Last season the Dodgers were able to complete their quest of two straight titles without the help of their best left-handed relief option in the World Series.<\/p>\n
Alex Vesia was away from the Dodgers during last year\u2019s Fall Classic as he and his wife were grieving the sudden loss of their newborn daughter, Sterling, and both Dodgers and Blue Jays relievers alike sported Vesia\u2019s no. 51 on the side of their caps. Back in Toronto for the first time since the epic seven-game series, Vesia came into a tough situation on Tuesday as he dealt with a bases loaded situation in the bottom of the seventh inning, with the Dodgers holding a slim lead. He was able to get the Dodgers out of the inning, and the team eventually sealed a series win over Toronto.<\/p>\n
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Vesia recounted that the past few days had been hard for him emotionally, as noted by Sonja Chen of MLB.com<\/a>, and remarked that he was able to feed off of the energy from the crowd to get out of the bases-loaded jam.<\/p>\n \u201cThe past two days have been hard,\u201d Vesia said Tuesday night. \u201cIt\u2019s nice, though, to have my wife in the stands. She was right behind the dugout tonight. I definitely was looking at her, especially after the outing.<\/p>\n \u201cBut honestly, during it, that was awesome. I really \u2014 the adrenaline, the crowd, I feed off that. It was definitely a great outing. One pitch at a time. That was a great, great win all in all.\u201d<\/p>\n Links<\/p>\n Despite an ugly 0-4 performance with four strikeouts, Andy Pages continues to sport some of the best numbers in all of baseball. Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register<\/a> that Pages routinely takes simulated at-bats using the Trajekt machine, using Paul Skenes\u2019 pitch mix to help give him a better feel as to how the ball moves.<\/p>\n \u201cI focused a lot on the pitches that Paul Skenes was throwing, just because his ball moves so much,\u201d Pages said. \u201cI start with him (on game days), but then I zone in on the starting pitcher for that evening.\u201d<\/p>\n Dodger Stadium had been the name of the iconic home of the Dodgers for 64 seasons. Beginning March 25, the traditional name was no more, as the era of UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium is upon us.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n