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Oeditpus Rex

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Wed Aug 27, 2025, 04:42 AM Wednesday

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Kershaw started for the Dodgers last night. He gave up a run in the first and nothing else, and left after five with LA leading 2-1.

Henriquez pitched the sixth and gave ip no runs. The Dodgers scored four in the bottom of the sixth to make it 6-1. Then Caspariangave up two runs in the seventh, so it's 6-3, and Cincinnati had scored more than the two runs LA had scored when Kershaw left.

Henriquez was the pitcher of record when the Dodgers scored the eventual winning runs in their four-run sixth. Yet, Kershaw was credited with the win.

The offical scorer can override the rules for which pitcher gets the win and which gets the loss. That's the only thing I can figure happened in this case.

(Studying the box score might help make this more clear, but MLB[dot]com has no way of sharing it.)

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Figure out this one [View all] Oeditpus Rex Wednesday OP
If a starter completes five innings JMCKUSICK Wednesday #1
I love the game, I love the rules. I hate MLB that slows down the game with commercials that timeout mid inning ... marble falls Wednesday #2
That isn't how I've always known it Oeditpus Rex Wednesday #3
my first sentence relied on no lead lost JMCKUSICK Wednesday #4
Okay... Oeditpus Rex Wednesday #5
lol I'm there with you Oeditpus Rex JMCKUSICK Wednesday #6
Yeah, but Oeditpus Rex Wednesday #7
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