by Cary Osborne Dodger pitching shackled the Padre offense for 35 innings this weekend leading into the ninth inning on Sunday at Dodger Stadium. But two outs away from completing a four-game sweep, the Padres offense broke out. After being hit between the shoulder blades on a 100.5-mph comebacker off…

by Cary Osborne Mookie Betts is back after being activated from the injured list on Sunday. In addition, pitcher David Price has been reinstated from the medical emergency list. To clear room on the active roster, the Dodgers designated right-handed pitcher Ian Gibaut for assignment and optioned infielder Eddy Alvarez…

by Cary Osborne Nineteen times in the batter’s box and one hit to show in Justin Turner’s career against Yu Darvish. But in the top of the first inning on Saturday, after solo home runs from Freddie Freeman and Will Smith off the Padres’ ace, Turner popped a Darvish pitch…

by Cary Osborne Will Smith doesn’t just hit a lot of home runs; he hits a lot of game-changing home runs. And he did it again in the eighth inning on Saturday with a solo home run to tie the score in Atlanta — the 31st homer in his career…

by Cary Osborne Mookie Betts began Saturday afternoon expected to bat leadoff for the Dodgers against the Guardians. Now he will be out of the lineup for the foreseeable future. Betts has a cracked rib and will go on the injured list, said Dodger manager Dave Roberts after the Dodgers’…

by Cary Osborne The morning belonged to a Dodger left-handed pitcher. The rest of the day did, too. On the day of the unveiling of the Sandy Koufax statue in the Centerfield Plaza at Dodger Stadium, and with Koufax in attendance for the game, left-hander Julio Urías pitched one of…

by Cary Osborne Walker Buehler found some more butane on his pitches on Saturday at Dodger Stadium, but the Dodger starting pitcher is still trying to find the consistency and dominance that propelled him to ace status last season. Buehler lasted 2 1/3 innings against the Mets — the shortest…

by Mark Langill and Cary Osborne He was already a Hall of Famer in their eyes, so the children of Gil Hodges always embraced his character over a plaque in Cooperstown in the 50 years since his passing. “Baseball accomplishments, they are what they are,” said Gil Hodges Jr. “There…

by Cary Osborne The juxtaposition of the Dodgers and Pirates made what happened over the last three games one of the more improbable happenings in baseball in 2022. The team with the greatest run differential in the Major Leagues was swept by the team with the worst. The Dodgers lost…