The Dodgers went 5-1 on the week and gained 1 1/2 games on the Giants and are just 1 game back in the NL West. Each team has exactly 12 games left so buckle your seat belts and get ready for an exciting finish.
Monday
On Monday the 13th Clayton Kershaw made his much anticipated debut and pitched 4.1 innings giving up 4 hits and just 1 run. The Dodgers took down the hapless Diamondbacks behind a huge night from Justin Turner as he homered and had 3 RBI’s in route to a 5-1 victory.
Tuesday
Tony Gonsolin got the start and had his 3rd longest outing of the year. Gonsolin went 5 innings giving up just 2 hits and no runs as the Dodgers doubled up the Snakes 8-4. Max Muncy had a multi hit game going 2 for 3 with a double and homerun. Trea Turner had 2 hits as Muncy, Turner and Will Smith each had 2 RBI’s a piece.
Mitch White was optioned back down on Tuesday after throwing 2 scoreless innings for LA. on Monday. White was interviewed by Dodger Poke and talked about what its like going back and forth so much between LA and AAA OKC.
Wednesday
The Dodgers got out their brooms on Hump Day and swept the Diamondbacks by a score of 5-3. Max Muncy had 2 more hits including a homerun and Gavin Lux, Will Smith, Justin Turner and Mookie Betts all had multi hit games as well as Muncy. Julio Urias recorded his league leading 18th win and went 5 innings giving up 2 runs.
Friday
Thursday was a travel day as the Dodgers flew out to Cincinnati to start a 3 game weekend series. On Friday the Dodgers dropped a frustraitng 3-1 game and could only muster 6 hits and just 1 extra base hit. Walker Buehler wasn’t terrible but he wasn’t great for his standards either as he went 6 innings giving up 3 runs.
Saturday
If the Dodgers slept walk through Friday’s game, they woke up for Saturday. The Turners had 2 hits a piece and Gavin Lux had a triple. Max Scherzer did his usual thing and gave up absolutely no runs and only 2 hits in 7 innings.
Today
Clayton Kershaw made his 2nd start and looked really good going 5 innings giving up just 1 run on just 1 hit. Ironically, the only run he gave up was set up by a wild pitch on a day where Kershaw walked no one. Mookie Betts and Corey Seager each had multi hit games and Will Smith hit his 25th Homerun. Lux hit his 7th homerun of the year and is now 11 for 24 since being called back up to LA.
Next Up
The Dodgers are off on Monday before traveling to Colorado for a Mile High matchup with the Rockies. Although the Rockies record isn’t very good, at 70-78 that record is deceiving. They are just 26-51 on the road, so they play much better at home at Coors Field where the Dodgers will be facing them.
Here are the matchups in Colorado.
Tuesday: Urias vs. Senzatela
Wednesday: Buehler vs. Marquez
Thursday: Scherzer vs. Freeland
On Friday the Dodgers travel to Arizona to start another 3 game series weekend series with Arizona.
On the Farm
Devin Mann hit his 8th homerun of the season for AA Tulsa and continued a hot streak of which I’ve never seen. Mann had multi homerun games in 3 consecutive games in Amarillo and then hit his 8th on Tuesday. Mann was also featured on the latest edition of “At a Glance” on Dodger Poke Report.
Fellow Louisville Cardinal Alum, Bobby Miller pitched this week and showcased why the Dodgers are so high on him as he hit 99 mph with his 2nd pitch of the night.
Nick Robertson continued to show versatility with his longest outing of the year in Amarillo giving up no runs in 3 2/3 innings. Robertson hit 100 mph last month in Springfield and was also featured on Dodger Poke.
Jacob Amaya was another top prospect that was featured on Dodger Poke and continued to flash the leather making several great plays for AA Tulsa. Dodger Poke has a breakdown on the ease of which Amaya is able to make plays on the move.
Ryan Noda is 2nd in the league in homeruns with 29, is 2nd in RBI’s, and 2nd in walks in all of AA. Noda was also featured on Dodger Poke Report.
Miguel Vargas continues his incredible year with Tulsa and is 4th in the league in hitting with a .320 batting average.
AAA OKC:
Sheldon Neuse made a splash coming off of his stint on the IL. Neuse is hitting. 348 since being put back in the lineup and has 7 extra basehits during that time.
Victor Gonzalez has been busy in OKC and has appeared in 6 outings throwing a combined 5 innings in those outings. In those 5 innings he has given up 2 earned runs and walked 2.
Matt Davidson continued his hot hitting and was another Dodger prospect that was featured on Dodger Poke. Davidson has elite exit velocity as he has been known to hit 112 mph singles. The big burly corner infielder is hitting .290 with 26 homeruns and has an OPS of .996. He can absolutely mash!
