The Latest Breaking News from Justin Turner

"The brain" began three decades ago, when an up-and-coming junior college baseball coach from Southern California found himself with a Division I program for the first time.

LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw's eight-inning, six-strikeout performance against the Angels on Friday was imperfect, but it was perfect in its excellence and efficiency and the enthralling drama he created on a warm summer night that was made for baseball and generous dashes of the improbable.

LOS ANGELES — It wasn’t Yu Darvish’s worst outing atop the Dodger Stadium mound.

LOS ANGELES — Yu Darvish has made four appearances at Dodger Stadium since he last pitched for the Dodgers. The first three were typical of Darvish: lots of strikeouts and not a lot of hard hits allowed. The fourth, on Saturday, went a lot like Game 7 of the 2017…

LOS ANGELES — Few Los Angeles Dodgers batters swooned in June more dramatically than Justin Turner, who hit .209 with no homers and eight RBIs in his first 24 games of the month, but that didn’t shake manager Dave Roberts’ confidence in the veteran third baseman.

ATLANTA — Dodgers manager Dave Roberts described veteran reliever Daniel Hudson suffering a season-ending knee injury Friday as “a big loss.”

ATLANTA — Freddie Freeman returned to his former home and couldn’t stop crying.

CINCINNATI — The Queen City is not known for its hot springs, mineral baths or restorative cures – unless you have deep, unfounded faith in the healing powers of Skyline chili. But a three-day visit was very therapeutic for the Dodgers’ hitters.

LOS ANGELES — It might be expected that Sandy Koufax’s presence would inspire a pitchers’ duel. Instead, it triggered an overdue Los Angeles Dodgers offensive outburst in a 7-1 victory Saturday over the Cleveland Guardians.