The San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers play a rubber game Wednesday night on ESPN.
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The low-scoring affair featured a pitching duel between Johnny Cueto and Rich Hill.
Even better, he has found success against the Dodgers.
He’s also lent his voice to iconic moments beyond Brooklyn and Los Angeles, from World Series calls to a dynasty-launching Catch on the gridiron. “This was just a well pitched ballgame and unfortunately we came up short”.
Cueto tried to stay in the game on Tuesday when he strained his left groin, but ended up being forced to make an early exit. In Monday’s game, he beat out an infield single against Clayton Kershaw, stole second, went to third on a wild throw by Yasmani Grandal and scored the Giants’ only run on a wild pitch.
Hill (12-5), was equally efficient, making just one mistake (the home run to Nunez), in an otherwise stellar outing for the southpaw. Moore went just five innings against St. Louis in earning the win in his last start. “That will be exactly 80 years to the minute from when I first fell in love with the game”. “I take 100 percent responsibility for this. It’s not acceptable to miss like that at this level”.
Boston Red Sox’s David Ortiz (34) watches his three-run home run in front of Baltimore Orioles catcher Matt Wieters and home plate umpire Mike Everitt in the seventh inning of a baseball game in Baltimore, Tuesday, Sept. 20.
Scully, who began with the Dodgers in 1950, has said from the start this season that he’s been uncomfortable with all the attention paid to him.
Hill was working against lefthanded-hitting Brandon Belt, who would crack a homer off lefty Grant Dayton in the ninth. Howie Kendrick is 6-for-18 against Moore, who is 2-1 with a 3.20 ERA in three career starts against the Dodgers.Maeda continued his strong second half Friday by allowing one run on three hits over five innings in a 3-2 win over Arizona.
Los Angeles’ division lead was trimmed to five games over second-place San Francisco with 11 to play. It wasn’t even as insane as Dodgers outfielder Reggie Smith going into the stands twice in four seasons to fight Giants fans. In the latter, Cueto induced a popup from slugger Adrian Gonzalez with two men on.Los Angeles stranded 10 runners in the game.Cueto tossed 5 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing eight hits.
“There was a lot of traffic tonight”, added Roberts.
“I don’t think I’m going to stress anything about me”, he said.
“It’s disappointing. I made one mistake to Nunez, and he did what he should have done with the pitch”, Hill said.
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Romo’s save was his first of the season, his first since July 27, 2015 and the sixth different Giants reliever to record a save this season. With the Astros playing a day game, the Rangers should know whether to put the champagne on ice before they host Los Angeles at night.
