<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/dodgers-news-austin-barnes-squeeze-bunt-marlins');   ga('set', 'title', 'Dodgers fans will love Austin Barnes’ mindset after clutch squeeze bunt vs. Marlins');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Los-Angeles-fans-will-love-Austin-Barnes_-mindset-after-clutch-squeeze-bunt-vs.-Marlins.jpg"></figure><h1>Dodgers fans will love Austin Barnes’ mindset after clutch squeeze bunt vs. Marlins</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-19T16:44:32-07:00">August 19th, 4:44pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-19T16:44:32-07:00">August 19th, 4:44pm</time><address><a href="https://joeymistretta.wordpress.com">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a sports writer/editor who covers multiple sports. Notably, Mistretta covers baseball, basketball, and football, with an emphasis on MLB as a Lead Editor. He is originally from a small town in Southern California. Mistretta graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism from Biola University.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Miami Marlins in game one of their double-header on Saturday by a final score of 3-1. Los Angeles trailed 1-0 in the 8th inning before catcher Austin Barnes, who’s struggled mightily with the bat all season long, came through with a clutch squeeze bunt to tie the game. The Dodgers later took the lead via a Mookie Betts base-hit and never looked back.</p><p>Videos via SportsNet LA.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Barnsey in the clutch! <a href="https://t.co/E88FDm0lvn">pic.twitter.com/E88FDm0lvn</a></p><p>— SportsNet LA (@SportsNetLA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsNetLA/status/1693005029756834203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 19, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Just like that… <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dodgers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Dodgers</a> take the lead. 😎👏 <a href="https://t.co/m7FRAXcs1x">pic.twitter.com/m7FRAXcs1x</a></p><p>— SportsNet LA (@SportsNetLA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsNetLA/status/1693005913597362364?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 19, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Barnes <a href="https://twitter.com/DodgerInsider/status/1693030336337264903" rel="noopener">revealed his mindset</a> following the game, per Dodgers Insider on Twitter.</p><p>“That’s been my game my whole career, my whole life,” Barnes said. “I’m just trying to do all the little things. I’m not a big guy. Obviously, I’m 5-foot-9. Just try to do the little things to help the team win. It’s something that I do take pride in.”</p><p>Barnes’ squeeze bunt is the perfect example of why this Dodgers ball club <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dodgers-dave-roberts-win-streak" rel="noopener">finds ways to win games</a>. Los Angeles players don’t ever have selfish at-bats. Everyone on the team is trying to move a runner over and do whatever it takes to help the Dodgers earn a victory. With runners on first and third, Barnes easily could have tried to swing away. Sure, he may have had the bunt sign on via the coaching staff but he still appeared more than willing to drop the bunt down.</p><h2><b>Dodgers: Moving forward</b></h2><p>The Dodgers will play the second game of their double-header on Saturday night at 6:10 PM PST. The Dodgers and Marlins were originally scheduled to finish the series on Sunday, but the game was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dodgers-news-hurricane-hilary-los-angeles-padres-angels-games-rescheduled" rel="noopener">moved up due to Hurricane Hilary</a>.</p><p>Julio Urias (10-6, 4.35) will take the ball for Los Angeles while Braxton Garrett (7-3, 3.91) gets the start for Miami.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Dodgers fans will love Austin Barnes’ mindset after clutch squeeze bunt vs. Marlins

