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Santa Monica resident Maria Alzaga said she too was perplexed when she caught her first whiff of the “rotted food/garbage/sewage” odor on Sunday evening.

His once-diminished fastball looked lively and sharp, resulting in five whiffs on eight attempted swings.

Their best player Judge is a bust with six strikeouts, including two whiffs Saturday with runners on base.

The desert setting and chomping alien monsters give “The Last Dance” a whiff of “Starship Troopers,” a soupçon of “Tremors,” nodding to those self-consciously campy B-movie creature features of yore.

And as pitchers have started throwing him more heaters, his whiff rate has climbed to 23.9%.