Seeking to maintain off their hard-charging division rivals, the Los Angeles Dodgers will obtain some reinforcements this week as they open a three-game dwelling sequence Monday towards the Seattle Mariners.
Main the Nationwide League West by 8 1/2 video games as just lately as July 23, the Dodgers will head into the sequence with a three-game lead over the San Diego Padres and a four-game benefit on the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Los Angeles closed out a 4-3 street journey Sunday with a 2-1 victory towards the St. Louis Cardinals. First baseman Freddie Freeman didn’t play due to a finger harm, however Shohei Ohtani hit his thirty ninth dwelling run and veteran Clayton Kershaw pitched six shutout innings.
“This street journey, each sport has been a extremely shut sport for us and I really feel like we’re taking part in actually good baseball going into one thing we need to accomplish, which is successful the division,” Dodgers veteran infielder Miguel Rojas stated on the SportsNet LA broadcast. “It was an incredible job by everyone, not simply this sport however the entire sequence.”
To assist the trigger for the stretch drive, the Dodgers are anticipated to activate infielder/outfielder Tommy Edman for the sequence opener Monday. Third baseman Max Muncy (indirect) is anticipated again both Monday or Tuesday. Edman was acquired by the Dodgers on the commerce deadline from the Cardinals.
A former Gold Glove winner at second base who hasn’t performed this season due to wrist and ankle accidents, the switch-hitting Edman has delivered double-digit dwelling runs in every of the previous three seasons.
He’ll be a part of a lineup with Ohtani, who additionally has 37 steals and is closing in on the Dodgers’ first 40-40 season.
The Dodgers will ship rookie right-hander Gavin Stone to the mound. Stone (10-5, 3.63 ERA) had a 3 1/3-inning scoreless reduction look towards the Mariners final September when he allowed one hit.
The Mariners’ go to will mark the return of former Dodger Justin Turner, who performed 9 seasons for his hometown membership. He has since performed with the Boston Purple Sox, Toronto Blue Jays and now the Mariners the previous two seasons.
It will likely be Turner’s first sport at Dodger Stadium since his departure however he has confronted his former membership in every of the previous two seasons, going 6-for-22 (.273) with two dwelling runs and 5 strikeouts in six video games.
The Mariners will ship right-hander Bryan Woo (5-1, 2.06) to the mound Monday. Woo has not given up an earned run in three of his previous 4 begins, together with seven scoreless innings at Detroit on Wednesday in a sport Seattle ultimately misplaced 3-2.
Woo, a California native in his second main league season, will probably be going through the Dodgers for the primary time.
“He has the potential to do that,” Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh stated of Woo, based on the Seattle Occasions. “It is only a matter of staying wholesome, doing the work — the preparation and all of the stuff on the off days to get your physique proper, discovering a routine that works for you. That is what I see. I feel he simply must dominate the method of doing that.”
Struggling on offense of late, Seattle erupted Sunday for a 10-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Raleigh, Josh Rojas and Dominic Canzone hit dwelling runs as Seattle had a success from everyone within the beginning lineup.
Seattle outfielder/designated hitter Mitch Haniger missed the sport Sunday with a quadriceps pressure and is day-to-day.
–Discipline Stage Media
