Dodgers’ playoff party becomes NLDS nail-biter in Game 1 win over Padres
What started as a party turned into a nail-biter, a game once seemingly headed for a blowout instead becoming an immediate October stress test. The Dodgers know they don’t have a traditional pitching staff. They don’t care about their unsettled situation in the ninth inning. During a franchise-record 111-win season, it rarely mattered — not when veteran closer Craig Kimbrel battled maddening ...
by Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times
Oct 12, 2022
3 minutes
What started as a party turned into a nail-biter, a game once seemingly headed for a blowout instead becoming an immediate October stress test.
The Dodgers know they don’t have a traditional pitching staff.
They don’t care about their unsettled situation in the ninth inning.
During a franchise-record 111-win season, it rarely mattered — not when veteran closer Craig Kimbrel battled maddening inconsistency for most of the year, and not when they removed him from the role a month ago in favor of a closer-by-committee approach.
All along, they
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