The Los Angeles Dodgers gave the house crowd of 11,623 at Camelback Ranch one thing to cheer about once they beat their Nationwide League West foe San Diego 4-1 on Friday afternoon.
Freddie Freeman homered on the primary pitch he noticed and completed 1-for-2 with a run scored and two RBIs. His sacrifice fly within the fifth inning gave the Dodgers an insurance coverage run that prolonged the result in 3-1 and was a lot wanted earlier than the Dodgers pulled their starters.
Landon Knack was spectacular in his first begin of spring coaching. He pitched two innings of scoreless baseball hanging out 4 Padres and solely wanted 15 pitches to report six outs.
The ultimate run of the sport got here off the bat of Chris Okey, who signed a minor league contract with the Dodgers in early January, within the backside of the seventh. He was 1-for-1 in his spring coaching debut with an RBI.
General, eight Dodgers recorded a success and Miguel Vargas was the one one to have a multi-hit efficiency. He was 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored. He additionally made a sliding catch in left area that made him seem like he’s been an outfielder his complete profession as an alternative of studying the place forward of this season.
Listed below are some key highlights from the sport:
Los Angeles is off to a 2-0 begin to start Cactus League with back-to-back wins in opposition to the Padres. The 2 groups gained’t meet once more till they open the common season subsequent month in Seoul, South Korea.
Up subsequent is a date with the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday at Tempe Diablo Stadium at 12:10 p.m. PT.
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