He retired the side in order in the second, but after walking Travis Jankowski with one out in the third, he grooved a first-pitch fastball to Solarte, who belted it into the right-field pavilion for a two-run homer and a 2-0 lead.
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The Dodgers (76-60) hold a three-game lead in the National League West over the Giants after San Francisco (73-63) fell to the Chicago Cubs on Sunday.Puig went 1-for-2 with two walks, making him 3-for-6 since he came back from Triple-A Oklahoma City.Yasmani Grandal broke a 4-4 tie with a single that scored Puig in the fifth inning.
Luckily for them, they’re about to get some reinforcements in the form of right fielder Yasiel Puig, who was called up on Friday, and ace lefty Clayton Kershaw, who looked solid in three innings of work during a rehab start for the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (Class-A) on Saturday.
The Illinois native, who has dropped each of his last eight decisions, gave up five runs over 5 1/3 innings to the Chicago Cubs on August 23 before bouncing back with a scoreless relief frame at Atlanta on Tuesday.
“There’s passion and conviction behind every pitch”, Padres manager Andy Green said. The left-hander was scratched at Colorado last week due to a combination of weather and a finger blister.
Kershaw’s only other trip to the DL (with a strained muscle behind his left shoulder in April 2014) was followed by one of the most dominant stretches of his career – but not immediately. In 121 innings, the left-hander had allowed just 24 earned runs on 79 hits and nine walks while striking out 145. The right-hander tossed a complete game against Miami in his previous start. He has seven hits in his last 13 at-bats during a four-game hitting streak after going 11-for-79 in his first 23 contests with Los Angeles.2.
The Padres are 16-35 in their last 51 Sunday games and 0-4 in Friedrichs last 4 starts.
Last year’s Dodgers team hit the eighth-most home runs in franchise history with 187, and they have only reached 190 home runs seven times, the last time in 2004, when they hit 203 home runs.
Kenta Maeda, Ross Stripling and Brock Stewart will start the three-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks beginning Monday.
The Dodgers had a hard time getting Lamb out in that series, with the third baseman going 7-for-12 (.583) with four extra-base hits and a walk in three games, but since then his season has cratered. It was the rookie’s team-leading 48th multihit game of the season. His first season in Rookie ball was a harsh introduction, with De Leon posting a 6.96 ERA.
Jose De Leon was feeling calm shortly before his major league debut until he spotted his brother near the bullpen railing.
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Albert Pujols and C.J. Cron hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning, and six relievers combined to shut down Seattle after starter Matt Shoemaker was hit in the head with a line drive.
