Dodgers Beat the Streak: World Series rematch after three touchdowns
By Jason Reed
The Los Angeles Dodgers scored a staggering 21 runs off the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday and enter Friday’s World Series rematch with a ton of confidence.
The Los Angeles Dodgers set a Dodger Stadium record by scoring 21 runs on Thursday against the Milwaukee Brewers. With the three touchdowns the team scored in runs, they also added a touchdowns-worth of home runs.
After a slow stretch of hitting, the Dodger bats are understandable confident heading into the most anticipated matchup of the season.
It is a World Series rematch and a potential preview to a second act. It is the Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Houston Astros. Opposing the Dodgers is the dominant Justin Verlander.
Los Angeles got hot at the right time as they head into tonight’s contest against the best pitcher in the American League. Luckily for the Dodger pitchers, Carlos Correa, Jose Altuve, Brian McCann and potentially George Springer may all be out of the lineup.
While Correa and Altuve are both great, it is Springer that manhandled the Dodgers in the World Series. At least Yu Darvish isn’t pitching.
Here in our Dodgers Beat the Streak series we are concerned with LA’s bats, who obviously extended our streaks last night. Both of our picks, Justin Turner and Brian Dozier, went deep to add a game to our streak.
Sarah’s pick — Current streak 2:
My pick for today is Cody Bellinger. Last night Bellinger broke out of his slump in the most momentous way possible and Dodger fans couldn’t be happier. I think that tonight, as the Dodgers face an old foe in the Houston Astros, Bellinger will be one of the guys leading the charge, just like last year.
The Astros have been great this season, and there’s really no way to ignore that. The Dodgers, however, seem to be just getting started and last night’s offensive outburst may be their greatest advantage going into tonight’s game.
Jason’s pick — Current streak 4:
Justin Verlander has been so great all season long and pitched fairly well against the Dodgers in the World Series last year. Thus, I am going with a bat that was not on the team during the World Series and actually has the most hits off Verlander out of all the Dodgers — Manny Machado.
Machado has not had a ton of success against Verlander, he is hitting .257 lifetime with seven hits in 27 at-bats. His nine strikeouts are a bit concerning.
However, Machado did not join the RBI parade last night and has been ok at the plate for the Dodgers thus far. After seeing Brian Dozier slug two home runs in two games, Machado is going to want to remind the fans that he was the huge trade acquisition of the deadline.
Machado is launching a ball into the seats tonight and I would not be surprised if it is early to get the ball rolling for the Boys in Blue.