True Blue LA - May 26: Dodgers 14, Diamondbacks 1Where The Dodger Dogs Are Always Grilledhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/49563/truebluela_fav.png2022-05-26T22:02:16-07:00http://www.truebluela.com/rss/stream/229078632022-05-26T22:02:16-07:002022-05-26T22:02:16-07:00Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts keep Dodgers offense humming
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<p>After season-high 14 runs, LA is averaging 6.42 runs per game in May</p> <p id="Jh89SG">Freddie Freeman led a potent attack, collecting four of the <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a>’ season-high 24 hits and scored double digits for the sixth time in a 14-1 win over the <a href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/">Diamondbacks</a> on Thursday night at Chase Field in Phoenix.</p>
<p id="SVFF25">Freeman hadn’t homered since April 24, but even with the long ball drought he was still having a stellar month. He entered Thursday with an .849 OPS in May, and his RBI double in the first inning scored the first run of the game.</p>
<p id="3y0UDS">Then in the second inning, with one out and two runners on, Freeman unloaded on a pitch from Humberto Castellanos.</p>
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<p id="hDhqfY">Another double by Freeman in the sixth, this one off the center field wall, gave him five runs batted in on the night and was <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/2022/5/24/23139067/freddie-freeman-doubles-dodgers-nationals">his <em>14th</em> two-bagger of the month</a>. The Dodgers record for doubles in a month is 16, by Babe Herman for Brooklyn in 1930.</p>
<p id="qONPLU">There are five games left for the Dodgers in May.</p>
<p id="9k3dQZ">Freeman was rejoined at the top of the lineup by leadoff man Mookie Betts, who did not start Wednesday’s finale in the nation’s capital but did strikeout as a pinch-hitter late in that game. Back among the starters on Thursday, Betts picked up right where he left off, continuing his transcendent May.</p>
<p id="6GTXba">Betts doubled before Freeman’s double and scored in the first. He walked and scored on Freeman’s home run in the second. Betts even singled in the third inning too, but was denied a potential scoring chance when Gavin Lux was thrown out at third base, finished off by <a href="https://twitter.com/ChadMoriyama/status/1530017008669949952">a painful tag right between the wickets</a>.</p>
<p id="glloop">Thursday marked the 13th consecutive start in which Betts scored at least once. He reached home three times in the series opener with three hits and a walk. Betts’ double gave him at least one extra-base hit in his last seven starts.</p>
<p id="6zsHt8">With the first two hitters on base all night, the next few in the lineup cleaned up as well. Trea Turner had two hits, including an RBI triple, and Will Smith had a pair of RBI singles.</p>
<p id="mLDjM6">Every Dodgers starter had multiple hits. Twenty-four hits are <a href="https://stathead.com/tiny/mKbp2">tied for third-most by the Dodgers since moving to Los Angeles</a>, just one shy of the franchise high during that time.</p>
<p id="ycIPzH">As a team, their six games scoring at least 10 runs this season are <a href="https://stathead.com/tiny/SkCQ6">tied with the Yankees and Cardinals for most in the majors</a>.</p>
<p id="mm6Hca">The offense was humming along so well, Roberts got Freeman off his feet for the final three innings on defense. Moving Edwin Ríos to first base forfeited the designated hitter at that point, so pitcher Evan Phillips had to bat in the eighth, with a 12-1 lead.</p>
<p id="4iwX9C">In his fourth major league plate appearance, Phillips walked on five pitches. It was that kind of night for the Dodgers offense.</p>
<p id="9hA6lV">With a six-run lead after an inning and a half, the job for Dodgers pitchers was distilled down to basically just throwing strikes in this one. Mitch White did reasonably well, maneuvering around some traffic to complete four scoreless innings. He was followed by Justin Bruihl, Phillips, and Phil Bickford from the actual pitchers, then Hanser Alberto entered with a 13-run lead to close out the win.</p>
<p id="HSxOdb">Bruihl, who pitched a scoreless fourth inning, earned his first major league win.</p>
<h3 id="vHA9H7">Thursday particulars</h3>
<p id="jpAYFK"><strong>Home runs</strong>: Freddie Freeman (4), Chris Taylor (5); Christian Walker (12)</p>
<p id="6WGSds"><strong>WP — Justin Bruihl (1-1)</strong>: 1 IP, 2 hits</p>
