Through 4 2/3 innings of Saturday's game against the Mets, the Dodgers couldn't get much of anything going.
The final 4 1/3 provided yet another example of why this is turning into an historic season for Los Angeles.
Five different players hit home runs and the scalding-hot Dodgers came from behind to win 7-4 at Citi Field.
Los Angeles (78-32) won for the 43rd time in its last 50 games (.860 winning percentage), though the visitors looked to be on the wrong end of history early on.
Mets' starter Seth Lugo retired 14 of the first 15 batters he faced and didn't allow a hit until Yasmani Grandal roped a double into the right-field corner with two outs in top of the fifth. Lugo escaped that jam with his team still ahead 3-0, but the right-hander wasn't as lucky an inning later. Chris Taylor led off the sixth with his 15th home run to put an end to the shut out bid, and with one out, Justin Turner singled and Cody Bellinger launched his team-high 31st, a tying, two-run shot.
The Dodgers took the lead for good in the seventh against losing pitcher Paul Sewald (0-4) when Yasiel Puig hit a line drive solo home run to make it 4-3.
Corey Seager hit the final long ball, crushing a two-run blast into the right field upper deck in the ninth.
Before that, things were going well for the Mets.
Los Angeles starter Rich Hill's only struggles came in the opening inning as the Mets jumped all over several fast balls. Michael Conforto started the scoring with his 22nd home run on Hill's second pitch of the day. Later, Wilmer Flores and Curtis Granderson tagged Hill for back-to-back solo shots and New York led 3-0.
After the rough first frame, Hill started throwing his excellent curve ball for strikes. The southpaw settled down and allowed just a pair of harmless singles and picked up seven of his eight strike outs in four more innings of work. The Los Angeles bullpen didn't allow a hit until Rene Rivera took Ross Stripling deep with one out in the ninth to make it 7-4.
Los Angeles has won 12 of 13 games and moved to 6-0 while hitting 23 home runs against the Mets in 2017.
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Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Cards end Dodgers season, move on to LCS
St. Louis found a way to beat Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers once again. Now, the Cardinals are headed back to the National League Championship Series.
Matt Adams hit a go-ahead, three-run home run off Kershaw in the bottom of the seventh inning and the Cardinals won 3-2 at Busch Stadium to capture the best-of-5 series three games to one.
St. Louis, the defending NL champions, reached its fourth consecutive league championship series, but it looked for a while like the teams were headed back west for a deciding game five. Pitching on three day’s rest in the postseason for the second straight postseason, Kershaw limited the host Cardinals to just one hit through six.
But as they did in the series opener, the Cardinals got to Kershaw in the seventh for the eventual go-ahead runs.
Kershaw, who dropped to 1-4 against St. Louis in the postseason, had just struck out the side in a dominant sixth, fanning pinch-hitter Pete Kozma, Matt Carpenter and Randal Grichuk. The Dodgers came close to retiring each of the first two hitters in the seventh - Matt Holliday reached on an infield single that hit off the glove of a diving Dee Gordon at second base and trickled into shallow center field and Jhonny Peralta’s line drive hit off the glove of shortstop Hanley Ramirez to put runners at first and second. Adams missed a high fastball, then on Kershaw's second pitch hit a hanging breaking ball into the St. Louis bullpen in right-center field.
“I had to lock back in,” Adams said about his approach after strike one. “He’s a dominant pitcher, he’s coming after you with his best stuff. I just wanted to do it for the team.”
Los Angeles, which was trying to return to the NLCS for the fourth time since 2008, but instead lost in the Division Series for the first time since 2006, grabbed a 2-0 lead in the top of the sixth.
Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez each singled to open the frame to put runners at first and third. Though Matt Kemp bounced into a double play, Crawford scored to make it 1-0. Shelby Miller, who started and ended up with a no-decision, hit Ramirez with a pitch and walked Andre Ethier. Facing Seth Maness, Juan Uribe picked up just his second hit of the series by rifling a single into the right-center field gap that chased home Ramirez to put the visitors ahead 2-0.
Ethier was picked off at third by catcher Yadier Molina for the final out with the initial safe call being overturned by a replay review.
