He then surrendered a tiebreaking, two-run single to Adrian Gonzalez as the Dodgers beat the Mets 4-2 in the rubber game.
Advertisement
Sunday’s series finale is the last time the Mets and Dodgers will meet in the regular season in 2016. In 2010, Philadelphia’s Cliff Lee issued seven walks before his 100th strikeout, the previous best ratio for a pitcher at the 100-strikeout mark.
Rangers 5, Pirates 2: Texas’ Yu Darvish struck out seven in five strong innings in his first start in the majors in nearly 22 months. “So he’s going to go back down there and make two or three starts”. Asdrubal Cabrera moved up to the No. 2 spot in the lineup.
Since then, Kershaw has made five starts in NY against the Mets, all at Citi Field, including the playoffs, and has allowed four total runs in 33⅔ innings, with a 1.07 ERA, 39 strikeouts and 10 walks. This time, the reliever wasn’t so fortunate.
Familia (2-1) surrendered a leadoff single to Kike Hernandez and walked Corey Seager and Justin Turner to load the bases with one out before Gonzalez stroked his game-winning hit. Gonzalez, who had three RBIs, pulled his hands in on a 98 miles per hour pitch and fought it off enough to send a soft single over second base.
Starlin Castro’s two-run homer off Jake Odorizzi in the seventh inning was enough to give the Yankees a 2-1 victory over the host Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday. The Mets could muster nothing against Kenley Jansen in the bottom of the ninth. But despite all that hardware, this year’s version is arguably the best ever as the Los Angeles Dodgers lefty is authoring his best season of his nine-year career and one of the greatest ever.
He was batting.342 with two home runs and 28 RBI over 43 games in the Pacific Coast League.
Dodgers: LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu (shoulder surgery) woke up with shoulder soreness after his most recent rehab outing with Triple-A Oklahoma City and will probably skip a turn, Roberts said. On days this season when Kershaw isn’t a starter, the Dodgers project to a 99-loss team. “It just got away from me a little bit”. X-rays were negative and the swelling went down. “We dodged a bullet, ” Roberts said.
Dodgers: RF Trayce Thompson exited in the fifth with lower back soreness.
Flores played in place of 3B David Wright, who missed his second consecutive game due to a sore neck.
Immediately, Mets manager Terry Collins ran out to challenge the play using the Utley rule.
Noah Syndergaard was tossed early for throwing behind Chase Utley.
Advertisement
Chase Utley and the New York Mets go way back, even before last postseason, when the Dodgers’ second baseman broke shortstop Ruben Tejada’s leg on a slide into second base. Kershaw, coming off a two-hit shutout against Cincinnati, is 7-0 with a 1.17 ERA in 10 starts vs. the Mets.
