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The Dodgers are looking like the Dodgers again.
They head into their three-game series in Milwaukee that starts Friday as winners in seven of their last eight games.
They reclaimed first place in the National League West bywinning their last two gamesagainst the Padres at Petco Park, but what made the victory important wasn’t so much the opponent or how it positioned them in the standings.
The most promising development was how the Dodgers did it — with the same formula they used to win thelast two World Series.
They were powered by long balls, with Freddie Freeman homering twice in a 5-4 win Tuesday, andShohei Ohtaniand Teoscar Hernandez going deep in a 4-0 triumph in the series finale Wednesday.
“I think that this series, in particular, we didn’t put up a whole bunch of runs, but I thought the at-bats were really good,” manager Dave Roberts said. “I thought we took a lot of walks, we slugged more and that’s kind of what we do.”
The relievers contributed nine shutout innings in the two wins, extending the bullpen’s scoreless streak to 29 innings — 31 if counting the two innings Will Klein pitched as an opener in a win over the Angels on May 15.
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Theloss of Edwin Diazhasn’t weakened the bullpen — at least not yet.
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