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The Los Angeles Dodgers are coming off a sweep, and they're -145 favorites to keep the good times rolling against the Milwaukee Brewers tonight.

With an in-form Roki Sasaki on the mound against a cold offense, my Brewers vs. Dodgers predictions and MLB picks see value in backing Los Angeles to pull off a low-scoring victory on Thursday, Aug. 13.

Who will win Brewers vs Dodgers tonight: Los Angeles Dodgers (-145)

Roki Sasaki's figured it out for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He has posted an xFIP of 3.32 or lower in five straight starts after doing so only three times over his first 15.

That has rightfully translated to improved results, with Sasaki conceding only eight earned runs over those five games.

The Milwaukee Brewers have struck out at the fourth-highest rate vs. righties in August while hitting just .212.

I expect Sasaki to have another quality start, putting the Dodgers in good position to win their fourth straight.

Bet to -155.

COVERS INTEL:Sasaki has held opponents to a poor 29.5% hard-hit rate over the last month, the fourth-lowest mark among today's projected starters.

Brewers vs Dodgers Over/Under pick: Under 8.5 (-115)

The Brewers are ice-cold at the dish, sitting Bottom-5 in batting average, wOBA, OPS, and SLG vs. right-handed pitching this month, and it’ll be tough to get back on track against Sasaki in his current form.

While the Dodgers showed more life against the Royals, it hasn’t exactly been smooth sailing for their bats.

They are 18th in wOBA and have hit into grounders at the eighth-highest rate in August. They could also be without Freddie Freeman, who left Wednesday's game after falling down the dugout steps while trying to catch a pop-up.

I don’t see a ceiling game against Shane Drohan and a strong bullpen.

Play the Under to -125.

Brewers vs Dodgers home run prediction: Andy Pages (+440)

Andy Pages crushes left-handed pitching. His counting stats are good, and his underlying profile is even better. 

Pages sits in the 95th percentile in xSLG, the 96th in xwOBA, and has a hard-hit rate well over 50%. That’s a good recipe for power.

Drohan isn’t overly reliant on his fastball (31.1%), and Pages hammers his secondary pitches like the curve, sinker, slider, and cutter.

I think +440 is a generous price, and I would back Pages down to +400.

Brewers vs Dodgers weather

Winds are blowing out, but temperatures are expected to hover around the low 70s. Small boost to the bats.

Brewers vs Dodgers odds

• Moneyline: Brewers +125 | Dodgers -145
• Run line: Brewers +1.5 (-160) | Dodgers -1.5 (+140)
• Over/Under: Over 8.5 (-105) | Under 8.5 (-115)

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Entering the final week of June, the Yankees were sitting 17 games above .500 and about to play a four-game set with the Boston Red Sox.

The Red Sox entered the series at Fenway Park as a team continually adrift, two months removed from firing their manager and sitting 14 games below .500. 

Over the next 49 days, it has been a tale of two cities: Boston swept the four games and has gone 33-10 (.767 winning percentage), snapping a five-game skid with a win Thursday. New York would lose 11 of the next 13 games and is 20-22 (.476) and is just 3.0 games ahead of the old rivals in the AL East.

"We're just grinding through it right now,” manager Aaron Boone said after a 1-0 loss to the Mariners to cap a 5-4 home stand against St. Louis, Atlanta, and Seattle.

Since the All-Star break, the Yanks have gone 14-11, and the constants have been too many close games (11 one-run contests) and a lack of offense (they’ve failed to score more than three runs 17 times).

“We’re playing a lot of good teams on the schedule the last month or so,” Boone added. “We’re playing these types of games every day. Close ballgames, even last night when we break out and pull away, it’s still a tie game in the seventh. 

“The good thing is we're very used to playing in these situations. Hopefully that's a good thing for us. But we've got to continue to move the needle offensively."

The biggest reason for the recent tumult has been that the bats have gone ice cold and stayed cold. Over their last 25 games, the Yankees have posted a .641 OPS (third-lowest in baseball during that span) while striking out 242 times (fifth-most) and posting a .207 batting average (worst). Boston, meanwhile, has a .739 OPS (top in MLB) and .266 team average (fifth best) during that span.

