“You never like losing, but offensively the scorecard doesn’t really show the quality of our at-bats”, said Dodgers manager Dave Roberts. With Sunday’s 8 2/3 innings of work, the Dodgers bullpen has pitched 135 1/3 innings in the past 33 games – an average of more than four innings per game.
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In his second major league start, Braden Shipley picked up his first career win in a 4-1 Arizona Diamondbacks victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Diamondbacks would score twice in the inning to take a 3-0 lead.
Grandal’s three-run homer in the sixth was his 15th of the season, tying him for the most among catchers this season.
Corbin (4-10) gave up six runs and eight hits over 5 1/3 innings for Arizona, which lost for the 14th time in 19 games.
Puig had three hits and two RBIs, and Justin Turner added two hits and an RBI as the Dodgers finished with 16 hits and won for the fifth time in seven games. “He thought he was going to be safe, but if you’re going to steal a base there, you better be 100 percent safe”.
The health of Norris, who was 3-2 with a 4.35 ERA and made six starts with the Dodgers, won’t impact those talks. “If there’s a chance he could regress then I’m not going to put him in there”. Home plate umpire Todd Tichenor ruled the play a wild pitch and advanced the runners one base, bringing Lamb home from third.
Joc Pederson and Chase Utley each hit two-run home runs in the deciding rally as the Dodgers erased a 7-3 deficit and improved to 17-9 since June 26. I had a lot of friends and family here tonight. The Arizona Diamondbacks offense has picked up recently, and they’ve split their last eight games when scoring more than three runs. Gosselin had been called out stretching a single into a double, but the Diamondbacks challenged the call and it was overturned after a 1-minute, 27-second review.
“It’s frustrating. I feel bad for the guys”, said Diamondbacks Manager Chip Hale. Arizona sent LHP Zac Curtis to Double-A and designated RHP Josh Collmenter and INF-OF Micahel Freeman for assignment on Saturday.
The Arizona Diamondbacks look to sweep the Los Angeles Dodgers early Sunday afternoon. Nothing new on LHP Clayton Kershaw, who continues to rehab with core and back strengthening exercises. While spending the month of July on the west coast, he entered Sunday’s contest sporting a 4.40 ERA and a 3-2 record across 28.2 frames in a Dodgers’ uniform. He has not resumed any baseball activities with no timetable for a return, said Manager Dave Roberts.
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The Dodgers’ search for starting pitching took on additional urgency Sunday when Bud Norris left the game because of injury after getting just one out. Chris Taylor and Howie Kendrick had RBI singles in the inning against Diamondbacks starter Patrick Corbin. Over his last 10 games – including nine starts – Norris is 5-2 with a 3.40 ERA, striking out 59 batters in 53 innings.
