The Dodgers now stand at 8-3 after the third Joe Kelly blown save last night. Not ideal. They’re still one game ahead of the Padres in the NL West, and significantly better than their 4-7 record through 11 games last season. It’ll be fine and Kelly can’t be terrible forever. Ross Stripling takes the mound for his third start of the season against 24 year-old Dakota Hudson.
Stripling has a 2.31 ERA through two starts and 11.2 innings so far this season, most recently coming off a 6.