Aaron Judge's absence, as well as Cody Bellinger's and, to a lesser extent, Giancarlo Stanton's, hasn't helped. Nor have the season-long woes for Jazz Chisholm Jr. or the recent skid from Ben Rice: .172/.274/.323 slash line for a .597 OPS with 34 strikeouts in his last 93 at-bats. And the deadline additions have been mixed: Luis Garcia Jr. has four extra-base hits in eight games with a .755 OPS, but Heliot Ramos has just two hits in 25 at-bats (.080). Of course, George Lombard Jr.'s debut has been a bright spot with two home runs in his first eight games.

Now would also be a good time to mention the team at the top of the division, the Tampa Bay Rays, who are idle on Thursday and hold a 6.5-game lead over the Yanks thanks to going 18-8 since the break, are riding a nine-game winning streak, and are about to host the scuffling Baltimore Orioles for a four-game set.

“It's been playoffs every day it feels like, these games,” Boone said of the intensity of the season with still 41 games to play. “I got people on the street saying, ‘Hey, it'll turn around.’ And I'm like, 'We're doing alright.’”

Boone said he’s seen them “doing a lot of really good things,” and is seeing “little crumbs” of the offense getting jump-started while the pitching stays consistently good. However, the skipper isn’t letting his surging rivals move his focus from the short term.  

“Honestly, I really haven’t even looked ahead like that… Now it’s just kinda on to Toronto,” he said, referencing the upcoming weekend series with the Blue Jays. “Not getting ahead of myself with like ‘Oh, let's go win 10 in a row or eight…’ No, you gotta go play well, and hopefully that stuff takes care of itself. And we put ourselves in a good position.

“On to the road.”

Jazz Chisholm Jr. wavered between downcast and confident that his season from hell would turn around in its final six weeks following a rancid day at the plate against the Mariners, but one solution the Yankees infielder didn’t want to entertain was sitting on the bench for a few days. 

“I don’t think that would help,” Chisholm said Thursday after striking out three times, including for the last out in a 1-0 loss to the Mariners. “That’s the only way I know how to get through anything is to keep going through it. I feel like to sit and just sit on it is not a good move either.” 

Chisholm was pinch hit for against a lefty last Friday against the Braves, and though the Yankees could look for similar opportunities to do so, he doesn’t like that idea either. 

“My numbers are better [compared to last season] against lefties,” he said. “I don’t think — like, why.” 

Chisholm’s batting average is similar against lefties and righties, but his OPS is nearly 90 points lower against left-handed pitching.

The Yankees have also built some right-handed depth after trading for Heliot Ramos, who pinch hit for Spencer Jones in the eighth inning Thursday. 

As for how to fix his own season-long hitting woes — his .687 OPS is down massively from his .813 mark a year ago, as are most of his numbers — Chisholm sounded out of ideas.

When it was put to him that he has a 40 percent whiff rate against breaking pitches, Chisholm replied, “I’m at a 40 percent whiff rate on every pitch right now.” 

“Missing fastballs down the middle. Missing sliders down the middle. I can’t tell you why,” he said. “Or else I would be hitting.” 

Chisholm said he’s talked to Paul Goldschmidt a couple of times about the pressure of being a pending free agent, but claimed that’s not weighing on him so much as his struggles are in general. 

Given the Yankees’ bigger-picture hitting issues, which were at the forefront again Thursday, the club desperately needs Chisholm to solve what’s ailing him sooner rather than later. 

“I feel like overall, he’s making good swing decisions,” manager Aaron Boone said. “He’s not chasing. There’s some patience in there. But probably, whether it’s just missing, maybe a foul off, maybe swinging through more pitches than he’s used to, just hasn’t gone on that hot streak at any point.” 

That might be coming, Chisholm said. Although, whether he truly believes it is probably an open question. 

“Forty-one good games can turn a season around. And that’s what I’m planning on doing,” he said. “… I feel like mentally, I’m not defeated. So if I was mentally defeated, I think it would have been a different story in my eyes, but I’m not. I feel like I’m still as good as I am.”

Davis Martin was tossed from the White Sox’s loss to the Reds on Thursday after throwing at Sal Stewart’s head, not once, but twice and hitting him in the helmet during the third inning. 

