dodger Stadium Time: 5:08 p.m. TV: Fox (Joe Davis, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal) Local radio: AM 570 (Stephen Nelson, Rick Monday), KTNQ 1020 AM (Pepe Yniguez, José Mota) National radio: ESPN Radio (Roxy...What: MLB Divisional Series Playoff Game When : Friday, October 11th Who: San Diego Padres vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Time : 5:08 p.m. PST Where : Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles, CA) The Los Angeles Dodgers host the San Diego Padres in the fifth game of their National League Divisional Series.
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LOS ANGELES — Freddie Freeman is back in the Dodgers lineup for the winner-take-all Game 5 of the National League Division Series against the Padres, after two days of rest on his sprained right ankle.
Freeman has three singles in 11 at-bats so far in the NLDS, with seven of his nine balls in play classified as hard-hit with exit velocities of at least 95 mph. He left Game 2 after feeling more pain in the ankle, which was sprained...