Greinke (10-2) won his fifth straight decision, allowing two runs and five hits over eight innings with eight strikeouts after Clayton Kershaw was pushed back a day in the Dodgers’ rotation.
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The left-hander turned the sixth pitcher in major-league historical past to compile a number of two streaks of at the very least 30 successive scoreless innings in a profession. The Dodgers are coming off of a 3-5 win over the Angels yesterday at Dodgers Stadium.
Kershaw had a 41-inning shutout streak last season, when he became the first N.L. pitcher since 1968 to be named MVP and won his unprecedented fourth consecutive major league ERA title. He struck out one and walked one on 80 pitches.
The loss was the Angels’ season-worst sixth straight and ninth in 10 games, following a 17-3 stretch that matched the best 20-game span in franchise history, and they’re four games behind first-place Houston in the AL West. The Angels, swept by the Astros in three games to open the road swing, finished their first winless trip of six or more games since 1999 (0-7).
“When he is in key conditions, he will get by way of them easily”.
The reigning NL MVP missed his previous starts because of soreness on his hip and glute prompting Kershaw to not participate in his third annual Ping Pong 4 objective event.
“It’s insane what two or three days off will do”, Kershaw said. “I’ll be the first one to admit that I’m pretty pissed when I don’t”. My off-speed stuff wasn’t quite as sharp as it has been in the past. Kershaw will pitch on eight days’ rest, after taking a flawless game into the seventh inning of his 3-0 win over the Mets on July 23 and finishing with a three-hitter.
“But once he got it going, he just got back to his rhythm”.
David Murphy then replaced Cron and lined a single to right field off Jansen before pinch-hitter Kole Calhoun followed with a walk.
However Jansen induced shortstop to come out to register his 19th save. Yangervis Solarte and Matt Kemp each had two hits and drove in a run for San Diego.
“We had some good looks at Greinke, but we couldn’t really get that key hit to get us where we needed to be”, Angels manager Mike Scioscia said.
This latest hot streak is nothing new to Kershaw though, who went 41 innings last year without giving up a run-it’s not even new to this year’s Dodgers franchise. “We haven’t found the way the last couple of games”.
He was shaky at the start of the ninth inning Saturday, as he allowed the first two batters to reach base.
C Yasmani Grandal tied his single-season high in home runs Saturday.
Cubs 4, Brewers 2 – Kyle Hendricks scattered four hits, and Anthony Rizzo homered again, leading Chicago to a victory in Milwaukee. A determined sort – he sprints to first base on every ground ball – Ethier is showing the Dodgers what he’s made of here in 2015.
Salas threw Grandal three consecutive changeups, the third of which was blasted over the center-field wall to increase the Dodgers’ lead to 3-0. The final pitch to Puig was a 92 miles per hour fastball that straddled the outside corner. The ejection was Scioscia’s second of the season.
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Jose Bautista hit two solo homers and Josh Donaldson added a two-run drive, but Toronto’s winning streak ended at three.
