Dodgers Week 13: The wake up call

On its face, dropping four of seven games makes for a bummer of a week.

At least relative to three days ago.

“We just got outplayed for three games.

The trip to San Diego wasn’t all bad for the Dodgers, who saw the activation of both Max Muncy and Cody Bellinger off the injured list.

You can feel it after getting swept in San Diego and then getting no-hit, our guys don’t spiral.

Cody Bellinger homered twice, including the Dodgers’ first walk-off win of the season — “My best bolt of the year, for sure,” Bellinger said — stole a base, and reached half the time after getting activated from the injured list.

Clayton Kershaw was part of the first-inning home run streak in his first start of the week, allowing two on Tuesday in San Diego.

Reks was 0-for-2 against Darvish and played five innings in the field, then got sent back to Triple-A the next day, when Max Muncy was activated off the injured list.

Three pitches: In the eighth inning of a tie game on Saturday, Phil Bickford retired the middle of the Cubs batting order — Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo, and Javier Báez — on just three pitches.

“You don’t see too many three-pitch innings in the big leagues,” Roberts said.

The eyes have it: Zach McKinstry hit his first career grand slam on Sunday, continuing a hot couple of weeks, hitting .314/.385/.543 since June 13.

“I was closing my eyes on contact,” McKinstry said.

“That’s a new one for me,” Roberts said, laughing.

The Dodgers run the Mike Morse gauntlet, finishing up the homestand with a brief, two-game series against the Giants at Dodger Stadium, followed by a travel day to Washington D.C., where the Nationals await for a four-game series, including a true breakfast start time on Sunday, 8:05 a.m.

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