Category: Los Angeles Dodgers

Dodgers Top Wild Rockies, 1St NL Team to 110 Wins Since 1909

LOS ANGELES—Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and the Los Angeles Dodgers became the first National League team in more than a century to win 110 regular-season games, taking advantage of 10 walks to rally past the Colorado Rockies 6–4 on Saturday night. Cody Bellinger had three hits and two RBIs for the NL West champions, who…


Clayton Kershaw Sharp, Mlb-Best Dodgers Rout Rockies 10–1

LOS ANGELES—Clayton Kershaw went six scoreless innings in his next-to-last start before the playoffs and the Los Angeles Dodgers had an eight-run fourth inning in a 10–1 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night. Cody Bellinger hit a three-run home run, Mookie Betts had a pair of doubles among his three hits and Chris…


Vargas, Dodgers Beat Padres 5–2 for 108th Win

SAN DIEGO—Miguel Vargas hit a tie-breaking, two-run single with the bases loaded in the sixth inning and the NL West champion Los Angeles Dodgers beat San Diego 5–2 on Thursday night to slow the Padres’ playoff push. The Dodgers added to their franchise single-season record with their 108th win. They’ve already clinched the NL’s No….


Freddie Freeman’s 10th-Inning Hit Sends Dodgers Past Padres 1–0

Freddie Freeman broke up a scoreless tie with a run-scoring single to center with one out in the 10th inning on Wednesday, giving the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers a 1–0 victory over the San Diego Padres. Freeman’s career-high 192nd hit of the season, off Padres reliever Steven Wilson (4–2), drove in automatic runner Mookie Betts…


Padres Beat Dodgers 4–3 in 10 to Reduce Magic Number to 4

SAN DIEGO—Jorge Alfaro is used to being in position to walk off games. Just not with a walk-off walk. Alfaro drew a bases-loaded free pass from Craig Kimbrel with two outs in the 10th inning and the San Diego Padres beat the NL West champion Los Angeles Dodgers 4–3 on Tuesday night to reduce their…


Grove Helps Dodgers Beat Cardinals 4–1 to Clinch Top NL Seed

LOS ANGELES—Will Smith had two hits and Michael Grove pitched five solid innings to pick up his first career victory as the Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the No. 1 overall seed in the National League with 4–1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sept. 25. Two days after reaching 700 home runs, Cardinals slugger…


Cards’ Pujols Hits 700th Home Run, 4th Player to Reach Mark

LOS ANGELES—St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols hit his 700th home run on Friday night, connecting for his second drive of the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers and becoming the fourth player to reach the milestone in major league history. With the drive in the final days of his last big league season, the…


Dodgers Overcome Gallen’s 13 Ks, Rally to Beat D-backs 3–2

LOS ANGELES—So much for Mookie Betts having the night off. The Los Angeles Dodgers needed his bat in the ninth inning and their All-Star came up big off the bench. Max Muncy hit a tying infield single and Betts singled home the winning run with two outs, helping the Dodgers edge the Arizona Diamondbacks 3–2…


D-backs’ Madison Bumgarner Gets Rare Win Over Dodgers

Madison Bumgarner turned back the clock on Wednesday, Sept.21, giving up one run on one hit over six innings as the Arizona Diamondbacks finished off a 6–1 victory over the host Los Angeles Dodgers. In his 40th career start against the Dodgers, Bumgarner earned the win over his longtime National League West nemesis for the…


Rookie Vargas, Dodgers Rally Past D-Backs, 5th Win in Row

LOS ANGELES—Rookie Miguel Vargas drove in the go-ahead run with an infield single in a five-run eighth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied past the Arizona Diamondbacks 6–5 Tuesday for their MLB-leading 44th comeback win in the first game of a doubleheader. “We did everything we could to give them the game and they…