“That was huge”, said De Leon.
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Jose De Leon stood on the dirt in front of the Dodgers’ dugout hours before he was set to make his Major League debut against the San Diego Padres on Sunday.
The San Diego Padres could use a win after losing eight of their last 11 games. “It was incredible to be here for the first time”.
Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Sunday that Clayton Kershaw is expected to return to the Dodgers’ rotation on Friday against the Miami Marlins. “He kept his composure”. He watched as four other rookies were brought up, including Julio Urias who proved reliable in the Dodgers’ fight to protect their slim division lead over San Francisco. The Dodgers will face RHP Zack Greinke for the first time this season on Monday night when the Arizona Diamondbacks begin a three-game series.
After getting the news, De Leon shared it with his parents, who quickly made plans to arrive in Los Angeles on Saturday night. Afterward, Kershaw said he would be pitching for the Dodgers in four days. “I didn’t notice any difference from down there to here”.
After reaching on a single in the fifth, Wil Myers raved about De Leon.
He was talking about Hill, but he could have said the same about Kershaw. Grandal deposited LHP Ryan Buchter’s 91 miles per hour fastball down the left-field line for a two-run drive in the bottom of the seventh inning. He struck out the side in the sixth to finish with a flourish. “It was my first time actually seeing them in the stadium since I signed in 2013 and now I know what they go through when they see me on the TV when they’re in Puerto Rico”.
After taking a called strike from Cardinals’ right-hander Carlos Martinez in the third inning, Hamilton stepped out of the batter’s box holding his left side. Corey Seager leads Los Angeles with 154 hits, Adrian Gonzalez has 76 RBI and Justin Turner has 24 home runs. That blast was Puig’s first since July 4.
RF Yasiel Puig hit a three-run home run, walked twice and scored three runs in a 7-4 win over the San Diego Padres.
Cincinnati used four walks by Jerome Williams to score five times in the eighth, capped by Tucker Barnhart’s bases-loaded double.
De Leon’s nine punchouts were the second most in Los Angeles Dodgers history for a rookie in their debut, behind Pedro Astacio and Kaz Ishii with 10.
According to oddsmakers from online sports book BetDSI, the Dodgers are -215 money line favorites versus the Padres, who have odds of +175 to pull off the upset today in Los Angeles.
Padres: INF Alexei Ramirez was released Sunday after being told he wasn’t going to be the team’s everyday shortstop anymore.
Solarte hit a two-run homer with two outs in the third.
Kershaw has been sidelined since June 26 with a herniated disc in his back. He won’t have a specific pitch count, but will be monitored.
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Anderson followed Kershaw in Saturday’s game, but was again bothered by a blister and was to meet Sunday with the team’s medical staff. They open a 3-game series back home against the Red Sox with a Labor Day afternoon matchup. He tossed three innings for the Single-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes in his first rehab start following a back injury. Prior to suffering the injury, Kershaw recorded a 1.79 ERA in 121 innings and looked like a shoo-in for the National League Cy Young Award.
