Rob Segedin and Andrew Toles each homered, and the Dodgers extended their NL West lead to two games. In six games (three starts) since the All-Star break, Stripling is 1-1 with a 3.16 ERA.
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Closer Kenley Jansen earned his 37th save by striking out two in a ideal ninth.
At the plate: Pagan’s hitting streak ended at 19 games. The Dodgers have scored 28 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in seven of their last 11 games.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Clay Buchholz pitched into the seventh inning, David Ortiz had a run-scoring single and Boston beat Tampa Bay to remain tied atop the AL East with Toronto.
With Dodgers starters struggling to give the club any length, Hill brought a new vibe to the proceedings by delivering his six innings on just 81 pitches. Craig Kimbrel got the final three outs for his 23rd save.
SAN DIEGO – Jake Arrieta threw eight scoreless innings of two-hit ball to become the NL’s first 16-game victor and Kris Bryant and Addison Russell homered. All were singles and only one baserunner reached second base. Arrieta has two no-hitters in the past year.
Segedin posted a photo on Instagram of him and his wife in the hospital Monday while he was holding the ball from his first home run.
Roberts might have regretted that decision for a split second as Crawford sent Reddick back to the wall in right field to haul in his drive. He has been outstanding this season, posting a 2.25 ERA over 14 starts. His five walks were a season-worst.
Ventura (9-9) allowed six hits and one walk while striking out six. Kelvin Herrera pitched a ideal ninth for his eighth save.
The Giants are 1-4 in their last 5 during game 3 of a series and 7-1 in their last 8 Thursday games. Gerrit Cole (7-9) allowed five runs in five innings.
Turner collected two of the Dodgers’ five hits. He is 3-1 in six career starts against San Francisco. Going 9-3 with a 2.25 ERA prior to going down in early July, Hill became one of the most sought after commodities at the trade deadline before the Dodgers poached him from Oakland in exchange for a package of prospects. In his other 24 starts, he has averaged seven innings and given up 1.9 runs. As a result, the veteran left-hander will take the mound on Wednesday evening in a pivotal matchup against the San Francisco Giants. The Dodgers won 1-0. That would be some 50 minutes after the game’s last out was recorded. After a 60-pitch mound session and one minor league rehab start, the three-time NL Cy Young victor could return to the Dodgers rotation.
Davis had struck out in six consecutive at-bats before hitting his 33rd home run of the season off starter Danny Salazar. That’s the most by an Oakland player since Jack Cust hit 33 in 2008. For Jansen, he picked up his second straight save, his 37 save of the season, and first one-run save since June.
SEATTLE – Jacoby Ellsbury hit a two-run homer and CC Sabathia pitched seven innings to win for the third time in two months, leading NY over Mariners.
Right fielder Josh Reddick made the catch on the warning track, and Justin Turner s home run against Johnny Cueto in the fourth inning held up as the Dodgers positioned themselves to try for a three-game sweep of this pivotal series.
BALTIMORE – Kevin Gausman scattered six hits over six shutout innings, Adam Jones went 4 for 5 and Chris Davis hit his 30th home run for Baltimore. Crawford fouled Blanton’s first two pitches off and then blasted a curveball deep to right.
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CHICAGO – Jose Abreu homered for a third straight game and Carlos Rodon threw 6 2/3 scoreless innings. He did in the fifth inning Wednesday night. “They’ve got a great club over there”. Jim Johnson pitched a scoreless ninth for his 11th save. Jake Barrett (1-2) took the loss.
