Daniel Murphy was 2 for 4 last night, giving him an NL-leading 39 multi-hit games this season, and he also started the night leading the NL in AVG (.352), and leading National League second basemen in doubles (27), home runs (18), RBIs (68) and SLG (.613).
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Washington Nationals Manager Dusty Baker (12) talks with starting pitcher Reynaldo Lopez (49) as he is about to be pulled from the game during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tuesday, July 19, 2016, in Washington. Glover, who has yet to make his big league debut, has split the 2016 regular season between Advanced Single-A Potomac, Double-A Harrisburg and Triple-A Syracuse while exclusively making relief appearances. “But we all know the type of batters that are at the heart of the order and I try to focus and do my job”. Anthony Rendon and Wilson Ramos each had two hits and an RBI.
Washington was left 26-43 against Los Angeles in the all-time series between the two teams after last night’s loss. Glover began this season with Class-A Potomac. “I just had a better feel for my pitches (as the game went on) and that allowed for it to come to me a little better”.
The 22-year-old Lopez flashed his stuff in the third as he struck out the side, the last punchout on a 79 miles per hour curveball to Yasiel Puig.
The 23-year-old right-hander has made a total of 33 minor league appearances this season en route to amassing 45.1 innings of work alongside a flawless 3-0 record and a 2.18 ERA.
The loser was Lopez (0-1), who had been called up from Triple-A Syracuse to pitch in his first major league game.
After Utley homered, Howie Kendrick’s opposite-field single extended his hitting streak to 11 games and Justin Turner followed with a double.
Washington recalled Lopez over right-hander Lucas Giolito, the organization’s top prospect.
Joc Pederson, just off the disabled list, had a two-run single later in the inning to make it 3-0.
Yasiel Puig’s RBI single in the fifth put the Dodgers up 6-0 and ended the Lopez’s outing.
Cruising with a 6-0 lead in the fifth, Kazmir landed awkwardly after jumping to field Danny Espinosa’s groundout.
Unlike numerous Dodgers’ other pitchers, Norris is healthy, but he was still victimized on home runs by Bryce Harper, Ben Revere and Jayson Werth.
Dodgers: Roberts said surgery was “more of a possibility” for LHP Clayton Kershaw after a setback with the herniated disk in his back.
The Nationals are without starter Joe Ross, who has been on the disabled list since July 3 with right shoulder inflammation.
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The Dodgers couldn’t do a thing against Gonzalez, who entered Wednesday with a 4.70 ERA on the season, including a whopping 7.20 in his last 10 starts. Giolito posted a 4.70 ERA in two recent starts without a decision before the Nationals optioned him to Triple-A Syracuse on July 8.
