True Blue LA - August 22: Dodgers 8, Pirates 5Where The Dodger Dogs Are Always Grilledhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/49563/truebluela_fav.png2017-08-22T19:32:22-07:00http://www.truebluela.com/rss/stream/159492132017-08-22T19:32:22-07:002017-08-22T19:32:22-07:00Dodgers beat Bucs in battle of bullpens
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<p>LA scores 3 off Bucs’ pen to break tie</p> <p id="h2T6FW">Tuesday saw another back-and-forth game at PNC Park, and for the second straight game the <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> prevailed, this time with an 8-5 win over the <a href="https://www.bucsdugout.com/">Pirates</a> in Pittsburgh.</p>
<p id="6Wmlwj">Both starters were wild, with <span>Brock Stewart</span> and <span>Jameson Taillon</span> combining for nine walks in seven innings. This game was left to the bullpens, where the Dodgers feasted.</p>
<p id="kUYRyy"><span>Adrian Gonzalez</span> collected <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/2017/8/22/16166024/adrian-gonzalez-2000-hits">his 2,000th career hit on Tuesday</a>, a leadoff double in the sixth inning in a 5-5 tie. Two outs later, the game was untied when <span>Corey Seager</span> singled him home, extending his own hitting streak to 11 games in the process.</p>
<p id="Yu0Elr"><span>Yasmani Grandal</span> widened the Dodgers’ advantage with a two-run home run in the seventh inning, his 17th of the season. He has a six-game hitting streak, with three home runs and two doubles during that span.</p>
<p id="gP5RJi">The Dodgers have six players with 17 home runs — <span>Cody Bellinger</span>, <span>Yasiel Puig</span>, Seager, Taylor, <span>Justin Turner</span> and Grandal -- <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/dMBQl">for the first time ever</a>.</p>
<p id="xbFZov">With the win, the Dodgers assured themselves of at least a split of the four-game set in Pittsburgh, extending their streak of unbeaten series to 22.</p>
<p id="QnyRul">The 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers were 90-40 at the end of August, on their way to a franchise-record 105 wins. This year’s team is 89-35, with eight more games left in the month to become the second Dodgers team to win 90 games before September.</p>
<h3 id="K8c0HG">Mr. Bases Loaded</h3>
<p id="PuLSR7"><span>Chris Taylor</span> recorded his team-leading 12th three-hit game of the season on Tuesday, and as usual was in the middle of things for the Dodgers offense. He doubled in the first inning — his 30th of the season, tying Seager for the team lead — and scored on a pair of ground balls.</p>
<p id="2FPSti">He singled in two runs in the Dodgers’ three-run second inning, continuing his amazing run this season with the bases loaded. Taylor already tied the franchise record with three grand slams in a season, and with the bases juiced in 2017 is 5-for-8 with four walks, hitting a robust .625/.750/1.750.</p>
<p id="TQMFKF">In just 12 plate appearances, Taylor’s 19 RBI are tied with <a href="https://www.blessyouboys.com/">Tigers</a> outfielder <span>Justin Upton</span> (in 13 PA) for <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/IprJl">second most in the majors this season</a>, behind only Manny Machado’s 21 RBI in 14 such PA.</p>
<h3 id="tArv2a">Milestone for Granderson</h3>
<p id="5WILqn">Dodgers outfielder <span>Curtis Granderson</span> walked and stole second base in the fifth inning, his fifth steal of the season and first since joining the Dodgers. It was the 150th steal of Granderson’s career, which with his 314 home runs put him in select company. </p>
<p id="qYZ8Wz">Granderson is the <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/P4CyI">36th player in MLB history with at least 300 home runs and 150 steals</a>.</p>
<h3 id="QWqM9j">Short start</h3>
<p id="TuwYvY">Stewart walked a pair in his first two innings but worked around them, keeping the Pirates off the board. He even helped himself at the plate with a bases-loaded single in the second inning, his first major league RBI and his second major league hit.</p>
<p id="8xAkMX">The single snapped <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/bXk1T">an 0-for-54 skid by Dodgers pitchers at the plate</a>, a drought that included 32 strikeouts. Stewart notched the first hit by a Dodgers pitcher since <span>Kenta Maeda</span> singled against the <a href="https://www.royalsreview.com/">Royals</a> on July 7.</p>
<p id="0Ty7fA">Staked to a 4-0 lead, Stewart unraveled in the third inning, facing five batters and not retiring a single one. He returned the favor, allowing a single to his opposite number, Pirates starter Jameson Taillon, then <span>Starling Marte</span> homered to cut the Dodgers’ lead in half.</p>
<p id="DjlVoZ">Stewart then allowed two walks and a single to loaded the bases with nobody out, ending his night after just six outs.</p>
<p id="5Fd6sA"><span>Josh Ravin</span>, recalled before the game — <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/2017/8/22/16187092/cody-bellinger-disabled-list-right-ankle-sprain-josh-ravin">giving the Dodgers nine relievers</a> -- for just this situation, was greeted by a three-run double by <span>Josh Harrison</span>, who has three extra-base hits and four RBI in the first two games of this series. Ravin pitched two innings of his own, allowing nothing else, with three strikeouts.</p>
<p id="20uvre">In three starts this season, Stewart has eight walks and five strikeouts in 9⅔ innings. As a relief pitcher, he has three walks and 12 strikeouts in 14⅓ innings.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wasn't my night at all, but damn what a team we have! The guys had my back in a big way!</p>— Brock Stewart (@Brock_A_Stewart) <a href="https://twitter.com/Brock_A_Stewart/status/900188211259088896">August 23, 2017</a>
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<p id="Vegj6t">The Dodgers bullpen -- Ravin, <span>Tony Watson</span>, <span>Tony Cingrani</span>, <span>Josh Fields</span> and <span>Kenley Jansen</span> -- combined to allow three hits and two walks in seven innings on Tuesday, with nine strikeouts.</p>
<h3 id="wIlgQy">Up next</h3>
<p id="ORp9Sr"><span>Rich Hill</span> takes the mound in the third game of the series, another 4:05 p.m. PT start on Wednesday night. The Pirates will turn to <span>Trevor Williams</span>.</p>
<h3 id="6OR5rh">Tuesday particulars</h3>
<p id="KEm9Yz"><strong>Home runs</strong>: Yasmani Grandal (17); Starling Marte (4)</p>
<p id="ASpmME"><strong>WP - Tony Watson (7-4)</strong>: 1 IP, zeroes</p>
<p id="IApBCz"><strong>LP - </strong><span><strong>Johnny Barbato</strong></span><strong> (0-1)</strong>: 1 IP, 2 hits, 1 run, 1 walk, 1 strikeout</p>
<p id="BEj38r"><strong>Sv - Kenley Jansen (34)</strong>: 1 IP, 3 strikeouts</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2017/8/22/16187266/dodgers-offense-bullpen-prevails-milestones-pirates-recapEric Stephen2017-08-22T18:14:58-07:002017-08-22T18:14:58-07:00Two grand for Gonzalez
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<p id="ZOsVuG">It has been a long and trying season for <span>Adrian Gonzalez</span>, but the <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> first baseman had a moment to remember on Tuesday night, recording his 2,000th career hit against the Pirates at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.</p>
<p id="Borx6D">The milestone hit for Gonzalez came against Pirates relief pitcher Johnny Barbato, a double to open the sixth inning.</p>
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<p lang="und" dir="ltr">2️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣. <br><br> : <a href="https://t.co/8WBbn3rrkj">https://t.co/8WBbn3rrkj</a> <a href="https://t.co/VUQsmfIlwV">pic.twitter.com/VUQsmfIlwV</a></p>— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dodgers/status/900169876223995908">August 23, 2017</a>
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<p id="5iXF6B">Gonzalez, 35, is the <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/H_career.shtml">285th player in major league history to reach 2,000 hits</a>, and the fifth to join the two grand club in 2017, joining <span>Matt Holliday</span>, <span>Jose Reyes</span>, <span>Victor Martinez</span>, and <span>Nick Markakis</span>.</p>
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<p id="npbPEo">Markakis recorded his 2,000th hit against the Dodgers on Aug. 3 in Atlanta.</p>
<p id="9ylfxP">Gonzalez is 4-for-19 (.211) with two doubles and two RBI since returning from the disabled list, his second stint of the season, with lumbar disc herniation in his back bothering him all year. He has 46 hits this season in 54 games.</p>
