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For one, the Cubs draw a ton of walks and are excellent at working up pitch counts. They rank third with a walk rate of 12.4% ...

San Diego opened the season with seven straight wins and was 14-3 at one point. But the Giants enter the series with momentum.

Part of that is batting leadoff, but also the Dodgers haven’t batted much with RISP relative to other teams. Mookie Betts is ...