Rookie Andy Pages capped his first-career four-hit performance with a game-ending single in the 11th inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers walked away with a 4-3 victory over the visiting Atlanta Braves on Friday in the opener of a three-game series.
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Pages goes 4-5 including the game ending hit, Stone allows just one run over six innings
The Dodgers hosted the National League leading Atlanta Braves Friday night in an extra inning affair, with the coming out on top by a final score of
Gavin Stone made his sixth start of the season for the Dodgers, as he looked to replicate the same success he had in his previous start against the Toronto Blue Jays.
Charlie Morton made his sixth start of...
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Dodgers and Braves enter with 20 wins, tied for second in baseball.
In an anticipated meeting between the National League’s biggest powerhouses, the Dodgers host the Atlanta Braves for the first time in 2024 this weekend.
The two teams last played at Dodger Stadium in early September of last season, where the Braves took down the Dodgers three games to one. In the series, reigning NL MVP Ronald Acuña Jr. reached the exclusive 30 home run/60 stolen...
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Plus, bullpen sessions Friday for Bobby Miller and Clayton Kershaw
LOS ANGELES — Jason Heyward is back in the swing of things, literally, as he works his way back from lower back tightness that has sidelined him for the last five weeks.
Heyward swung a bat on Friday at Dodger Stadium ahead of the Dodgers’ series opener against the Braves, and also shagged fly balls in the outfield during batting practice, among other baseball activities.
“I saw...
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It took a spring training full of complaints and a month into the season, but Major League Baseball announced Friday they would finally fix two of the biggest gripes about its uniforms. The league will return to larger lettering and allow for tailored pants, but not until the 2025 season.
From the MLB press release:
For the 2025 season, Nike-designed MLB uniforms will include larger lettering on the back of jerseys with individual...
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Atlanta has been winning despite major speed bumps
At the start of the season and following a similar path for a few years now, the Dodgers and Braves came in as the undisputed class of the National League. For the first time in 2024 these two organizations and both fulfilling their respective expectations by leading their respective divisions. Atlanta has the best record in the NL, while the Dodgers are fourth-best.
However, while...
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Third career monthly honor for Betts, who is the first Dodgers shortstop to win NL player of the month
Dodgers outfielder shortstop Mookie Betts is off to an incredible start to his 2024 season, and on Friday was honored with the National League player of the month award for April.
Betts hit .368/.477/.624 with a 211 wRC+, six home runs, and eight stolen bases in the season’s opening month, which also includes six games in March. Betts lead the...
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Mookie Betts was tasked with being the Dodgers’ primary shortstop at the beginning of the season, a position that he hadn’t played as a starter since high school.
So far into the season, Betts has impressed both president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman and manager Dave Roberts with his defensive work, per Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register.
Per Friedman: “I will say that where he is right now is where we hoped he would be in...
Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani recently revealed the identity of his wife, and the two have now made a formal public appearance together.
Dodgers pitcher Blake Treinen pitches in his fifth game on a rehab assignment with Triple-A Oklahoma City, facing the Salt Lake City Bees, an Angels affiliate, on May 2, 2024. | From MILBtv
Second scoreless inning in as many nights for Treinen, who started the season on the injured list but has now pitched five games on his minor league rehab assignment.
Walker Buehler probably won’t be the only Dodgers pitcher to pitch in their first major league game since 2022 on the upcoming...
Julio Urias has reached a plea deal with prosecutors.
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A likely final update regarding the disgraced ex-Dodger pitcher avoids jail
On May 1, the City News Service reported that ex-Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías pled no contest to a misdemeanor domestic battery charge.
As previously reported, on April 9, the Los Angeles City Attorney’s office announced that the agency was filing five misdemeanor charges against Urías stemming from his arrest in September 2023. Said arrest led to Urías...
Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters that pitcher Walker Buehler will make his season debut on Monday against the Miami Marlins. Buehler, 29, will return to the majors 20 months after undergoing his second Tommy John operation.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are about to welcome old friend Walker Buehler back to the rotation.
Los Angeles Dodgers ace Walker Buehler will return to the mound for the first time since June 2022 on Monday. Manager Dave Roberts said the two-time All-Star right-hander will start at home against the Miami Marlins.
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NL West leader hosts the NL East leader this weekend at Dodger Stadium
After a 7-2 road trip through Washington D.C., Toronto, and Phoenix, the Dodgers are back home in Los Angeles to host their frequent October foe, the Atlanta Braves, for three games beginning Friday night at Dodger Stadium.
These two teams met in the 2018 National League Division Series then played in consecutive National League Championship Series in 2020...
Two-time All-Star Walker Buehler will make his long-awaited return on Monday against the Marlins.
Former Dodgers left-hander Julio Urias pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor domestic battery charge Wednesday, per the Orange County Register. The L.A.
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Despite a rough start to the season, Yamamoto has given the Dodgers plenty of celebrate.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto may have had a rough start with the Dodgers, but that’s all but forgotten now. The star pitcher has made a dramatic turnaround, and Mike Axisa at CBS Sports tells us why.
First, Yamamoto has a killer curveball and spectacular splitter, both of which carry above-average spin and whiff rates. When batters do connect with either of these pitches,...
The Los Angeles Dodgers entered the season with as much hype as any team in recent memory following a busy offseason headlined by the additions of Shohei…