Clayton Kershaw wobbly on emotional night as Dodgers’ winning streak ends
A month after notching his 200th career victory on an exhilarating April night in Chavez Ravine, Clayton Kershaw took the mound at home under a different set of emotional circumstances Tuesday night — it was just three days after the death of his mother, Marianne Tombaugh.
“I think once you get out there and you get into compete mode, that’s just what you know,” manager Dave Roberts said before the game. “Obviously, he’s never been in this situation before, but I expect it to go well and for him to do what he’s supposed to do.”
Kershaw fell short on both counts in a 5-1 loss to the Minnesota Twins before a sellout crowd of 52,159, grinding through a wobbly four-inning, two-run, seven-hit, 90-pitch start in which he failed to provide much relief for a bullpen that had to cover eight innings in Monday night’s 12-inning victory.
Twins defeat the Dodgers, 5-1
Ninth inning
Twins: Carlos Correa flied to left. Byron Buxton doubled to left. Kyle Farmer homered to left-center. Alex Kirilloff struck out looking. Ryan Jeffers grounded to short.
Dodgers: Right-hander Griffin Jax now pitching for the Twins. David Peralta struck out looking. Miguel Rojas flied to right. Austin Barnes singled to right. Mookie Betts flied to right. And that’s the ballgame.
Final score: Twins 5, Dodgers 1
We go to the ninth, Twins 3, Dodgers 1
Eighth inning
Twins: Justin Bruihl now pitching for the Dodgers. Michael Taylor lined to center. Joey Gallo singled to right. Willi Castro grounded up the middle. Miguel Castro made a diving stop and flipped to Chris Taylor at second for the force. Great play. Castro stole second. Trevor Larnach struck out swinging.
Dodgers: Max Muncy struck out swinging. J.D. Martinez flied to right. James Outman grounded to second.
Score after eight: Twins 3, Dodgers 1
Dodgers leave bases loaded in seventh, trail 3-1
Seventh inning
Twins: Victor González now pitching for the Dodgers. Carlos Correa singled to right. Buron Buxton grounded to second, forcing Correa. Kyle Farmer walked. Alex Kirilloff struck out swinging. Ryan Jeffers flied to right.
Dodgers: Right-hander Brock Stewart now pitching for the Twins. David Peralta doubled to right-center. Miguel Rojas grounded to second, Peralta to third. Austin Barnes struck out swinging. Mookie Betts walked. First and third, two out. Left-hander Jovani Moran comes in to pitch to Freddie Freeman, who walked on four pitches. Bases loaded, two out. Chris Taylor, batting for Jason Heyward, flied to center.
Score after seven: Twins 3, Dodgers 1
It’s 3-1 Twins after six
Sixth inning
Twins: Joey Gallo struck out swinging. Willi Castro struck out swinging. Trevor Larnach, batting for Solano, flied to center.
Dodgers: Max Muncy struck out swinging. J.D. Martinez struck out swinging. James Outman flied to right.
Score after six: Twins 3, Dodgers 1
Twins lead 3-1 after five innings
Fifth inning
Twins: Clayton Kershaw’s night is over. He went four innings, giving up seven hits and two runs while walking seven and walking one. Considering the circumstances, a good effort. Shelby Miller is not pitching. Byron Buxton walked. Buxton stole second. Kyle Farmer grounded to first, Buxton to third. Alex Kirilloff was hit by a pitch. Ryan Jeffers laid down a sacrifice bunt, scoring Buxton, Kirilloff to second. Michael Taylor grounded to short.
Dodgers: Miguel Vargas doubled to left. Austin Barnes flied to left. Mookie Betts grounded to short, Vargas to third. Freddie Freeman singled to center, scoring Vargas. Jason Heyward flied to left.
Score after five: Twins 3, Dodgers 1
Twins extend lead in fourth inning
Fourth inning
Twins: Michael Taylor walked. Joey Gallo singled to right, Taylor to third. Willi Castro singled to left, scoring Taylor, Gallo to second. Donovan Solano struck out swinging. Carlos Correa grounded into a 4-6-3 double play.
Dodgers: Max Muncy hit a ground-rule double that bounced over the bullpen fence in right. J.D. Martinez singled to left, Muncy to third. James Outman struck out swinging. David Peralta struck out swinging. With Miguel Rojas up, Martinez attempted to steal second. The throw beat him by a mile so he stopped, meanwhile Muncy broke for home, so the Twins threw home and nailed him at the plate. Not sure if that was a designed play or not.
Score after four: Twins 2, Dodgers 0
It’s still 1-0 Twins after three
Third inning
Twins: Byron Buxton singled. Kyle Farmer struck out looking. Buxton stole second. Alex Kirilloff grounded to first, Buxton to third. Ryan Jeffers struck out looking.
Dodgers: Austin Barnes grounded to short. Mookie Betts struck out swinging. Freddie Freeman singled to center. Jason Heyward grounded to short.
