Dude, what a wild start to September for the Dodgers. They kicked off the month with two brutal losses to the St. Louis Cardinals, getting blown out in one and then totally blowing a lead in another. Things could have gone *very* badly. But then, out of nowhere, they flipped the script, winning their final four games and sweeping the Washington Nationals for a winning week. The crazy part? Three of those wins were epic, late-game turnarounds, trailing in the ninth against St. Louis and then in the seventh and eighth against Washington. And they did it all without Shohei Ohtani, who was battling a few injuries and got his first extended rest. He’s expected back Monday.
Mookie Betts Is Just Built Different When It Counts
Seriously, “batter of the week” Mookie Betts went absolutely HAM. He smashed a three-run homer in the eighth inning on Sunday to turn that game around against Washington, but that was just the tip of the iceberg. His imprints were all over the week’s success: two dingers, three doubles, a monstrous 11 RBI, and a ridiculous 1.168 OPS. That’s an MVP-level performance, plain and simple. And you gotta give massive props to Tommy Edman and Teoscar Hernández too! Those guys both posted OPSs over 1.000 and delivered game-winning hits during the four-game streak. The offense truly stepped up when it counted most.
Snell’s Dealing and the Wildest Stat of the Week
On the pitching front, Blake Snell is straight-up dealing since coming off the injured list. He continued his “solid run,” tossing another six scoreless innings on Friday against the Nats, striking out seven. Since getting activated on August 11, Snell’s been a beast: 38 strikeouts in 29 innings and only three runs allowed in five starts. Talk about locked in! Even with that rough start, they finished Week 24 with a 4-2 record. While they scored 35 runs, they allowed 36, showing how many close calls there were. Year to date, they’re 86-57. Oh, and get this: that 13-8 loss to the Cardinals on September 1 was the first time in Los Angeles Dodgers history a game ever ended with that exact score, win or lose. The only other 13-8 game in franchise history was 70 years ago, when the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the New York Yankees in Game 2 of the 1956 World Series. What a wild piece of trivia! It was also cool to see Chris Taylor, who retired in May, come back before Wednesday’s game against the Cardinals to receive his 2025 championship ring. His two-year-old son Theo adorably threw out the ceremonial first pitch. Taylor played 10 of his 12 seasons with the Dodgers, saying, “Over 90 percent of my career was in Dodger blue. This is the place I call home.” You love to see a legend get that kind of welcome back.
What’s Next for the Comeback Kings?
So, after a shaky start to the month, the Dodgers showed some serious grit, pulling off comeback after comeback and saving their week. And guess what? Shohei Ohtani is expected back in the lineup on Monday. Imagine adding that kind of fire power back into an already hot lineup that’s proven it can win without him! Get ready, because things are about to get even crazier as the season marches on.
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Originally reported by True Blue LA.
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