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Final: Dodgers win series over Brewers with 12-6 blowout
The Dodgers’ bats came to life once again, scoring double-digit runs in back-to-back games for the first time since September 2018 in a 12-6 win over the Brewers.
Trea Turner, Freddie Freeman, Justin Turner, Cody Bellinger and Austin Barnes each had two hits.
Barnes also had a team-high four RBIs.
The Dodgers are 86-37.
Final: Dodgers 12, Brewers 6
Andrew Heaney goes six innings for only second time this year
Before the game, Dave Roberts said he was hoping to get five innings out of Andrew Heaney tonight.
The left-hander ended up giving the Dodgers six, recording 18 outs in a game for only the second time this year (while also throwing a season-high 91 pitches).
His final line: 6 innings, 2 runs, 4 hits, 1 walk, 10 strikeouts.
Heaney now has a 1.94 ERA and 62 strikeouts in just 41.2 innings.
The Dodgers then added to their lead in the bottom half of the inning on a two-run home run from Austin Barnes.
End 6th: Dodgers lead 12-2
Rout is on as Dodgers tack on four more runs in the fourth
In their first five games against the Brewers over the past two weeks, the Dodgers scored just 13 runs.
The past two nights have been a different story.
After hanging 10 on the Brewers in a Tuesday win, the Dodgers already have nine runs through four innings tonight.
They got an RBI grounder from Austin Barnes in the third, then a Max Muncy sacrifice fly, Joey Gallo two-run double and Barnes RBI single in the fourth.
Andrew Heaney, meanwhile, has racked up eight strikeouts through four innings.
End 4th: Dodgers lead 9-2
Brewers score first, but Dodgers rally for lead in bottom of first
Andrew Heaney’s home run problems against the Brewers continued early on tonight, when the left-hander gave up a solo blast to Willy Adames in the second at-bat of the game.
The Dodgers lineup, however, quickly erased the deficit, scoring four times in the bottom of the first while sending nine batters to the plate.
Mookie Betts and Trea Turner each drew a walk to lead off the innings. Freddie Freeman leveled the score with an RBI single.
Justin Turner then put the Dodgers in front, rolling an RBI single of his own through the middle of the infield.
With two outs and the bases loaded, Cody Bellinger provided the exclamation point, pulling a two-run double into right field.
End 1st: Dodgers lead 4-1
Where the Dodgers rehabbing quartet of relievers stand
For months, the Dodgers have wondered about how many of their injured pitchers would be healthy in time to help out in the playoffs.
Now, the question is shifting, with the concern less about health, and more about how well their injured crop of relievers will be pitching when the postseason begins.
“It’s kind of, [are they] healthy enough and also [are we] feeling confident in the performance?” manager Dave Roberts said Wednesday.
Currently, the Dodgers have four pitchers out on minor-league rehab assignments: Blake Treinen, Victor González and Tommy Kahnle in triple A Oklahoma City; and Danny Duffy in the Arizona Complex League.
Starter Clayton Kershaw and reliever Yency Almonte are also on the injured list, but are expected back in the coming weeks.
The four rehabbing relievers have all missed significant time — if not all of the season so far.
Kahnle has been out with elbow troubles since making a short-lived return from Tommy John surgery in May. Treinen went down with a shoulder injury after just three appearances in April. González got hurt during the last week of spring training, derailing what had been a promising camp. And Duffy still hasn’t pitched for the Dodgers since being acquired in deadline trade last year, still recovering from a flexor tendon injury that required surgery this offseason.
At this stage, Roberts said the Dodgers are “pretty certain that with where the calendar is at, we can get them all healthy.”
The bigger question is increasingly becoming whether, after missing so much time, those pitchers will rediscover the type of form that would warrant a place on the club’s postseason roster.
“That takes some time,” Roberts said. “But those guys are easy to bet on.”
Each of the four would provide a boost to a Dodgers bullpen that still ranks third in the majors in reliever ERA.
Treinen was the team’s best reliever last year. Kahnle and Duffy have extensive postseason experience in past stops with the New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals, respectively. González was a key part of the Dodgers 2020 World Series winning team, before battling injuries and inconsistency last year.
So far, the Dodgers — who stayed quiet at this year’s deadline in part because of the long list of injured pitchers they were hoping to get back — have already benefitted from the return starter Dustin May back from injury, but lost ace Walker Buehler for the rest of the year because of Tommy John surgery.
The other four could go a long way in determining how deep the team’s pitching staff looks in the playoffs.
And while their health is becoming less of a worry, the team still needs them to get back to the level of performance that could make a difference come October.
Dodgers rough up Brewers ace Corbin Burnes to continue key offensive trend in win
They’d already done it to Max Fried and Yu Darvish, Logan Webb and Carlos Rodón.
On Tuesday night, they added Corbin Burnes to the list.
Facing this year’s juggernaut of a Dodgers lineup can be hard enough. Doing it multiple times has seemingly bordered on the impossible.
Burnes learned the hard way Tuesday, becoming the latest pitcher not only to regress in his second start against the Dodgers, but to do so mightily, giving up seven runs in 3 ⅔ innings in the Dodgers’ 10-1 blowout win in front of a sold-out home crowd.
How to watch and stream the Dodgers this season
Here’s a look at the Dodgers broadcast and streaming schedule for the remainder of the 2022 regular season: