The Dodgers accomplished an ideal residence run by profitable their seventh straight recreation. This longest profitable streak of the season got here just some video games after the earlier longest profitable streak. It's the recipe for 14 wins in 16 video games, and Los Angeles separates itself from the remainder of the Nationwide League West.
Within the final homestand, the Dodgers misplaced six of their first eight video games, and misplaced all three collection at Dodger Stadium. Issues weren't clicking, both they couldn't get sufficient offense in an honest recreation, or the pitchers dug an excessive amount of of a gap or allowed runs late.
That present streak started with a 10-0 shutout of the Mets on April 21, considered one of 4 double-digit scoring video games for the Dodgers up to now two and a half weeks, and 7 video games which have scored not less than eight runs .
Within the 14-2 stretch, the Dodgers are averaging 6.25 runs per recreation, which is sweet sufficient to comb a number of issues underneath the rug.
In his first main league recreation in practically 23 months on Monday, for instance, Walker Buehler allowed three runs in his 4 innings. However the Dodgers scored three runs within the first inning, two extra within the second, and one other run within the third, in order that after the highest of the primary inning, the Dodgers by no means trailed.
“I stored teasing them, and so they stored fixing it,” Buehler stated Monday night time.
Shohei Ohtani rallied in that recreation on Monday, and leads the staff with seven residence runs throughout that 16-game stretch, with a 1.185 OPS. He leads the majors in a number of classes over the season.
“He's the very best participant ever,” Buehler stated of Ohtani. “They gave him twice as a lot cash as anybody has ever made on this recreation, and he continues to show why we did this.”
Ohtani hasn't been alone on the plate.
Max Muncy had a three-homer recreation in opposition to Atlanta and hit a grand slam to open Tuesday's win over the Marlins.
Freddie Freeman has seven doubles and is tied with Ohtani with a team-high 10 extra-base hits within the final 16 video games.
Rookie Andy Pages thrives on his taking part in time observe, main the Dodgers in hits (22) throughout that stretch, with 4 residence runs, 4 doubles, and his 13 RBIs are second greatest within the final 16 video games .
Teoscar Hernández has 5 residence runs, and drove in all three runs in Wednesday's win that ended a sweep of the Marlins.
Mookie Betts set the world on fireplace whereas profitable Nationwide League Participant of the Month in April, however has cooled off in a relative sense with an .845 OPS over the previous 16 video games. That's nonetheless an excellent quantity, but it surely ranks seventh on the staff throughout that point.
However for probably the most half, Dodgers pitching hasn't wanted a lot assist from the offense over the past two and a half weeks.
Tyler Glasnow and Yoshinobu Yamamoto gained all six begins throughout that stretch, permitting a complete of 5 runs in 41 innings. Every has an eight-inning begin — Glasnow on April 21, Yamamoto on Tuesday — one thing the Dodgers haven't achieved in any respect in 2023.
Gavin Stone has allowed three solo residence runs in his final three begins and no extra in 20 innings.
Excluding the bullpen recreation scheduled for April 28 in Toronto, the Dodgers' beginning pitchers throughout this run have a 1.95 ERA whereas averaging 6.15 innings, the right recipe for an 11-0 file in these 15 departures
The bullpen has been even stingier, with a 1.37 ERA in 52⅓ innings. That features left-hander Ryan Yarbrough who pitched 9 scoreless innings. About the one ding among the many relievers over the past two and a half weeks are the accidents suffered by high-leverage righties Evan Phillips (hamstring), Ryan Brasier (calf) and Joe Kelly (shoulder) within the final week.
Total, the pitching workers hasn't allowed greater than 4 runs in any recreation over the past 16 video games, and so they've allowed 4 simply twice.
Earlier than profitable on April 21 to start out this sizzling streak, the Dodgers misplaced their earlier three video games and by no means led as soon as in these video games. However within the final 16 video games, the Dodgers have trailed on the finish of simply 17 of 145 innings.
That's the recipe for going 14-2.
