Yasmani Grandal, part of the package the Padres sent to Los Angeles for the since-departed Matt Kemp, hit a home run for the second straight game against the Pads to help the Dodgers to a 7-4 win on Sunday at Chavez Ravine. Wood could be back in a bullpen role. He still couldn’t pitch the Padres to a victory.
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Los Angeles out-hit San Diego 9-8. Solarte also extended his hitting streak to six games. He didn’t fare too well in either of those starts, going 0-1 while giving up a combined five earned runs through 8 1/3 innings of work. “It’s a bit frustrating”.
San Diego starter Christian Friedrich allowed four runs and six hits in 4 1/3 innings of his first start since August 23.
The Dodgers will start a three-game series on Monday as they host the Arizona Diamondbacks. Josh Reddick added a solo drive in the sixth for his first National League homer and his ninth of the season as Los Angeles remained 2 1/2 games ahead of the San Francisco Giants in the NL West.
“Christian was knocking some of the rust off today, but he battled”, Padres manager Andy Green said. Afterward, Kershaw said he would be pitching for the Dodgers in four days.
RHP Kevin Quackenbush did not retire any of the three batters he faced in the bottom of the fifth inning, as he took the loss in a 7-4 defeat to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 24-year-old Puerto Rican, recalled a day earlier from Triple-A Oklahoma City, recorded the second-most strikeouts by a Dodgers pitcher in his major league debut. The #2 prospect in L.A.’s system gave up four runs on six hits in 6.0 innings. He struck out the side in the sixth to finish with a flourish.
“We can put our top three with any in baseball, but it starts with Clayton”, Roberts said.
Twins 11, White Sox 3: Minnesota hit four homers, two in an eight-run third inning. Grandal, batting for Austin Barnes, grounded another RBI single to right for a 5-4 lead, with Utley taking third. Wil Myers followed with a single and Solarte hurt De Leon again, this time with a run-scoring sacrifice fly that gave the Padres a 4-3 lead.
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Padres: INF Alexei Ramirez was released Sunday after being told he wasn’t going to be the team’s everyday shortstop anymore. Edwin Jackson takes the mound at 1:40 against former Padre Drew Pomeranz, who returns to Petco Park for the first time since throwing a scoreless inning in the All-Star Game as a member of the Padres. The three-time Cy Young Award victor struck out five, allowing just one hit on 34 pitches for the Dodgers’ affiliate club.
