Los Angeles Dodgers’ Justin Turner and San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Johnny Cueto watch Turner’s home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016, in Los Angeles.
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Hill was acquired alongside his teammate Josh Reddick at the Major League Baseball trade deadline for three pitching prospects and is undefeated in his last nine starts overall, posting a record of 7-0 with a 1.80 ERA. Closer Kenley Jansen earned his 37th save by striking out two in a ideal ninth.
In a tight game Wednesday, it seemed fitting that Turner was the one to wedge his foot in the door by hitting his 24th home run, 20 of which have come since June 10.
The Giants had five hits in Hill’s six innings.
In Seattle, Jacoby Ellsbury hit a two-run homer and CC Sabathia pitched seven innings to win for the third time in two months. Craig Kimbrel got the final three outs for his 23rd save.
Segedin was called in from the outfield for a double switch in the eighth inning.
The A’s took two of three games from the AL Central leaders.
Fresh as the first beam of a sun, Hill earned his first victory in a Dodger uniform in his first game on the mound since he threw a few pitches on July 17. The Giants bullpen, which has struggled of late, allowed four runs. His five walks were a season-worst.
The Los Angeles Dodgers look for another win after winning six of their last nine games.
Ventura (9-9) allowed six hits and one walk while striking out six. Three relievers closed out the win and extended the bullpen’s streak of 32 consecutive shutout innings since August 10. Kelvin Herrera pitched a flawless ninth for his eighth save.
Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez went 1-for-3 and extended his hitting streak to 17 games, while Corey Seager had his end at 14 in a row with an 0-for-4 outing.
Gausman permitted only one runner past second base.
MILWAUKEE – Hernan Perez hit a two-run triple in the seventh inning, lifting Milwaukee over Colorado. Early on, he gave up some weak singles and wasn’t getting barreled. He’ll face Ross Stripling, who almost no-hit the Giants in April.
Boone Logan (2-3) took the loss.
Hill threw 63 of his 81 pitches for strikes, and even though his pitch count was low he was pulled after his six innings, understandable for his first real start in 48 days.
Kenley Jansen came in for the second straight night and had a 1-2-3 to seal the win.
In Cincinnati, Dan Straily extended his surge since the All-Star break by pitching six innings and Joey Votto drove in a pair of runs.
Straily (10-6) hasn’t allowed more than two runs in any of his eight starts since the break, going 6-0.
Tony Cingrani gave two walks in the ninth before retiring Ryan Rua on a grounder to complete his 16th save in 21 chances. All were singles and only one baserunner reached second base.
RHP Kenta Maeda (13-7) won his fourth consecutive start in the Dodgers’ win over the Giants. That would be some 50 minutes after the game’s last out was recorded. In a 10-season major league career for six clubs, Johnson has a.234/.335/.405 hitting line with 57 homers and 203 RBIs in 443 games.
The Dodgers rode their wildly successful bullpen the rest of the way to nail down a 1-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants and move three games up in the National League West. That’s the most by an Oakland player since Jack Cust hit 33 in 2008.
This is a team that’s been forced to stick Howie Kendrick and his.738 OPS in left field, and last night had to rely on 27-year-old rookie Rob Segedin to help deliver a win against the Giants.
Danny Salazar (11-5) left after giving up a leadoff double in the fifth. He struck out seven, but the fifth inning was his demise. Baez issued a one-out walk to Brandon Belt, but sandwiched that in between a popup and a strikeout.
Moore had mixed results in the two times he faced the Dodgers this season as a member of the Tampa Bay Rays.
Braun hit a solo drive off Tyler Anderson (4-5) in the fourth inning. He struck out twice in his two at-bats.
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Chicago’s Carlos Rodon threw 6 2/3 scoreless innings to lead the White Sox past Philadelphia 9-1. Blanton seemingly convinced Roberts to leave him in to face the lefty Crawford, and he got him to fly out to the wall to end the threat. We were getting hits.