The incident caused both benches to clear, although nothing beyond that went down as the umpires regained control and eventually ejected the White Sox right-hander. 

“I thought that was extremely blatant, and you can’t throw two balls like that head high. You can kill somebody. I thought that was terrible,” Reds manager Terry Francona told reporters, according to MLB.com.

Martin did appear to be having control issues during the outing before he hit Stewart in the head, having hit Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson in the first inning and hitting the backstop with several pitches.

Things took a turn in the top of the third when Martin fired a 0-1 pitch that sailed way over the head of Stewart, who ducked down to avoid being hit. 

Martin did seem to motion a non-verbal apology after the throw and Stewart could be seen giving him a thumbs-up in acknowledgement. 

However, that didn’t last long when the very next pitch hit the bill of Stewart’s helmet and the Reds’ player angrily gestured toward Martin. 

While it wasn’t directly known what Stewart said, he gestured about it being the second pitch that Martin had thrown near his head. 

“More than anything, it was just kind of a scary moment,” Stewart told reporters. “I’m not sure exactly what happened, but it’s scary when two balls are coming up and in, so that’s all I have to say about it.” 

Martin was eventually thrown out of the game after the umpires met on the field. 

The Reds went on to win the game 9-8. 

It was bound to happen. The Cubs offense has been so good lately that you knew if they ran into a good, hot pitcher they’d probably get stymied.

And that was what happened Thursday afternoon at Nationals Park. It took until two out in the seventh for Cade Cavalli’s no-hit bid to be broken up. Michael Busch’s little flare single into left field did it. But that was the only Cubs hit of the afternoon as they lost the last game of the road trip to the Nats 7-0. I don’t usually put photos of Cubs opponents at the top of recaps, but Cavalli is the story of this game, and so he gets the photo spot. It was the second time this year the Cubs were one-hit — also by the Braves May 12.

The game began quietly. Cavalli and Kevin Gausman both retired the first nine hitters they faced — just the second time this year that had happened.

Gausman got touched up for a run in the fourth on a single by Abimelec Ortiz and RBI double by Dylan Crews. Still, this felt like a game the Cubs could get back into until the Nats exploded for a five-run fifth off Gausman, highlighted by a three-run homer from Ortiz, who looks like a pretty good major-league hitter.

So Gausman has had one good start and one not-so-good as a Cub, and his next outing — presuming the Cubs remain on rotation and don’t add Edward Cabrera back — should be next Tuesday at Wrigley Field against the White Sox.

Once the Nats were up by six, all attention turned to what was at that point a perfect game bid, as Cavalli had retired the first 15 Cubs in order. The perfecto ended when he walked Dansby Swanson leading off the sixth, but the no-hitter was still intact. Could the Cubs potentially get back into the game?

Nope. Michael Conforto hit into a double play and Miguel Amaya struck out, Cavalli’s seventh, so the no-hitter was intact through six innings.

Pete Crow-Armstrong struck out leading off the seventh and Seiya Suzuki flied to right, so seven outs stood between Cavalli and a place in the history books.

Busch took care of that with his single [VIDEO].

And that kept the Cubs’ current no-no-hit streak going (Bluesky link):

That means the Cubs have been no-hit just once in their last 9,628 games dating to Sandy Koufax’s perfect game against them Sept. 9, 1965 at Dodger Stadium. That, of course, was Cole Hamels’ no-hitter against the Cubs at Wrigley Field July 25, 2015, ending their MLB record streak of not being no-hit at 7,920 games, 80 games short of 8,000 and a few weeks short of 50 years. And, of course, three years later Hamels became a Cub.

Aaron Civale relieved Gausman and, as was the case with Javier Assad Wednesday, he saved the rest of the bullpen by finishing the game with 3.1 innings on only 37 pitches, allowing one run. This resets the bullpen well for the upcoming homestand.

As for Cavalli, he was removed after eight innings and just the one hit by Busch. Clayton Beeter finished up for Washington and retired the Cubs 1-2-3 in the ninth to wrap things up.

Fortunately, this offensive blackout only counts as one loss, and the Cubs still had a successful 4-2 road trip. If they keep winning series like this, two of every three the rest of the year, they’d win about 26 games, giving them 97 wins for the year — which would match that 2015 team.

