The Dodgers opened their closing stretch of video games in Arizona by dropping their recreation in opposition to the Cleveland Guardians by a closing rating of 5-1.
Dodgers hitters mixed to put up only a .172 common whereas hanging out 12 instances and strolling simply twice. Teoscar Hernandez continued his glorious spring, amassing two of the Dodgers' 5 hits in three at-bats and elevating his spring batting common to a strong .385 clip with a .948 OPS.
Defensively, the Dodgers dedicated three errors within the recreation, with Gavin Lux committing his third error of the spring, which finally led to Cleveland scoring its first run of the sport within the backside half of the primary inning. The Dodgers have been in a position to get out of the second inning unscathed after a miscommunication error on a pop up between Chris Taylor – who was credited with the error – and Gavin Lux.
Bobby Miller seemed robust via his first three innings of labor, permitting a run on a Josh Naylor sacrifice fly and hanging out two. Miller couldn't get via the fourth inning, permitting three runs on 4 hits and struggling to catch hitters off steadiness.
The Dodgers' bullpen helped hold the rating low the remainder of the sport, with the one run allowed being a solo dwelling run by Deyvison de los Santos off Alec Gamboa within the backside of the eighth inning. Miller struck out simply two Cleveland batters, whereas the bullpen managed to punch out six, with Gamboa hanging out the facet.
Subsequent
The Dodgers will play their penultimate recreation at Camelback Ranch as they host the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday, with first pitch scheduled for 1:05 pm PT. Tyler Glasnow, who was lately named because the Dodgers' opening day starter for the Korea collection, will make his closing Cactus League begin, with Blayne Enlow beginning for San Francisco.
