In the first game of a six-game home stand, the Dodgers (.500) will face the Arizona Diamondbacks for a four game series. The game will pit two Dodgers, one former, one current, against each other with Clayton Kershaw (1-1, 3.46) facing former Dodger boy wonder Jack Grienke.
The Dodgers are coming off a not-so-hot-road trip against Colorado and Chicago. Anything can happen.
FIRST INNING
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A.J. Pollock takes the first pitch for a strike. A.J. Pollock (no relation) takes the first pitch for a strike. He grounds out to first in a really ugly uniform.
Chris Owings watches a strike go by, and then flies out to right, all casual.
Paul Goldschmidt get to 1-2 right away, then flies out to straightaway center, as they call it.
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Andrew Toles gets to 2-1, then is greeted at first by a man with a ball in his glove.
Corey Seager is at 3-1, then strolls to first. (FYI, the Dodgers don't play 'walk' music anymore, so Dieter, the organist, tells me…)
Justin Turner flies out really high to deep center.
Adrian Gonzales flies waaaaaaay out deeeeeep to right field.
Dodgers 0, Diamondbacks 0
SECOND INNING
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SECOND INNING
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Yasmany Tomas flies out to center.
Brandon Drury sits at 2-2….ok, make that 2-2….
Two SoCal sports heroes at the game—Magic Johnson and Sandy Koufax.
Daniel Descalso helps the Dbacks go 1-2-3.
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Logan Forsyth is rocking 2-2, ….then strikes out ugly.
Yasmani Grandal gets to 1-2, 2-2, then beats out a hot grounder at first.
Joc (no relation) Pederson is sitting at 2-2 for a while…..swing, swing, he is still there…then doubles to right, sending Grandal to third.
Puig takes a base, which are now loaded, per se. Up comes Kershaw.
Kershaw is at 0-1, 1-1, 1-2,…then bangs right in to a double play.
Dodgers 0, Diamondbacks 0.
Nick Ahmed looks at a vicious strikeout.
Jeff Mathis flies out to left center.
Grienke (!) is at 2-2, and Kershaw strikes him right out.
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Corey Seager is on first.
And now he is on second, as Turner sends one past shortstop Ahmed.
Gonzales smacks one to right center, and Seager comes home.
Logan Forsyth is checking out 2 balls and a strike, and then bangs one to left center, bringing home Turner.
Yasmani Grandal is at 1-2, then swings like the wind, which sends him to the dugout.
Joc Pederson flies out.
Dodgers 2, Diamondbacks 0.
Chris Owings singles past the mound.
Paul Goldschmidt travels to first on a passed ball.
Owings steals second.
Kershaw throws one into the dirt, and the runners move west.
Tomas strikes out, frozen.
Drury is thrown out at first by Turner and the Arizona threat is ended for the moment.
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Yasiel Puig flies out to first.
Kershaw strikes out.
Toles sets up a booth at first.
Seager stands at 3-1, then strolls to first, pushing Toles that-a-away towards second.
Justin Turner bangs one into left LaLaLand, and Seager races home, beating the throw to the plate.
Dodgers 4, Diamondbacks 0.
FIFTH INNING
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Daniel Descalso (no relation) strikes out and whatnot.
Nick Ahmed is at 1-2, and the wave begins, traveling clockwise, as Ahmed strikes out.
Mathis sees two strikes blur past him, then gets shot down at first.
(Oh. I just noticed my byline. I didn't write that, Bobbleheads. 
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Forsyth puts one into short center field.
Grandal singles to right right.
Pederson examines the concept of 2-2, …and then, just like that, the count is full. He smacks one to right, and then beats out the throw to first as Grandal gets arrested at second.
Puig is at 1-1, swings at a high one, nothing happens, and the count is suddenly full. He flies out to short center, as Turner bursts for home, to add another run.
Kershaw dribbles one to first, ending the inning.
Dodgers 5, Diamondbacks 0.
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(Here's the line on Grienke, Bobbleheads: 10 hits, five runs, 4 strike outs, 107 pitches.)
Grienke flies out.
Pollock grounds out to first, going 0 for 3 on this lovely spring evening.
Owings goes down on strikes.
Dodgers 5, Diamondbacks.
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Tom Wilhelmson is now pitching for the team in the ugly uniforms.
Andrew Toles grounds out to first.
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Tom Wilhelmson is now pitching for the team in the ugly uniforms.
Andrew Toles grounds out to first.
Seager takes a ball and a strike, and then flies out to short center field and a charging Jeff Mathis.
Turner does an instant replay of that situmacation, ending the sixth inning.
Dodgers 5, Diamondbacks 0
Source: Live Blogging: Battle of the Aces Tonight at Dodger Stadium Gametime: 7:10 p.m.
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