Cleveland went into the day with the best record in the American League, but was held to one run for the third consecutive game. Los Angeles Dodgers’ Corey Seager, right, scores on a single by Adrian Gonzalez as San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey stands at the plate during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016, in Los Ange.
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Rich Hill pitched six dominant innings in his first start with Los Angeles and Turner hit his 24th homer, lifting the Dodgers over the San Francisco Giants 1-0 on Wednesday night.
Bumgarner gave up a season-high five runs and nine hits in five innings while striking out seven. Craig Kimbrel got the final three outs for his 23rd save.
Rich Hill upstaged Johnny Cueto, and the Los Angeles Dodgers added to the woes of the reeling San Francisco Giants.
“I wanted to go out there and look in (Blanton’s) eyes and check on him and see how he felt”, Roberts said.
Hill was incredibly effective on Wednesday, holding the Giants scoreless on five hits for six innings. Rob Segedin and Andrew Toles each homered, and the banged-up Dodgers extended their NL West lead to two games on the same day they tied a major league record by placing their 27th player on the disabled list.
SAN DIEGO – Jake Arrieta threw eight scoreless innings of two-hit ball to become the NL’s first 16-game victor and Kris Bryant and Addison Russell homered.
Brandon Crawford hit a shot to right field, and for a moment, it seemed San Francisco might finally break through. He left Blanton in the game, and then Brandon Crawford flew out to the warning track in right to end the inning. “He was moving pretty quickly”.
“I knew I had to wait and fix it, but I didn’t”, said Blanco, a free agent after this season. Moore is 1-1 with a 5.73 ERA and seven strikeouts in his career against the Dodgers. “There’s nobody tougher than Bum”. “It’s not just us tonight they’ve been hitting”.
Kenley Jansen allowed a homer to Denard Span but still got his 36th save.
In Miami, Yordano Ventura escaped two threats while pitching six innings, and Kansas City extended its winning streak to nine games.
The Giants are 1-4 in their last 5 during game 3 of a series and 7-1 in their last 8 Thursday games. He has allowed no more than three earned runs in 17 straight starts. Stripling struck out four and walked four in 7 1/3 innings. The Giants bullpen, which has struggled of late, allowed four runs.
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.
Cueto yelled into his glove as he stomped off the mound in the fourth inning, displaying the awareness that one poorly located cutter could spoil everything. Hill, however, was bothered by a severe blister on his throwing hand, which has kept him out of action since July 17. He joined ESPN Chicago in July 2010 and covered the Chicago White Sox for ESPNChicago.com and ESPN Radio 1000 through the 2015 season. The Dodgers acquired Hill along with outfielder Josh Reddick from the Athletics ahead of the August 1 non-waiver trade deadline, sending Frankie Montas, Jharel Cotton, and Grant Holmes to Oakland. Hill was on the disabled list with a blister on his left middle finger. His last start against them came for the Cubs in 2007, when Barry Bonds and Randy Winn hit doubles against him.
In San Diego, Jake Arrieta threw eight scoreless innings of two-hit ball to become the NL’s first 16-game victor and Kris Bryant and Addison Russell homered. In the three previous games, Cueto has gone 2-0 with a 3.63 ERA.
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The Giants have been a complete mess in the second half of the season and couldn’t even win Wednesday when they had their ace on the hill.
