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Dodgers News: Austin Barnes Continues to Torment Blake Snell

What do you see when you can’t sleep at night? Regrets from a long-lost relationship? The monster you imagine is under your bed? The evil wizard who murdered your parents and would have murdered you if not for the protective barrier cast by your mother’s love?

Blake Snell sees Austin Barnes.

After Barnes’ single and double in NLDS Game 3, L.A.’s backup catcher is now 5-for-9 with three doubles and a walk against the Padres lefty in his career. Included in that is the single he hit in Game 6 of the 2020 World Series, the one that brought Kevin Cash out of the Tampa Bay dugout much to Snell’s chagrin. Barnes ended up scoring the tying run in the rally that completed the Dodgers’ World Series victory, and Snell never threw another pitch for the Rays.

Barnes isn’t a very good hitter, and Snell is a very good pitcher, but you have to wonder if Austin is in Blake’s head by now. After Snell walked Trayce Thompson to lead off the third, Barnes’ single made it first and second. The Dodgers eventually loaded the bases, but a tough-luck lineout by Mookie Betts and strikeouts by Trea Turner and Will Smith killed the threat.

Barnes’ double in the fifth was more productive, as Mookie followed with a sacrifice fly to get the Dodgers on the board. Unfortunately, a Trea popup and Freddie Freeman groundout stranded Barnes, the potential tying run, at third base.

Plenty of “daddy” talk in this series already, which I guess is a nice break from the “little brother” talk.

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Jeff Snider

Jeff was born into a Dodgers family in Southern California and is now raising a Dodgers family of his own in Utah. During his previous career as an executive at a technology company, he began writing about baseball in his spare time. After leaving corporate America in 2014, he started doing it professionally. Jeff wrote and edited for Baseball Essential for years before joining Dodgers Nation. He's also the co-host of the Locked On Dodgers podcast, a daily podcast that brings the smart fan's perspective on our Boys in Blue. Jeff has a degree in English from Brigham Young University. Favorite Player: Clayton Kershaw Favorite Moment: Kirk Gibson's homer will always have a place, but Kershaw's homer on Opening Day 2013 might be the winner.

2 Comments

  1. Yeah, so what there’s 2 games plus the ninth inning tonight left. The Dodgers look lethargic and are making the Padres pitching staff look like they were the number one in the league this year. Wake up LA or the 111 wins will be for naught!

  2. Too bad the rest of the team was napping. The Dodgers showed no sign of actually wanting to win in games 2 and 3. Just pathetic and extremely disappointing after the great season they had.

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