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It wasn’t the most stunning October moment delivered by a gimpy Dodgers player in Chavez Ravine. After leading off the third inning of Saturday night’s National League Division Series-opening 7-5 victory over the the San Diego Padres with a single, Freddie Freeman — playing on a right ankle that was so severely sprained doctors told him “this is a four- …

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Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. Roberts’ perspective on the reversal: “We’re in a pennant race right now — we have a lead — so we have to do what’s best for the club,” Roberts said. We’ve done “Ask Orel Hershiser”, “Ask Jerry Reuss”, “Ask Tom Niedenfuer”, “Ask Peter O’Malley”, “Ask Fred Claire” and “Ask Maury Wills” …

Mookie Betts and Dodgers agree he should move from shortstop to right field

Mookie Betts, who was still working to adapt to new assignment starting at shortstop, will return to his natural right field position after he’s removed from the injury list. I just feel like Miggy and Nick Ahmed being there, that’s winning baseball.” Betts was moved from right field to second base last winter, but when shortstop Gavin Lux committed several …

Dodgers catcher Will Smith, right, celebrates after hitting a two-run double in the 11th inning of the Dodgers’ 14-7 victory over the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park on Saturday. “There’s just nobody better to handle that, no one we trust more in those situations, and I don’t think anyone batted an eye when he got out of it.” The …

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Johan Rojas hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the ninth inning moments after Nick Castellanos’ tying shot, sending the Philadelphia Phillies to a 7-5 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night. After Castellanos hit a solo shot to right for only his second homer of a rough year, Bryson Stott doubled and scored on Rojas’ …

Dodgers designated hitter J.D. “No comment,” Martinez said with a grin, when asked about homering twice against a player who did not return his text messages when the Dodgers were trying to woo Rodriguez at the trade deadline. … He’s a good guy, no hard feelings toward him.” Dodgers right-hander Lance Lynn gave up three runs and six hits in …

What you need to know: The Dodgers, who won four out of six games in their season-opening homestand against Arizona and Colorado, start a seven-game trip Thursday in Phoenix against the Diamondbacks, whom they split four games with at Dodger Stadium. Right-hander Dustin May will make his second start for the Dodgers against right-hander Merrill Kelly. May pitched seven shutout …

When US Border Patrol pursuits of migrant vehicles have led to accidents, an opaque unit has been among those responding. And right when I got up, I felt the Border Patrol hit us again, and that’s where I lost consciousness.” The Border Patrol blamed the crash on Molix. ‘They’re cover-up teams’ An agent on patrol that morning, more than 100km …