The Dodgers are in first place in the National League West, they are playing in Chavez Ravine, and should be favored to win this series. However, the Giants have owned the Dodgers this season. The Dodgers won game one 5-4 in 14 innings and as much grief as I have given the bullpen, they pitched seven innings of one run baseball. Chris Hatcher pitched his longest, and best, outing of the year. He pitched three innings of shutout baseball but he did make it exciting, giving up three hits but he held tough. That game was Hatcher's to win or lose and he won it.
Zach Greinke is the Dodgers MVP but first baseman Adrian Gonzalez is quietly having another very good season. He leads the Dodgers in homeruns and RBI's and is batting about .290. He is the most consistent hitter the Dodgers have and has come up big in clutch situations all year.
The Dodgers have been no hit twice in the past nine days and they face the ace of the Giants staff Madison Bumgarner. After being no hit twice in the past nine days, I am hoping the baseball gods smile on the Dodger bats and bring them to life. I do not know if it is possible to "sit on" a slider but that is Bumgarner's out pitch. The Dodgers counter with Zack Greinke but he has not been as dominant as he was about a month ago. He always seems to raise his level of pitching against the other teams ace so it's ace vs. ace.
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