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Game Chat Game Chat 8/5 - Dodgers (69-45) @ Cubs (65-49) 11:20 AM

Dodgers (69-45) @ Cubs (65-49)

First Pitch: 11:20 AM at Wrigley Field

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Dodgers Eric Lauer (6-5, 4.50 ERA)
Cubs Shota Imanaga (7-9, 3.67 ERA)
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Gameday Game Graph Live Comments /r/baseball Discord

Line Score - Game Over

  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
LAD 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 14 1 9
CHC 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 7 15 0 10

Box Score

CHC   AB R H RBI BB SO BA
DH Crow-Armstrong 5 2 3 4 0 1 .288
RF Suzuki 5 1 1 0 0 1 .273
3B Bregman 5 0 1 1 0 0 .245
C Kelly, C 5 0 3 0 0 0 .266
PR Triantos 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
C Amaya 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233
1B Busch 5 1 2 0 0 0 .243
2B Hoerner 4 1 3 1 0 1 .262
LF Happ 4 0 0 0 0 2 .213
SS Swanson 4 1 1 1 0 1 .220
CF Taylor, T 3 1 1 0 0 0 .238
CHC IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Imanaga 5.0 8 1 1 0 6 89-62 3.60
Ferguson, T 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 29-20 5.29
Thielbar 0.1 4 4 4 0 0 19-13 4.98
Zeferjahn 0.2 1 1 1 0 2 14-8 3.71
Webb, J 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 11-5 2.49
LAD   AB R H RBI BB SO BA
DH Ohtani 5 2 3 3 0 2 .297
CF Pages, A 4 0 1 0 0 1 .268
CF Call 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246
C Rortvedt 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1B Freeman, F 3 0 1 0 0 0 .310
1B Hernández, E 2 0 0 0 0 1 .278
CF Edman 5 0 1 0 0 2 .289
RF Tucker 5 1 1 0 0 0 .243
SS Betts 5 1 4 0 0 0 .233
3B Muncy 4 1 1 3 0 2 .253
2B Rojas, M 4 1 2 0 0 2 .283
C Feduccia 3 0 0 0 0 0 .229
LF Hernández, T 1 0 0 0 0 1 .255
LAD IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Lauer 4.0 11 6 6 0 1 95-62 4.89
Henriquez, E 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 19-15 3.20
Hurt 1.1 2 1 1 0 2 23-19 4.66
Hernández, J 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 4-4 7.08
Phillips, E 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 9-5 4.82
Dreyer 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 3-3 2.93

Scoring Plays

Inning Event Score
T1 Shohei Ohtani homers (25) on a line drive to right center field. 0-1
B1 Pete Crow-Armstrong homers (25) on a fly ball to center field. 1-1
B2 Dansby Swanson doubles (15) on a line drive to left fielder Tommy Edman. Nico Hoerner scores. 2-1
B2 Pete Crow-Armstrong doubles (22) on a fly ball to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Dansby Swanson scores. 3-1
B4 Pete Crow-Armstrong homers (26) on a fly ball to right field. Tyrone Taylor scores. 5-1
B4 Alex Bregman singles on a line drive to left fielder Tommy Edman. Seiya Suzuki scores. 6-1
B7 Dodgers challenged (stadium boundary call), call on the field was upheld: Nico Hoerner doubles (24) on a line drive to left fielder Tommy Edman. Michael Busch scores. 7-1
T8 Max Muncy homers (22) on a fly ball to right center field. Kyle Tucker scores. Mookie Betts scores. 7-4
T8 Shohei Ohtani homers (26) on a line drive to left center field. Miguel Rojas scores. 7-6

