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2022 MLB playoffs: Our predictions from the wild-card games through the World Series
The 2022 MLB playoffs begin Friday afternoon, debuting a new format with 12 teams hoping to raise this year’s World Series trophy. The Dodgers — who enter October with MLB’s best record and a franchise record number of wins — look to add another title to prove their 2020 championship was no fluke. Meanwhile, the […]
Continue readingWhat we’re watching in the final two weeks of the MLB season
As the 2022 regular season has winded down, all eyes have been on Aaron Judge’s chase to break Roger Maris’ American League record for most home runs in a single season and Albert Pujols’ race to 700 career home runs. One of those milestones has been reached, with Pujols hitting two home runs against the […]
Continue readingWhat this week’s Dodgers-Mets matchup can teach us about a potential October showdown
With just over a month left in the regular season before the MLB playoffs begin, it is the perfect time to start looking ahead at what a showdown between two 2022 heavyweights could mean come October, so we asked ESPN MLB experts Bradford Doolittle, Alden Gonzalez, Joon Lee and David Schoenfield to weigh in on […]
Continue readingCincinnati Reds’ Hunter Greene sets velocity volume record in loss to Los Angeles Dodgers
LOS ANGELES — On a cool Southern California evening, Cincinnati Reds rookie Hunter Greene brought some record-setting heat. After five overpowering innings, the Los Angeles Dodgers finally caught up. Trea Turner launched a two-run homer to snap a scoreless tie in the sixth and the Dodgers beat the skidding Reds 5-2 on Saturday night for […]
Continue readingChris Taylor keeps Los Angeles Dodgers alive with three homers in Game 5 win
LOS ANGELES — Cody Bellinger had goosebumps. It was the eighth inning of a game his Los Angeles Dodgers already led by nine runs, but Chris Taylor was up to bat, sitting on three home runs, and Bellinger could sense a fourth one coming. “I felt like he was really going to do it,” Bellinger […]
Continue readingMLB playoffs 2021: Will a dream Dodgers win set up another nightmare scenario for the Braves?
LOS ANGELES — When the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Chris Taylor hit his third homer of the game in the seventh inning, Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker sat in his dugout chair and stared, unblinking, at some random spot in the Dodger Stadium outfield. What was taking place in front of him, and his reaction to […]
Continue readingLos Angeles Dodgers start reliever Corey Knebel in Game 1 of NLCS vs. Atlanta Braves
ATLANTA — The Los Angeles Dodgers started right-handed reliever Corey Knebel, setting the stage for a bullpen game in the opener of their National League Championship Series against the Braves on Saturday night, a direct reflection of what it took to defeat the Giants in the previous round. The decision pushes ace Max Scherzer back […]
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