The 25-year-old nicknamed the “Wild Horse”, proved this specific skillset when he sent left-hander Christian Friedrich deep in the third inning. Friedrich has faced the Dodgers twice this season and took the loss against them July 10 after yielding three runs across five innings.
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LOS ANGELES: The Dodgers are calling up De Leon from Triple-A Oklahoma City to make his major league debut.
“There’s no word to describe that”, he said. “It was awesome to be here for the first time”. In the broadcast booth, Vin Scully was telling the television audience about De Leon, who was thrilled to get called up before Scully retires at season’s end.
“We can put our top three with any in baseball, but it starts with Clayton”, Roberts said. “He kept his composure”.
San Diego Padres’ Alexei Ramirez, right, hits a single past Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Rich Hill, left, as catcher Yasmani Grandal watches during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Sept.
The NL West-leading Dodgers stayed two games in front of San Francisco, which edged the Cubs 3-2 earlier in the day. “I didn’t notice any difference from down there to here”.
“I only know how I feel right now, and I feel good”, Kershaw said. “It’s been given me good results and you can see it now”. De Leon amassed nine strikeouts in his six innings, issued no walks, hit one batter and allowed four runs on six hits while throwing 86 pitches in a 7-4 victory over the San Diego Padres. He struck out the side in the sixth to finish with a flourish.
Kenley Jansen recorded back-to-back saves with a scoreless ninth and now has 41 on the season. The #2 prospect in L.A.’s system gave up four runs on six hits in 6.0 innings.
Puig went 1-for-2 with a home run, three RBI and a season-high three runs scored and is carrying over his hot-hitting from the minor leagues as he’s batting.500 with a home run since his return to the big leagues.
The Padres scored the tying and go-ahead runs in the fifth. He tossed three innings for the Single-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes in his first rehab start following a back injury.
De Leon made two mistakes that led to four runs for the Padres – a first-pitch fastball that Yangervis Solarte hammered for a two-run home run in the third inning and a poor throw on a bunt in the fifth inning.
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Hill (11-3) allowed one hit, struck out eight and walked two in his second start since the Dodgers acquired him from Oakland at the August 1 trade deadline. The 24-year-old has been especially dominant over his last three outings, posting a 0.83 ERA and 33:0 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
