“His composure was the same, his tempo was the same”.
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“I only know how I feel right now, and I feel good”, Kershaw said. I threw a couple of good ones but it got away from me.
The 24-year-old pitching prospect threw the ball well in his Major League Baseball debut, allowing four runs on six hits with nine strikeouts in six innings.
De Leon then struck out Alex Dickerson swinging through a changeup, Ryan Schimpf looking at a 91-mph fastball on the outside corner and Sanchez swinging at a changeup before being pulled for a pinch-hitter in the bottom of the sixth.
“I think he had a little bit of nerves”.
Kenley Jansen recorded back-to-back saves with a scoreless ninth and now has 41 on the season.
Blue Jays 5, Rays 3: Kevin Jepsen yielded a tiebreaking two-run homer to Russell Martin in the eighth inning, and Tampa missed out on a chance for a three-game sweep.
Three of the five runs came via home runs, as Kris Bryant hit a solo shot in the third and Addison Russell hit a two-run bomb in the fifth.
The Padres 3rd baseman had three hits, including his 15th home run of the year, and drove in three runs but the rest of the lineup could only manage five singles. Grandal made it 5-4 on an RBI single. After Travis Jankowski hit a one-out bunt single down the third-base line, Solarte propelled De Leon’s 89 miles per hour fastball halfway up the right-field bleachers for his 15th homer of the season.
San Diego starter Christian Friedrich allowed four runs and six hits in 4 1/3 innings of his first start since August 23.
The San Diego Padres could use a win after losing eight of their last 11 games.
De Leon typically goes to the movies on days he pitches as way to combat nerves. Only Pedro Astacio (1992) and Kaz Ishii (2002) have struck out more in their big-league debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
NOTES: Hall of Fame broadcaster Dick Enberg called his last game in Los Angeles for Fox Sports San Diego.
Padres: INF Alexei Ramirez was released Sunday after being told he wasn’t going to be the team’s everyday shortstop anymore.
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Yasiel Puig wrote another chapter in his story of redemption as he hit a three-run home run in just his second start since returning to the Major Leagues and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Diego Padres, 7-4, in the rubber match on Sunday at Dodger Stadium. He won’t have a specific pitch count, but will be monitored. Dodgers LHPs Clayton Kershaw and Brett Anderson pitched in rehabilitation assignments at Class A Rancho Cucamonga. Friedrich is 0-8 with a 5.96 ERA over his 10 starts since June 29. Despite issuing no walks and inducing 11 groundouts, Perdomo (7-8) allowed five runs and nine hits during his six innings.
