Dodgers serve scary reminder to rest of MLB with how they beat the Diamondbacks
The score wasn't really the surprising part.
Dodgers serve scary reminder to rest of MLB with how they beat the Diamondbacks originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . There's nothing that surprising about the fact that the back-to-back World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks on Opening Day by an 8-2 score.
There's something quite scary for the rest of MLB about the way they did it, though. For four innings, the Dodgers were held down by Arizona starter Zac Gallen. Then Andy Pages homered, and Will Smith homered, and the rout was on.
L. A. didn't need Shohei Ohtani or Kyle Tucker or Freddie Freeman or Mookie Betts to break it open.
All they needed was their streaky centerfielder and their reliable catcher. Most of the lineup got in the act by the end of the game, and did it quite frequently with two strikes, too. MORE: Mike Trout, Tiger Woods, and Superman without his cape Everything about the Dodgers' approach and outcomes on Opening Day proves why they should remain the favorite to win the World Series again.