The Rancho Cucamonga couple had plenty of enthusiastic company, for the game sold out Friday evening. He was talking about Hill, but he could have said the same about Kershaw. “The biggest thing was staying in the moment”, he said, “and focusing on each pitch and having it come out of your hand the way you wanted it”. The Los Angeles Dodgers offense has cooled off as of late, and they’ve lost four of their last six games when scoring three or less runs.
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“For the most part, he was good in the first few innings”, San Diego manager Andy Green said.
Afterward, Kershaw said he would be pitching for the Dodgers in four days. He faced the minimum nine batters, allowed one infield single and no walks, and struck out five.
The Dodgers answered, with one out, Justin Turner walked and then Adrian Gonzalez laid down a flawless bunt towards third base and there was no one there in time to field it. Yasiel Puig followed with his eighth home run to make it 3-2 Dodgers. The under is also 4-0 in the Dodgers’ last four home games, is 6-1 in their last seven games overall and is 4-1 in their last five games versus a team with a losing record. “I honestly think his mechanics got a little off, and that’s something you haven’t seen a lot from him, lately”. Grandal came up next and homered on the first pitch, extending the lead to 4-0.
In the sixth, Reddick sent Perdomo’s 88 miles per hour changeup into the right field bleachers.
San Diego scored in the top of the eighth.
The Padres had a chance to take the lead in the first inning.
After Sardinas’ leadoff walk, Hill retired the next 14 Padres before Adam Rosales drew a walk with two outs in the fifth.
Cincinnati used four walks by Jerome Williams to score five times in the eighth, capped by Tucker Barnhart’s bases-loaded double.
Solarte hit a two-run homer with two outs in the third, his career high 15th of the season. Jay is recovering from a broken right arm.
Ryu appears out for the season because of a left elbow injury. Los Angeles leads the majors with 42 home runs by rookies. SS Corey Seager has 23 of those homers.
Kershaw, who had been shut down due to lower-back discomfort from a herniated disk, threw 34 pitches in his three innings of work.
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw pitches in the first inning of his rehabilitation start for the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Saturday against the Modesto Nuts at Loan Mart Field in Rancho Cucamonga. The Illinois native, who has dropped each of his last eight decisions, gave up five runs over 5 1/3 innings to the Chicago Cubs on August 23 before bouncing back with a scoreless relief frame at Atlanta on Tuesday.
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De Leon struck out nine while winning his major league debut and pinch-hitter Yasmani Grandal drove in three runs, including a go-ahead single in the fifth inning for the Dodgers.
