While he isn’t hitting home runs so far this season, Matt Kemp took away a sure home run away from Braves outfielder Jason Heyward. Heyward was the second batter of the game and hit a Chris Capuano pitch to left center and Kemp took over. Shaded more towards right center, Kemp came all the way [...]
Video: Hyun-Jin Ryu Plays Catch With Fan In Left-Field Pavilion
Dodgers starter Hyun-Jin Ryu has been a sensation with fans since he’s come over from Korea. Ryu has become a rockstar in the Dodgers community and is already a favorite amongst his teammates. Through eight starts, Ryu is 4-2 with a 3.40 ERA and has been arguably the Dodgers most consistent starter behind ace Clayton [...]
Dodgers Highlights: An eventful day as Dodgers catch Cards
We can confirm that the Cardinals getting out in front early against the Dodgers appears to be the remedy for the team to snap out of their skids — as evidenced by this Adrian Gonzalez RBI-single. If not for this play, where might the Dodgers have ended up on Saturday night? It’s plays like these [...]
Dodgers Highlights: Long Balls push Dodgers to victory
The Dodgers got down early, but, it was nothing that would stop Andre Ethier from taking his frustrations out on this Joe Kelly offering, smashing it over the right-field fence for a 2-run home run. When in doubt, call on El Cochito, Luis Cruz, who continues to be the Dodgers’ unsung hero. His latest feat [...]
Dodgers Highlights: Three runs were good, but not enough for Dodgers
The Dodgers got knocked into a hole early on, but began to fight back as Luis Cruz started the rally, driving in a run as seen here. Despite their trouble getting timely hits, namely with runners in scoring position, the Dodgers did put up a fight, as evidenced by Adrian Gonzalez’s RBI-single. The third, and [...]
Dodgers Highlights: Milestones galore for the Dodgers
Andre Ethier has been swinging a red-hot bat since making an adjustment to the bat, where he is choking up due to some discomfort. He connects on his 1,000th hit here, which also happened to tie the game at 1-1. So much was going for the Dodgers on Tuesday night, including the 200th strikeout of [...]
Dodgers Highlights: Strong will and heart dooms the visitors again
Lately it has been quite a struggle for the star-studded Dodgers to score any runs, but, with the assistance of Hanley Ramirez, the team continues to charge on. Here is his 10th home run (and 36th RBI) in 38 games as a Dodger. The Dodgers had to play from behind again as the Padres were [...]
Dodgers Highlights: When you’re down, you aren’t necessarily out
It had been a little while since Matt Kemp had hit a home run (21 games, in fact), but on Sunday afternoon, the Bison reminded baseball that he hasn’t gone anywhere, and remains one of baseball’s biggest forces. The Dodgers will have to wait until tomorrow to find out about the availability of Kenley Jansen [...]
Dodgers Interview: Dodgers must focus on winning games, not series
The Dodgers pulled off the biggest win of the season, to date. Yes, that phrase will continue to be used for every win that follows, especially with the postseason hovering right around the corner. Don Mattingly spoke about the victory, and seemed to be very confident that his players were going to reign victorious no [...]
Dodgers Highlights: Long ball lifts Dodgers
With dogs barking around Dodger Stadium, the scene was rather different. However, not enough to the point where Hanley Ramirez wouldn’t continue his power surge, smashing another home run as a Dodger. Without the heroics of Andre Ethier though, this might have turned out to be a very different ball-game. By the way, Josh Beckett [...]