True Blue LA · Aug 27, 2018
Dodgers Week 22: A tale of two sweeps
In simplest terms, the Dodgers stayed afloat last week, splitting six games in extreme fashion by getting swept by a good team then sweeping a terrible one.
The weekend bounce back came at the hands of the lowly Padres, who served as the plankton for a Dodgers team that sank their playoff hopes to the ocean floor with that Cardinals series.
Kenley Jansen returned to a fractured bullpen only to find out he was the broken one, allowing at least one home run in all three of his appearances. After that unprecedented stretch, Jansen spent his Sunday working on regaining his lost command.