More on Cubs and no-hit streaks from BCB’s JohnW53:

The Cubs’ current streak of 1,707 games without being no-hit is the 86th longest since 1901.

There are 10 longer active streaks. These are the top five, including games by teams that played this afternoon.

4,252: Angels (13th longest; began Sept. 12, 1999)
2,892: Royals (May 20, 2008)
2,416: White Sox (May 4, 2011)
2,264: Twins (May 4, 2012)
2,233: Cardinals (June 2, 2012)

The Cubs’ MLB-record streak was 7,920 games, Sept. 10, 1965-July 24, 2015. It is 811 games, 11.4 percent longer, than the second-longest 7,109 by the Reds, June 24, 1971-April 20, 2016. That one was ended by Jake Arrieta, in his second no-hitter.

The Cubs also have the sixth-longest streak ever, 5,412 games, May 3, 1917-June 18, 1952.

The Cubs’ 9,628 games while being no-hit once also is the MLB record.

The Cubs are 3.5 games behind the Brewers in the NL Central after this loss, pending the Brewers game against the Dodgers in Los Angeles tonight. If you’re going to follow that game, it’s at 9:10 p.m. CT and Shane Drohan pitches for Milwaukee against Dodgers right-hander Roki Sasaki.

As for the Cubs, they return to Wrigley Field to open a six-game homestand with a three-game series against the Cardinals. Clay Holmes will make his first start at Wrigley as a Cub, and Matthew Liberatore will go for St. Louis. Game time is 1:20 p.m. CT and TV coverage will be via Apple TV (how to watch).

Good evening, folks.

All off days are much-needed, but they are especially welcome this month where we will lose two of them to makeup games. So today is probably especially sweet for the Bravos before a grueling 10-game stretch:

• Finishing this homestand with three games vs. AZ
• A series vs. MIN
• The one makeup vs. CHI from 6/11
• A Player’s Weekend series vs. MIL, including the Little League Classic on Sunday, 8/23

That’s right, the only other day you’ll see an off day thread in August is on Monday the 24th. Yay for us, the baseball sickos. Not as yay for the players, probably.

What to Watch

There’s a thin slate of games tonight, but let us know if you’re tuning into the Field of Dreams game (on Netflix? sure?) to see the Twins and Phillies square off starting at 7:30 pm ET.

Alleged Braves-spurner Jacob deGrom is starting tonight as the Rangers take on the Los Angeles Angels. Also happening on the West Coast is one that could have implications for us and our chances for a postseason bye: Brewers and Dodgers is at 10:10 pm ET.

The floor’s yours for anything on your mind! Thank you all for bearing with us with the sitewide updates to comments, etc. Hopefully things are mostly ironed out. As a token of our appreciation, here’s a fun Dubie interview.

Phillies rout Twins 7-1 in 2026 Field of Dreams game originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston

DYERSVILLE, Iowa — It is hard to put into words how special Thursday night felt in the Iowa cornfields.

Whether you care deeply about baseball history or not, whether you were there for the Phillies or the Twins, Philadelphia’s 7-1 win at the Field of Dreams pulled the sport’s past and present into the same frame.

That was clear from the start.

Just like in the 1989 film Field of Dreams, figures emerged from the cornfield beyond right field. In this case, they were not ghosts.

They were living Hall of Famers.

Twenty-six of them walked out during the pregame ceremony, wearing old-school uniforms as they made their way from the corn to the field.

It was the most Cooperstown representation at a single game since the 2008 All-Star Game at the old Yankee Stadium. Before that, it had not happened since the 1999 All-Star Game at Fenway Park.

A few of the current faces in Dyersville could one day join that kind of company.

Bryce Harper. Kyle Schwarber. Dave Dombrowski. Maybe even Don Mattingly, depending on how the next chapter of his baseball life unfolds.

Former Phillies Mike Schmidt and Jim Thome know what those nights feel like.

In 1999, Thome was an American League All-Star. Schmidt was honored as part of MLB’s All-Century Team, a 30-player roster filled with legends like himself and Ted Williams.

That night became one of the sport’s lasting images. Williams was brought to the mound in a wheelchair before throwing out the first pitch. The All-Stars gathered around him, shook his hand, hugged him and took in a moment that cut across generations.

