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Update: James Loney hit a home run in the bottom of the third inning off Brad Penny today—for his first home run at Dodger Stadium this season. Well timed, Mr. Loney... The Los Angeles Dodgers have a very unique hitter on their hands. James Loney is hitting at a ridiculously better clip on the road than at home in Dodger Stadium. In fact, he is having a historic year as far as power ...

Six walk-off hits—four of which have been long balls. That’s what Andre Ethier has done this season for the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers. The six walk-off winners are an all-time high for a single player in the divisional era. In fact, he has the most walk-off hits in a single season since 1974, and his four walk-off homers are also the most since ’74. Justin Morneau was the last player to hit three ...

Six walk-off hits—four of which have been long balls. That’s what Andre Ethier has done this season for the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers. The six walk-off winners are an all-time high for a single player in the divisional era. In fact, he has the most walk-off hits in a single season since 1974, and his four walk-off homers are also the most since ’74. Justin Morneau was the last player to hit three ...

Workhorse. In a season that has seen 12 different starting pitchers for the Los Angeles Dodgers thus far, that’s the only way to describe how Randy Wolf put the starting staff on his back from the end of June until early September. Wolf, in 14 starts from June 29-September 5, tossed 93.2 innings—good for an average of 6.2 innings per start. That is a almost a full inning longer than the Dodgers’ ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers made it through the weekend and took care of business. The offense finally came alive and boomed for 19 runs in the first two games against a tough Giants pitching staff. On Friday night, they worked Matt Cain for a 31-pitch first inning, in which they plated two runs en route to a 10-3 win. The key hit in the first inning was a James Loney two-out, two RBI ...

Be sure to listen to Sports Overnight America, where I will discuss the final three weeks of the season with Patrick Mauro tonight at 11 PM (PST). Listen here! The playoffs are fast approaching and the race for the pennant is heating up. As the division winners begin to shape up, we are getting a glimpse at which teams might be the most dangerous in the postseason. I have divided playoff teams (as ...

Jon Garland went pitch-for-pitch with his former teammate Dan Haren. Yet as brilliantly as each pitched, the game fell onto the arms of the bullpen.Ramon Troncoso issued a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the ninth to sink the Los Angeles Dodgers (83-58), 4-3, against the Arizona Diamondbacks (62-79).Troncoso had intentionally walked the previous two hitters to load the bases after committing a throwing error to lead off the ...