During the 2017 season, the Dodgers endured a painful seven-game losing streak but finished the season with an MLB-best 104-58 record. That’s the good news. The bad news is that although they made it to the Fall Classic, they lost to the Houston Astros four games to three.
On Saturday, the Dodgers snapped their painful seven-game losing streak with a 2-1 win over their division-rival San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park. That’s the good news. I’ll just leave it at that for now, but you probably get my drift.
Although there is still a lot of baseball yet to be played, it is pretty much accepted by many (most) that the Dodgers are currently the best team in all of baseball with their National League-best 57-39 record, albeit only one game better than the 56-39 NL Central first-place Chicago Cubs. The good news is that with their win over The Hated Ones on Saturday, they have a 4.5-game lead over the NL West second-place San Diego Padres. But here again, there is still a lot of baseball yet to be played.
There were to significant reasons why the Dodgers pulled off their 2-1 win over the Giants on Saturday. First and foremost was a sensational start by international superstar Shohei Ohtani, who went 2.2 innings in which he allowed no runs and only one hit, while walking one and striking out four of the 11 Giants batters he faced, including striking out the side in the bottom of the first inning on 12 pitches.
The other significant reason was a clutch single to left-center field by Dodgers second baseman Hyeseong Kim, scoring suddenly-red-hot Dodgers left fielder Michael Conforto, who went 3-for-4 on the day and is 5-for-his-last-8, including a home run in Friday’s 8-7 Dodgers loss.
(SportsNet LA)
The two longtime division rivals will square off later today to determine the winner of the (very) intense three-game set.
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