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Can the Dodgers really win with just half of Adrian Gonzalez?

They’re battered and bruised, bloody and staggering, and right now I can hear them screaming above the din:

“Adrian! Adrian!”

No matter how wobbly and beaten, sometimes a team just needs a big hug. Or at least their starting first baseman back.

Adrian Gonzalez, who’s never been confused with Talia Shire, has been out the last two days with a lower back issue. That the Dodgers lost both games is not entirely coincidental.

He is scheduled to return for Monday’s four-game series opener against the Giants, and make no mistake, the Dodgers badly need him.