“That rule exists so the fielder doesn’t get blindsided, not so the fielder can blindside a baserunner”.
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Los Angeles Dodgers’ Justin Turner tosses his bat after hitting a fly ball during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Thursday, July 7, 2016, in Los Angeles.
Both starters struggled mightily before leaving early.
Maeda fell one punchout shy of teammate Clayton Kershaw’s season record of 14, and was the first Dodger starting pitcher since Kershaw to pitch into the seventh inning since June 20th. “It seemed like a really weird thing to say in that situation”. “Fastball was out of the zone, not even close, and when I did throw it for a strike it was down the middle”. His four hits tied a season high.
Howie Kendrick extended his hitting streak to seven games.
“I was able to command all my pitches, especially the slider”, Maeda said through an interpreter of his his success with the strikeout. This game is amusing.
It always feels good to beat the Dodgers. He took a foul ball off his mask in the sixth.
Friday the Padres scored first, but the Dodgers quickly answered against Andrew Cashner. Grandal, who spent the first three seasons of his career with San Diego before being traded to the Dodgers, has blasted six home runs in his last seven games and raised his average to.
But the Dodgers narrowed their deficit and put the potential tying run at third base in the bottom of the first. He finished 5-for-5 with six RBI, scoring three runs.
Still, Ryu adds another piece to the Dodgers’ tattered rotation, with Brandon McCarty recently returned and Brett Anderson expected to follow after the All-Star break. He helped himself offensively, singling in a run with two outs in the second for a 2-0 lead. “There were a couple stretches in there where we could’ve went the other way”. Grandal crushed his homer to drive in Yasiel Puig and give the Dodgers a 4-1 lead.
McCarthy has done well against the Padres over the years. The 33-year-old remains unbeaten in five career starts as a Dodger, going 4-0 with a 4.82 ERA and 37 strikeouts against five walks.
Actor Chance Crawford will throw the ceremonial first pitch, one week before the release of his latest film, “Undrafted”.
Kazmir has been wildly inconsistent while fashioning a 4.52 ERA over a team-leading 18 starts.
“We really like Perdomo’s stuff and the way he has progressed this season”, said Padres manager Andy Green.
Padres: RHP Tyson Ross (shoulder inflammation) reported discomfort in his twisted left ankle after playing catch from 120 feet at flat ground. There are no scheduled plans for him to throw off a mound…. 2B Cory Spangenberg (pulled hamstring) was shut down midway through base-running drills during a rehab session and will be re-evaluated by team doctors. 500 (44-44) going into the All-Star break. There is also Joc Pederson working on a return from a bruised shoulder joint, Andre Ethier trying to come back from a spiral fracture in his right leg, and Brett Anderson on the mend from arthroscopic back surgery. On June 14th in Arizona, Maeda allowed two earned run in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out five and walked none.
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McCarthy (2-0), in his second start since being activated from the 60-day disabled list, retired seven successive Padres between the first and third innings while amassing six strikeouts in five innings.