Score after three: Twins 1, Dodgers 0
1-0 Twins after two innings
Second inning
Twins: Michael Taylor struck out swinging. Joey Gallo popped to short. Willi Castro singled to right. Donovan Solano hit a slow roller to third and reached first. Carlos Correa struck out swinging.
Dodgers: James Outman struck out swinging. David Peralta flied to center. Miguel Rojas flied to right.
Score after two: Twins 1, Dodgers 0
Twins take early 1-0 lead
First inning
Twins: Donovan Soloano doubled to left. Carlos Correa struck out looking. Byron Buxton struck out looking. Kyle Farmer singled to left, scoring Solano, Farmer to second on throw home. Alex Kirilloff was hit by a pitch. Ryan Jeffers popped to the pitcher.
Dodgers: Mookie Betts doubled to left. Freddie Freeman fouled to third. Jason Heyward walked. Max Muncy fouled to the catcher. J.D. Martinez flied to the fence in left, just missing a homer.
Score after one: Twins 1, Dodgers 0
Walker Buehler aims to be back by September. Dave Roberts isn’t so sure
Walker Buehler is targeting a Sept. 1 return to the Dodgers rotation from his second Tommy John surgery, a timeline that manager Dave Roberts termed “aggressive” but not out of the question.
“It’s hard to bet against this guy, but Sept. 1 is not what I was hearing,” Roberts said before Tuesday night’s game against the Minnesota Twins. “I’m happy he feels that way. That’s a good thing. That’s embedded in Walker, the confidence, so it’s not surprising.”
The typical recovery time for ligament-replacement surgery is 14 to 18 months. Buehler, who underwent the procedure in 2015, after he was drafted in the first round by the Dodgers out of Vanderbilt, had his second surgery last August, so a Sept. 1 return would peg his recovery at one year.
Dodger Stadium food guide: Twelve new items to tantalize your taste buds
Heading to a Dodgers game this season for the first time? Or thinking of trying something new (and maybe daring) next time? Well, make room for new food offerings that are available at Dodger Stadium.
There are plenty of options for every taste bud. This season, foods that have made their debuts include different takes on the classic Philly cheesesteak sandwich, a fried cheesecake on a stick, a hot dog sprinkled with hot Cheetos dust, greek fries, a chicken sandwich and bowl, potato taquitos, a new BBQ platter and more.
‘It’s hard to hit.’ How Dodgers rookie James Outman is dealing with an inevitable slump
It’s a tale as old as the game itself. Rookie breaks camp with big-league club for first time and crushes opposing pitching. Scouts find holes in youngster’s swing. Pitchers make adjustments to exploit weaknesses. Rookie goes into extended slump.
James Outman is hardly the first, and he certainly won’t be the last player to rise and fall with baseball’s kiddie coaster, the Dodgers outfielder cooling off in May after winning National League rookie of the month honors in April, when he hit .292 with a .991 on-base-plus-slugging percentage, a major league-leading seven homers, three triples, 20 RBIs and 17 runs scored.
In 18 games since April 26, the left-handed-hitting Outman is batting .193 (11 for 57) with a .619 OPS, one homer, four doubles, four RBIs, 27 strikeouts and six walks, his struggles reaching a point where he did not start against Minnesota Twins right-hander Pablo Lopez in Monday night’s 9-8, 12-inning win in Dodger Stadium.
A gondola to Dodger Stadium? ‘Repulsive,’ ‘something doesn’t add up,’ readers say
Would readers take a gondola to Dodger Stadium from Union Station?
Several hundred people weighed in on a potential new way to reach Dodgers games, first proposed by then-owner Frank McCourt in 2018 and still alive, now shepherded by an environmental organization that hopes to take cars off the streets and keep pollutants out of the air. We asked readers if they would or would not use the gondola, or if they were not sure.
By just a few votes, “yes” received the most responses. Here are the areas that readers cited the most as factors in their decisions:
Monday recap: Dodgers get dramatic walk-off win in 12th inning against Twins
What was left of a crowd of 49,749 in Chavez Ravine got to witness some middle-of-May high drama Monday night when Trayce Thompson, mired in an 0-for-30 slump, drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the 12th inning to lift the Dodgers to a 9-8 walk-off win over the Minnesota Twins.
Max Muncy provided some early muscle with home runs in his first two at-bats, and Phil Bickford provided three gutsy innings of relief, throwing a career-high 48 pitches and limiting the Twins to one run and one hit to help the Dodgers win extend their winning streak to six and notch their 14th victory in 16 games.
A Dodgers bullpen that had a National League-best 2.15 ERA since April 27 blew a three-run lead in the eighth inning and a one-run lead in the ninth, but Bickford, the last reliever manager Dave Roberts wanted to use, salvaged the night by escaping a bases-loaded, no-outs jam in the 10th and adding a scoreless 11th and 12th.
Dodgers TV schedule for the 2023 regular season
Here’s a look at the Dodgers TV schedule for the 2023 regular season. All times and broadcast/streaming options are subject to change.
