But after Teheran falls behind 1-and-0, hitters are whacking him at a. 500 clip (12-for-24) with three doubles, three homers, five walks and only one strikeout. Grandal has been hot at the plate as of late and didn’t even start the game on Thursday.
Advertisement
The Los Angeles Dodgers would tend to agree after the first two games of a three-game series that ends Thursday.
Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told SiriusXM’s MLB Network Radio channel on Friday the infield surface in Atlanta is “shoddy”.
With runners on first and second, Turner lifted a fly ball off reliever Jason Grilli into left-center field. He hit a single in the top of the tenth inning and stole second base soon afterwards.
“They stick their nose in there”, Atlanta manager Fredi Gonzalez said. “I can live with a young guy making a mistakes, but those mistakes will lose you games”. Trout also singled and walked twice.
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Justin Turner (10) is tagged out by Atlanta Braves third baseman Daniel Castro (14) after he was caught in a rundown between third base and home during the inning of a baseball game Wednesday, April 20, 2016, in Atlanta.
The winning pitcher was Joe Blanton (1-1), who pitched a scoreless ninth. “There are some tricky hops out there, but overall, I thought we played good defense”.
Grilli (1-1) suffered his second straight blown save and took the loss. The Los Angeles Dodgers are now in town and have made four errors in two games. He fanned 10 without a walk and allowed four hits over seven innings of an 8-0 win May 26 in his only 2015 appearance against Atlanta. They were last in that category with 100 dingers last season, too, so perhaps a rough infield would help them manufacture offense in lieu of power in the lineup. Then, Atlanta’s bats went cold.
The Braves tacked on two runs with two outs in the fourth on consecutive singles by Francoeur and Flowers to push the lead to 6-0.
Castro, who started at third base, had two hits.
The Dodgers tied the score in the sixth.
Atlanta missed out on another scoring chance in the sixth inning when Freeman singled to lead off. Trying to steal second, Freeman was ruled out on a questionable call.
“Like I said, everybody is going to go through (struggles) and what we did today, especially after Ross Stripling had to exit early, we picked that game up”. “A lot of times you take him for granted. He was competing and gave us what he had”. Kenley Jansen of the Los Angeles Dodgers did it in 2014.
NOTES: Los Angeles RHP Pedro Baez was not available for the game after being hit by a thrown ball in the back of the head. He was replaced in the field by Daniel Castro and in the cleanup spot by C A.J. Pierzynski….
Braves starter Julio Teheran was unusually stifling for 5 1/3 innings, giving up only an RBI single by Joc Pederson among six hits. Kelly was acquired from San Diego in an offseason trade.
Advertisement
NEW YORK – Kendall Graveman (1-1) tossed three-hit ball for 6 1/3 innings and struck out eight for Oakland, 5-0 in the road this season.
