The Los Angeles Dodgers lead MLB with 237 runs scored.
With Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, Will Smith, Max Muncy, Teoscar Hernandez, and Andy Pages in their lineup, however, that was the expectation.
What we didn’t expect was their pitching staff to be so effective and dominant with so many injuries to open the year.
Ohtani won’t pitch this year, and Clayton Kershaw, Tony Gonsolin, Bobby Miller, and Dustin May are all currently on the injured list.
Yet LA has been able to record the lowest ERA in the National League as of Thursday afternoon, at 3.16.
Only the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees have been better.
The Dodgers are working on a streak of games allowing four runs or fewer, one that is flirting with history.
“The Dodgers have allowed 4 runs or fewer in 22 consecutive games, extending a franchise record. It’s tied for the 4th-longest single-season such streak in the live-ball era (1920) with the 1924 Senators, behind only: 2017 CLE: 25, 2010 SF: 23, 1972 CHC: 23” MLB stats expert Sarah Langs tweeted.
the Dodgers have allowed 4 runs or fewer in 22 consecutive games, extending a franchise record
it’s tied for the 4th-longest single-season such streak in the live-ball era (1920) with the 1924 Senators, behind only:
2017 CLE: 25
2010 SF: 23
1972 CHC: 23— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) May 16, 2024
Not only have Dodgers pitchers been excellent: they are consistent, too.
For 22 straight contests, they have conceded no more than four runs, and that gives their stellar offense a good chance to finish off games.
Imagine giving that group of stellar hitters just a couple of runs to overcome: they will win seven out of ten games.
The Dodgers are already incredibly good, and they will get even better as they get healthier.
They could be in for something special this year and that, of course, includes both individual and collective achievements.
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