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/dodgers-news-nomar-garciaparras-epic-reaction-calling-shot-austin-barnes-home-run');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nomar Garciaparra’s epic reaction to calling his shot on Austin Barnes’ clutch first HR of season');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/dodgers-news-nomar-garciaparras-epic-reaction-to-calling-his-shot-on-austin-barnes-first-hr-of-season.jpeg"></figure><h1>Nomar Garciaparra’s epic reaction to calling his shot on Austin Barnes’ clutch first HR of season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-18T07:25:10-07:00">August 18th, 7:25am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-18T07:25:10-07:00">August 18th, 7:25am</time><address><a>Colin Gallant</a>Colin Gallant has been writing about sports since covering the local high school teams as a freshman in Ontario, Canada over a decade ago. He has a Masters degree in journalism, a passion for all sports, especially hockey, and a laser focus on winning more fantasy championships. He joined ClutchPoints in 2022.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Los Angeles Dodgers won their <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dodgers-news-insane-stat-proves-la-nearly-unbeatable-every-august" rel="noopener">11th game in a row</a> on Thursday night, outlasting the Milwaukee Brewers 1-0 behind Austin Barnes’ first home run of the 2023 season — and <a href="https://twitter.com/JomboyMedia/status/1692396664626053593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1692396664626053593%7Ctwgr%5E0b89236120820a018b9a57d5e838da0d5f53b150%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fftw.usatoday.com%2F2023%2F08%2Fdodgers-austin-barners-hr-nomar-garciaparra-prediction" rel="noopener">Nomar Garciaparra called it</a>.</p><p>“I’m going with Austin Barnes,” the former MLB shortstop said before the game. “I know he hasn’t had one, today Austin Barnes goes deep, he hits one out.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Nomar Garciaparra predicted Austin Barnes' first home run of the season would happen tonight 😳 <a href="https://t.co/OC2EhK3s7l">pic.twitter.com/OC2EhK3s7l</a></p><p>— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) <a href="https://twitter.com/JomboyMedia/status/1692396664626053593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 18, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Garciaparra was deservedly fired up by Barnes’ longball in the eighth inning, which held up as the winning run <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dodgers-news-mookie-betts-perfectly-sums-up-scorching-la-streak-that-might-go-on-forever" rel="noopener">for the red-hot Dodgers</a> on Thursday.</p><p>Barnes is certainly not known for his power; he entered the game with a .123/.206/.139 slash line without a home run in 138 plate appearances on the season. In his career, the 33-year-old has hit just 32 home runs in 528 games.</p><p>Still, he was the hero at Dodgers Stadium on Thursday, helping his team improve to 74-46 on the season and pull away in the National League West.</p><p>“It’s been a grind this year,” Barnes said after the game. “A lot of [freaking] bad nights. It’s been a grind, but I’ve been feeling better lately and I’m just going to keep going.”</p><p>It’s been a complete turnaround for a team that was ready to press the panic button at the end of July after the starting pitching had amassed a staggering 6.18 ERA. It was the <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/lance-lynn-7-scoreless-innings-dodgers-win-11th-straight" rel="noopener">worst mark in a month</a> with at least 15 games since the club moved to Los Angeles over six decades ago, per MLB.com’s Juan Toribio.</p><p>The Dodgers are now 15-1 in August, and the dominance continues for the league’s hottest team.</p><p>“I think this is kind of what we imagined at the beginning of the season with what our staff is and what it has been since I’ve been here,” Barnes continued. “Lance fills up hitters during the game. He’s been doing it for a long time.”</p><p>Lance Lynn was excellent on Thursday, spinning a seven-inning gem and improving to 4-0 with a 1.44 ERA in four starts and 25 innings in California.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nomar Garciaparra’s epic reaction to calling his shot on Austin Barnes’ clutch first HR of season

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Notably, Mistretta covers baseball, basketball, and football. He is originally from a small town in Southern California. Mistretta graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism from Biola University.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes was hit by a pitch in the hand in the 9th inning on Thursday during LA’s 6-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Barnes was removed from the contest following the scary moment. He <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsNetLA/status/1666902273090523136" rel="noopener">provided an update</a> on his hand after the game, per SportsNet LA.</p><p>“It didn’t feel too good,” Barnes said. “It seems like it’s alright, first test it seemed like there was no broken bones or anything… it hurt though.”</p><p>Clayton Kershaw dominated on the mound for the Dodgers, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dodgers-news-clayton-kershaw-ties-los-angeles-franchise-record" rel="noopener">spinning seven scoreless innings</a>. After the game, Kershaw put <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dodgers-news-clayton-kershaw-reds-manager-la-win" rel="noopener">Reds manager David Bell on blast</a> after Cincinnati walked James Outman to pitch to Barnes in the 9th inning of a 6-0 game. The Dodgers also weren’t thrilled about Barnes getting hit by the pitch. Barnes was asked by reporters if he felt there was any intent in regards to the hit-by-pitch.</p><p>“No,” Barnes responded to whether or not he felt it was intentional. “I don’t think it was intentional. Kershaw, he always… has his teammate’s back… that’s just baseball. Stuff like that happens.”</p><p>The Dodgers ultimately lost the series 2-1. Aside from Kershaw’s excellent effort on Thursday, LA’s pitching struggled in Cincinnati. The Dodgers typically rely on their strong pitching depth, so it will be interesting to see how their rotation and bullpen respond moving forward.</p><p>Los Angeles’ current road trip is set to continue with a trip to Citizens Bank Park against the Philadelphia Phillies. The Dodgers will try to rebound following their difficult series in Cincinnati.</p><p>We will monitor and provide updates on Barnes’ status as they are made available.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2025 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.333	0	4	0.782	1

2025 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.333	0	4	0.782	1

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