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Hey, Dodgers could get used to this Chapter 11 stuff

In their first game as a legally bankrupt club, the Dodgers on the field went out and had some fun tonight against the Minnesota Twins. The Dodgers drubbed them 15-0, the team's biggest shutout win since 1969 — with 25 hits. Twenty-five hits. Tony Gwynn Jr. and Trent Oeltjen both had four hits in a game for the first time in their careers. Matt Kemp also had four hits — making it a clean sweep for the outfielders — and he added his league-leading 22nd home run. Every starter in the lineup had at least two hits, plus a run and an RBI. The shutout came via six innings of work by Chad Billingsley and perfect innings by three relievers. "The boxscore is suitable for framing," says Jon Weisman at Dodger Thoughts.


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