Schmidt called it “very touching.”

“It’s another one of those things about baseball and its effect on people, the history of the game, that connects generations,” Schmidt said. “That’s what it’s all about.”

Thome remembers it through his father.

“I remember having a moment where I locked in with my dad and how special that was to be able to watch the greatest players,” Thome said. “That night I was able to meet Ted Williams.”

Then came the part that fit Thursday night just as well.

“This great game gives us memories, friendships, the fraternity that ballplayers are so lucky to be in and be a part of,” Thome said. “It’s just a gift.”

That fraternity is part of what Terence Mann’s famous speech in Field of Dreams was built around. Baseball as the constant through all the years.

You could feel that in Dyersville Thursday.

The Phillies and Twins greeted members of Cooperstown before first pitch. The throwback uniforms gave the night a different texture. The cornfield made every look toward the outfield feel like a scene.

Then, as the Hall of Famers emerged from the corn, the Phillies’ offense came out with them.

A group that had been mostly dormant since the All-Star break sent eight hitters to the plate in the first inning. They blended the modern game with a more traditional brand of pressure.

Kyle Schwarber led off the game and homered on the third pitch from Twins right-hander Taj Bradley.

What would Shoeless Joe Jackson have made of a leadoff hitter with 36 home runs?

The Phillies did not stop there.

They made Bradley throw 29 more pitches in the inning, kept traffic on the bases and manufactured another run on Bryson Stott’s RBI single.

Shoeless Joe probably could have appreciated that part, too.

Then it was Aaron Nola’s turn.

A two-run lead must have felt unfamiliar. Nola entered the night having received five total runs of support over his last five starts.

This time, he had room to work.

And he dealt.

Maybe it was the vintage uniforms that brought out “Vintage Nols.” Maybe it was the absence of ABS, which made the night feel more traditional and gave him more freedom with the edges of the zone. Maybe it is just that Nola has looked like a different pitcher since the start of July.

The last explanation is probably the truest.

With no Statcast in the ballpark and no advanced metrics on the scoreboard, it felt right to track the start the old-fashioned way.

Five innings. Five hits. One run. Nine strikeouts.

Nola generated 14 swings and misses. All nine of his strikeouts were swinging.

That might be a simple way to explain it, but it still tells the story.

He gave the Phillies a chance to win. With real run support, including another Schwarber homer, a two-run shot, and a Bryce Harper RBI single, that kind of start looked even better.

Nola has now completed at least five innings in eight straight starts. He has allowed three or fewer earned runs in seven of those eight.

For a pitcher who has spent so much of this season trying to find the version of himself the Phillies have known for years, this was another step in the right direction.

It came in the right place. A night built on appreciation.

And franchise surrounded by its past, getting a needed win from its present…

… at the Field of Dreams.

In the Iowa corn, Phillies find past, present and a needed victory originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

DYERSVILLE, Iowa — It is hard to put into words how special Thursday night felt in the Iowa cornfields.

Whether you care deeply about baseball history or not, whether you were there for the Phillies or the Twins, Philadelphia’s 7-1 win at the Field of Dreams pulled the sport’s past and present into the same frame.

That was clear from the start.

Just like in the 1989 film Field of Dreams, figures emerged from the cornfield beyond right field. In this case, they were not ghosts.

They were living Hall of Famers.

Twenty-six of them walked out during the pregame ceremony, wearing old-school uniforms as they made their way from the corn to the field.

It was the most Cooperstown representation at a single game since the 2008 All-Star Game at the old Yankee Stadium. Before that, it had not happened since the 1999 All-Star Game at Fenway Park.

A few of the current faces in Dyersville could one day join that kind of company.

Bryce Harper. Kyle Schwarber. Dave Dombrowski. Maybe even Don Mattingly, depending on how the next chapter of his baseball life unfolds.

Former Phillies Mike Schmidt and Jim Thome know what those nights feel like.

In 1999, Thome was an American League All-Star. Schmidt was honored as part of MLB’s All-Century Team, a 30-player roster filled with legends like himself and Ted Williams.