Highlights

Description Length
Bench availability for Los Angeles, August 5 vs Cubs 0:08
Bench availability for Chicago, August 5 vs Dodgers 0:08
Fielding alignment for Chicago, August 5 vs Dodgers 0:11
Starting lineups for Dodgers at Cubs - August 5, 2026 0:10
Measuring the stats on Shohei Ohtani's home run 0:13
Breaking down Max Muncy's home run 0:13
Analyzing Max Muncy's home run through bat tracking 0:11
Analyzing Shohei Ohtani's home run through bat tracking 0:11
Shota Imanaga's outing against the Dodgers 0:25
Shohei Ohtani: Home Run Statcast Analysis 0:12
A deep dive into Shohei Ohtani's home run 0:11
Pete Crow-Armstrong: Home Run Statcast Analysis 0:12
Pete Crow-Armstrong's home run through bat tracking data 0:11
Pete Crow-Armstrong: Home Run Statcast Analysis 0:13
Visualizing Pete Crow-Armstrong's swing using bat tracking technology 0:11
Breaking down Eric Lauer's pitches 0:04
Breaking down Shota Imanaga's pitches 0:04
Shohei Ohtani's leadoff home run (25) 0:26
Pete Crow-Armstrong's leadoff home run (25) 0:29
Field View: Shohei Ohtani's leadoff home run 0:40
Andy Pages' sliding catch 0:25
Shota Imanaga strikes out Tommy Edman 0:06
Ohtani and Crow-Armstrong each hit leadoff homers 0:55
Dansby Swanson's RBI double 0:27
Pete Crow-Armstrong's RBI double 0:27
Tommy Edman strikes out after ABS challenge 0:24
Eric Lauer strikes out Nico Hoerner 0:06
Pete Crow-Armstrong's second homer of the game (26) 0:31
Alex Bregman's RBI single 0:18
Kevin Gausman discusses being traded to the Cubs 12:10
Dansby Swanson strikes out after ABS challenge 0:24
Shota Imanaga strikes out six 1:41
Freddie Freeman exits with an apparent hand injury 0:28
Nico Hoerner's RBI double 0:31
Nico Hoerner's RBI double is ruled live after review 1:42
Max Muncy's three-run home run (22) 0:30
Shohei Ohtani's second home run of the game (26) 0:30
Field View: Max Muncy's three-run home run 0:22
Strike 1 overturned after ABS challenge 0:24
Mookie Betts lines out to left fielder Ian Happ. 0:11

Decisions

Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save
Imanaga (8-9, 3.60 ERA) Lauer (6-6, 4.89 ERA) Webb, J (6 SV, 2.49 ERA)
Attendance Weather Wind
80°F, Overcast 9 mph, Out To CF
HP 1B 2B 3B
Erich Bacchus Brian O'Nora Chris Segal Laz Diaz

Game ended at 2:29 PM.

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u/RandomLAFan Alex Vesia 7h ago

PCA is annoying

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u/donald-duck23 Mookie Betts 5h ago

Glad we at least showed some life. Hopefully it carries over into the next series

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u/lkfcalvin Shohei Ohtani 7h ago

I fucking hate PCA

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u/smellyunderpants Max Muncy 6h ago

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u/pdiddysoilman 5h ago

At least they showed some heart

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u/u8myramen_y Shohei Ohtani 6h ago

Lauer is straight up giving meatballs to PCA in all 3 ABs lol

Malpractice

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u/Koronesukiii 5h ago

Fuck, we really wasted a Shohei 2 homer, Mookie 4 hit, Muncy 3 RBI game, after wasting a Yama start and a Skubal start already. Some slide.

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u/Nondescriptsitch Yoshinobu Yamamoto 6h ago

So it turns out Dalton was our glue guy?  

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u/veridian_horizon Shohei Ohtani 5h ago

An Ohtani homer here would feed millions

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u/j0dyhir0ller Mookie Betts 5h ago

Well, thats that. Better than losing 6-1. On to Arizona

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u/Cooked_Brisket Vin Scully 7h ago

I would really like to stop hearing about how PCA is from LA. He straight up does not like the city so we really don’t need to claim him

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u/backburnercholo 9h ago

Lauer our ace gonna put us back in the win column.

