The Latest Breaking News from Dave Roberts

LOS ANGELES — It was a straightforward game conducted with a straightforward pitching plan.

Dave Roberts is a real one, man. That's all you can say about this.

LOS ANGELES — Dustin May had no problem getting the first two strikes against Arizona Diamondbacks hitters Wednesday night.

The Dodgers lurched through a doubleheader Tuesday of two oddly similar games with starkly different outcomes.

LOS ANGELES — He stole bases. He stole championships. He stole a city's heart.

LOS ANGELES — Maury Wills, who worked hard to achieve stardom with the Los Angeles Dodgers, then worked just as hard to regain dignity and standing within baseball through sobriety, has died, the team announced Tuesday.

He spent 12 of his 14 big-league seasons with Los Angeles, and was a member of three World Series championship teams.

Batting average is considered old-fashioned in today’s analytics-driven game, a statistical relic that has been replaced by on-base percentage, slugging percentage and wins above replacement as more accurate measures of offense, and a batting title doesn’t carry the weight it once did.

SAN FRANCISCO — Julio Urias stayed on a roll Saturday night.