The Dodgers' six-game hitting streak got here to an finish Sunday, capped by the fastball and splitter of Kevin Gausman, who pitched seven sturdy innings in a 3-1 Blue Jays victory Sunday afternoon at Rogers Heart in Toronto.
Gausman's seven innings marked the longest begin of any pitcher in opposition to the Dodgers this season, and he struck out 5 with out strolling whereas permitting only one run.
Gausman allowed simply 5 hits, two of them by Andy Pages, the fourth multi-hit recreation within the final seven contests for the rookie. Pages hit one among three doubles in opposition to Gausman, however none of them scored due to the righty not permitting a success in six at-bats with runners in scoring place Sunday.
Pages might need had one other double within the ninth inning if he hadn't for a diving catch in right field by George Springer. The Blue Jays outfielders taking part in excellent protection was a theme on Sunday.
The beginning of the sport featured some name and response between the 2 groups. Wonderful heart fielder (and former main league catcher) Daulton Varsho hit a 106.6 mph blast off Shohei Ohtani in the first inning, crashing into the wall in it. Within the backside of the body, James Outman in heart moved rapidly to comply with a 112.4 mph hit by Vladimir Guerrero Jr., preserving him at one.
That play got here in useful later within the inning, when Guerrero was caught leaning at first base and was singled out by Michael Grove to finish the inning.
Additionally grounded within the prime of the second inning was Pages, who doubled with two outs. However, making an attempt to get a secondary lead with James Outman on the plate, Pages received too distant from second base and was picked off by catcher Alejandro Kirk, with Pages finally tagging out to 3rd base.
Kirk rallied within the backside of the second, capping a three-run inning that marked the primary time the Dodgers had trailed in a recreation since Tuesday in Washington D.C. in opposition to the Nationals. That inning sparked a powerful run by Michael Grove, who has allowed a minimum of three runs in three of his first 4 outings, however entered Sunday with 5 straight hitouts with 12 strikeouts in 7⅓ innings.
Grove struck out three in his two innings Sunday, however the harm was carried out. The three-run inning stood out like a sore thumb after a six-game hitting streak throughout which the Dodgers didn't enable greater than two runs in every recreation.
Regardless of the woes in opposition to Gausman, the Dodgers have been nonetheless very a lot on this recreation. Down 3-1 within the eighth inning, Austin Barnes labored a 10-pitch stroll off outdated good friend Yimi García to open the body, adopted by a double by Mookie Betts.
With the tying run in scoring place and no person out, Shohei Ohtani popped up and Teoscar Hernández struck out, sandwiching an intentional stroll to Freddie Freeman to load the bases. Left-hander Tim Mayza was introduced in to face Max Muncy, who has began simply 5 of the Dodgers' 11 video games in opposition to left-handed starters this season.
Muncy hit a 370-foot fly ball that was 105.8 mph off the bat, however a leaping catch on the wall by Varsho — who else? – Ended the inning and not using a run.
The facility drought hit
Freeman gave the Dodgers their first run of the sport with a solo residence run within the sixth, a particular second along with his Ontario-born father.
That prolonged Freeman's hitting streak to eight video games, but it surely was additionally his first residence run in precisely a month, since March 28. The 119 plate appearances and 26 full video games between lengthy balls was the second-longest residence run streak of Freeman's profession. He had a 128-PA skid from April 24 to Could 26, 2022 in his first 12 months with the Dodgers, when he completed the season with 21 residence runs.
Freeman throughout his residence run outage this season was nonetheless productive, hitting .293/.395/.374 with eight doubles among the many homers.
Deliberate aid work
Sunday marked the primary loss in three scheduled bullpen video games for the Dodgers, who beat the Giants on April 2 and the Nationals on April 16, each at Dodger Stadium. Within the three video games, the Dodgers used 13 pitching appearances and allowed 9 runs in 26 innings, for a 3.12 ERA with 18 strikeouts and 5 walks.
Ryan Yarbrough went the longest in all three bullpen video games, pitching 13⅓ of the 26 innings total, together with 4 scoreless innings on Sunday.
Nabil Crismatt adopted Yarbrough with eight scoreless innings. Simply referred to as up Saturday, Crismatt pitched in his second recreation for the Dodgers this season, and he wore two completely different numbers. After sporting quantity 74 in his win on March 31, Crismatt wore 70 this weekend in Toronto.
Particular Sunday
Programs at residence: Freddie Freeman (2); Alejandro Kirk (1)
WP – Kevin Gausman (1-3): 7 IP, 5 hits, 1 run, 5 strikeouts
LP – Michael Grove (0-1): 2 IP, 4 hits, 3 runs, 3 strikeouts
Sv – Jordan Romano (4): 1 IP, 2 strikeouts
Subsequent
The Dodgers transfer on to Phoenix, taking part in their final recreation in 10 days on Monday in opposition to the Diamondbacks (6:45 p.m. PT, SportsNet LA). James Paxton begins the collection opener in Arizona, after having an additional day of relaxation. Left-hander Tommy Henry begins for the house group.
