When Hanley Ramirez doubled to score a run in the first inning of Game 2 of the NLDS Friday, it felt as if the Dodgers might have the same kind of offensive eruption in as they did in Game 1 against the Braves.
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Dodgers manager Don Mattingly has been keeping open the possibility of bringing back Game 1 starter Clayton Kershaw for Game 4 on three days’ rest, if the Dodgers were facing elimination.
**BRIAN McCANN On what wasn’t going right with Julio “Early, Carl hit a slider that hung up a little bit more than Julio wanted and put a good swing on it, and I tip my hat to the middle of their order.
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