The Dodgers went down in order to end the game and that was that.
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In his first 2016 start, left-hander Brett Anderson was removed after 30-pitch first inning.
To say the first inning was rough would be an understatement.
Anderson would finish the inning, so while he may not have officially left the game with an injury, he would proceed to head to the clubhouse after being taken out. According to STATS, only one Dodgers player has completed an entire season with more plate appearances and zero GIDPs (current manager Dave Roberts in 2003, with 440 plate appearances). McCarthy will likely be given some time to rest and get his hip right, at which point he could join the bullpen or the rotation.
Anderson made three rehab starts with Class A Rancho Cucamonga and Triple-A Oklahoma City, compiling an 0-1 mark with a 2.25 ERA with 11 strikeouts and one walk in 12 innings.
He last faced the Pirates on July 25, 2014 as a member of the Colorado Rockies, limiting them to two hits in 6 1/3 scoreless innings and earning the win in an 8-1 Rockies’ victory. Bases loaded twice against McCarthy, a ball in the gap would have been nice.
“No broken bones, no ligaments or tendons are strained or stretched”, he said.
It was not a good day in the field for the Pirates on Saturday.
With today’s insane game, the Dodgers have now used seven pitchers in each of their last two games. Sean Rodriguez then lined a 2-and-0 fastball into the right-field seats for a three-run homer and a 5-0 lead. Freese has hit safely in his last eight games at Dodger Stadium. Los Angeles is also 4-1 in Anderson’s last five Sunday starts, and 1-4 in Anderson’s last five starts overall. “It sucks. I think I should be fine moving forward”. That’s part of the reason that Stewart, Julio Urias and Ross Stripling remain on the active roster – a triumvirate of long relievers just in case of games like this. Halting a start in Cincinnati, where humidity figures to be high, and moving it to the following homestand might make more sense, but the Dodgers aren’t saying when Hill might make his Dodgers debut. “‘I’m competitive, but I’m not scared.’ That’s essentially what it takes to play up here”. “When we come out here, I seem to get more down time and I’m more relaxed”. “I’m going to try to get the ball on the ground and get quality starts”.
Gerrit Cole did not have a good outing as he only pitched into the fifth inning.
Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Chad Kuhl throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, in Los Angeles. The rookie notched his 11th win of the season at home against the Phillies, giving up three runs and six hits over five innings.
The plan for three games at Philadelphia this week is to have Kenta Maeda, Scott Kazmir and Bud Norris start, but that plan is only a recent development. Gonzalez scored on a throwing error by Kang, knotting the score at 3. Although teams can typically project their rotations through a road trip or a homestand, the Dodgers tend to have to reassess things on a daily basis. The Dodgers’ bullpen is 23-15 with an MLB-best 3.09 ERA in spite of its heavy workload and revolving cast of characters.
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White Sox 8, Marlins 7 • Catcher Dioner Navarro scored the go-ahead run on a strikeout, capping a freaky eighth-inning comeback for visiting Chicago. His track record of success (10-9, 3.69 ERA in 2015) and clean bill of health both experienced setbacks Sunday. When the latest Dodgers’ game notes were drafted, the Dodgers starter for Thursday’s game was still listed as TBD.
