Certainly neither of these pitchers are unknowns, but considering they play most of their games on the west coast, it will be a way for the rest of the country to take really notice of Kershaw’s Los Angeles Dodgers and Bumgarner’s San Francisco Giants.
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Stripling went 7⅓ innings and the Dodgers wound up losing 3-2 to the Giants in the 10th on Brandon Crawford’s home run.
Van Slyke left the game immediately after getting hit, complaining of back pain. Guerra went six innings, allowing four hits, two walks and two runs while logging eight strikeouts.
He proved his worth in his first start Tuesday, allowing one run over seven innings of a 2-1 win at Milwaukee. He took to the position immediately, however, laying out to make a diving catch to rob Angel Pagan of extra bases in the eighth inning.At the plate Culberson was 2-for-5 with a pair of doubles, including the game-winner, knocking in Corey Seager, who doubled against George Kontos with one out in the 10th.It ended a long day that started with a 41-minute rain delay. Stripling pitched 7⅓ innings, struck out four, walked four, and was charged with one earned run, which came after Dodgers manager Dave Roberts pulled him from the game following his 100th pitch of the night. The Dodgers’ 15-0 victory on opening day was the largest shutout victory in Major League Baseball history.
“It was awesome. Any time you can come back off a closer as good as he is and scratch one across in the 10th like that, you just keep grinding out at-bats”, Kershaw said. One of those supporters was his former manager in the other dugout, Bruce Bochy.
Stripling went 7 1/3 innings, then left after his 100th pitch on a rainy Friday night. While Kershaw would likely say he’d rather see the World Series rings, today the argument is about who is the best pitcher and that is far from settled.
And Stripling told Roberts just that when they met in his office with the game still going after the skipper got ejected.
Five days after he threw six masterful innings in San Diego, Kazmir was knocked out after four mistake-filled innings Sunday in a 9-6 loss to the Giants.
CHICAGO (AP) – Avisail Garcia hit a three-run home run in the decisive seventh inning, ace Chris Sale overcame two home runs to stay unbeaten and Chicago rallied past Cleveland. Cueto allowed five hits, climaxed by a bases-loaded Trayce Thompson single.
Perhaps he relaxed a bit against No. 9 hitter Ehire Adrianza.
The Padres were overdue for some runs after being shut out in the first three games, in which they were outscored 25-0 by the Dodgers. In Sunday’s finale, Cueto gave up six runs and 10 hits, yet came away a victor. “He threw 70 innings past year”, Roberts said.
“It’s this kid’s first start and it’s nice to leave him”. For Adrianza, it was just the second home run of his career and his first since 2013.
General Manager Bobby Evans remained optimistic all offseason that something long-term would soon get done for Belt, who had been in his third year of arbitration and signed a $6.2 million, one-year contract in February. The Giants cannot exclusively rely on their rotation this season if they want to land a place in the postseason.
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Panik’s liner to the base of the fence in center field off Dodgers left-hander J.P. Howell scored both teammates to provide a lead that Cueto and the Giants’ bullpen managed to hold until the end. INF Micah Johnson was promoted from Triple-A Oklahoma City to take Crawford’s spot on the roster.
