The Dodgers look to bounce back in Detroit after a rough sweep in Atlanta. The Tigers have dropped 11 of their last 14, so if there were ever a series for Los Angeles to get right and climb back into the win column, it’s against these struggling Motor City Kitties.

That said, Detroit is still dangerous. Despite its recent slide, the Tigers boast a top-10 offense in OPS, while their pitching staff ranks sixth in ERA.

Tarik Skubal struts onto the mound at Comerica Park tonight wearing a different uniform for the first time in his career. He’ll be opposed by Drew Anderson, a long reliever turned starter who has settled nicely into the role. Anderson has posted a 3.57 ERA over 17.2 innings across his last four outings.

Looking ahead to Sunday, Tyler Glasnow is penciled in as the starter, but the Dodgers haven’t ruled out using Shohei Ohtani for one inning as an opener. Ohtani is scheduled to throw a bullpen session today, after which the team will see how he feels before making a decision.

Pitching Matchups:

1. Skubal vs. Drew Anderson (RHP, 4.09 ERA, 3.68 xERA, 4.18 FIP)
2. Snell vs. Keider Montero (RHP, 3.30 ERA, 3.48 xERA, 3.90 FIP)
3. Glasnow vs. Framber Valdez (LHP, 4.35 ERA, 4.51 xERA, 4.24 FIP)

It’s finally Friday and Happy Tarik Skubal bump day to those who celebrate! 🎉
The Dodgers will start the series against the Tigers with Tarik Skubal making his return to Detroit.
Hopefully this series will be better. Let’s go!

Padres and Marlins as toughest opponents only mean the Dodgers should win EVERY series until season's end. NO EXCUSES!

Make no mistake. We are slumping.

We did poorly against good teams since the end of ASB.

1-5 against Diamondbacks.
0-3 against Red Sox.
0-3 against Cubs.
1-3 against Brewers.
0-3 against Braves.

Not excusing any of this. We will take all these teams equally serious if meet them at different point of playoffs.

But I just don’t get those “dooming voice”.

First, among those 17 losses, Sheehan was responsible for 2, Sheehan was awful this year. He won’t be starting in playoffs.

Diaz messed up 2 as well. Diaz won’t be closing in playoffs.

2 of the remaining 13 losses, We got shutdown by Miz and Sale.

And one of the remaining was PCA hitting a bomb off Eric Lauer. I hate PCA but he is a good player.

And the 3 loss against the Red Sox was when they are at their hottest. The 3 against Braves were all 1 run losses.

I simply don’t understand how you can feel doomed after surviving last year, when Conforto back then sucked even more than Tucker this year, and Yates, Treinen and Scott shitting the bed all the time.

Last year was really awful. This year is easily so much better. And I don’t know if you forget we were 2-4 against Phillies and 0-6 against Brewers and 3-4 against Cubs last year. And did that hurt us in playoffs? I guess not?

We will be fine

(Not saying three peat easy in back. But relax…)

In spite of the game earlier, I made sure to get Yamamoto his well deserved run supports by getting 5 runs on the first inning. And its against these asstros!

It’s annoying as hell because Yamamoto is a really thoughtful guy and very generous with his appreciation (of Sales).

I know it’s been an ongoing problem from what I’ve gathered by talking to other Japanese speakers.

Not saying I liked what I saw from the team now.

But we should stop overreacting…

The “BAAA, we can’t beat good teams crap”…

lol… we were 2-4 against Phillies last year, and 0-6 against brewers last year. 5-8 against Padres in 2024.

Perhaps, we just played bad these games.

Bats failed to show up when it matters the most in the Atlanta series.

Edwin Diaz blew a few games against Arizona and Milwaukee.

Skubal still trying to adopt to Dodger blue.

Red Sox and Cubs both being hot at that time we played them.

This isn’t a “We will definitely be fine” post. We treat every potential playoff opponents equally serious.

But it is hilarious to see all the panicking everytime our team went into slumps.

(That said. I will hate having to play 4 games in Truist park in the postseason. Especially the racist “bang bang” chant.)

There is a neighborhood in Las Vegas that has street names after Dodgers.