After completing what manager Bob Melvin called an “embarrassing” road trip, the Oakland Athletics return home Tuesday to face the Los Angeles Dodgers and ace Clayton Kershaw. That versatility has provided them with a much-needed spark – at the plate and on the bases. The Dodgers won the last game 8-3 and Los Angeles leads the series 2-1. “I had pretty decent command and got some quick outs”. “Once my (velocity) kind of decreased later on, the ball started moving and I actually started pitching better, so it was kind of tale of two games. I hope it’s different in the future – but for now, I’m all right with it as long as I’m on this team”. It was his sixth homer since the All-Star break. He said the 93-degree day he pitched on in Washington last month felt “way hotter”, because of the humidity. The ball got passed Puig and rolled to the track, allowing the runners to advance to second and third. “It was just me trying to find (Lobaton’s) glove”. “It was about everyone hitting and everyone contributing”.
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Dodgers second baseman Howie Kendrick, who scored at least one run in nine of the team’s previous 10 games, was placed on the 15-day disabled list less than 24 hours after straining his left hamstring running out an infield hit.
Lamb allowed five runs and eight hits in six innings of his major league debut at the same ballpark where his grandfather John Ramsey worked as the Dodgers’ public address announcer from 1958-84.
Eugenio Suarez’s three-run homer off Luis Avilan highlighted a four-run sixth and extended the Reds’ lead to 9-2.
In all, eight rookie pitchers have started a combined 64 games for the Reds this season, the most by their rotation since 2001 (77). He tied the game moments later when first baseman Albert Pujols let a sharply hit grounder by Lorenzo Cain through his legs for an error.
DeSclafani matched zeros with Greinke through four innings before the Reds scratched out a run on Billy Hamilton’s sacrifice fly. Votto, who leads the NL with 41 multihit games, cut the margin to 5-3 in the third with a two-out RBI double.
In Game 3 against the Reds four Dodgers hit home runs to buoy Brett Anderson on the mound.
“He’s not that type of pitcher”.
“He’s been great”, Gonzalez said. He had some harsh words for the Reds after his departure. He just wasn’t able to get comfortable within his delivery and make the types of pitches that we’ve seen from him during his time in the big leagues.
ROYALS 4, ANGELS 1: Eric Hosmer hit a go-ahead two-run homer, Danny Duffy settled down after a wild start and Kansas City rallied for a victory over Los Angeles.
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Zack Greinke lowered his major league-leading ERA to 1.58 with seven sharp innings and drove in the go-ahead run with his second homer of the season, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 2-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.
