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Pirates Open Homestand Against Streaking Dodgers

The Pittsburgh Pirates haven’t had much to cheer about this season. They’ll try to find some positives in a seven-game homestand against the Los Angeles Dodgers starting on Monday night. The Pirates are coming off a 7-3 loss at the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday, ending their rain-shortened road trip with a 2-3 record and dropping…


Stadium Parking a Pain? Dodger Express Buses Return for 2022 Season

LOS ANGELES—Fans heading to Dodger Stadium but hoping to avoid parking headaches can again travel to the venue aboard an express bus from downtown’s Union Station or the South Bay’s Harbor Gateway Transit Center this season, beginning with Dodgers’ home opener on the evening of April 14. Metro’s Dodger Stadium Express bus will operate throughout…


Brave New World: Atlanta Beats Dodgers 4-2, Heads to World Series

ATLANTA—Led by an unlikely hero, the Atlanta Braves are heading back to a place that used to be so familiar to them. The World Series. Eddie Rosario capped a remarkable NL Championship Series with a three-run homer, sending the Braves to the biggest stage of all with a 4-2 victory over the defending champion Los…


Dodgers Eager to Embrace 2020 NLCS Storyline Against Braves

ATLANTA—The Atlanta Braves know what happened last October and want to avoid a repeat. The Los Angeles Dodgers plan on an encore. Atlanta held 2-0 and 3-1 leads in the NL Championship Series before the Dodgers won three consecutive games in a playoff entirely at the neutral ballpark of Arlington, Texas, then beat Tampa Bay…


Braves Blast 4 HRs, Beat Dodgers 9-2 for 3-1 Lead in NLCS

LOS ANGELES—Behind the red-hot bat of Eddie Rosario, the Atlanta Braves are one win away from their first World Series appearance since 1999. All they need to do is put away the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers. Easier said than done. After all, the Braves were in exactly the same position last year and failed…


Late-Night Magic: Braves Beat Dodgers 5-4, Lead NLCS 2-0

ATLANTA—More late-night magic has the Atlanta Braves just two wins away from the World Series. Eddie Rosario delivered Atlanta’s second straight walk-off hit in the ninth inning, giving the Braves a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday and a commanding 2-0 lead in the NL Championship Series. Rosario’s fourth hit of the…


Riley’s Game-Winning Single in 9th Lifts Braves Past Dodgers

ATLANTA—A couple of clutch swings from breakout slugger Austin Riley got the underdog Atlanta Braves off to a fast start in the NL Championship Series. Riley homered and drove in the winning run with a single in the bottom of the ninth inning to give Atlanta a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in…


Dodgers’ Hot Bats Prove Victorious in Game Four

LOS ANGELES, California—The Los Angeles Dodgers found themselves in a must-win game four at Dodger Stadium against their biggest rival, the San Francisco Giants. The result was another explosive offensive performance that culminated in a 7–2 victory. The four games have had two very polarizing outcomes. Games 1 and 3 resulted in the Giants victorious…


Blowin’ in the Wind: Giants Edge Dodgers 1-0 on Longoria HR

LOS ANGELES—Evan Longoria powered a home run off Max Scherzer through fierce wind, while Chris Taylor and pinch-hitter Gavin Lux fell short, putting the defending World Series champions on the brink of elimination. Longoria’s shot in the fifth inning held up, giving the Giants a 1-0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on a cold,…


Dodgers Ace Max Scherzer Hot on the Mound, Not at the Plate

A look at what’s happening around the majors: Scherzer Strings Dodgers ace Max Scherzer is riding a pair of long streaks going into his start in Game 3 of the NL Division Series against the Giants. He wouldn’t mind ending one of them. On the mound, the three-time Cy Young Award winner is 7-0 with…