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Giants Over Dodgers – It Had to End at Some Point
There’s a problem with Baseball and the length of certain games, and the San Francisco Giants beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 after 12 innings and most importantly six minutes shy of five hours is a perfect example of a sport that has games run a bit too long.
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Tigers Over Dodgers – Blowing Leads Isn’t the End of the World
Despite blowing a lead in the ninth inning the Detroit Tigers were able to come through with a 7-6 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers thanks to Victor Martinez hitting a 10th inning home run off of Kenley Janses in a series that seems to be about dramatic extra inning endings.
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Dodgers Over Tigers – Good Problems to Have
With the highest payroll in the league, it’s not surprising that the Los Angeles Dodgers find it difficult to give batting opportunities to all of their outfielders. In an extra innings 3-2 win over the Detroit Tigers, it was Carl Crawford who made the biggest impression, hitting a walk-off double to clinch the first game of the series.
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Dodgers Over Giants – Matt Cain Gets Destroyed
The Los Angeles Dodgers avoid getting swept at home by the San Francisco Giants with a 6-2 win, highlighted by Matt Kemp and Hanley Ramirez hitting two home runs each, making it an awful day for Matt Cain at the mound.
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Giants Over Dodgers – It’s Rough at Home
The San Francisco Giants continue their dominance in the opening home series for the Los Angeles Dodgers, winning 7-2 with an excellent performance from Madison Bumgarner on the mound while Michael Morse and Buster Posey added plenty of firepower with their bats.
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Dodgers Over Padres – Order is Restored
It wasn’t the smoothest of pitching performances from Zack Greinke, but the Los Angeles Dodgers came through with their first win this season on American soil, beating the San Diego Padres 3-2 thanks to a two-run homer from Yasiel Puig and a finishing touch from Dee Gordon.
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Padres Over Dodgers – The Real Opening Day
Even though Baseball season began in Australia, Opening day in an actual American stadium means a little bit more to pretty much everyone. The Los Angeles Dodgers didn’t do as well in San Diego against the Padres like they did Down Under despite a great pitching performance from Hyun-Jin Ryu, with Brian Wilson blowing a save and a big winning hit from Chris Denforia.
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Clutch Home Runs and Pitching Mistakes (Braves vs Dodgers)
The Los Angeles Dodgers found themselves in a jam, but got out of it with some big hitting early on from Carl Crawford and very late from Juan Uribe to give them a 4-3 win over the Atlanta Braves, clinching the divisional series, while some were left wondering why the best reliever in Baseball, Craig Kimbrel, wasn’t used.
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Great Hitting Makes Up for Anything (Braves vs Dodgers)
The Los Angeles Dodgers were already using their relief pitcher in the middle of the 4th inning, but with the kind of hitting they produced once again in the NLDS series against the Atlanta Braves, there was nothing stopping them from moving a step closer to finishing off the series.
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Barely Holding On (Dodgers vs Braves)
Some quality gaps are too hard to bridge, but the Atlanta Braves somehow managed to even up things with the Los Angeles Dodgers, beating the visitors 4-3 in game 2 of their divisional series, getting just about enough from Mike Minor when there were runners in scoring positions and some solid closing from Craig Kimbrel.