Dodgers Stay Positive Despite Loss After They Secured NL Championship
After the Dodgers clinched the NL West championship, they lost to the number one seeded Oakland Athletics 6-4.
After the Dodgers clinched the NL West championship, they lost to the number one seeded Oakland Athletics 6-4.
The Milwaukee Bucks took a historic stand by electing not to play in the scheduled Wednesday Game 5 of the NBA Playoff series versus the Orlando Magic to boycott police brutality and specifically boycott the treatment of Jacob S. Blake, a 29-year-old American Black man who was shot in the back seven times by a Kenosha police officer that left him paralyzed earlier on Sunday.
There were two great pitching performances by Dodgers Tony Gonsolin and Mariners Marco Gonzales. Base runs were difficult to come by, and teams were scoreless until the sixth inning. Pitcher Tony Gonsolin was filling up the strike zone, and the Dodgers defense led them to a sweeping victory over the Mariners.
Hot-hitting Mookie Betts and AJ Pollock made the most of the 82 degrees and sunny LA skies on Sunday afternoon both sending three-run homers over the outfield wall into the pavilion bleachers to topple the Giants 6-2.
When asked by reporters, what are areas does he see the Dodgers need to make strides, Turner said, “Everywhere. I mean, I think we have a deep lineup where three or four guys can produce in a game. I don’t think you’ve seen all nine hitters locked in clicking on all cylinders yet. You got to remember we had a three-month shutdown to a three-month ramp-up. Guys are still working through stuff, myself included. Just trying to grind away put together good A-B’s. (At Bats)”
The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Francisco Giants 7-2 on Friday. As a team the Dodgers hit four home runs.
As the sun set over Dodger Stadium on Friday evening, Max Muncy homered twice and doubled before an unusual crowd filled with cardboard cutouts that stood in the place of real fans and crowd noise was pumped in to simulate the Friday Night Lights players are accustomed to as the Dodgers cruised to a 9-1 win over their storied rivals, the San Francisco Giants.
The Dodgers opened the shortened 60-game season at home against the San Francisco Giants without 3x Cy Young pitcher Clayton Kershaw on the mound who was placed on the injured list hours before the first pitch.
MLB player Yasiel Puig’s Wildhorse Children’s Foundation partnered with the Mayor of Compton, Aja Brown to host the Compton Food Distribution at Gonzales Park. Families in the community needed resources in these trying times. Puig, and Mayor Brown did an outstanding job of calling out businesses to ban together and help people with goods.
Five-time all-star pitcher David Price said today he would opt out of playing this season for the Los Angeles Dodgers due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) is aiding the families of their Dodgers RBI baseball and softball players by hosting a Dodgers Day Drive-Thru presented by ARCO. Saturday marked the first of five Drive-Thrus where registered Dodgers RBI players are given food, resources and treats while social distancing.
The Los Angeles Dodgers lost an emotional game 5 to the Washington Nationals. A complete shocker to the world of baseball. Especially Dodgers fans who expected them to make their third straight World Series appearance. The Dodgers were up 3-0 up for majority of the game but did not put themselves in a position to seal the deal with insurance runs.
The Washington Nationals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in a tough battle in game 4 of National League Divisional Series 6-1. The Dodgers have been in this position before. During the post game interviews they looked cool, calm and collected. They weren’t phased at all. This is just another game for them to overcome adversity.
The Los Angeles Dodgers dominated the Washington Nationals 10-4 in a thriller game 3 victory. The Dodgers were down for the first few innings, then took off like a rocket with 7 runs in the 6th inning and took complete control of the game.. Dodgers Cody Bellinger says “we’ve been doing it all year. 9th inning, 6th inning, 7th inning, we are not going to stop grinding. That’s why we’ve been successful all year.” You would have thought it was Friday night at the Dodgers stadium. They never look back.
The Los Angeles Dodgers lost a heartbreaker to the Washington Nationals in Game 2 of the National League Divisional Series 4-2. The Nationals had the momentum the entire game.