“That’s a gift from God”, Urias said, via an interpreter. “When I came out, I talked with the pitching coach, and he was able to help me fix everything”.
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The 20-year-old left-hander won his third straight decision, Chase Utley homered on the fourth pitch of the game and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-0 Sunday to stop a three-game losing streak.
They have allowed a whopping 20 runs in the first two games of the series, including at least nine runs in consecutive games for the first time since September 16-17, 2014 at Coors Field. In the first, he picked off Jose Peraza after a single, which was followed by a Phillips single that kept a runner out of scoring position. Manager Dave Roberts called Kershaw’s session “successful” and expects him to throw again Tuesday in Los Angeles, this time around 40-45 pitches. “Just an all-around plus day for Julio”. “He has a very good mound presence”.
Urias isn’t overpowering. But he didn’t walk a batter on Sunday and was content to allow Reds batters to put the ball in play. “They told me to trust my changeup and throw it for a strike”.
The Reds are 21-13 since the All-Star break and won the first two games of the series by a combined score of 20-3. Urias took the start in order to help spell the rotation a touch as we prepare to enter the 2016 stretch run. It was Cincinnati’s seventh shutout loss this season.
Bud Norris (6-10) gave up six runs and seven hits in 3 2/3 innings in his first start since July 31 due to a back strain. “From then on, he was pretty good”.
Finnegan shut down the visiting Dodgers through the first six innings, striking out six.
Norris gave up three runs, four hits and a walk before retiring a batter. I’ve just got to be better.
“I don’t think you can count on five RBIs from your pitchers every night”, Price said. I have to get better at that. This wasn’t good enough. “It was a grind”.
After singling in the ninth inning as a pinch hitter on Saturday, Seager singled in the third inning to extend his hitting streak to 12 games. He faced two batters over the minimum on 78 pitches through five.
Lorenzen, who was reinstated from the bereavement list on Friday after the death of his father, belted his first career home run, a three-run blast in the seventh inning, and Joey Votto added a three-run shot, lifting Cincinnati to a 9-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Urias has not given up a run in his 20s.
“Urias was better than I expected”, Price said. “I’ve seen him on TV a few times and on video and today he got the breaking ball and off-speed stuff over early in at-bats and really did a nice job”. I stacked the lineup with right-handers and he was able to get it in on them.
NOTES: The Dodgers recalled OF Andrew Toles from Triple-A Oklahoma City and optioned INF Chris Taylor to Triple-A. Reds SS Zack Cozart will be out for a couple more days because of right knee and left achilles discomfort. There is no timetable for his return.
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Joe Blanton, Pedro Baez and Kenley Jansen each followed with an inning of one-hit relief, and the Dodgers tied the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia for the big league lead in shutouts with 11.
