In Friday’s game, the Marlins secured a 4-1 win.
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Each night in the 2016 baseball season, we’ll run down the top news, facts and highlights from action around Major League Baseball.
Kershaw was on a pitch count and 66 pitches got him through three innings.
Roberts’ reasoning behind the move was based in his concerns for a recurrence of the blister issue that kept Hill out from July 17 until August 24.
Say what you will about Roberts’ decision, but it is at least understandable when viewed through the lens of someone who just saw Hill make his third real start in the last nine weeks.
Roberts said he understood why Hill, who was visibly upset in the dugout after being pulled, would be so emotional. “Without Rich – if something would have happened and (the blister) would have come up again that opportunity would have been lessened”.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was thrilled afterward.
“It’s the toughest thing I’ve had to do”.
Fernandez was tested in the second when the first two Dodgers reached on a hit and a walk.
It was the 51st anniversary of the only Dodgers flawless game, Sandy Koufax’s 1-0 gem against the Chicago Cubs.
Fernandez (14-8) gave up three hits and three walks in seven shutout innings.
Yankees 7, Rays 5 • Mark Teixeira’s fourth-inning grand slam helped host NY extend its winning streak to six games as it closed within one game of Baltimore and Detroit for the second AL wild-card slot.
After all, Hill, who was acquired from the Oakland A’s on August 1, hadn’t made his Dodgers debut until August 24 due to the blister problem. He allowed four runs in five-plus innings, giving up three of the long balls. It was not vintage Kershaw by any means, but the left-hander still recorded five strikeouts, striking out the side in the second inning. Porcello gave up two earned runs and struck out seven in seven innings.
Carrying a flawless game through seven innings, Hill was removed after 89 pitches against the Miami Marlins, and the bullpen was pressed into duty. It was the hardest hit ball of the night off Hill. However, Roberts added that this particular victory feels like a loss (Twitter link via McCullough). But there is a bigger picture here, and I think we all know what it is. After winning 97 games last year, they have consecutive 90-win seasons for the first time since doing it in three straight years from 1928-1930. “He showed it tonight”.
Marlins manager Don Mattingly is the third skipper in the last half-century to start 5-0 against the Dodgers – the team he managed from 2011-15.
Blanton retired the first two batters in the eighth before Jeff Francoeur hit a looping line drive over the head of shortstop Corey Seager.
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The first run of the inning came in on Christian Yelich’s superbly placed bunt-single with two outs. “It was a little unfortunate that I couldn’t get out there for a couple more innings”.