The Dodgers had two more chances to score runs against the St. Louis bullpen. Winning pitcher Marco Gonzales, a rookie in his first postseason series, issued a walk and allowed a Crawford single, then got Gonzalez to ground out weakly to second to end that threat. In the ninth, St. Louis closer Trevor Rosenthal also put two on with a walk and a single, but another weak ground out, this time off the bat of Crawford, put an end to a series that saw three one-run games and a combined margin of victory of just five runs.
“Words can’t really describe, there’s not much I can compare it to,” said Rosenthal, who saved all three St. Louis victories in the series. “It’s hard to put into words. It’s just exciting.”
St. Louis will open the NLCS at home against San Francisco with game one scheduled for Saturday.
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Matt Adams hit a go-ahead, three-run home run off Kershaw in the bottom of the seventh inning and the Cardinals won 3-2 at Busch Stadium to capture the best-of-5 series three games to one.
St. Louis, the defending NL champions, reached its fourth consecutive league championship series, but it looked for a while like the teams were headed back west for a deciding game five. Pitching on three day’s rest in the postseason for the second straight postseason, Kershaw limited the host Cardinals to just one hit through six.
But as they did in the series opener, the Cardinals got to Kershaw in the seventh for the eventual go-ahead runs.
Kershaw, who dropped to 1-4 against St. Louis in the postseason, had just struck out the side in a dominant sixth, fanning pinch-hitter Pete Kozma, Matt Carpenter and Randal Grichuk. The Dodgers came close to retiring each of the first two hitters in the seventh - Matt Holliday reached on an infield single that hit off the glove of a diving Dee Gordon at second base and trickled into shallow center field and Jhonny Peralta’s line drive hit off the glove of shortstop Hanley Ramirez to put runners at first and second. Adams missed a high fastball, then on Kershaw's second pitch hit a hanging breaking ball into the St. Louis bullpen in right-center field.
“I had to lock back in,” Adams said about his approach after strike one. “He’s a dominant pitcher, he’s coming after you with his best stuff. I just wanted to do it for the team.”
Los Angeles, which was trying to return to the NLCS for the fourth time since 2008, but instead lost in the Division Series for the first time since 2006, grabbed a 2-0 lead in the top of the sixth.
Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez each singled to open the frame to put runners at first and third. Though Matt Kemp bounced into a double play, Crawford scored to make it 1-0. Shelby Miller, who started and ended up with a no-decision, hit Ramirez with a pitch and walked Andre Ethier. Facing Seth Maness, Juan Uribe picked up just his second hit of the series by rifling a single into the right-center field gap that chased home Ramirez to put the visitors ahead 2-0.
Ethier was picked off at third by catcher Yadier Molina for the final out with the initial safe call being overturned by a replay review.
The Dodgers had two more chances to score runs against the St. Louis bullpen. Winning pitcher Marco Gonzales, a rookie in his first postseason series, issued a walk and allowed a Crawford single, then got Gonzalez to ground out weakly to second to end that threat. In the ninth, St. Louis closer Trevor Rosenthal also put two on with a walk and a single, but another weak ground out, this time off the bat of Crawford, put an end to a series that saw three one-run games and a combined margin of victory of just five runs.
“Words can’t really describe, there’s not much I can compare it to,” said Rosenthal, who saved all three St. Louis victories in the series. “It’s hard to put into words. It’s just exciting.”
St. Louis will open the NLCS at home against San Francisco with game one scheduled for Saturday.
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Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Wong's hr has Cards one win from LCS
With their pitching staff faltering late in a game yet again, the Los Angeles Dodgers are a loss away from
Kolten Wong hit a tie-breaking, two-run home run off Scott Elbert in the bottom of the seventh inning to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-1 victory in game three of the National League Division Series at Busch Stadium.
St. Louis leads the best-of-5 series 2-games-to-1 with game four coming Tuesday, thanks in large part to the inability of the Los Angeles bullpen to keep the ball in the ballpark in the late innings.
In a 1-1 game, Elbert relieved an effective Hyun-Jin Ryu (6 IP, 1 ER) and gave up a double to Yadier Molina to start the seventh. After a sacrifice, Wong deposited the first pitch he saw into the St. Louis bullpen in right-center field to put the NL Central champions up 3-1.
“Just trying to see something that I knew I could drive,” Wong said of his first career postseason home run. “Unbelievable. I’m just excited to be here right now.”