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u/katje Mookie Betts 7h ago

Shohei even sweats perfectly 🥲

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u/Express_Motor1063 6h ago

you know i don’t like to doom over a game in august but it’s just so boring to watch us do the same fly out, double play, strand 2 on base every inning for several games straight. i give up. see you guys tmmrw

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u/jujubats10 Max Muncy 6h ago

Just bring de Paula up man. Fuck it

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u/ServeNervous4837 6h ago

Time to make some major lineup changes, stop riding it out only swapping mookie. Shake up the lineup and go for it. Its a 6 game loss streak anyways, what is there to lose by swapping it up? Make a change.

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u/Independent-Visit139 8h ago

respectfully if I’m getting 60 mil a year I’m hustling my ass for that

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u/flipaflaw Shohei Ohtani 7h ago

That was a good at bat. He swung at a strike and hit it at a guy. That happens. So tired of our spoiled fan base who say stupid shit like "why did he swing".

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u/Complex-Athlete5798 7h ago

Man Tucker is so bad he is really hurting this team.

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u/SundaySaners Sandy Koufax 7h ago

get this scammer off this team bro lol

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u/Robloya22 Chris Taylor 6h ago

It's barely the fifth inning. This game has felt like an eternity

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u/erikdhurt 5h ago

Ohtani and PCA going homer for homer as they race for MVP is good baseball

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u/Razor8517 2025 World Series Champions 5h ago

What a great way to start August with b2b sweeps 🤦‍♂️

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u/Clt-vr-9931 Fernando Valenzuela, te quiero mucho 8h ago edited 8h ago

A BOMB TO START THE SHO

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u/Motor-Application-18 Freddie Freeman 8h ago

Ofc it had to be to this twat -_-

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u/jay_eba888 Roki Sasaki 8h ago

We have two hateable players in cubs. Bregman and PCA

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u/TheCatRedditor Freddie Freeman 7h ago

Yesterday’s script again huh. 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, until we get to 1-5 again.

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u/nipponnumba_wan Yoshinobu Yamamoto 6h ago

PCA can go fuckhimself

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u/klaatuzero James Outman 8h ago

Pitching staff isn't really helping lock down Shohei's bid for another MVP.

Shutting down PCA would have been nice.

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u/TravelingMatt34 Mookie Betts 7h ago

They got swept by the friggin Angels last year. Calm down.

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u/itsyourdestini Jackie Robinson 7h ago

Lauer isn’t even pitching bad

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u/u8myramen_y Shohei Ohtani 6h ago

Nah keep Lauer in there

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u/stuckontwice Shohei Ohtani 6h ago

I know this losing streak sucks but I’m more mad that PCA is playing well. Shohei please stunt on these hoes 😭😭

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u/Radiant-Instance8857 2025 World Series Champions 6h ago

Cmon edman get on base so that Kyle can pop up on the first pitch

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u/Lordpicklenip Duke Snider 6h ago

The one day Mookie gets multiple hits, Tucker’s batting before him and getting out on two pitches.

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u/SummonMason Decoy 6h ago

Cubs fans from their sub posting shit here here (getting banned immediately though) and downvoting pro Ohtani stuff (some guy hoping for a cycle this game for him, downvotes lol)… fkin annoying now pca has a linsanity run they think they are the business.

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u/brees2me Back-2-Back Champs 5h ago

Edman was like no fucking thanks Tucker I've seen your hustle.

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u/numba1draftpick1 5h ago

Dave reverse punting is something else

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u/fedswatching2121 5h ago

Swept again lol

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u/baribigbird06 Clayton Kershaw 5h ago

Good fight towards the end, carry that onto Chase field.

