Travis d'Arnaud? Gonzalez: Freeman comes alive. That the Braves have won both games without getting anything from Freeman should be very discouraging to the Dodgers. They're just waiting for him to make his presence felt in this series, and if he does so in Game 3, it could push them to the brink. Keown: They watch how the Giants approached Buehler and repeat it.
They made him throw strikes to get outs, and they sat on hittable fastballs and did their damage in short bursts. Right-handed hitters like Austin Riley and Adam Duvall are key; they need to take Buehler's high fastballs to right field for maximum effect.
Doolittle: It would be hypocritical of me to jump off the Dodgers' bandwagon after jumping on it way back in the spring. We have not seen the real L. But I am wavering because even if the Dodgers sweep the three games at home, they still have to win one before a Braves crowd that has been waiting to see another pennant clincher in Atlanta for a really long time.
Still, I'm taking the Dodgers in 7. But the Atlanta rotation is in much better shape than last season, when Kyle Wright started Game 3 and allowed seven runs in the first inning, Bryse Wilson started Game 4 which the Braves won as Wilson had a great game , and Minter started a bullpen game in Game 5. Four wins in five games against an Atlanta team that is pitching well right now is a tough ask -- especially with the Turners struggling.
Braves in 5. Olney: After way too many lousy predictions in the first rounds of the postseason, I've got the Braves beating the Dodgers, in part because their pitching was properly aligned coming into the series, and L.
Gonzalez: I'm tempted to say the Dodgers will come back and win this series because they're so much more talented, but I can't. Yes, they did this last year. But they did it in the bubble, without having to play at the Braves' home ballpark while facing elimination. And this is not last year's team. Cody Bellinger isn't the same player, Justin Turner doesn't look right, Max Muncy isn't in the lineup, Joc Pederson is on the other side, their starters are more taxed, and I just can't see the Braves letting this happen again.
Keown: I picked the Dodgers in five, and I'm starting to think I might have been wrong. There's no question the Dodgers can fight back -- they were down and to the Braves before winning last season -- but I wouldn't bet on it. The guess here is the Braves go home ahead and close it out in Game 6. Skip to main content Skip to navigation. Los Angeles Dodgers. Giants extend manager Kapler's deal through ' San Francisco Giants.
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The Dodgers have not won the World Series since , the longest barren stretch for the franchise since winning its first title as the Brooklyn Dodgers in Walter O'Malley first owned part of the team starting in After he died in , his son Peter and daughter Terry assumed ownership before selling to the Fox Group in McCourt's ownership," Selig said.
Selig's move might be seen by some as a precedent should the New York Mets have additional financial problems. Unlike the McCourts, Wilpon is a longtime friend of Selig. Matt Kemp and the rest of his Dodgers teammates aren't worried about who will be signing their future paychecks now that baseball is taking control of the troubled franchise.
Kemp added: "I don't want to go anywhere else. This is what I know, being a Dodger. I've been here, been with the Dodgers for nine years. I got drafted by them. This is all I know. All my friends are here. I have a lot of friends out here in L. This is where I want to be. But, like I said, you never know what happens.
I can't control any of that stuff. Frank loved the Dodgers. A lot of people may not realize that, but he really loved the Dodgers. McCourt has drawn the ire of Dodgers fans throughout his tenure, especially after details of the couple's lavish lifestyle and spending came out during their divorce hearing.
The Dodgers need another gem Tuesday. He is 2 for 3 with runners in scoring position and the rest of the Dodgers are 0 for They've turned 25 baserunners into only six runs in these two games against the Braves.
Obviously no comeback will happen without that improving. The Dodgers are a home run offense their homers were fourth most in MLB , yet eight games into their postseason, they've hit only seven home runs. The Braves are a home run team too they hit homers this year and they have only six homers in six postseason games, though they were able to get that big non-homer hit in Games 1 and 2. The Dodgers are still waiting.
Interestingly enough, the Dodgers have taken a more aggressive approach this postseason. During the regular season their offense had the fourth-lowest swing rate Through eight postseason games they've swung at Just trying to win and fight, win pitches, and give ourselves a chance. You give yourself a chance, then it's better than punching. So I thought we've been doing a much better job of that. They struck out 10 times in Game 2 yet scored four runs, their third highest total in eight postseason games, thanks largely to nine -- nine!
There's something to be said for having the willingness and ability to make adjustments, particularly when the stakes are highest in the postseason, though perhaps the Dodgers should revert back to the ultra-patient approach that worked so well in the regular season? Maybe the walks and strikeouts in Game 2 are an indication that is already happening. We'll see. They've gone down only five times in 18 innings. At some point they need to convert those opportunities into runs if this NLCS comeback is going to happen.
The Braves are damn good and they deserve credit for keeping the Dodgers off the board, but continually tipping your cap is no way to win a series. It's a minor miracle the Dodgers are four wins away from their fourth pennant in five years with Justin Turner and Trea Turner being as unproductive as they've been this postseason.
The Turners are a combined 10 for Two were ground balls up the middle and one was a little flare the other way. Trea fouled away a hittable fastball over the plate, then expanded the zone and swung at pitches off the plate for strikes two and three in a crucial spot. The Dodgers as a team have collectively missed a lot of hittable pitches out over the plate this postseason, though Turner is an MVP-caliber player, and when he has a bad at-bat and a bad postseason, it's more noticeable.
It's the chase, and when you do get pitches to handle you're not finishing the at-bat. So I think that's what's happening to Justin," Roberts said prior to Game 2.
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