The Latest Breaking News from Tyler Anderson

SAN DIEGO — Last season, the Dodgers won 111 games. They had a Cy Young Award finalist. They boasted the best rotation earned-run average in Major League Baseball.

It was one of the underrated developments of the 2022 season. Amid another 100-loss campaign, the Pirates began to see the makings of a fairly strong rotation.

SAN DIEGO — The second postseason start of Tyler Anderson’s career couldn’t have gone much better. The Dodgers left-hander blanked the San Diego Padres on two hits through five innings, striking out six and walking two. He retired nine straight batters from the second through fifth innings.

As Los Angeles stuck to a script that got it in trouble, San Diego hardly looked like the underdog in defeating its division rival in the NLDS.

SAN DIEGO — The temptation will be to blame Dave Roberts for what happened to the Dodgers on Saturday night.

SAN DIEGO — They have flopped before, countless wonderful summers cruelly melted into autumn ashes.

LOS ANGELES — Tyler Anderson addressed the media in the Dodger Stadium interview room before Game 2 of the National League Division Series on Wednesday night. This time of year, that's usually a strong indication the Dodgers left-hander will pitch the next game of the series.

SAN DIEGO — It's probably still more of a hope than a guarantee at this point, but the Dodgers' playoff rotation plans appear to be finally coming into focus.

Blake Snell was wonderful but wild, the bullpen tripped, the offense napped for six innings.