The Dodgers are 3.5 games ahead of the Diamondbacks for first place in the NL West. 3.5 games in first place seems like plenty of room to for the Dodgers to get into the postseason, but it’s not. They have to keep it going and make sure to finish the season, that way they will have some momentum heading into October. There are only 16 games remaining in the regular season and if the Dodgers keep it going they will find themselves in the postseason for the first time since 2005. Hopefully if they make it to the playoffs this year they will do better than 2005 when they were swept by the Mets in the ALDS.
The Dodgers started out the 10 game road trip in San Diego and promptly lost the first game 0-4. These however are not the same under achieving Dodgers from the beginning and middle of the season. They came back and thrashed the Padres 6-2 and 7-2 in the last two games. Not only has the offense stepped it up, but the pitching is doing incredible. It is a big surprise that they have been pitching the way they have been pitching down the stretch. That is just what the Dodgers needed, clutch pitching at the right time to take them to the promise land of October baseball.
The rest of the season looks pretty easy for the Dodgers with games against teams with losing records. They continue their road 10 game road trip today against the Rockies for three games and then head to Pittsburgh for a four game series. The Rockies are a hot team right now and have been making up ground in the NL West, but don’t expect the Rockies miracle that happened last year. They should have a easy time taking care of both the Rockies and Pirates.
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