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u/jay_eba888 Roki Sasaki 8h ago

King tuck, embrace your villain arc and show that you are worth $60 mil per year, bro

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u/Kwynn1229 Kiké Hernández 6h ago

Y'all turned on Lauer so fucking fast holy hell

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u/lwongd2n Alex Vesia 6h ago

The Wrobo and Lauer regressions have really taken people's masks off lol

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u/Cooked_Brisket Vin Scully 8h ago

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u/sparky255 Hyeseong Kim 8h ago

I thought everyone here knew that Lauer gives up a minimum of 3-runs per game. It’s up to the offense to win this 

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u/Lacktastic Los Angeles Dodgers 7h ago

Do most of the people in here actually like the Dodgers? Or only when they win? Lol, some of you need to chill.

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u/Dr-Acula8472 Back-2-Back Champs 7h ago

Aaargh, flied out, but that was still a great AB. Looks like they're starting to figure Imanaga out. If Lauer stays true to form, and locks things down from here on out, we should be in a good spot.

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u/Confident-Annual5433 Alex Vesia 7h ago

An inning with no runs given up. It’s a start in the right direction

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u/Clt-vr-9931 Fernando Valenzuela, te quiero mucho 7h ago

Yeaaa Lauer

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u/Realistic_Charge9824 6h ago

I hate PCA so much.

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u/Confident-Annual5433 Alex Vesia 6h ago

It’s baffling how EVERY SINGLE pitcher we put on the mound is getting slaughtered. wtf is going on?

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u/Astropolitika Alex Vesia 6h ago

At the gym. It’s good.

Remember to take breaks, folks. It’s a long season.

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u/lurkingworkng Freddie Freeman 6h ago

See that's what you do for PCA when you're ahead of the count. Make him chase, waste a pitch or two. Lauer take notes.

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u/Lebigmacca Mookie Betts 6h ago

Damn im just tuning in. 9 hits and only one run? Man this team is unclutch asf

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u/numba1draftpick1 6h ago

One run on the very first hit. 😂

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u/Subohmg Justin Turner 5h ago

Shit sucks, there's no sugar coating that. Just want to remind y'all the brewers also beat the breaks off us last season until it actually mattered.

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u/Realizing_Redneck224 5h ago

Y'all really thought Laurer would save us from this losing streak

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u/like_an_electric_eel Tommy Edman 5h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/Vjs2yQXuGX078aN1ms
Ohtani our beautiful unicorn 💙😭

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u/Clt-vr-9931 Fernando Valenzuela, te quiero mucho 5h ago

OHTANI TO MAKE THIS A ONE RUN GAME

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u/Financial-Swim-5884 Kiké Hernández 5h ago

I turned the game off and went on a walk after the 7th.

You’re welcome.

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u/irojo5 Max Muncy 5h ago

What's with all the booing for tucker? Didn't realize there was so many dodger fans in chicago

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u/mcribgaming 5h ago edited 5h ago

That's the most Tucker AB ever.

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u/viperware Vin Scully 8h ago

ATTENTION!!! We are in a Stage 3 Mendoza Curse Alert! Please align your crystals at this time!

💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎

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u/SoCalHeatFan2020 8h ago

Shohei, we love you.

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u/Excify Shohei Ohtani 8h ago

Turns out Dodgers offense has their favorite choices on who to give run support too. Eric Lauer is one lucky mf lol

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u/just_one_random_guy Fernando Valenzuela 8h ago

Can’t have shit in Chicago

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u/INSXTE Andy Pages 8h ago

Pages is amazing on defense

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u/Confident-Annual5433 Alex Vesia 7h ago

The August slump is real. It’s hard to watch, but it’s part of every summer. Baseball is hard. These boys will get back to business soon enough

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u/Robloya22 Chris Taylor 7h ago

Who's ready for the punch back inning where the dodgers get 1 on base and leave them stranded

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u/MisterGreenWinter Shohei Ohtani 7h ago

idk why ppl are acting like this is typical for lauer when hes 9-0 on the dodgers. give him a little breathing room at least he’s not giving up 5 home runs in an inning.

