Winning five out of seven from the division rival Giants, with them on the precipice of making the playoffs, sounds a heck of a lot better than what really happened on Sunday, another bullpen meltdown (this time by Blake Treinen), who gave up three runs in the top of the eighth inning to ruin the Dodgers' 1-0 lead and waste seven scoreless innings from Emmet Sheehan.
The Giants' playoff chances may be bleak, but so too appear to be the Dodgers' 2025 playoff chances when formerly steady hands like Treinen--or Tanner Scott, or Kirby Yates, or Michael Kopech, among others--have been hopeless here in late September. Or, in Tanner Scott's case, all year long.
Conventional baseball wisdom says that the Dodgers' overuse of the bullpen all year, a byproduct of the injury-ridden starting rotaation, is coming back to bite the team at the worst time. We've got six more games to see who has the potential to step up this postseason.
Meanwhile, at the Hall of Justice, the National League Wild Card race has gotten hairy, as strange things are afoot at the Circle K. Cincinnati just siezed the third and final WC spot from the Mets (Reds hold the tiebreaker), and both the Mets and Reds are idle today (along with the Dodgers).
But the Padres, three games back of the Dodgers in the NL West, host the Brewers at 6.40p PT (MIL Freddy Peralta vs. SD Jake Pivetta), in a game that means a bit more for the Padres, however both teams are comfortable in their current postseason berth positions.
And the Giants host the Cardinals (STL Michael McGreevy vs. SF Justin Verlander) at 6.45p PT, with Verlander trying to keep the Giants relevant while he looks for his fourth win of the year (and 266th of his career).
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Tied at 3 through eight in SD.
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