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LOS ANGELES — Hey, Max Muncy, what have you done lately?

The mustachioed lefthander has developed into a frontline starter for a loaded Yankees pitching staff.

LOS ANGELES — Off the crack of the bat, almost everyone on the field Tuesday night thought the ball was gone.

During a San Francisco Giants pitching change in the seventh inning Wednesday night, the scoreboard at Dodger Stadium played a familiar highlight reel.

Last year, one game separated them in the regular season. Their playoff series wasn’t decided until the ninth inning of a winner-take-all Game 5.

LOS ANGELES — Spencer Torkelson flailed, and Dodger Stadium shook.

LOS ANGELES — The closest any Los Angeles Dodgers player came to commenting on Trevor Bauer’s two-year suspension Friday night was this exchange with Clayton Kershaw when reporters approached him at his locker before the game.

Gavin Lux kicked his feet up on the railing of the visitors' dugout at San Diego's Petco Park this past weekend and leaned back, looking across a quiet pregame scene.

PHOENIX — The final score will say the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Dodgers 5-3.

PHOENIX — There were harmless grounders and confused swings against the curveball and slider. The cutter induced weak contact and efficiently ended at-bats. Even the changeup was key, leading to several punchouts on a career night for the Dodgers’ previously struggling ace.

At a time when pitchers are throwing more secondary pitches than ever, the Padres ace is the paragon of the modern game.