Kershaw, Roberts said, will start on Friday in Miami after feeling no ill effects from Saturday night’s three-inning, one-hit rehabilitation stint for Class-A Rancho Cucamonga.
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De Leon became the fifth rookie starter to make his debut with the Dodgers this season. The clubs will meet six times in September, and Kershaw as of now is on turn to pitch the opening games of those series, including the season finale at San Francisco.
Rich Hill threw six innings of one-hit ball, striking out eight, and Josh Reddick and Yasmani Grandal homered for Los Angeles. He struck out four and walked three.
Grandal hit a two-run homer with two outs in the seventh, scoring Puig, who walked, and extending the Dodgers’ lead to 7-4. He struck out the side in the sixth to finish with a flourish.
The San Diego Padres could use a win after losing eight of their last 11 games. Kazuhisa Ishii in April 2002 against Colorado and Pedro Astacio in July 1992 against Philadelphia had 10 each.
De Leon contributed to the Padres rally in the fifth. with one out and a runner on second, De Leon made a poor throw after he fielded Travis Jankowski’s bunt, the throw hit the runner and allowed Alexi Amarista to tie the game.
Blue Jays 5, Rays 3: Kevin Jepsen yielded a tiebreaking two-run homer to Russell Martin in the eighth inning, and Tampa missed out on a chance for a three-game sweep. At this point, it’s more of a pitch count deal, making sure that I can contribute and not just go out there.
INF Alexei Ramirez was released Sunday.
Since the right-handed hitting Yasiel Puig returned to the Dodgers on Friday, he has started both games against an opposing left-handed starter. The 34-year-old veteran hit.240 with five homers and 41 RBIs in 128 games.
The game was scoreless until the third inning, with two out and a runner on, Yangervis Solarte drilled a two-run homer to right.
Clayton Kershaw, whose aversion to the disabled list is as deep-seated as anyone in baseball, was asked what he learned from the experience of sitting out these last two months because of a herniated disk in his lower back.
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The Padres finished their 9-game road trip with a 3-6 record that includes a sweep at the hands of the Braves, the team with the worst record in Major League Baseball. In addition to posting a 1.79 ERA in 121 pre-injury innings, Kershaw struck out 10.79 batters and walked a microscopic.67 per nine frames, giving him an incredible 16.11 K/BB ratio.
