The Dodgers took two of three in Texas over the weekend in a particularly aggressive sequence. They took the opener 3-0, however went into the ninth with a 1-0 lead earlier than Teoscar Hernandez and Will Smith supplied some insurance coverage. They acquired walked off on Saturday, however got here away with a 1-0 win within the rubber match regardless of shedding Tyler Glasnow to what hopefully remains to be only a cramp. Immediately, the Dodgers wrap up this street journey by opening a two-game set towards a Cubs workforce they’ve already seen 5 instances this season. The 2 groups opened the season in Japan, the place the Dodgers gained each video games. They met in LA earlier in April and the Cubs took two of three, together with the 16-0 drubbing final Saturday. The Cubs left LA and dropped two of three in San Diego earlier than returning residence to take two of three towards the Diamondbacks. We’re 24 video games into the season and the Cubs have by some means solely performed groups from western divisions (Dodgers, Arizona, A’s, Padres and Rangers). They’re 14-10, however have scored essentially the most runs in baseball by a fairly respectable margin (145, forward of the Yankees’ 130). They’ve gained six of their 9 video games at residence this season (excluding the 2 “residence” video games in Japan) and took two of three in Chicago when the Dodgers went there final April.
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| DH | Ohtani (L) | LF | Happ (S) |
| SS | Betts | RF | Tucker (L) |
| RF | T. Hernández | DH | Suzuki |
| 1B | Freeman (L) | 1B | Busch (L) |
| CF | Edman (S) | SS | Swanson |
| C | Smith | 2B | Hoerner |
| 3B | Muncy (L) | CF | Crow-Armstrong (L) |
| 2B | Ok. Hernández | C | Amaya |
| LF | Pages | 3B | Workman (L) |
| P | Might (R) | P | Imanaga (L) |
Dustin Might will get his fourth begin of the season and is coming off his first win since Might 2023. Might allowed a run on three hits over six innings with seven strikeouts and no walks final day out (albeit towards Colorado) and located his whiffs once more after combating that within the earlier begin. Might acquired 11 whiffs in his first begin towards Atlanta and adopted that up with solely three in Washington however acquired 12 towards the Rockies. That outing truly introduced his ERA as much as 1.06 on the season, with two earned runs allowed in 17 innings. He’s additionally allowed three unearned, however regardless of that Might has been fairly good in a rotation that’s wanted a reliable starter behind Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Might was stable in his solely profession begin at Wrigley, permitting two runs and two hits in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out six however did difficulty three walks and hit a batter, however did a good job limiting the harm.
The Dodgers sq. off with Shota Imanaga, as they did on Opening Day in Tokyo. Imanaga held the Dodgers with out a hit in his 4 shutout innings to start out the season, however did difficulty 4 walks and solely struck out two batters. He’s been principally wonderful since, permitting one or fewer runs in 4 of his 5 begins this season. The blip got here in Chicago towards the Rangers, the place he allowed 5 runs in 5 innings. He had solely allowed a solo homer by means of 4 innings, however allowed three singles, a double and a homer within the fifth to depart the sport with greater than 4 runs allowed for less than the third time in his profession. Final day out appeared prefer it should have been irritating for Imanaga, who didn’t permit an earned run in his 5 innings of labor. Nonetheless, after throwing 4 2/3 shutout towards the Padres he acquired Manny Machado to hit two foul balls that seemingly ought to have been caught, as errors have been charged to Kyle Tucker and Gage Workman. After the errors, Machado hit a tank to interrupt the shutout with an unearned run residence run.
Imanaga primarily throws a fastball/splitter combo. He’s thrown a fastball 52.6 p.c of the time this season and has allowed a .209 common off it. It has a 23 p.c whiff price however when it does get hit, harm may be accomplished off it. Of the 9 hits he’s allowed off the fastball this season, seven have gone for additional bases and all 4 of the homers he’s allowed have come off the heater. He’s thrown his splitter 33.8 p.c of the time and will get a whiff with it 33.7 p.c of the time. He’s additionally combined in a sweeper (8.8 p.c), curve (3.3 p.c) and has thrown three sliders and three sinkers.
Michael Conforto sits towards a lefty, with Andy Pages sliding over to left and Enrique Hernandez getting the beginning at second. Teo hits third with Freddie Freeman fourth, as is the same old towards lefties.
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Clayton Kershaw is making his second rehab begin tonight.
?BASEBALL FANS, THIS IS NOT A DRILL(ERS) ?
Los Angeles Dodgers LHP Clayton Kershaw is predicted to take the mound TONIGHT at Arvest Ballpark for a rehab begin with Tulsa! ?
? Gates open: 6:00 PM
⚾ First pitch: 7:05 PM
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— Northwest Arkansas Naturals (@nwanaturals) April 22, 2025
Kershaw’s making this begin in AA fairly than AAA, going through the Royals’ AA workforce in Arkansas. I don’t see a lineup for Northwestern Arkansas, however they’ve Pipeline’s twentieth and 82nd ranked prospects (Jac Caglianone and Carter Jensen) on the roster.
In different rehab information, Tony Gonsolin is slated for his fourth and doubtlessly ultimate rehab begin tomorrow for OKC.
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First pitch is scheduled for 4:40 PM PT and might be proven on SportsNet LA.
