Said Roberts, “to go 89 pitches, weighing the risks versus the opportunity and talking to the training staff and getting their advice and weighing it all up and what is right for Rich and the Dodgers, this is the decision I made”.
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“I was working hard to get the complete game, but I knew if I let somebody on base (in the ninth) I would be out of the game”, Urena said.
Hill is 36, traded to the Dodgers on August 1 from the Oakland Athletics.
The Marlins are 49-35 in games where they hit one or more home runs.
“That is something you can’t control”, Urena said of Mattingly’s decision to remove him after 108 pitches.
Roberts said that Hill, who had spent time on the disabled list this year with groin and blister injuries, started to develop a tender index finger on his throwing hand. He had pitched into the seventh inning just once before in the big leagues, going 6 2/3 against the Colorado Rockies last season. “There was a lot of soft contact with Kenta and those guys took what they gave him”.
Yasiel Puig made a marvellous catch in center field for the Dodgers.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it was longest perfect-game bid in the modern era (since 1900) by a pitcher who was removed from the game. He’s been tremendous for the Dodgers so far, starting in 3 games and through 19 innings, has yet to allow a run, has been hit only 6 times and has walked only 2 batters while striking out 20.
As for the Marlins, they’re 9-3 in their last 12 Sunday games, and 1-4 in their last five game threes of a series.
Nelson Cruz had three hits and three RBIs, Nori Aoki also had three hits and drove in two runs, and Kyle Seager hit his 28th home run to help the Mariners to their seventh win in eight games against the A’s this season. Crew chief Bill Miller moved to the plate from second, and after a 13-minute stoppage the game finished with three umpires. Temporarily dazed, Randazzo stayed in the game. Hill will be making his first start on the road as a Dodger, and his first start against a team whose city doesn’t start with “San”. On Friday, Brian Knight was hit in the mask area with a foul ball and left the game in the fifth. Ethier broke his leg during spring training.
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Fernandez is up to 238 strikeouts this year, 29 more than any Marlins pitcher has ever compiled in a season. Chen has been sidelined since July 24 because of left elbow inflammation. He struck out three.Despite the loss, Maeda still has one more win than Fernando Valenzuela did when the ex-Dodgers great won Rookie of the Year in 1981.Maeda, though, got in trouble in the fourth inning, when he allowed two runs on five singles.
