LOS ANGELES — Earlier than the Dodgers took the sector on Thursday, they have been nicely conscious of what had taken place across the league. With 29 video games left within the common season coming into the day, each group in playoff competition is scoreboard watching to examine in on what their opponents have completed on that specific night time.
For the Dodgers, they noticed the D-backs and Padres, the 2 groups chasing them within the Nationwide League West, had misplaced their respective video games. It was a chance to realize a sport on each.
“Nice homestand, actually good baseball,” stated Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts. “Performed in opposition to groups which are in pennant races, getting ready for the postseason. And I assumed we confirmed nicely. I don’t assume it was a litmus take a look at or something, but it surely’s nonetheless good to go on the market and discover methods to win baseball video games. I assumed we did it in numerous methods all through the homestand.”
Los Angeles obtained on the board early with a Chris Taylor RBI single within the second inning. Within the fourth, the underside of the lineup sparked one other rally as Taylor and Gavin Lux each got here round to attain on an Austin Barnes two-run double that simply obtained over the pinnacle of third baseman Ramón Urías, who was drawn in on the infield grass. Mookie Betts and Miguel Rojas later tacked on RBI singles of their very own, these two runs serving because the distinction.
“It’s nice,” Roberts stated. “Clearly getting [Rojas] again and Tommy [Edman] lengthening our lineup. … Even this sequence, with out Freddie [Freeman] and with out Will [Smith] getting on monitor, which I believe he’s displaying some life, [has] simply been actually good.”
With the beginning rotation going by means of inconsistencies and accidents, the Dodgers will proceed to judge their choices over the subsequent 5 weeks. Bobby Miller, who has struggled in his sophomore season, is amongst these choices.
Miller obtained his outing off to a robust begin, holding the Orioles hitless for 3 innings. The younger right-hander, nevertheless, bumped into bother within the fifth and paid the worth as Colton Cowser hit a three-run homer to chop into the Dodgers’ lead.
“I felt fairly good,” Miller stated. “It was 4 2/3 of actually good pitching after which only one unhealthy pitch. Appears to be the story of my previous couple of outings. It’s only one unhealthy pitch that I look again on, and sadly, it’s over the fence. However you realize, in the future, in the future quickly, it’ll fall.”
L.A.’s bullpen put collectively one other robust efficiency in opposition to the Orioles. No second was larger than Blake Treinen putting out Gunnar Henderson to strand the bases loaded within the seventh inning. 4 relievers mixed for 4 scoreless innings to safe the sequence win.
“I actually simply need to be the perfect in baseball at no matter my [role] is,” Treinen stated. “Regardless of the position within the bullpen. I simply need to be the perfect at what I do.”
Subsequent up for the Dodgers is a extremely anticipated sequence in opposition to the D-backs at Chase Subject. The Dodgers and the D-backs have been two of the most well liked groups because the All-Star break, making the NL West race one of many closest within the Majors.
“Simply one thing to construct on,” Roberts stated. “So now we will look in the direction of the Diamondbacks, and people guys clearly are taking part in nice baseball, and it will be boisterous, and lots of people, a number of Dodgers followers, a number of D-backs followers. So it’s going to be a terrific sequence.”
