The Dodgers offense has actually been all or nothing this season. Luckily, within the sequence finale in San Francisco on Wednesday, it was all.
The Dodgers offense exploded for 10 runs, as they took down the Giants 10-5 within the rubber match of the three-game set.
Clayton Kershaw took the mound for LA, and had a tough first inning. Nonetheless, he settled in properly, and ended up going six sturdy innings, permitting simply two earned runs. He additionally threw 100 pitches for the primary time this season (in simply his third begin), after throwing greater than 100 pitches simply as soon as all of final season.
However the story of the sport was undoubtedly not the play of Kershaw. As an alternative, it was the continued dominance of Max Muncy in San Francisco.
On Monday, within the sequence opener, Muncy hit two dwelling runs and 7 RBIs, together with a grand slam. On Tuesday, he had a day without work, however was somebody Dodger followers wished to pinch-hit when the bases have been loaded with no one out within the sixth inning — he, in fact, didn’t in that spot.
On Wednesday, although, he was again within the lineup and within the cleanup spot, and he delivered.
Muncy hit one other two dwelling runs and drove in 4 RBIs, and opened the sport up within the Dodgers’ five-run sixth inning (humorous how issues work out).
Earlier than Muncy’s three-run dwelling run within the sixth, although, it was Freddie Freeman’s unimaginable 15-pitch at-bat that drew a stroll with the bases loaded and actually obtained the offense going.
Then, within the seventh inning, it was Trayce Thompson, who pinch-hit for David Peralta within the sixth and led off with a stroll, who actually put the sport out of attain with a two-run dwelling run, his fourth of the season. He crushed the ball to deep left discipline off the right-handed former Dodger Ross Stripling.
This was the kind of win the Dodgers wanted after the up-and-down street journey. They’re now 7-6 on the 12 months, and are heading again to Los Angeles with some confidence as they welcome Cody Bellinger and the Cubs into city on Friday.
However first, on Thursday, they’ve a much-needed day without work — perhaps which means they’ll have some extra runs left within the tank for Friday!
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