Tag: St. Louis Cardinals

Kershaw, Dodgers Handle Cardinals in Weekend Finale

Published on by Dennis Schlossman23 Comments

Veteran Clayton Kershaw threw six shutout innings and Shohei Ohtani smashed his 39th homer of the year to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals and secure the series win, two games to one.

With the victory, the Dodgers’ current divisional lead sits at three full games over the San Diego Padres and four full games over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Both the Padres and Diamondbacks lost on Sunday.

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Dodgers Sweep Cardinals at Home, Prepare for Phillies to Finish Homestand

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Chris Taylor went 2-for-4 with an RBI double and Noah Syndergaard earned his first win of the season, propelling the Dodgers to a 6-3 home win on Sunday against the Cardinals and securing the series sweep.

Aside from Clayton Kershaw’s sparkling performance on Saturday, there really weren’t any major signs that the Dodgers are changing course from an average-performing team to an excellent one. The Cardinals fell to 10-19 on the season and fifth place in the NL Central, suggesting that the Los Angeles sweep isn’t as significant as some pundits make it out to be.

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Dodgers, Cardinals Look to Tune-Up Before Postseason

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Mookie magic propelled the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 3-2 walk-off win Thursday. It was the Dodgers 104th victory this season, which puts them three wins away from their franchise record with 12 games left to play.

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Taylor, Dodgers Walk Off in 2021 NL Wild Card Game

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Seemingly benched because of his slumping bat, Chris Taylor as a late defensive replacement launched a home run to left field with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to walk the Dodgers off to a 3-1 victory in the 2021 National League Wild Card game.

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A Look Into The N.L. Wildcard Game

Published on by Jose G. Quevedo9 Comments

The regular season has now been wrapped up, and the new season begins. The playoffs that is!

The Dodgers finished with 106 wins and their reward for that? The St. Louis Cardinals, who are coming off a recent 17-game winning streak, in a Wild Card game.

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Dodgers to Host Cardinals in 2021 National League Wild Card Game

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As it turned out, a ninth consecutive division title was not in the books for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers held up their end of the bargain by defeating the Brewers in their regular season finale, but the Giants did not give the Dodgers the help they needed to force a one-game divisional playoff.

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What the Nolan Arenado Trade Means for Dodgers and NL West

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It’s a day of celebration for the Los Angeles Dodgers anytime a division rival trades away a premier player, and the Nolan Arenado deal is going to have repercussions within the NL West for years to come.

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Dodgers Finish Sweep of Cardinals with Another Walk-off Win

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The Dodgers returned the favor of the sweep to the St Louis Cardinals, and they ended the series in what has now become almost commonplace behavior, a walk-off win.

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Dodgers Set to Take on Cardinals; Plus Some Injury Notes

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The Dodgers somehow managed to take three of four from the San Diego Padres over the weekend. Two strong wins on the backs of Clayton Kershaw and Walker Buehler, a missed opportunity in Dustin May‘s debut, and another come from behind win due to a poor outing from Kenta Maeda on Sunday.

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Dodgers Swept by Cardinals on Final Leg of Road Trip

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Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports

To say that the Dodgers‘ first road trip of the season was a bit of a roller coaster ride would be an understatement.

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