There are very few questions surrounding the Dodgers these days.\n\nThey have the best record in baseball and have already clinched a playoff spot. Who they play in the first round and the makeup of the postseason rotation are the only mysteries that remain.\n\nSure, it’s safe to pencil in Clayton Kershaw for Game 1 and Walker Buehler for Game 2, or some combination of the two.\n\nBut what if there’s a Game 3?\n\nWill the Dodgers send
He allowed only three hits and continues to give the Dodgers a lot to think about with the regular season winding down.\n\n“I was able to keep my focus,” Urías said in Spanish. “I knew I had a bad first inning with a lot of pitches. I just wanted to work as fast as I could and throw strikes from that point on. I was able to get some outs without a lot of pitches. That helped me.”\n\n• Caleb Ferguson to undergo Tommy John surgery\n\nHis first-inning struggles are well-documented. Consider this: Urías has allowed 10 runs in the first inning this season. He’s responded by allowing only nine runs in 39 innings after the first inning for a 2.08 ERA.\n\n“We've talked about it, and we got to continue to talk through it and make adjustments, whatever it might be,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said of his pitcher’s first-inning troubles. “We got to keep working and Julio understands that, too.”
On Thursday, Urías struggled in the first inning again, giving up a pair of runs to put his team in an early hole. Dodgers shortstop
But the night belonged to Urías. His first-inning woes were overshadowed by the way he bounced back. The Dodgers’ left-hander gave up a hit to three of the first five hitters he faced, then went on to retire the next 13 batters in a row until Raimel Tapia reached on an error by third baseman Edwin Ríos in the sixth. Urías retired the next hitter, Trevor Story, on one pitch and Charlie Blackmon grounded into a forceout at second for the second out of the frame.\n\nUrías would not face another hitter, getting replaced by