No dog days for this club: Dodgers run August record to 10-1
LOS ANGELES — Over the final decade, the Dodgers have often proven the flexibility to search out an additional gear and stack up wins sooner or later within the common season.
The 2023 Dodgers are exhibiting they’re no totally different and so they’re making fairly the assertion because the calendar turned to August.
With a 6-1 win over the Rockies on Friday night time at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles is taking part in a few of its finest baseball of the season, profitable six in a row and 10 of the final 11. Thanks to the current surge, the Dodgers sit 23 video games over .500 and have a good grip on the National League West standings, ending the night time 7 1/2 video games forward of the second-place Giants.
“We’re taking care of business,” stated Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts. “There’s a variety of playoff groups nonetheless in it and so they’re form of duking it out, jockeying for place. And as a result of we’re profitable baseball video games, there’s definitely some extra separation.”
There have been a number of issues which have stood out through the group’s spectacular begin to August. The first, after all, has been the contributions from the 5 gamers acquired earlier than the Aug. 1 Trade Deadline.
Left-hander Ryan Yarbrough has allowed one run over 7 1/3 innings and has slot in completely. Amed Rosario has been actually strong defensively and has thrived in opposition to left-handed pitching. Joe Kelly has been stellar in restricted appearances and Kiké Hernández has additionally made an influence as a superutility man.
But maybe a very powerful transfer of all was Lance Lynn, who had a 3rd consecutive strong begin since becoming a member of the Dodgers, permitting only one unearned run and placing out 9 over 5 innings. In the three begins since becoming a member of the Dodgers, Lynn is 3-0 with a 2.00 ERA.
“It’s exciting,” Lynn stated of pitching for the Dodgers. “This season [now] has a rebirth for me. I’m excited and actually having fun with my time. I’m doing the whole lot I can to assist the group win.
With Lynn within the fold, Julio Urías getting again into type and the return of Clayton Kershaw on Thursday, the Dodgers’ pitching employees has began to shine, one thing that was lacking earlier within the season.
Since the beginning of August, the Dodgers have allowed two or fewer runs in six of the 11 video games they’ve performed. Over the final three video games, the Dodgers have allowed simply two runs mixed.
If the Dodgers proceed to pitch at that stage shifting ahead, they’re going to be powerful for any group to beat given the best way the offense has carried out all season lengthy.
For the second consecutive night time, the offense was quiet to begin the sport, however they have been in a position to make use of contributions from nearly everybody within the lineup to separate themselves within the late innings.
In the third inning, the Dodgers took an early lead on a Freddie Freeman RBI single. But it wasn’t till the sixth that the Dodgers got here up with well timed hits and took benefit of shaky Colorado protection en path to a four-run body.
“Right now we’re in that mode of we just know how to win, and we’re finding ways to win baseball games,” Roberts stated. “Whether it’s a great pitching performance or a big hit late or pouring it on offensively. It’s nice that every night ultimately we feel like we’re going to score more runs than the other team.”