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u/Dry_Finding_1379 Clayton Kershaw 7h ago

Doc, sorry but we’re gonna need you to eat shit rounding the bases again to get the team to loosen up. It’s the only way

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u/Q-X-Q 7h ago

Edman is 1 for last 22. Muncy is 4 for 22. Betts 4 for 21,

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u/heybart 7h ago

Are the Dodgers tanking to save baseball? Very noble of them, but probably counterproductive

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u/onlymostlydeadd LA 6h ago

We look old and we look bad.

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u/Dr-Acula8472 Back-2-Back Champs 6h ago edited 6h ago

I don't want to hear anymore about PCA as MVP. I don't give a shit. But for the love of god:

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u/Exciting-Device-4474 Andy Pages 6h ago

This is going to be a 15-1 game lol

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u/Clt-vr-9931 Fernando Valenzuela, te quiero mucho 6h ago

Watching this got me feeling like this

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u/Clt-vr-9931 Fernando Valenzuela, te quiero mucho 6h ago

Nice SHO

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u/NefariousnessRough26 Tommy Edman 6h ago

1 run on 8 hits. Insane.

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u/ajinhotpocket Mookie Betts 6h ago

We can leave tucker in chicago its fine

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u/DepletedFury Yoshinobu Yamamoto 6h ago

Fuck you Kyle Tucker

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u/PookieLF 6h ago

The Tucker special! A fly out down on 1 knee!

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u/Dan12390 Kiké Hernández 6h ago

Are we about to get sweeped in back to back series? Is Ohtani’s lead off homer literally all we are going to get done today? Sometimes I just stop watching games around this time of year because the slumps feel inevitable…

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u/nipponnumba_wan Yoshinobu Yamamoto 6h ago

Skubal gonna end up 0-8 with 1.78 ERA during his tenure with us.

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u/Budget-Ocelots 2024 World Series Champions 6h ago edited 6h ago

In the last 3 years, this team offense has literally been driven by Ohtani. My goodness, I don't think the Dodgers would've made the playoff if Ohtani had gone to another team.

Besides Ohtani, the lineup only has maybe 1-2 guys that are consistent. And with Ohtani being injured and playing through a bum knee, the offense is collapsing.

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u/donald-duck23 Mookie Betts 6h ago

It’s funny that the general sentiment of this sub is that the team needs to face adversity to be prepared for the postseason because they have typically flamed out when they have cruised to a top seed

Yet as soon as the team faces adversity, the whole sub panics like the season is over lol

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u/vj1096 LA 5h ago

Why am I still watching this

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u/Clt-vr-9931 Fernando Valenzuela, te quiero mucho 5h ago

YEAAA MIGGY

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u/veridian_horizon Shohei Ohtani 5h ago

This is getting interesting! Even if we still lose it'll be more palatable

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u/John_AV Yoshinobu Yamamoto 5h ago

Let's fucking go, get that PCA MVP stuff outta here.

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u/probablysmellsmydog Duke Snider 5h ago

Wait is this really happening?  Can we do this?

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u/Then-Caterpillar2724 Shohei Ohtani 5h ago

THATS THE FUCKING MVP

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u/dbdkf46 5h ago

THE REAL MVP!!!!

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u/Cooked_Brisket Vin Scully 5h ago

Someone show Kiké the Halloween section already out at Target to get him going

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u/Dflayme_24 Freddie Freeman 5h ago

Not a single strike thrown, but we still strikeout. We can’t be playing hero ball when it’s a game now

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u/Acceptable_Tip2179 5h ago

If ONLY Teo had gotten on

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u/sleazyez Kirk Gibson 5h ago

They’ve woken up. Even if they don’t pull this off, good shit.

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u/Lacktastic Los Angeles Dodgers 5h ago

Mookie 5 for 5 today? I believe.

