Column: The Dodgers blinked first. The Dodgers blinked furiously. The Dodgers blinked recklessly. The Dodgers blinked so rapidly, their season has been rendered red and swollen and beyond painful. Read BillPlaschke's full column
The Dodgers blinked so rapidly, their season has been rendered red and swollen and beyond painful.
In Friday’s Game 3 they will start Tony Gonsolin, who has pitched once since Aug. 23 and is still recovering from a forearm injury. Then in Saturday’s Game 4, they will start Tyler Anderson who, despite going 15-5 with a 2.57 ERA, still has the experience of just one career postgame start. But, face it, the only way that goose could have symbolized the Dodgers effort is if it had laid an egg.
With no outs, it seems like a good time for a safety squeeze bunt to score at least one run. But Justin Turner swung away, and struck out, then Gavin Lux grounded into a double play to end the inning. Finally, in the ninth, with the Dodgers down to their last strike, Freddie Freeman lined a double off the right-center field wall, but Smith ended the game with a flyout.For the Dodgers, it was Kershaw. For the Padres, it was Yu Darvish. For Dodger fans, the two pitchers’ combined postseason history is chilling.
And the last time Darvish pitched in postseason game at Dodger Stadium? Of course, you remember. He collapsed for the Dodgers in Game 7 of the 2017 World Series against the cheating Houston Astros.Ten pitches into the game, Kershaw was already trailing, when Manny Machado ripped a slider into the left-field corner seats for a sizzling home run.
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