Clayton Kershaw was cruising in the series opener before unraveling in the top of the seventh and allowing a go-ahead, three-run double to Matt Carpenter. Pedro Baez then served up a three-run home run to Matt Holliday. In game two, the Dodgers were up 2-0 after seven shutout innings from Zack Greinke, but J.P. Howell allowed a tying, two-run home run to Carpenter. Though the Dodgers would go on to win the second game on Matt Kemp’s solo shot in the bottom of the eighth, they weren’t as lucky Monday.
The Dodgers tied the game at 1-1 in the top of the sixth when Yasiel Puig had a lead off triple and three batters later came around to score on a double by Hanley Ramirez. Those were the only two mistakes winning pitcher John Lackey made as the right-hander, making his first postseason start for the Cardinals tossed seven innings of five-hit ball.
St. Louis grabbed a 1-0 lead when Carpenter launched a solo home run leading off the third, his third home run in as many Division Series games after homering just once in 26 previous playoff games.
“I was able to hit it well and it went over the fence,” said Carpenter. “I’ve been able to see the ball pretty well and (have been) taking some good swings.”
Ryu settled down after Carpenter’s long ball, retiring 12 of the last 13 batters he faced. Ryu has pitched well in both of his postseason starts against St. Louis, which includes seven shutout innings in a game three victory in last season’s NLCS.
Howell had a nice comeback outing in Monday’s eighth inning. After Brian Wilson put two runners on, Howell relieved and though he allowed John Jay’s single to load the bases, while falling down the southpaw made a no-look stab of a come backer by Wong, fired home for the second out and catcher A.J. Ellis threw to first to complete the double play and keep it a two-run game.
The Dodgers brought the go-ahead run to the plate in the ninth against Trevor Rosenthal - Ramirez had his third hit as part of the rally - but Ellis flied out softly to right to end the game.
Kolten Wong hit a tie-breaking, two-run home run off Scott Elbert in the bottom of the seventh inning to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-1 victory in game three of the National League Division Series at Busch Stadium.
St. Louis leads the best-of-5 series 2-games-to-1 with game four coming Tuesday, thanks in large part to the inability of the Los Angeles bullpen to keep the ball in the ballpark in the late innings.
In a 1-1 game, Elbert relieved an effective Hyun-Jin Ryu (6 IP, 1 ER) and gave up a double to Yadier Molina to start the seventh. After a sacrifice, Wong deposited the first pitch he saw into the St. Louis bullpen in right-center field to put the NL Central champions up 3-1.
“Just trying to see something that I knew I could drive,” Wong said of his first career postseason home run. “Unbelievable. I’m just excited to be here right now.”
Clayton Kershaw was cruising in the series opener before unraveling in the top of the seventh and allowing a go-ahead, three-run double to Matt Carpenter. Pedro Baez then served up a three-run home run to Matt Holliday. In game two, the Dodgers were up 2-0 after seven shutout innings from Zack Greinke, but J.P. Howell allowed a tying, two-run home run to Carpenter. Though the Dodgers would go on to win the second game on Matt Kemp’s solo shot in the bottom of the eighth, they weren’t as lucky Monday.
The Dodgers tied the game at 1-1 in the top of the sixth when Yasiel Puig had a lead off triple and three batters later came around to score on a double by Hanley Ramirez. Those were the only two mistakes winning pitcher John Lackey made as the right-hander, making his first postseason start for the Cardinals tossed seven innings of five-hit ball.
St. Louis grabbed a 1-0 lead when Carpenter launched a solo home run leading off the third, his third home run in as many Division Series games after homering just once in 26 previous playoff games.
“I was able to hit it well and it went over the fence,” said Carpenter. “I’ve been able to see the ball pretty well and (have been) taking some good swings.”
Ryu settled down after Carpenter’s long ball, retiring 12 of the last 13 batters he faced. Ryu has pitched well in both of his postseason starts against St. Louis, which includes seven shutout innings in a game three victory in last season’s NLCS.
Howell had a nice comeback outing in Monday’s eighth inning. After Brian Wilson put two runners on, Howell relieved and though he allowed John Jay’s single to load the bases, while falling down the southpaw made a no-look stab of a come backer by Wong, fired home for the second out and catcher A.J. Ellis threw to first to complete the double play and keep it a two-run game.
The Dodgers brought the go-ahead run to the plate in the ninth against Trevor Rosenthal - Ramirez had his third hit as part of the rally - but Ellis flied out softly to right to end the game.
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