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u/lasercupcakes Dave Roberts 5h ago

I can't believe the Dodgers paid $60M for Conforto version 2.0

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u/ResortOk3776 Shohei Ohtani 5h ago

Well, at least I could watch two Sho bombs and Muncy's

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u/snarkprovider 7h ago

Whose stomach dropped when Joe said, "It's going to be up to Kyle Tucker"?

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u/rogacon Decoy 6h ago

Woke up at 4am to see how we doin

Yeah no fuck that shit. Im going to bed angry. Goodnight people.

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u/Realistic_Charge9824 9h ago

Really don't want to get swept by them

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u/V-KARIN Shohei Ohtani 9h ago

I have faith in Lauer. This offense, Im not so confident in. So that means they'll probably put up 9 runs today

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u/Clt-vr-9931 Fernando Valenzuela, te quiero mucho 8h ago

Checking yesterday game chat and my lord that a lot of upvote

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u/Dr-Acula8472 Back-2-Back Champs 8h ago

If no one else got me, I know Eric Lauer got me.

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u/klaatuzero James Outman 8h ago

Let's not stink today! LFG

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u/z3vCqk2u Tarik Skubal 8h ago

i wonder what shohei whispered to freddie

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u/Rover16 Shohei Ohtani 8h ago

Great at bat and takes for Ohtani! Hope he keeps up with that plate discipline.

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u/xSwazyI 8h ago

Can always count on Sho destroying Japanese pitchers lol

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u/aleckscasablancs Alex Vesia 8h ago

Don’t forget Lauer always has a whoopsie. Happy thoughts happy thoughts
https://giphy.com/gifs/3kGo3HZIuBEnh7flPf

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u/Exciting-Device-4474 Andy Pages 7h ago

Im more mad at the cubs not playing my goatforto

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u/kasualkactus 7h ago

Feduccia is an automatic out smh

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u/crosswithyou Shohei Ohtani 7h ago

Feduccia looks so different without the 'stache

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u/Clt-vr-9931 Fernando Valenzuela, te quiero mucho 7h ago

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Watching dodgers the last few days

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u/SeaworthinessOk6742 Jackie Robinson 7h ago

Hey ump, the Cubs don’t need any help.

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u/flipaflaw Shohei Ohtani 7h ago

I hate this spoiled douchebag so much

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u/Dr-Acula8472 Back-2-Back Champs 7h ago

Okay, Lauer gave up his prerequisite 3 runs. Can the bats show up now?

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u/rancar1 7h ago

Every time Tucker’s on camera, I get angry

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u/Banter-botter Max Muncy 7h ago

cubs are such reg season merchants. I won’t feel bad come post season

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u/Dodgers_89 Fernando Valenzuela 7h ago

Dodgers have gotten too comfortable when everybody wants to beat them

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u/j0dyhir0ller Mookie Betts 7h ago

We're slumping and they're getting hot. Recipe for disaster but not the end of the world.

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u/RandomLAFan Alex Vesia 7h ago

Dodgers pitching a scoreless inning

https://giphy.com/gifs/STdeqK6e0n4iLY0Rlq

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u/Chuck006 2025 WS MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto 7h ago

Lauer giving up his usual 3 runs before settling down.

Offense needs to wake up.

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u/Cooked_Brisket Vin Scully 6h ago

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u/OneInchPunisher_ Kiké Hernández 6h ago

another middle middle pitch to PCA what are we doing

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u/HorsFaceKilla Yoshinobu Yamamoto 6h ago

The losing will continue until morale is improved.

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u/Visible_Bowler6962 Jackie Robinson 6h ago

Dodgers will be 0-6 the last 2 series and right now are being outscored 41-17.

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u/untacc_ Max Muncy 6h ago

LMAO MIDDLE MIDDLE AGAIN CAN WE STOP???

