Sunday at Petco Park was a distinction in pitcher effectiveness, with Yu Darvish on the peak of his effectiveness whereas Walker Buehler was nonetheless tough across the edges in his second begin off the injured checklist. The Padres took the sequence finale 4-0 in San Diego, sending the Dodgers to their first sequence loss in three weeks.
After the ceremony in Buehler's first recreation on Monday, the pomp and circumstance on Sunday got here as Fernando Tatis Jr. and Jake Cronenworth hit back-to-back solo dwelling runs within the first inning. Buehler wanted 29 pitches to get by that opening inning, which set a tone for the day.
San Diego had six laborious balls towards Buehler, and 5 of them had an exit velocity of not less than 105 mph off the bat. Some nice protection, together with two unbelievable catches by Miguel Rojas at second base and a Max Muncy's bunt at third basehe held the Padres to only these two runs till the fourth inning, when Buehler's exit accelerated.
After getting the primary out of the inning, Buehler allowed only one stolen base, a stroll, and successful batter to load the bases. That ended his day at 77 pitches to get 10 outs. Ryan Yarbrough ended the inning, permitting one among three inherited runners to attain.
Buehler struck out two and walked two on Sunday, and bought 5 swinging hits, three of them on the curve. He pitched an ideal third inning, his solely clear inning in eight tries since being activated.
Though the Dodgers solely trailed by three runs after Buehler's begin, that deficit appeared insurmountable with how effectively Darvish was pitching. He saved the Dodgers off stability all day together with his huge repertoire, with pitches ranging between 69.6 mph and 96.4 mph.
Darvish retired his first 14 batters confronted earlier than strolling Andy Pages with two outs within the fifth. Kiké Hernández adopted with a single to interrupt up the no-hitter, however Darvish threw seven scoreless innings in his longest outing of the season, with seven strikeouts.
In 17 profession begins towards the Dodgers, together with the postseason, Darvish has a 2.43 ERA with 111 strikeouts in 96⅓ innings.
Notes
- Mookie Betts' double within the sixth inning, one among simply two Darvish hits, was his first extra-base hit in 12 video games.
- The Dodgers have solely 13 hits and 9 runs of their final 4 video games, however in some way managed to win two of them.
Particular Sunday
Programs at dwelling: Fernando Tatis Jr. (8), Jake Cronenworth (7), Xander Bogaerts (3)
WP – Yu Darvish (3-1): 7 IP, 2 hits, 1 stroll, 7 strikeouts
LP – Walker Buehler (0-1): 3⅓ IP, 5 hits, 3 runs, 2 walks, 2 strikeouts
Subsequent
The Dodgers' Nationwide League West street journey strikes into its last vacation spot, beginning a sequence in San Francisco on Monday night time (6:45 p.m., SportsNet LA). Yoshinobu Yamamoto begins for the Dodgers, with Jordan Hicks on the mound for the Giants.
