Well, maybe we shouldn’t be too quick to sign that death
certificate.
The Dodgers, looking like their 2018 season was pretty
much a wrap, pulled off a three-game sweep against the Washington Nationals
over the weekend, shrinking their eight-game deficit to only five behind Arizona.
While the Dodgers were stunning the Nats, the Mets were sweeping the D-Backs in
New York.
Arizona is 1-9 in its last 10 games and suddenly the
Rockies, Giants and Dodgers are eying the top spot in the NL West. Colorado is
only a half-game off the pace and the Giants are only two games out. It’s still
May, and the Dodgers could get back into this thing.
Ross Stripling, Alex Wood and Kenta Maeda pitched well over the
weekend and the LA bullpen, generous of late, teamed up to pitch a nine-inning combined
gem when Rich Hill’s sensitive fingers got another blister. Hill left after two
pitches, so Dave Roberts made it a bullpen game. The Dodgers won that one and
have now won four in a row after salvaging the final game of the series against
the Marlins.
Hill is on the 10-day DL but the Dodgers are hoping
Clayton Kershaw will return to the mound in the short term and discover his
fastball again.
Justin Turner provided a lift to the team with his return
to the lineup and he was raking like he never left. Cody Bellinger, Yasiel Puig,
Yasmani Grandal, Kike Hernandez and rookie Max Muncy hit dingers against the
vaunted Washington pitching staff and Matt Kemp kept up his torrid hitting.
When you face Max Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg on the
same weekend and still come away with a sweep you know the baseball gods are
smiling on you.
The Dodgers open a critical homestand against the Rockies
tonight in Chavez Ravine as LA tries to keep the winning trend rolling.
Who knows, we may need to put that wake on hold.
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