The Dodgers’ right-hander will get his opportunity Saturday night against the San Diego Padres as Los Angeles attempts to secure home-field advantage in the NL division series. “That said, crazier things have happened”.
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Kershaw is eager to get the playoffs started. Compare that to the team across the diamond who in that same amount of time has won three World Series.
“I’m so proud of these guys, these rookies”, Bochy said. “Clayton’s game plan usually includes a lot of two-strike counts”. “We’ve done this now three times in a row, so we’d like to get a little further”. Playing against a generation of enhanced sluggers, the 175-pounder held his own for most of two decades.
With the New York Mets getting swept by the Nationals in a doubleheader, L.A.is ensured home field advantage for the Division Series.
If the Dodgers finish with a better regular-season record than the Mets, Game 3 will be at Citi Field.
“[ERA titles and strikeouts] aren’t the things that Zack worries about”, manager Don Mattingly said. “He just keeps marching along”. “That’s as good as I’ve seen him play”. An impending free agent who could find his way back as a long reliever next season, Vogelsong allowed just one hit in four innings, struck out six and did not walk a batter. He reached 300 on a swinging strikeout of Upton to end the third, earning a standing ovation.
“I’m glad it went better in the seventh game”, he said. I’ve been blessed to play this game, a game I love. You have guys work like that, use all their pitches and speeds, use breaking balls, have catchers put down signs, no screens. With Kershaw on the mound, it seemed like an insurmountable deficit for the Giants to overcome.
“It definitely helps, but I don’t think it is the deciding factor”. Andre Either would most likely go against 2 of 3 of them because they are right handers. The No. 30 overall selection of the 2008 draft, who has battled through numerous elbow issues in recent years, finished strong by retiring the final 11 hitters he faced. This time, Kershaw was smiling when Rollins arrived. He said that Puig has been running 100 percent. “He was smiling out there”.
In Cincinnati, Austin Jackson hit a three-run homer and Anthony Rizzo added an RBI double for Chicago. First pitch is at 12:10 p.m.
The Dodgers concluded with a 55-26 home record, tying the 1980 team (55-27) for the most home wins since the franchise moved west in 1958.
Greinke (19-3) scattered four hits and struck out eight over eight innings in picking up his 19th victory. Closer Kenley Jansen served as pitching coach for the day.
The Dodgers and Mets are tied at 89-70 and each have three games left. Choo also had a two-run homer in the first. After throwing 270 innings last season – 52 2/3 in the greatest October pitching performance ever – Bumgarner is overburdened and overworked, a harsh truth that the Giants stubbornly refute. OF Wil Myers and OF Matt Kemp also sat out.
It’s hard to judge anything based on one game, but Yasiel Puig if anything in his first game back never really got up to full speed, which is probably to be expected after missing 34 games with a left hamstring strain, something that wasn’t bothering him on Saturday.
“It was a quality start, that’s for sure”, Padres manager Pat Murphy said.
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“Obviously we weren’t winning when he took over and we didn’t play that well for him”, second baseman Jedd Gyorko said. “When people talk about the hall of Fame stuff, it kind of makes me laugh because this year was tough”.
