It was just what Justin Turner expected. Jonathon Villar hit a two-run homer for the Brewers to give the crew an 8-6 lead.
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Roberts said he did not meet with either Turner or Grandal and is comfortable just moving on from the incident. “I wasn’t surprised at all”.
Bolsinger gave up two runs on four hits with six strikeouts and one walk in six innings, but received a no-decision in his last outing against the Brewers in a 3-2 Los Angeles win on July 10, 2015 at Dodger Stadium.
Aaron Hill and Chris Carter homered off Casey Fien in the fifth to make it 6-3 Milwaukee and, after the Dodgers had crawled back to tie it, Villar launched the first pitch he saw from Pedro Baez (0-2) in the ninth an estimated 420 feet to straightaway center field for the victor.
The bottom of the tenth saw the Brewers opt to walk the bases loaded to set up a force at home plate after a lead off double by Max Venable and a sacrifice. Turner drilled the victor over the head of third baseman Aaron Hill. “So, you take your chances”.
“I assumed (Jeffress) was going to try and attack me with fastball and then try to get a ground ball with that sinker”, Turner added. Turner’s two out first inning shot to left was the difference into the top of the sixth.
Tyler Thornburg (3-1) earned the win with a scoreless eighth inning. The left-hander gave up five hits and three runs, striking out eight and walking two, raising his ERA to 4.62.
It was the third multi-homer game for Turner, the last one occurring September 23, 2014, against the San Francisco Giants.
Rob Finnegan of West Sacramento, whose wife Stefanie was killed in a auto crash in April, will throw the ceremonial first pitch along with his 5-year- old daughter Aubrey and 12-year-old son Andrew. “I got the hit on a sinker”. I’m going to enjoy it. “He left the breaking ball up just barely enough for me to get it over Aaron’s head”.
Milwaukee starter Zach Davies pitched well but came away with a no-decision. “He continues to impress, he continues to keep hitters off-balance”. They struck out 16 times for the game.
“Yes, the main thing is that the team won, and that’s really what matters to me”, said Urias, who has posted a 1.88 ERA with 22 strikeouts and three walks in his last three starts (14 1/3 innings).
Joc Pederson: 3-for-5 with a home run and two runs scored.
Julio Urias struck out eight over five scoreless innings before reliever Louis Coleman surrendered the tying run in the sixth.
The Brewers got a runner to third base in each of the first three innings against Urias, and he needed 25 pitches to get out of the first. Turner dumped a single to left to win it for the Dodgers. Puig went 1 for 2 with a stolen base and played seven innings in right field in a rehab game for Class A Rancho Cucamonga on Thursday. “I think having discussions or openly showing emotions with one another I think for the right reasons is fine”, Roberts said. “It’s not something I advocate, but it can be healthy”.
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According to oddsmakers from online sports book BetDSI, the Dodgers are -165 money line favorites over the Brewers, who have odds of +145 to pull off the upset tonight in Los Angeles.
