Dodgers vs. D-Backs starting lineups
Carl Crawford starts his second consecutive game for the Dodgers, who send Josh Beckett to the mound against Arizona on Monday.
Carl Crawford starts his second consecutive game for the Dodgers, who send Josh Beckett to the mound against Arizona on Monday.
Puig, who homered as a pinch hitter for Kemp on Sunday, will follow him in center field on Tuesday in Peoria.
The Dodgers need to win two games to stay alive, but that's only half the battle.
The Dodgers won again on Sunday, but so did the Cardinals. There are only two teams left alive in the race for the second wild card, and it soon will be one.
The Dodgers enter play Sunday two games back of the Cardinals in the race for the second National League wild card spot, with four games left to play.
The race for the second National League wild card spot has three teams still alive, with the Brewers mathematically so by the slimmest of margins. The Dodgers still have their work cut out for them.
The Dodgers have won two straight games, but still need nine of 12 outcomes to go their way just to force a tie with the Cardinals.
The Dodgers got exactly what they needed on Wednesday: a win over the Padres coupled with a Cardinals loss.
The Dodgers need 12 of 15 outcomes to go their way just to force a tie with St. Louis for the second wild card spot.
With nine games left in the season, the Dodgers find themselves 3½ back of the St. Louis Cardinals for the second wild card spot in the National League.
The Dodgers won on Sunday , but so did everyone else in the wild card race, except for the Phillies. Sunday knocked another day off the calendar for the Cardinals, who maintained their three-game lead for the second wild card spot.
On Friday the Dodgers gained a game on the Cardinals, pulling to within two games for the second wild card spot in the National League. But so did the Brewers, who seemingly never lose.
Thursday was not a good day for the Dodgers. Not only did they drop their series in Washington D.C. to the Nationals, but their closest competitors all won, making their chase for the second wild card that much more difficult.
With their doubleheader split against the Nationals on Wednesday, the Dodgers are now two games back of the Cardinals for the second National League wild card with 13 games remaining in the regular season. But they aren't alone.