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- Updated: August 24, 2016
LOS ANGELES — In the final days of June, fresh off being swept in a three-game series at Pittsburgh, and falling eight games behind the Giants in the National League West, the Dodgers learned that Clayton Kershaw, arguably the best starting pitcher in the game (or at least tied for that distinction) was suffering from a herniated disk in his back and he was placed on the disabled list.
Flash forward two months.
Kershaw threw a trouble-free 40-pitch bullpen session on Tuesday, prompting expectations that in the next couple of days he will stretch it out to 60 pitches, then get in a session of facing hitters, and after a Minor League rehab start, hopefully rejoin the Dodgers’ rotation for the September stretch run.
Yeah, the September stretch run.
Go figure.
Here’s a team that not only lost Kershaw two months ago, but saw Brett Anderson and Scott Kazmir return to the disabled list on Tuesday, giving them six starting pitchers sidelined with injuries. However, the Dodgers have actually become the team to beat in the NL West.
Honest.
With a 9-5 victory against the Giants at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night, Los Angeles has spent the last 58 days turning what was an eight-game deficit to San Francisco the last time Kershaw pitched in a big league game into a two-game lead.
Say what?
This is a team that has had a starting pitcher fail to register an out in the sixth inning in 30 of 48 games since the loss of Kershaw, but has won 29 of those game, second only among NL teams to the Cubs (32-19) …
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