The Dodgers entered a short two-game series on the road in Texas against the Ranger feeling good, coming off a series sweep of the Padres before a day off. Thankfully, they kept that feeling going with an easy 8-2 win mainly due to a 13-hit attack, and they are now winners of their last four.
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Ariel Jurado was making just his sixth career start in the bigs, and he has a 6.40 ERA so far, along with a 12/10 K/BB ratio in 32.1 innings. Naturally that had people shaking in their boots over facing him, but thankfully there wasn’t a ton to fret about.