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Dodgers News: Tyler Anderson Activated for Doubleheader; Andre Jackson Optioned

Dodgers pitcher Tyler Anderson was on paternity leave for the past three days

Ryan Menzie

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The gift of child birth takes precedent over many moments in your life, including being the starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Tyler Anderson was fortunate enough to experience the birth of his third child and is now slated to start once again for the Dodgers in the second game of their doubleheader against the Diamondbacks.

Anderson was originally supposed to start against the Diamondbacks on Monday, but would later be subbed for Michael Grove. Anderson brings the dominance shown all season long posting a 15-3 record with a 2.62 ERA, good enough for fifth in the National League. 

Dodgers pitcher Andre Jackson was also recalled in place of Anderson and was able to make the most of his opportunities. Appearing in his second game for the Dodgers on Sunday against the Giants, Jackson threw for 0.2 innings giving up one earned run and one strikeout in five batters faced and recorded his first hold of the season in a 4-3 victory. 

Jackson officially is optioned once again with the return of Anderson to the mound. Anderson will now face the Diamondbacks for the fourth time this season as he looks for his fourth win against them.

Anderson has given up just two earned runs in 20.0 innings pitched against the Diamondbacks while recording 15 strikeouts. If his past outings against the team are any indication of how things will go, Anderson will record his 16th win on the season to tie with his teammate Tony Gonsolin and sit one game behind the Dodgers leader Julio Urias. 

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RYAN MENZIE

Ryan Menzie | Lead Contributor Ryan is an LA Native who has grown up praising the greatest athletes LA has had to offer. A love for sports ranging between basketball, football, volleyball and golf, a future Sports Management Masters graduate, and being engulfed into organized sports since seven years old, the passion and love for sports never ends for Ryan. If the words he writes don't paint the full picture of his true fandom, he will find more ways than one to tell the story and be more than willing to open up a nice LA sports debate with you. Favorite Player: Mookie Betts Favorite Moment: 2020 World Series. The Lakers won the NBA title and the Dodgers secured the World Series only a couple of months later. During such a rough time with COVID-19 and such a bleak look at how sports has tried to overcome the circumstances, it was a relief to see the night sky lit up for many nights and a makeshift parade in LA when it seemed like we needed it the most.

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