The Dodgers will close the season against the San Diego Padres at home this weekend, while the Giants host the Colorado Rockies in a three-game set.
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Howie Kendrick might have whistled the last pitch of Hudson’s career into center field for a single, but that did not dampen the applause as he doffed his cap to a standing ovation in the third inning of the Giants’ 3-2 loss to the Dodgers at AT&T Park. Only Jake Arrieta of the Chicago Cubs has also matched those numbers this year.
“He’s been unbelievable all year”. It was a typical Zack Greinke outing.
“As much as anything, to know where our travel is going to be, with a lot of things going on that we don’t know”, Mattingly said.
The Mets (89-70), champions of the NL East, wrap at home with three against the Washington Nationals.
Here are Puig’s stats this season: 77 games played, 11 home runs, 71 hits, .256 AVG, .324 OBP, 1.1 WAR.
Kansas City, which has already clinched the AL Central title, lost 4-2 at the Chicago White Sox, with Eric Hosmer and Kendrys Morales both hitting homers.
Last September, Bumgarner got numerous votes for the “Good Guy” award given out by the local media. “The last couple weeks have been a little bit of an emotional rollercoaster for me”.
“I was surprised how good I was able to hold it together there”, Hudson said.
With 222 wins, Hudson has been the active career wins leader in the Major League Baseball all season.
Greinke also surpassed Arriata for the Major League Baseball lead with his 30th quality start (at least six innings pitched, less than three runs allowed).
Travis Jankowski drew the Padres to 5-3 with a three-run homer off reliever Luis Avilan in the seventh after Juan Nicasio gave up consecutive one-out singles to Austin Hedges and Alexi Amarista.
Eickhoff, facing a lineup of Mets reserves, went seven innings and allowed four hits as he struck out 10 and walked one.
Kershaw finished with 301 strikeouts and joined former Arizona teammates Randy Johnson (2000-02) and Curt Schilling (2002) as the only pitchers since 2000 to reach 300 strikeouts in a season.
“I’m sitting there like, ‘It’s over my head, Clayton, ‘” Rollins said, recounting their discussion. “When people talk about the hall of Fame stuff, it kind of makes me laugh because this year was tough”. This will be the year that Los Angeles won’t get derailed by St. Louis or by its own star pitcher, by San Francisco or by its own dearth of power hitting. “That’s all I pay attention to, I guess”. He is 5-1 with a 1.61 ERA in 11 career starts against the Padres. “I thought I was efficient”. “I feel right now that I need to leave”. “But it definitely helps”, Greinke said.
The news came during the second inning, giving added importance to Saturday’s game. “He looks at it like he wants a full start”, Mattingly said.
“It’s a strong possibility that this is a place I’d like to play”, he said.
Andrew Friedman arrived at Chavez Ravine last October and built the big-spending Dodgers’ $285 million roster to win championships, not merely division titles. Puig will most likely go against the left handers though.
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We didn’t do any spoiling tonight, though.
