The Latest Breaking News from Trea Turner

LOS ANGELES – The Mets tried to accomplish a series split against the Dodgers by doing something old and doing something new. The old: rallying late, coming back and taking the lead. The new: Buck Showalter using his closer in the eighth inning, rather than the ninth, to face the…

LOS ANGELES — As the oldest player on the Pirates’ active roster and the only one other than Roberto Perez who was born in the 1980s, Quintana was 11 years old the last time the Pirates swept a series at Dodger Stadium.

PHOENIX — When the Dodgers lost Andrew Heaney to a shoulder injury in mid-April, they didn’t have to look far to find the insurance policy they had purchased in March.

PHOENIX — With a Comic Con-style “Phoenix Fan Fusion” event going on near Chase Field this weekend, downtown Phoenix is filled with people dressed as comic book superheroes.

WASHINGTON — Mookie Betts got most of the day off Wednesday. The Dodgers’ offense took the whole day.

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers rolled into Washington this week with one of the best records in the major leagues, a loaded roster, and championship aspirations. The Washington Nationals, less than three years removed from knocking out the Dodgers on their way to winning the World Series, have none of…

Last August, Trea Turner, less than a month into his Dodgers career, scored from second base against the Philadelphia Phillies and slid into internet lore.

WASHINGTON — A steady rain fell during Monday’s game at Nationals Park. For most of the night, though, Tyler Anderson wasn’t on the mound long enough to get wet.

The Dodgers shortstop lost his bat after swinging and missing badly on a pitch in the second inning of Friday night’s game against the Phillies.

LOS ANGELES — Mookie Betts flashed the Dodgers’ new “switch it up” hand sign — his right thumb and pinky extended from his fist — toward the dugout in excitement.

Yelich must like seeing red.