Nicely, it’s second half baseball from at this time on, and the Dodgers received their street journey off on the precise foot, shutting out the Mets in a 6-0 win.

That makes it 5 in a row for the Dodgers as they stayed scorching.

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Because of the recreation being on Apple TV+ and me not desirous to pay for it out of spite at this level greater than anything, I didn’t really watch issues unfold.

That stated, Justin Verlander was at all times teetering on the sting of catastrophe. After he escaped with strolling two within the 1st, he had one other stroll erased within the 2nd, earlier than seemingly settling in with a clear third and 4th. Nonetheless, the fifth was an absolute catastrophe, as with one out he walked the complete backside of the order in Jason Heyward, James Outman, and Miguel Rojas to load the bases, and Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman took benefit with a single and double, respectively. That made it 3-0 in a rush and Verlander was fortunate to flee solely down that a lot.

Mookie and Freddie are the duo. pic.twitter.com/NVw5Qkp9PF

— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) July 15, 2023

That inning knocked Verlander out, however the scoring continued within the sixth with the underside of the order once more. A J.D. Martinez stroll was adopted by a pair of outs, however an Outman single was adopted by a Rojas single to make it 4-0.

Miguel Rojas' single lastly received put up. pic.twitter.com/dhLTcMItgr

— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) July 15, 2023

After taking a relaxation within the seventh, and offense received proper again to issues within the eighth behind J.D. Martinez’s twenty third ding dong of the yr to make it 5-0.

Simply Dongs pic.twitter.com/LbErklOdmo

— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) July 15, 2023

The offense tacked on yet another within the ninth, as Outman led off with a double, Mookie singled with one out to nook the runners, and Freddie Freeman walked to load the bases. Will Smith averted the double play on a grounder to make it 6-0, however regardless of reloading the bases on a Max Muncy stroll, the offense for the sport ended there.

Not that it mattered a lot.

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As all this was happening, Julio Urias received his second half began proper after what can solely be described as a catastrophe of a primary half in his contract yr.

Issues didn’t appear to begin off ideally, as a known as lead-off homer was overturned to a double on assessment, and after back-to-back strikeouts Urias issued a stroll earlier than escaping the first. But after that hassle, he didn’t enable one other baserunner previous first, although there have been solely two to start with by way of a success by pitch and catcher’s interference.

Urias largely cruised in what seemed like a 2022 efficiency: 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 Ok, 85 Pitches.

The Dodgers desperately want that from him as a lot as potential now.

For the pen, it was Yency Almonte within the seventh and he continued his run of success, cruising by an 11-pitch inning. He hasn’t allowed an earned run in a month now, and hopefully it’s one thing.

For the eighth, it was Caleb Ferguson‘s flip to have a 1-2-3 body, which he punctuated with a three-pitch strikeout.

No save scenario, so it was Ryan Brasier within the ninth, who has been a sneaky good pick-up for this beleaguered pen. He continued that run by carving by a 10-pitch closing body to safe the win and the shutout.

Good begin to the second half.

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*Both nonetheless enjoying or will play later.

The groups will do it once more tomorrow on a channel everyone will get (FOX) at 1:15 PM HT/4:15 PM PT/7:15 PM ET with Tony Gonsolin dealing with Kodai Senga.