That night became one of the sport’s lasting images. Williams was brought to the mound in a wheelchair before throwing out the first pitch. The All-Stars gathered around him, shook his hand, hugged him and took in a moment that cut across generations.

Schmidt called it “very touching.”

“It’s another one of those things about baseball and its effect on people, the history of the game, that connects generations,” Schmidt said. “That’s what it’s all about.”

Thome remembers it through his father.

“I remember having a moment where I locked in with my dad and how special that was to be able to watch the greatest players,” Thome said. “That night I was able to meet Ted Williams.”

Then came the part that fit Thursday night just as well.

“This great game gives us memories, friendships, the fraternity that ballplayers are so lucky to be in and be a part of,” Thome said. “It’s just a gift.”

That fraternity is part of what Terence Mann’s famous speech in Field of Dreams was built around. Baseball as the constant through all the years.

You could feel that in Dyersville Thursday.

The Phillies and Twins greeted members of Cooperstown before first pitch. The throwback uniforms gave the night a different texture. The cornfield made every look toward the outfield feel like a scene.

Then, as the Hall of Famers emerged from the corn, the Phillies’ offense came out with them.

A group that had been mostly dormant since the All-Star break sent eight hitters to the plate in the first inning. They blended the modern game with a more traditional brand of pressure.

Kyle Schwarber led off the game and homered on the third pitch from Twins right-hander Taj Bradley.

What would Shoeless Joe Jackson have made of a leadoff hitter with 36 home runs?

The Phillies did not stop there.

They made Bradley throw 29 more pitches in the inning, kept traffic on the bases and manufactured another run on Bryson Stott’s RBI single.

Shoeless Joe probably could have appreciated that part, too.

Then it was Aaron Nola’s turn.

A two-run lead must have felt unfamiliar. Nola entered the night having received five total runs of support over his last five starts.

This time, he had room to work.

And he dealt.

Maybe it was the vintage uniforms that brought out “Vintage Nols.” Maybe it was the absence of ABS, which made the night feel more traditional and gave him more freedom with the edges of the zone. Maybe it is just that Nola has looked like a different pitcher since the start of July.

The last explanation is probably the truest.

With no Statcast in the ballpark and no advanced metrics on the scoreboard, it felt right to track the start the old-fashioned way.

Five innings. Five hits. One run. Nine strikeouts.

Nola generated 14 swings and misses. All nine of his strikeouts were swinging.

That might be a simple way to explain it, but it still tells the story.

He gave the Phillies a chance to win. With real run support, including another Schwarber homer, a two-run shot, and a Bryce Harper RBI single, that kind of start looked even better.

Nola has now completed at least five innings in eight straight starts. He has allowed three or fewer earned runs in seven of those eight.

For a pitcher who has spent so much of this season trying to find the version of himself the Phillies have known for years, this was another step in the right direction.

It came in the right place. A night built on appreciation.

And franchise surrounded by its past, getting a needed win from its present…

… at the Field of Dreams.

Freddie Freeman has long been loathe to off days.

And on Thursday, not even a frightening tumble down a set of dugout stairs the night before managed to keep him out of the Dodgers’ lineup.

After escaping his scary-looking fall on Wednesday with only general body soreness from his shoulder to his foot, Freeman was indeed good to go for Thursday’s series-opener against the Milwaukee Brewers, playing first base and batting fourth in the Dodgers’ order.

“I didn’t hit my head, so that was the key part,” Freeman said Wednesday night.

“Kneecaps are sore, shoulder is sore, hand is sore, wrist is sore,” he added. “I mean, I fell. But I’m in good spirits. I’ve already cold-tubbed. I’ve done everything I needed to do to put myself in a position to be able to hopefully play tomorrow.”

When Freeman went crashing into the visiting dugout on Wednesday, an immediate return to the lineup hardly seemed certain.

The 36-year-old remained down for several moments, as Dodgers players and trainers came racing over to check on him.

The crowd held its breath, before breaking into chants of “Fredd-ie! Fredd-ie” as he got back to his feet.

Somehow, Freeman emerged from the freak incident largely unscathed, initially staying in the game and playing out the rest of the eighth inning on defense.

He was removed thereafter, but was feeling good enough postgame to not even warrant an X-ray.

“Really dodged a bullet,” manager Dave Roberts said.

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