Clayton Kershaw threw a complete game shutout and knocked in the game’s only run as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Diego Padres, 1-0, on Sunday afternoon, snapping their six-game home losing streak. Shields is 13-11 with a 3.86 ERA in 38 starts with San Diego since signing a four-year, $75 million contract in February 2015 as a free agent.
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During the game, Kershaw retired the first 14 batters in a row until Alexei Ramirez punched a ball by Adrian Gonzalez for a hit. 316 with three home runs and 12 RBIs in 21 games against the Dodgers since they traded him to San Diego in a multiplayer deal that brought Yasmani Grandal to Los Angeles.
“You’d be lying if you said that you didn’t want to be the guy to end the streak”.
The left-hander allowed five earned runs in his first four starts, but matched that total in the sixth of seven innings he lasted in Tuesday’s 6-3 loss to Miami.
“It is frustrating, no question about it”, Rodriguez said.
The New York Mets’ eight-game winning streak came to an end with a 6-1 loss to the San Francisco Giants after Madison Bumgarner pitched through rain to extend his Citi Field scoreless streak to 18 innings and Hunter Pence homered.
Ross Stripling (0-1) gave up five runs and seven hits through 4 2/3 innings, striking out six and walking two in his fifth big league start.
“You can’t ask much more than six shutout innings”, catcher Buster Posey said.
It’s the second time in a week the Friars have lost a game 1-0 and the seventh time they’ve gone scoreless in 2016. The 2014 NL MVP threw seven innings of one-hit ball at San Diego on opening day in a 15-0 victory.
TIGERS 6, TWINS 5 Jarrod Saltalamacchia doubled home the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, Nick Castellanos hit a three-run home run and Detroit beat Minnesota.
Kershaw added an RBI single in the third inning, giving the Dodgers their only run of the game.
OAKLAND, Calif. | Jose Altuve homered leading off a game for the fourth time this season – one of just two hits by Houston – and the Astros beat the Oakland Athletics to avoid a series sweep.
Ellis in for the score – a one run lead that Los Angeles would not relinquish. On Sunday the Dodgers ace was better than the Padres with both his arm and his bat. Alas, it was to no avail as the Padres took game two of the series, beating the Dodgers 5-2.
He carried a bid for a flawless game into the fifth inning.
BRAVES 4, CUBS 3, 10 inns.
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Sale struck out six over 5.1 innings as the White Sox overcame the Baltimore Orioles 7-1.
