Although we may not like to admit it, social media – more specifically Twitter – is a pretty good barometer of emotions when it comes to Dodger fans. If you don’t believe this, just check your timeline after a painful Dodgers loss … say, like, Friday night’s excruciating 6-5 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers in Game-1 of the National League Championship Series at Miller Park.

Based on tweets during and after Friday’s game, many (most) Dodger fans wanted to burn Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal at the stake after his two costly errors and equally costly two passed balls that led to two runs … all in the same inning.

But not even 24 hours later, many, if not most, of those same Dodger fans were ecstatic when the Dodgers other catcher, Austin Barnes, drew a one out / bases loaded walk in the top of the seventh inning off of Brewers right-hander Jeremy Jeffress to pull within one run of Milwaukee and make it a 3-2 ballgame.

One inning later, in the top of the eighth, Dodgers center fielder, then left fielder, then second baseman Chris Taylor led off the frame with a slow roller to Brewers third baseman Mike Moustakas for an infield single, causing Twitter to come to life.

And then, on a 2-0 count to Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner, who had gone a dreadful 0-for-5 with four strikeouts the night before (the first four strikeout game of his 10-year MLB career), the extremely popular heavily bearded redhead and Dodgers unofficial team captain absolutely crushed a 90.6-mph split-finger fastball off of Jeffress for a game-changing (and eventual game-winning) two run home run to deep left-center field to make it a 4-3 ballgame and final score.

Twitter exploded.

When Turner went 0-for-5 with four strikeouts on Friday, there wasn’t a Dodger fan on the planet who didn’t believe it was an anomaly. He proved it with his 2-for-4 day on Saturday, including this two-run, game-winning home run. (Video capture courtesy of Fox)

“If you’re talking about the grind, the tough conversations, the identity of our ball club, he’s probably the face,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said after the game about his team’s best hitter during the 2018 regular season. “He personifies everything that I believe in as a baseball player, as a professional. And then you can get into the community and all that stuff. But yeah, I call him… he’s the glue for our club.”

Although his manager’s accolades are indisputable, the 33-year-old Long Beach, California native and lifelong Dodger fan was his normal humble self when asked about his NLCS Game-1 debacle and Game-2 heroics.

“Yeah, I think it’s well documented that was probably the worst game of my career offensively,” said Turner. “I wasn’t feeling good about myself last night and wasn’t happy with the results, but today was a new day and another chance to go out and win a ballgame.”

And they did.

One of the best Twitter accounts out there and a must-follow for every baseball fan is Home Run Tracker (@DingerTracker). It gives you the Statcast numbers of every home run hit in Major League Baseball and does so instantaneously. (Image courtesy of Home Run Tracker)

But for as classy and respectful as @redturn2 always is, Jeremy Jeffress elected to take the classless low road about his game-losing outing that now has the best-of-seven NLCS tied at a game apiece.

“He just got lucky,” Jeffress said of his bases loaded walk to Barnes.

“He got lucky,” Jeffress added, of the meatball he served up to Turner.

Do you see a pattern here? I’m thinking denial.

But whatever it is, thank you, Jeremy … just thank you!

Worthy of mention and in furtherance of the Twitter love sent out to the Dodgers by many of their 2.08 million followers, Dodgers right-hander Pedro Báez was yet again absolutely brilliant in his 1.1 innings of relief work on Saturday; this following his equally brilliant 1.0 innings pitched on Friday.

After allowing no runs and only one hit with three strikeouts in Game-1, the 30-year-old Bani, Dominican Republic native allowed no runs or hits with one walk and one strikeout on Saturday to pick up the win.

Báez slaps his glove in brief (but not disrespectful) celebration after striking out Brewers pinch-hitter Domingo Santana to lead off the bottom of the eighth inning. Santana would be the final batter that Báez would face, en route to his first-ever postseason win. (Video capture courtesy of Fox)

#GreatJob  @Dodgers!