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Brewers win 5-4 to snap 3-game skid and end Dodgers’ 5-game winning streak

MILWAUKEE — Devin Williams retired Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman in order in the ninth inning to preserve the Milwaukee Brewers’ 5-4 victory over Los Angeles on Wednesday that snapped the Dodgers’ five-game winning streak. “That’s the Brewers you guys have seen all year.” Los Angeles’ most critical error came in the seventh, when Betts misplayed a ball …

Walker Buehler struggles, division lead narrows as Dodgers lose to Brewers

The San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks both won games before the Dodgers took the field against the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night, yet another reminder that, for a team that has won 10 of the last 11 National League West titles, objects in the rearview mirror are closer than they appear. “Those are pretty uncharacteristic, and they ended up …

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Mookie Betts homers in return as Dodgers beat the Brewers

Mookie Betts — or, as he’s known around these parts, “Spooky” Betts — returned to the Dodgers’ lineup for the opener of a four-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night, refusing to stay with the team at the supposedly haunted Pfister Hotel for the second straight season. “It’s probably on one hand, it really is,” manager Dave Roberts …

Dodgers build early lead to power through Brewers, extend win streak to 10

The Dodgers’ Miguel Rojas celebrates as he rounds third after hitting a solo home run during the second inning against the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday at Dodger Stadium. I’ll take it.” The Dodgers built an early lead, benefiting from two swinging bunt singles from Will Smith and two catcher‘s interference calls in the first two innings. “I don’t look at …

Dodgers lose Syndergaard early but still beat Brewers 6-2

MILWAUKEE — The Los Angeles Dodgers had struggled against left-handed pitching all season and hadn’t solved Milwaukee’s Eric Lauer throughout his entire career. Mookie Betts, Will Smith and Miguel Vargas homered to help the Dodgers withstand Noah Syndergaard’s early exit in a 6-2 victory over Lauer and the Milwaukee Brewers. “We tried to do what we could to make it …

Miguel Vargas, throwing the ball in an exhibition against the Milwaukee Brewers on Feb. 25, is slated to start the season at second base for the Dodgers. “And I just think the value we’ve had to get him out there, get his legs under him and play some defense has been real beneficial.” Miguel Vargas of the Dodgers runs to …

Dodgers players lift up reporter injured on Brewers' slide

Dodgers TV reporter David Vassegh broke two bones in his right wrist and cracked six ribs Wednesday when he crashed at the end of his slide down “Bernie’s Chalet,” where Brewers mascot Bernie Brewer sits behind the American Family Field left-field stands. In his 11 years as the Dodgers’ radio reporter and the host of the popular “Dodger Talk,” David …

Dodgers rough up Brewers ace Corbin Burnes to continue key offensive trend in win

Dodgers designated hitter Trayce Thompson hits a home run during the second inning against the Milwaukee Brewers at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday. Burnes learned the hard way Tuesday, becoming the latest pitcher not only to regress in his second start against the Dodgers, but to do so mightily, giving up seven runs in 3 ⅔ innings in the Dodgers’ 10-1 …

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts removes pitcher Clayton Kershaw from the game during the second inning of an 8-6 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday. Whether the Dodgers advance as a division winner or wild card, they will proceed without Clayton Kershaw, who left Friday night’s start in the second inning because of left-forearm discomfort, the same type of injury …

Dustin May exits with arm injury, then Dodgers fall to Brewers in 11 innings

Dodgers pitcher Dustin May leaves the game after suffering an arm injury in the second inning Saturday night in Milwaukee. Any time a pitcher comes out of a game and starts talking about the elbow, you’re concerned.” × Highlights from the Dodgers’ 6-5, 11-inning loss to the host Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday night. Mookie Betts was walked intentionally and thrown …