Who pitched the last ideal game for the Los Angeles Dodgers?
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Though Hill’s ideal game was broken up by a Jeff Francoeur hit off reliever Joe Blanton, Los Angeles would go on to beat Miami 5-0 down in South Beach on Saturday night. Maeda struck out just three and walked one on the afternoon.
Three Dodgers relievers were ultimately called upon to finish off the 5-0 Dodgers’ victory over the Marlins, who ended the night with two hits. “But that’s part of the game”. The Dodgers came into the game tied for the fewest errors allowed in the majors this season but kicked Yelich’s single to right field around for two errors (one by Reddick and another on a throw by shortstop Corey Seager), allowing a run to score.
Urena got pinch-hitter Andrew Toles on a fly out and leadoff man Chase Utley on a groundout to edge to the precipice of a shutout. Hill, though, said afterward that he was not having any blister problems.
“That was the big thing, try to get a W, that’s what we were working for”, he said.
The Marlins have not had a pitcher toss a complete game since Henderson Alvarez blanked Tampa Bay 1-0 on June 3, 2014. Bryan Mitchell starts for the Yankees in the 4:05 p.m. PT game, his fifth major league start and second in 2016. “But I know that it was for the reason to give us the best chance to win a World Series”. Miami will open a three-game series at the Atlanta Braves on Monday.
“They’re all big for us”.
“When you get quick outs early in the game, that helps you more and you can get more deep in the game”, Urena said. “It was moving a lot, he was getting a lot of ground balls”.
Urena fell to 2-5 in eight starts since he was shifted from the bullpen to the rotation when he gave up four runs and seven hits over five innings in a loss to Philadelphia on Tuesday.
“I wasn’t rooting for a hit”, Collins said. “He had depth on that and the movement was good”.
Along with keeping his other pitches down in the zone, the curve provided a different look that helped hold a unsafe lineup stacked with left-handed hitters at bay.
Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier made his first start of the season after making a pinch-hit appearance on Sunday. Nationals ace Max Scherzer allowed four hits in 6 2/3 innings.
“Pretty stress free”, said Mattingly, who considered pulling Urena after the eighth.
“I’ve been there”, Collins said Sunday.
On Saturday night against the Marlins, Dodgers lefty Rich Hill flirted with perfection.
The Dodgers threw the Marlins a curve all weekend.
A decision by Los Angeles Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts during Saturday’s game between the Dodgers and the Miami Marlins sparked a debate between announcers during Sunday’s game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Texas Rangers in Anaheim.
Kenta Maeda faced the minimum through the first three innings, but there would be no controversy today.
BLUE JAYS 3, RED SOX 2 (at Toronto) – J.A. Happ got his 18th win, Melvin Upton Jr. hit a two-run homer, and Toronto closed to one game behind AL East-leading Boston and stopped a four-game losing streak.
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Prado lead off the bottom of the sixth with a single and scored after Yelich hit a bloop single to right.
