After an off day, Bobby Miller hopefully gave Dodger followers a style of his future, as he sat down the final 18 batters he confronted in seemingly his most spectacular begin to date. Whereas he left a tie recreation, the lineup rallied towards the Brewers for a five-run body within the sixth, and that was sufficient to safe a 6-2 victory.

The Dodgers have now received 9 in a row, 13 of their final 14 video games, and can go for 5 straight collection wins in a row tomorrow.

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Coming off a scoreless outing, Bobby Miller’s day didn’t get off to one of the best of begins tonight. The sport began with a single on the primary pitch Miller threw, he then misplaced a 1-2 rely for a stroll, and a fly ball hit to the warning monitor left the runners cornered. Regardless of that, Sal Frelick‘s groundout that prevented a double play was the one harm performed within the inning, which actually might’ve ended worse than 1-0 to the Brewers.

Fortunately, issues acquired higher from there, as regardless of laborious contact it was a 12-pitch body that went 1-2-3 within the 2nd. Miller adopted that with a third that took 14 pitches to get by means of in clear style, together with Miller’s first strikeout, and he took simply 13 pitches to strikeout two batters in an ideal 4th.

Bobby Miller 101 painted on the high of the zone. pic.twitter.com/k8BYkno4gY

— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) August 16, 2023

Miller adopted that with two extra clear frames, with the fifth taking simply 10 pitches and the sixth taking simply 9, which was punctuated with a strikeout.

Really, after the primary two batters of the sport reached, Miller retired 18 in a row. Dominant.

Bobby Miller's fastball up and curve down on consecutive pitches in the identical tunnel is nasty work. pic.twitter.com/izu8rpwsaA

— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) August 16, 2023

That was it for him, which I used to be alright with for quite a lot of causes: 6 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 Okay, 74 Pitches.

He's additionally seemingly beginning once more Sunday, on 4 days relaxation

FWIW, Roberts throughout pregame was noncommittal about Miller getting an extended leash

— Eric Stephen (@ericstephen) August 16, 2023

Sadly, on the opposite finish, Brewers starter Adrian Houser was cruising. He wanted simply eight pitches to get by means of the first, struck out two within the 2nd, and took simply six pitches to work by means of the third.

The perfecto was damaged up within the 4th, as a Mookie Betts grounder took a diving play to cease for an infield single. Then an error on a Freddie Freeman grounder abruptly put a pair on, however an foul pop and a pair of strikeouts ended the risk (together with a near-miss on a three-run homer).

Horseshoes and hand grenades. pic.twitter.com/ISeOVsJCw3

— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) August 16, 2023

The fifth began promisingly as properly behind a David Peralta single by means of the legs of Houser and a Jason Heyward missile into the right-center subject hole for a double. After a strikeout put the rally unsure, Miguel Rojas continued his RBI methods by grounding a ball laborious again up the center that required a pleasant play from Willy Adames to get the out, however a run got here residence to tie issues up at 1-1.

Fortunately, the sixth proved to be pivotal for the Dodgers and the sport. With one out, Will Smith hit a grounder to Andruw Monasterio, who threw excessive to tug Carlos Santana off the bag for an error. That opened the floodgates, as Max Muncy adopted with a single, J.D. Martinez then doubled to left for a run, the lead, and to knock Houser out of the sport.

With a lefty reliever getting into, Dave Roberts deployed his matchups, as Enrique Hernandez hit for Peralta and singled up the center towards a drawn-in infield for a pair to make it 4-1.

Dodgers rating three on Simply Doubles (who then Simply Dances), after which Enrique Hernandez once more developing massive with a single to cap a nine-pitch at-bat. pic.twitter.com/SJdkDtWdFt

— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) August 16, 2023

Amed Rosario then hit for Heyward and popped foul, which was shocking, however irrespective of, as James Outman singled to place a pair again on base. New butter and egg man Rojas continued to supply with an RBI single to knock the lefty out of the sport, and Mookie adopted towards a brand new reliever with an RBI single of his personal to make it 6-1 for a five-run inning.

Mookie Betts follows with and RBI single of his personal and it's 6-1 in a flash. pic.twitter.com/sbcpM9VRYg

— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) August 16, 2023

That was it for the Dodgers offense, as they managed only a single between the seventh and eighth innings.

It didn’t matter a lot.

In reduction of Miller was Ryan Yarbrough in his piggyback/bulk boi position to begin the seventh, and whereas he had been mainly flawless previous to tonight, he began by giving up an enormous dong to outdated pal Carlos Santana to make it 6-2.

He did rebound with a pair of infield pops and a strikeout to finish the seventh, after which acquired a 1-2-3 body within the eighth as properly.

Sadly, because it pleases Eric Stephen of True Blue LA, Yarbrough continued within the ninth in search of a three-inning save. Nicely, he did simply that and made it look simple on simply seven pitches to finish a formidable recreation.

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Mookie shared an incredible story on Twitter, and like I stated on there, I’d simply go along with Mookie Mancuso.

One of many coolest moments of ya boy’s complete profession! Bro is a person of his phrase 😂👶🏼 #babymookie pic.twitter.com/rVIG4VWJVe

— Mookie Betts (@mookiebetts) August 15, 2023

Erik Kratz talked concerning the funding the Dodgers make into participant improvement, plus some clubbie testimony.

Cool. pic.twitter.com/Gl3WqLXQZC

— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) August 16, 2023

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*Both nonetheless enjoying or will play later.

The 2 groups will do it once more tomorrow on the similar time of 4:10 PM HT/7:10 PM PT/10:10 PM ET with Clayton Kershaw seeking to proceed to bounce again after damage towards Wade Miley.