<p id="k3GS0M"><strong>LP — Humberto Castellanos (3-2)</strong>: 4 IP, 10 hits, 6 runs, 1 walk, 1 strikeout</p>
<h3 id="DI13Yw">Up next</h3>
<p id="mpm7Ze">The Dodgers’ Friday night (6:40 p.m., SportsNet LA) starter hasn’t yet been announced, but with Ryan Pepiot already with the team per the beat writers on site in Phoenix, his third major league appearance seems imminent. Madison Bumgarner starts the second game of the series for Arizona.</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2022/5/26/23143818/fredde-freeman-mookie-betts-dodgers-offense-diamondbacksEric Stephen2022-05-26T18:17:00-07:002022-05-26T18:17:00-07:00Dodgers vs. Diamondbacks Game VIII chat
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<p id="EH5xgb">The <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> start their third series against the <a href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/">Diamondbacks</a>, which matches LA’s total against the other three teams in the National League West combined. </p>
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<h3 id="CU3Z0C">Game info</h3>
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<li id="wzUlJS">Teams: Dodgers (29-14) at D-backs (23-22)</li>
<li id="O5ynJS">Pitchers: Mitch White vs. Humberto Castellanos</li>
<li id="g8HEKw">Location: Chase Field, Phoenix</li>
<li id="BYbLUY">Time: 6:40 p.m. PT</li>
<li id="LhRUSe">TV: SportsNet LA</li>
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https://www.truebluela.com/2022/5/26/23142995/dodgers-diamondbacks-game-chatEric Stephen2022-05-26T12:09:50-07:002022-05-26T12:09:50-07:00Dodgers and Dbacks meet for the third time in 2022
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<p>LA has won 5 of 7 meetings this season</p> <p id="Be0HXk">The <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> arrive in Arizona looking to wash away the bad taste of losing two of three at Chase Field a month ago. Sweeping a four-game series at home over the <a href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/">Diamondbacks</a> last week certainly helps but they’ve always played well at home against Arizona.</p>
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<p id="73Ueyl">For example, the Dodgers are 48-16 in Los Angeles when playing the Dbacks and 33-34 in Arizona since the start of the 2015 season. From 2016 to 2019, LA was an awful 15-24 at Chase Field.</p>
<p id="Ytdz9j">Setting that aside to just include the Mookie Betts era, the Dodgers are 29-7 against the Dbacks and 13-6 in Arizona. Speaking of Betts, there aren’t many hitters going as well as he is currently. The Dodgers’ right fielder is 28-for-79 (.354) with nine homers, eight doubles and 24 RBI over his last 19 starts.</p>
<p id="bS8FPk">The trio of Betts, Freddie Freeman and Trea Turner at the top of the Dodgers order have combined to go 27-for-79 (.342) with nine doubles and two homers against the Diamondbacks this season.</p>
<p id="LCtBVh">From the give me something to believe in department, Max Muncy is 6-for-22 (.273) against Arizona pitching and 14-for-111 (.126) against all other teams.</p>
<p id="FKRIfg">The snakes have been a hard bunch to figure out in 2022, sporting a 23-22 record despite a -16 run differential. Since taking two of three from the Dodgers at home in April, they’ve gone 15-11 with four of those losses coming to the Dodgers.</p>
<p id="rJoaFA">Arizona has a 4.01 ERA as a team (3.70 for starters) as opposed to the 2.73 ERA for the Dodgers (2.49 for starters). Here is what to expect for starting pitching this weekend.</p>
<h3 id="56d7C5">Odds</h3>
<p id="FdyTrH">Dodgers <a href="https://sportsbook.draftkings.com/leagues/baseball/88670847?wpcid=181974&wpcn=Inarticle&wpcrid=MLB&wpsrc=VoxMedia">are -180 favorites to win Thursday’s series opener, per Draft Kings</a>.</p>
<h2 id="G2tQY2"><strong>Pitching matchups</strong></h2>
<h3 id="ajbtnq">Thursday, 6:40 p.m. PT</h3>
<p id="oggBu5">Mitch White vs. Humberto Castellanos</p>
<p id="jiYWtc"><em>SportsNet LA</em></p>
<h3 id="2daUtl">Friday, 6:40 p.m.</h3>
<p id="gxJwJQ">Tony Gonsolin vs. Madison Bumgarner</p>
<p id="cowrt9"><em>SportsNet LA</em></p>
<h3 id="yTdHGm">Saturday, 4:15 p.m.</h3>
<p id="UudtYY">TBD vs. Merrill Kelly</p>
<p id="CV2C49"><em>FOX</em></p>
<h3 id="LstuGf">Sunday, 1:10 p.m.</h3>
<p id="C9CrZa">Tyler Anderson vs. TBD</p>
<p id="FylcPv"><em>SportsNet LA</em></p>
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https://www.truebluela.com/2022/5/26/23142818/dodgers-dbacks-series-previewRyan Walton