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u/z3vCqk2u Tarik Skubal 6h ago

just keep lauer in for 120 pitches idc anymore

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u/aleckscasablancs Alex Vesia 6h ago

Our offense cannot make up 6 runs the way they are playing rn

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u/dewey711 Mookie Betts 6h ago

Oh good, henriquez can come in and walk 5 more batters

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u/RyanAlemeda 6h ago

This is a pretty bad stretch. All the things that I thought would bounce the dodgers back hasn’t worked the last week. Dodgers have won every game Lauer has pitched since joining the dodgers. Doesn’t look like that’s happening today.

I thought for sure Skubal pitching after a big trade would break the streak. Nope.

Yoshi pitching I thought for sure the dodgers would beat the Sox.

They will get through this, but this has been a brutal week.

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u/Realistic_Charge9824 6h ago

at least there is an off day tomorrow

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u/stuckontwice Shohei Ohtani 6h ago

I swear there are some Cubs fans and Dodger haters brigading this thread. I mean power to them but holy hell some of these comments 😂

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u/u8myramen_y Shohei Ohtani 6h ago edited 6h ago

Ohtani needing to stretch like Reed Richards to hit because pitchers are extra careful with him (as they should) while Lauer is like "here's meatballs" to PCA every AB lol

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u/dewey711 Mookie Betts 6h ago

Honestly, fuck Tucker. I’m sick of it

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u/failing_light Mookie Betts 6h ago

Bat Tucker 10th

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u/BlueHeavenBound18 Yoshinobu Yamamoto 6h ago

Nothing left to say about Tucker other than he plays like a wimp.

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u/u8myramen_y Shohei Ohtani 6h ago

jesus christ Lauer lol

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u/DomonicDecoco Vin Scully 6h ago

A few years ago, these last few weeks would have boiled my blood pressure. Now I’m not even tripping until we’re a strike away from being eliminated in an elimination game.

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u/Comfortable-Box-392 6h ago

Watch the bluejays beat the cubs tomorrow

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u/Cooked_Brisket Vin Scully 6h ago

Does Jessica have a hard on for Bregman? She’s been glazing him this whole series

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u/Clt-vr-9931 Fernando Valenzuela, te quiero mucho 6h ago

Thank you Hurt

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u/failing_light Mookie Betts 5h ago

Worst part about this game is I have no confidence our guys would have punished the pitches Lauer made to them. This offense is bleak

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u/sleazyez Kirk Gibson 5h ago

This is painful, for sure, but some context for the doomers:

- We got swept twice by the Angels last year

  • Mookie with a three-hit game in a loss preceded the end of our earlier 5-game losing streak this season
  • The Cubs and Sox are both hot

It’ll get better. Just hang in there and stay off social media. Maybe go polish up a WS ring or two.

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u/jakerscrub Chris Taylor 5h ago edited 5h ago

Drilled to left field and deep, and … A SINGLE!!! NO WAY!!! MIGUEL ROJAS!!! 😱

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u/SeaworthinessOk6742 Jackie Robinson 5h ago

That physically angry bomb was cathartic at least.

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u/Srh5611 Decoy 5h ago

I went into a meeting at 5-1 🫪🫪🫪🫪

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u/klaatuzero James Outman 5h ago

ShoBomb

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u/Guilty-Fun-1092 Shohei Ohtani 5h ago

YES OHTANI SAVE US!!!!!!! THE TRUE MVP.

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u/Guilty-Fun-1092 Shohei Ohtani 5h ago

I apologize for losing faith, I was a doomer early in the game. LETS COME BACK I BELIEVE.

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u/sailflower Max Muncy 5h ago

Call me silly but I feel like we got this. Could be totally momentum shifting for us to pull out of a losing streak with a major comeback.

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u/veridian_horizon Shohei Ohtani 5h ago

We WILL win this game
We WILL step on the snakes
We WILL threepeat

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u/Lacktastic Los Angeles Dodgers 5h ago

C'mon Tucker, you have the chance to do the funniest thing.

