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Max Scherzer trade: Dodgers add future HOF pitcher to starting
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Starting pitcher Max Scherzer wins his debut with Los Angeles
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NLDS Game 5 Recap: Cody Bellinger Delivers For Dodgers In
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Max Scherzer Ejected, Mets Still Rally to Beat Dodgers 5-3 – NBC
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Dodgers eliminate Giants on controversial check swing by Wilmer Flores
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LA Dodgers advance to NCLS after call ends Giants' season