“Century Boulevard … Santa Monica Boulevard” seemed like a forgone conclusion.
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Bettis lost for the first time in five starts on Saturday night, and the Colorado Rockies lost 6-1 to the Los Angeles Dodgers. “I just went out there and tried to put up as many zeros as I could”, said Norris, who arrived at Dodger Stadium four hours before the game. “We just haven’t gotten it done the last couple of nights”. The Los Angeles Dodgers offense has heated up in this series, and they’ve won five straight games when scoring more than three runs. Seager went 2-for-4 and scored a run in the Dodgers’ 5-0 win over the Rockies. Kazmir pitched six scoreless innings, allowed only three hits and struck out 10.
Kershaw met with Dr. Robert Watkins at game time Saturday to map out a rehabilitation program, but when asked whether doctors have given him a general idea of how long he will be out, Kershaw said, “Not that I’m willing to discuss at this time”.
Despite struggling in his four starts last season, McCarthy can be the pitcher to keep the Dodgers’ pitching staff fifth best in the league.
Asked if he’s in a small funk right now, Arenado said, “Yeah, I’m not 100 percent comfortable, but that’s how it is”. It’s bad. You just feel like, whether you do or not, you just feel like you’re letting the team down by not pitching.
“We’re playing decent baseball, but we’re not playing good baseball”, Gonzalez told the Denver Post. “It’s just a matter of being consistent out there for every pitch”.
The Dodgers bunched singles by Corey Seager, Justin Turner, Adrian Gonzalez and Yasiel Puig for two runs in the first, Seager extending his hitting streak to 15 games. Trayce Thompson’s two-run double off Bettis in the third boosted L.A.’s lead to 4-0.
The Colorado Rockies hope to have two key players back in the lineup as they attempt to halt their three-game slide when they visit the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday for the middle contest of their three-game series.
Bettis was charged with four runs on six hits over six innings. Oh and there’s also the fact that he had only walked nine batters (one intentional) and was on pace to shatter the record for best strikeout: walk ratio with a 16.11 K: BB.
Colorado manager Walt Weiss said before Friday night’s game that LeMahieu could have played after performing some pregame drills, but he opted to give his All-Star second baseman an extra day of rest.
Two more runs were plated in the seventh, thanks to a double by Howie Kendrick, a walk by Seager and Turner’s third hit of the night. “In second half of the outing, the curveball and changeup showed up more”.
The Colorado Rockies could use a win after losing seven of their last 10 games. “Everybody goes through that and I didn’t think mine was any different”.
He said he did not have to change his approach on days he did pitch when his back was less than flawless.
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But the veteran right-hander did his best imitation of the Dodgers’ absent three-time Cy Young victor Friday, expertly handling one of the league’s hottest offenses in a 5-0 series-opening victory over the Colorado Rockies at Dodger Stadium. Offensively, Carlos Gonzalez leads Colorado with 98 hits, Nolan Arenado has 66 RBI and Charlie Blackmon has 12 home runs.
