The Los Angeles Dodgers are fighting to fend off rival San Francisco in the National League Central. TV: 10:05 p.m. ET, SportsNet LA (Los Angeles), CSN California (Oakland)PITCHING MATCHUP: Dodgers LH Clayton Kershaw (10-6, 2.39 ERA) vs. Athletics LH Felix Doubront (1-1, 4.59)Kershaw tied Sandy Koufax’s franchise record of six straight 200-strikeout seasons while tossing eight scoreless innings against Washington on Wednesday.
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Dodgers manager Don Mattingly was pleased his club bounced back after Thursday’s 10-3 setback to the Reds. “And the offense was tremendous today”. “The ball is coming out of my hand good”.
It helped that Mattingly coached Schumaker in 2013 when both were with the Dodgers. “It just wasn’t his night”.
The bullpen, which let the Dodgers down on the past road trip, steadied itself in the first two games of the homestand by delivering two shutout innings each from Pedro Baez in the first game and Yimi Garcia in the second game against the Nationals. “I didn’t have my best stuff and I didn’t have my best control, but I still had to get it done”. After intentionally walking Joey Votto and striking out Frazier, Latos was replaced by Luis Avilan to face the lefty Jay Bruce. But from that point, he kind of recovered. “I thought he was extremely composed”.
The crowd of 46,807 delighted in the Dodgers’ power surge. Turner’s RBI single in the fourth gave the Dodgers the lead before Gonzalez hammered a three-run homer to right for a 5-1 advantage. Rollins also has reached base in 21 of his past 23 contests. “He’s a special guy in the way he approaches the game, and his preparation is as great as any other pitcher I’ve seen in my years here”. In the third, he made a pitch on the outside corner up in the zone to Justin Turner, who took it to the opposite field for a home run.
Pederson propelled a 94 miles per hour fastball from right-hander Anthony DeSclafani halfway up the center-field bleachers for his 23rd homer of the season. He’s allowed just eight home runs this season in 125 2/3 innings. J.P. Howell served up Hamilton’s home run two innings later. “It was about everyone hitting and everyone contributing”. During that stretch, Hernandez is batting. This proved costly as Suarez followed with a three run homer to pad the Cincinnati lead at 9-2.
“I like to play”.
“Who cares?” Latos said about the opponent. I was able to make some pitches when I had to and get us a quality start. “It’s why I am here”.
Detroit slugger Miguel Cabrera returned from a six-week stint on the disabled list.
Gregor Blanco added three hits and drove in two runs for the Giants.
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One bright spot for the Dodgers was Joc Pederson. Wood (8-7), who took a line drive off his foot on a ball hit by Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips in the third inning, struck out three and walked three. The three homers Holmberg gave up came during a span of nine batters.
