Kershaw, who improved to 3-1, had an RBI single in the third to end the Dodgers’ six-game losing streak with the 13th shutout and 22nd complete game of his career.
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ANGELS 9, RANGERS 6 (at Arlington, Texas) – Kole Calhoun got three hits and drove in two runs as Los Angeles avoided a series sweep and ended Texas’ four-game winning streak. “I believe in them and I know they’re going to come out of it”, Roberts said. “They’re still confident and they’re trying their tails off, so you’ve got to stick with them”.
Dodgers: OF Andre Ethier, who hasn’t played this season after fouling a pitch off his left shin during spring training, is scheduled to undergo cardiovascular, non-weight-bearing activity shortly and is expected to be activated sometime in June.
“I think if you had asked any one of us before the season started if we’d be happy in first place with record notwithstanding, I think we’d all sign up for that”, Roberts told MLB’s official website.
The Dodgers have shut out San Diego in four of their six meetings this season, and the Padres have been blanked seven times overall.
Only once did the Padres put a runner in scoring position.
“Everybody goes through it”, said Adrian Gonzalez, who was a brutal 0-for-20 on the homestand with eight strikeouts, dropping his batting average on the season from.347 to.277.
Curt Casali drove in the winning run with a single in the ninth inning, and Tampa Bay beat Toronto.
In only his second major league start, Vargas allowed 4 hits, struck out 6, and kept the Dodgers’ scoreboard showing consecutive goose eggs until he was relieved in the fifth inning.
The big blow was a three-run homer from Giancarlo Stanton.
“He’s got good stuff”, Upton said. Edinson Volquez (3-1, 3.34 ERA) will try to keep pace with the White Sox in the competitive American League (AL) Central.
“Got to do a better job limiting the damage”.
OUR PREDICTION: The over is a flawless 5-0 in Kershaw’s last five starts versus the Padres and is 6-2 in his last eight home starts against San Diego.
San Diego’s only other hits were back-to-back singles with one out in the seventh by Wil Myers and Matt Kemp, putting runners at the corners. He has six RBIs in the last three. The left-hander is a career 13-6 with a 2.16 ERA in 28 appearances – all starts 0 against San Diego.
San Diego, which dropped five in a row prior to this set, last swept a series at Dodger Stadium in 2013.
There is no doubt about it that Kershaw was the player of the game and carried the team on his shoulders. “When your starting pitcher holds them to one run, at some point in time there has to be a complete disregard for how good the guy is on the mound”. After Stripling received a leadoff walk, Utley propelled a 91 miles per hour fastball from right-hander Colin Rea into the right-field stands 412 feet away.NOTES: San Diego broke a nine-game losing streak against the Dodgers that dated to September 4.
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Phillies 4, Indians 3: Freddy Galvis homered and hit the go-ahead single to lead Philadelphia past Cleveland for its fifth straight victory.
