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• Dodgers come up short against Pirates, ending winning streak PITTSBURGH — The Dead Ball Era lives. The Dodgers were held to four hits at PNC Park on Monday night, watching their best offensive efforts die in the gloves of Pirates outfielders in a 5-1 loss. The Dodgers narrowly avoided their first shutout loss of the season with a pinch-hit home run by Edwin Rios in the ninth inning. The loss ended a six-game winning streak for the Dodgers and was their first loss to the Pirates since June 2018…
• Dodgers walk away with doubleheader sweep, beat Cubs behind Mookie Betts’ five RBI CHICAGO – Mookie giveth. And Mookie taketh away. A rare defensive lapse by Mookie Betts led to a run for the Chicago Cubs. But Betts drove in five with his bat, leading the Dodgers to a 6-2 victory over the Cubs to complete a sweep of a doubleheader Saturday at Wrigley Field. The Dodgers had just three hits in the game. But they drew nine walks, five of them in a four-run second inning. Left-hander Daniel Norris was the opener…
• Where have all the runs gone in MLB? Catcher Willson Contreras has excelled when the Cubs have used him as their designated hitter, but others haven’t fared so well.Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Cold weather is always tough on hitters. Bats heat up when the weather warms. Still, early returns point to a decline in scoring in Major League Baseball in 2022, and the main culprit is a fall-off in power. Teams averaged 4.03 runs per game in April, down from 4.26 in March/April 2021. The rise early in May…
• SF Giants swept by Dodgers in blowout fashion LOS ANGELES — There have not been many blowouts in the Giants’ saga with the Dodgers over the past year. In fact, none to the magnitude of their 9-1 loss Wednesday night. Fourteen of their previous 25 meetings, including their first one of this season on Tuesday, had been decided by two runs or fewer. None of their matchups last season had a margin of more than six runs on either side. But one botched dribbler and a couple home…
• Dodgers beat Giants with balanced attack, sweep series LOS ANGELES ― It’s only been a month, but a certain type of baseball game has come to define the 2022 season. The Dodgers have mastered it, as they did in a 9-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night. By sweeping the two-game series, the Dodgers (16-7) opened a 2½-game lead over the third-place Giants (14-10) and maintained a one-game cushion over the second-place San Diego Padres in the National League West. They’ll enjoy one of their…
• Dodgers could turn to top prospect Ryan Pepiot for start in Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH — The Dodgers’ top pitching prospect might make his big-league debut this week. Right-hander Ryan Pepiot joined the team in Pittsburgh on Monday and was placed on the taxi squad. The Dodgers will need a spot starter Wednesday but have not announced who that will be. “It just leaves the option open,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said of bringing Pepiot to Pittsburgh in advance of a potential start. “We’re not going to commit to it. But certainly getting him…
• Dodgers beat Cubs for third time, completing quick sweep at Wrigley CHICAGO – Type in promo code NLCENTRAL and collect your free gift. The Dodgers spent about 33 hours at Wrigley Field this weekend and collected three wins, completing a sweep of the Chicago Cubs with a 7-1 victory Sunday night. Add this weekend’s work to their four-game, 26-7 dismissal of the Cincinnati Reds, the lowest of baseball’s low, at home last month and the Dodgers’ 19-7 record includes a 7-0 mark against the NL Central. Next stop on their tour…
• SF Giants’ losing streak hits 5 games on late hit vs. Cardinals SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants’ offensive issues haven’t been solved, and their losing streak reached five games Friday night against the St. Louis Cardinals, wasting a strong effort from Alex Cobb. A two-run home run by the Cardinals and a two-out rally by the Giants was all the offense either team could muster for the first eight innings Friday night. But St. Louis beat San Francisco at its own game, getting the game-deciding base knock from a late-innings substitution and…
• High school roundup: No. 1 De La Salle rallies to edge San Ramon Valley, secure first place in EBAL Baseball De La Salle clinches the top EBAL seed De La Salle, playing at home in Concord, overcame three deficits to defeat San Ramon Valley 7-6 on Wednesday and clinch the top seed in next week’s East Bay Athletic League tournament. With one regular-season league game to play, De La Salle leads California and Foothill by two games. Ethan Dungo had three hits and two RBIs, Kai Smith had two hits and two RBIs and Anthony Martinez homered for the…
• Clayton Kershaw dazzles as Dodgers blank Cubs in opener   CHICAGO — They bill Wrigley Field as “The Friendly Confines.” Clayton Kershaw has never found it to be so. Entering Saturday’s doubleheader, Kershaw’s career ERA at Wrigley Field – 4.74 in four regular-season starts – was his highest for any ballpark where he had started more than once and it is one of only two stadiums where he has a losing record. But he made himself comfortable in the first game of a doubleheader Saturday afternoon, holding the Chicago…