In fact, all the Dodgers’ runs came in the fourth when the team finally broke the game open off Padres starter James Shields (0-1).
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Kershaw held the Padres to just one hit in seven innings.
The Padres and Dodgers will meet this afternoon for their second Opening Day matchup in as many years.
The Padres bats were nowhere to be found, and it didn’t help that Kershaw was absolutely brilliant.
Kershaw was touched for a clean two-out single by John Jay in the third inning and ultimately struck out nine, walked one and retired the final 13 batters he faced. Game 3 against the Dodgers is Wednesday night at Petco Park. The Padres only mustered up two hits.
Prince Fielder blooped an RBI single off Hernandez during a three-run fifth inning that included three walks and two errors. They piled on the agony for San Diego with a five-run sixth. However, Derek Norris and Alexei Ramirez grounded out. With the new rules in place, Utley would have been called out even if the tag was late.
Mariners 10, Rangers 2: Nelson Cruz hit one of four Seattle homers, fellow former Texas player Leonys Martin had a tiebreaking double and the Mariners bounced back from an opening-day loss.
“The bottom line is we got outplayed today and we’ve got to do a better job overall in all aspects of our game”, Shields said. “But it’s one of 162”. “A lot was made about his spring training but he knew what it takes to get ready for the season. It’s not a big deal in the long run”. This will be one outing to forget for Ross however.
The Dodgers look to dismiss all the doubters who think the three-time reigning NL West Champs won’t win the division for a fourth consecutive year.
Roberts said he would have let Kazmir pitch the seventh inning if the no-hitter was still intact.
It wasn’t just Ross though. R.A. Dickey (1-0) lasted five innings to get the win.
The No. 1 prospect in baseball had three hits on Tuesday night, finishing 3-for-4 with a run scored.
To start the season, he already has a. 667 on-base percentage, thanks to three hits, three walks and a hit by pitch. His oddly-structured contract with the Dodgers is worth a guaranteed $25 million over eight years, but can reach as high as $106.2 million if is healthy enough to reach all of his incentives over the life of the contract. Zero, yet they won by 15. In four starts against Los Angeles, Cashner went 0-3 with a 3.38 ERA and he received one or fewer runs of support in three of those four starts.
Span hit a three-run shot with two outs in the eighth inning and Joe Panik and Buster Posey followed with home runs off Ariel Pena.
“I don’t think this is the way anyone draws it up”, manager Andy Green said. Obviously it starts with Kersh and the tone that he sets, him going out there and getting after guys.
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He proved that he would do more than enough to make the score stand. “We’ve just got to keep continuing to grind”.
