Coming off a sweep of the Rockies and winners of seven of their last eight, everybody was talking as if the Dodgers winning the division was a foregone conclusion again. However, the last two series they lost were against the Mets and Reds, plus they haven’t been all that good at home this year. Lo and behold, the Dodgers struggled mightily with the lowly Padres today, dropping a key game 5-3.
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Despite being thoroughly mediocre against the rest of the league, Eric Lauer has pooped on the Dodgers twice this year and has given up just a single run in 14.