Like many of their matchups last year — when the 106-win Dodgers were edged out by the 107-win Giants for the West title, before knocking the Giants out of the playoffs in the division series — Tuesday's contest remained in the balance until the very end.
in front of 43,370 at Dodger Stadium, prevailing in a pitchers duel between Julio Urías and Carlos Rodón .
“Both teams have shown relevance in the National League that there’s higher stakes,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said before the game. “You can forecast looking later into September and October that these two teams could be facing each other again for high stakes. I think it’s great for the rivalry, I think it’s great for baseball.”
The Giants led the league in scoring at 4.95 runs per game, just ahead of the Dodgers’ second-best mark of 4.86. “It’s a great series, it’s a great rivalry,” Roberts said. “It’s very taxing, physically and mentally, because they do such a great job of matching up.”Roberts said Tuesday afternoon the Dodgers weren’t ready to announce their starting pitcher for Wednesday — in part because they wanted to see how Tuesday’s game played out, after moving Urías up a day, but also because they were in no rush to let the Giants know who they’d be facing.
“On the surface, it’s great quality baseball, a lot of talented baseball players on the field,” Roberts said. “But under the hood, there’s a lot of cat and mouse in trying to get matchup advantages.”Their rally in the second inning was sparked by a couple of left-hander-versus-left-hander walks by Max Muncy and Cody Bellinger against Rodón, who then threw a wild pitch to let them advance.
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