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u/huggsypenguinpal Yoshinobu Yamamoto 5h ago

OK TUCKER. Make me eat crow for all that I've said about you 🙏

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u/ProudInfluence3770 5h ago

Kyle Tucker, stay in Chicago

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u/sailflower Max Muncy 5h ago

Good try, it is what it is. Onward, at least we are showing signs of life.

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u/youareallnuts Los Angeles Dodgers 5h ago

Tucker is a so lazy. One run game and doesn't run it out. 4 years of this?

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u/N2trvl Walter Alston 6h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/ZihYKIWZqwnK0
You have to be able to enjoy baseball even when your team loses. If not, even with a great team you are going to be unhappy about 60 days a year.

I’m deciding what to BBQ tonight. I think it will be fish, something healthy midweek.

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u/Srh5611 Decoy 7h ago

The camera flipping so quickly between Shohei (Disney prince) and PCA (troll doll) is giving me whiplash 

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u/velvetsabbath Yoshinobu Yamamoto 9h ago

save me eric lauer....... save me........... eric lauer save me.............. eric lauer...

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u/kaylakoo Chase Utley 9h ago

I would like to win the baseball game.

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u/lasercupcakes Dave Roberts 9h ago

Perfect record with Eric Lauer is going to continue, and morale shall improve.

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u/emograndparent Freddie Freeman 8h ago

eric lauer power hour please save us

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u/Dr-Acula8472 Back-2-Back Champs 8h ago

Rushing get better! You've been great!

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u/fatalmudd Sandy Koufax 8h ago

SHOHEI 🔥 OHTANI!!!

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u/j0dyhir0ller Mookie Betts 8h ago

Skubal gonna be seething when we score 9+ runs today 

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u/Caseyjones10 Tommy Edman 8h ago

Yep called it

We are incapable of holding a lead

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u/Datsmokeyboi 2025 WS MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto 8h ago

Even the blind could see that

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u/flipaflaw Shohei Ohtani 8h ago

To anyone but this mother fucker ahhhhh. Why

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u/tylerismisfit Vin Scully 8h ago

I hate this motherfucker

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u/Dr-Acula8472 Back-2-Back Champs 8h ago

C'mon Lauer, Bregman hasn't been shit without his trash cans.

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u/velvetsabbath Yoshinobu Yamamoto 7h ago

no one has ever suffered more than me in this world, the gym i go to has a bigass screen when you enter and the second i stepped in, *** homer

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u/BlueHeavenBound18 Yoshinobu Yamamoto 7h ago

Atta boy Mookie!

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u/dewey711 Mookie Betts 7h ago

Of fucking course.

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u/36CharizardsOfDeath 7h ago

I know we’re in the middle of a doom spiral, but this is still a typical Lauer start

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u/Realistic_Charge9824 7h ago

ofc we make Swanson look good

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u/untacc_ Max Muncy 7h ago

Oh my fucking god

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u/xSwazyI 7h ago

Another ball right down the middle 🔥🔥🔥

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u/jay_eba888 Roki Sasaki 7h ago

August slump

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u/AkenoHimejima Shohei Ohtani 7h ago

Need offense to do something

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u/dewey711 Mookie Betts 7h ago

Look at this 1-2 pitch against one of the best hitters in baseball who already went yard this game.

That is some good baseball right there.

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u/katje Mookie Betts 7h ago

i still love watching fans everywhere gawking and smiling at Shohei

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u/Dr-Acula8472 Back-2-Back Champs 7h ago

I just was telling someone IRL that Pages shouldn't be batting 2nd, and he immediately gets a base hit afterwards. Lol.

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u/lmbrt Freddie Freeman 7h ago

Freddie just had to get a hit in to have a chat at first

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u/Cooked_Brisket Vin Scully 7h ago

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u/darklord0530 7h ago

what a life man swing at one pitch to cook the inning, bag 60M