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Dodgers starting pitcher Michael Grove delivers during the first inning of a 9-0 loss to the Cincinnati Reds at Dodger Stadium on Sunday. On the plus side, the Dodgers are off Monday, the final day of July, so their starting pitchers won’t have to suffer another indignity like the one they endured Sunday, when rookie right-hander Michael Grove was rocked …

Dodgers starting pitcher Emmet Sheehan delivers in the first inning of a 3-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds at Dodger Stadium on Saturday night. I got back to it this week, for sure.” The Dodgers had just two hits, but both were Max Muncy home runs, a two-run shot to right field in the first inning and a tie-breaking, two-out, …

Texas Rangers Ezequiel Duran and Brad Miller celebrate behind Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes after scoring during the third inning of the Dodgers’ 8-4 loss Sunday at Globe Life Field. The Dodgers won six of nine games against the Mets, the American League East-leading Orioles and the AL West-leading Rangers, though the trip ended with a thud, Sunday’s 8-4 loss to …

Tony Gonsolin walks back to the mound after giving up a two-run home run to Houston’s Jose Abreu in the fourth inning of the Dodgers’ 6-5 loss in 11 innings Sunday at Dodger Stadium. “I think we’re always kind of searching and trying to figure out what we can do,” Roberts said, “but he’s a guy we certainly count on …

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Dodgers right-hander Emmet Sheehan works in the first inning against the San Francisco Giants on June 16 at Dodger Stadium. “Everything I’ve been trying to do since I got drafted, all the work that the Dodgers have given me, and all the work I’ve put in on my own,” Sheehan said, “it’s just paying off.” The seeds of Sheehan’s success …