Final: Dodgers open trip to Milwaukee with 4-0 shutout win
A night after having their 12-game winning streak snapped, the Dodgers bounced back with their 10th shutout of the season in a 4-0 series-opening win over the Milwaukee Brewers.
The Dodgers are now 80-34, becoming the first team in the majors to reach the 80-win plateau.
Final: Dodgers 4, Brewers 0
Gavin Lux hits home run; Julio Urías completes scoreless start
Julio Urías continued his second half roll with five scoreless (albeit stressful) innings, lowering his season ERA to 2.40 and his ERA over his last six starts to 0.95.
He was replaced after the fifth inning with a pitch count of 94.
The Dodgers offense, meanwhile, doubled their lead in the top of the sixth on a two-run home run by Gavin Lux, who hit his sixth home run of the season and first to the opposite field.
End 7th: Dodgers lead 4-0
Dodgers extend lead with help of bad Brewers defense
Willy Adames’ throw was off-line. Christian Yelich’s never had enough behind it to reach the plate.
The two poor tosses contributed to a second Dodgers run in the fifth inning, with Adames committing a two-base error on a Mookie Betts grounder, and Yelich failing to come close to throwing out Betts at the plate on a Will Smith sacrifice fly later in the inning.
Mid 5th: Dodgers lead 2-0
Julio Urías throws hardest pitches of season to strand another runner
Julio Urías had not surpassed 96 mph with a pitch in his first 125 2/3 innings this year.
Then, he did it four times in the fourth inning to stand another baserunner.
He’s now at 76 pitches through four scoreless innings.
End 4th: Dodgers lead 1-0
Julio Urías escaping early jams, but Dodgers miss chance to extend lead
It has not been a clean outing from Julio Urías so far.
In the first inning, the left-hander allowed the first two men to reach before escaping the jam.
In the second, he gave up a leadoff single before getting an inning-ending double-play.
In the third, Urías yielded a leadoff double, then issued walk, yet survived unscathed again by getting a couple strikeouts.
The Dodgers, meanwhile, missed a chance to add to their lead in the fourth. They loaded the bases with two outs — beginning with a double from Max Muncy, who now has 10 extra-base hits in August — before Cody Bellinger struck out to retire the side.
Mid 4th: Dodgers lead 1-0
Freddie Freeman opens scoring with solo home run
Freddie Freeman sent one to the second deck to open the scoring Monday, blasting a 408-foot solo home run for his 16th long ball of the year.
In the bottom half of the first inning, Julio Urías faced a quick jam after walking the leadoff batter, Christian Yelich, and then giving up a single to Willy Adames.
The left-hander got out if, however, by striking out Andrew McCutchen and getting Mike Brosseau and Hunter Renfroe to fly out.
End 1st: Dodgers lead 1-0
Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler to undergo season-ending surgery
MILWAUKEE — Walker Buehler will not return for the Dodgers this season.
The team announced Monday that the pitcher, who has been out since May with an elbow injury, will undergo season-ending surgery next week.
The procedure will be performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache.
Buehler has been out since June, when he suffered what the team called a flexor tendon strain in his right elbow during a start against the San Francisco Giants.
Austin Barnes returns from family emergency list
MILWAUKEE — Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes has been reinstated from the family emergency list, the team announced Monday afternoon.
Barnes had been away from the team since Friday, missing all three games during their series in Kansas City against the Royals.
In a corresponding move, catcher Tony Wolters — who had been called up as Barnes’ replacement — was designated for assignment.
Barnes will be on the bench Monday, with Will Smith getting the start behind the plate for Julio Urías’ start.
Here is the Dodgers’ full lineup for their series opener against the Milwaukee Brewers.
Dodgers’ bats go cold as 12-game winning streak ends in loss to Royals
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Dodgers finally encountered something as hot as they’ve been — Kauffman Stadium in the afternoon August sun.
At 90 degrees with oppressive humidity, the air was as thick and sticky as any signature tomato-based barbecue sauce in this beef and pork-centric Midwestern city.
The Dodgers’ 12-game winning streak — one short of their longest since moving to Los Angeles in 1958 — died on the vine, the Royals salvaging the finale of the three-game series, 4-0, Sunday in front of 18,481 fans, most of whom scurried to seats in the shade.
The hot hand was provided by Brady Singer, a third-year Royals right-hander who gave up only a single by Chris Taylor in six scoreless innings. Singer’s ERA over his last six starts fell to 1.64, and he received a standing ovation after striking out Max Muncy to end the sixth on his 102nd pitch.
How to watch and stream the Dodgers this season
Here’s a look at the Dodgers broadcast and streaming schedule for the remainder of the 2022 regular season: