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A.J. Pollock drilled three solo home runs against the Giants on Friday but the Dodgers lost the game anyway. Pollock twice took starter Jeff Samardzija deep and then victimized closer Will Smith with the bases empty in the ninth inning. Of all the Dodger players on the field Pollock seems like one of the least likely to break out for a longball barrage. Continue to Article

September 07, 2019 8:35:am EST

Mauricio Dubon hit a home run and Jeff Samardzija went six solid innings as the San Francisco Giants complicated the Los Angeles Dodgers' weekend division-clinching plans by holding on for a 5-4 victory in the opener of a three-game series at Dodger Stadium on Friday night. The Giants overcame a three-homer night from A.J. Pollock, who got the Dodgers within a run in the ninth inning with his third blast. Dubon's second career home run came against Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw, who was held to his shortest outing of the season at four-plus innings. Continue to Article

September 07, 2019 1:53:am EST

Ketel Marte had three hits including a three-run homer and Nick Ahmed homered when the Arizona Diamondbacks overcame an injury-shortened outing by starter Robbie Ray for a 7-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday. Marte hit his 31st homer in a five-run fifth inning for a 6-2 lead before Ray was forced to leave in the last of the inning with a blister on his left middle finger. Reds third baseman Eugenio Suarez hit a three-run homer after reliever Stefan Crichton walked the first batter he faced to make it 6-5, but four Arizona relievers stranded eight runners and held the Reds scoreless over the final four innings. Continue to Article

September 06, 2019 11:47:pm EST

With the first week of the NFL season approaching, certain deals had to get done and several of them actually did. One we were not sure would be finalised but are not surprised it was got wrapped up in Dallas, another caught us off guard in Los Angeles and in Indianapolis one flew in under the radar. And as the NFL season starts up, the MLB season winds down, but even as it does the drama is actually increasing. Continue to Article

September 05, 2019 6:57:pm EST