<p id="Oe32Dw">This is the first season of Gonzalez’s career that he was placed on the disabled list, after being one of baseball’s iron men for over a decade. From 2006-16, Gonzalez averaged 159 games played per season, and 174 hits.</p>
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<p id="2kkjhQ">Gonzalez in his career has 949 hits in 937 games at home, and 1,051 hits in 921 games on the road. He has recorded 742 hits with the Dodgers, 856 with the <a href="https://www.gaslampball.com/">Padres</a>, 358 with the <a href="https://www.overthemonster.com/">Red Sox</a> — including leading the American League with 213 hits in 2011 -- and 44 hits with the <a href="https://www.lonestarball.com/">Rangers</a>.</p>
<p id="3jcsHZ">The <a href="https://www.fishstripes.com/">Marlins</a> drafted Gonzalez first overall in the 2000 draft, though he was traded to Texas before ever reaching the majors. Gonzalez is the sixth No. 1 overall pick to reach 2,000 hits.</p>
<p id="ixR2de">The Dodgers have had a pair of 2,000 milestones this season, with <span>Clayton Kershaw</span> striking out his 2,000th career batter <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/2017/6/2/15733624/clayton-kershaw-2000-strikeouts-5th-youngest-mlb-history-bert-blyleven">on June 2 against the Brewers in Milwaukee</a>.</p>
<p id="JQ6y7o">Gonzalez is the first player to record his 2,000th career hit while with the Dodgers since Jeff Kent on July 8, 2005.</p>
<p id="KCcM5O">Gonzalez enjoyed his souvenir after the win.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">That's a keeper! ⚾️<br><br>#2000 | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LetsGoDodgers?src=hash">#LetsGoDodgers</a> <a href="https://t.co/PXMBFuCRu6">pic.twitter.com/PXMBFuCRu6</a></p>— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dodgers/status/900195093977497600">August 23, 2017</a>
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https://www.truebluela.com/2017/8/22/16166024/adrian-gonzalez-2000-hitsEric Stephen2017-08-22T17:05:01-07:002017-08-22T17:05:01-07:00Ankle sprain lands Bellinger on DL
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<p>Josh Ravin was recalled from Triple-A</p> <p id="B0ZAbt">LOS ANGELES — The <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> before Tuesday’s game against the <a href="https://www.bucsdugout.com/">Pirates</a> placed first baseman and outfielder <span>Cody Bellinger</span> on the 10-day disabled list with a mild right ankle sprain, suffered while making a catch in right field on Saturday in Detroit.</p>
<p id="DaUFPi">The move was retroactive to Sunday, meaning the earliest Bellinger can return from the DL is Wednesday, Aug. 30.</p>
<p id="dX8WqO">Bellinger <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/2017/8/19/16174258/cody-bellinger-injury-ankle-sprain-dodgers">landed awkwardly on his right foot</a> while catching a drive from <span>Nicholas Castellanos</span> in the sixth inning against the <a href="https://www.blessyouboys.com/">Tigers</a> on Saturday, rolling his ankle. He remained in the game to finish the top of the frame, but was pulled for a pinch hitter in the next half-inning.</p>
<p id="IzpPN9">He has not played since.</p>
<p id="fP2lcT">This was before the game:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bellinger improving but still swelling in ankle. Won't start tomorrow and now leaning toward DL.</p>— Ken Gurnick (@kengurnick) <a href="https://twitter.com/kengurnick/status/900101783942557696">August 22, 2017</a>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Cody Bellinger took BP in batting cage today. Told me no pain in his right ankle. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dodgers?src=hash">#Dodgers</a></p>— David Vassegh (@THEREAL_DV) <a href="https://twitter.com/THEREAL_DV/status/900086029864108032">August 22, 2017</a>
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<p id="WUuF8y">Bellinger is the 26th different Dodgers player to be placed on the DL in 2017, three shy of the major league record they set last season. Nine players have made multiple trips to the disabled list, giving the club 37 different DL stints on the season.</p>
<p id="Svv1Hj">The Dodgers recalled relief pitcher <span>Josh Ravin</span> from Triple-A Oklahoma City for Tuesday’s game, giving them an extra arm on a night when <span>Brock Stewart</span> gets the spot start, having not surpassed five innings in any outing this season to date. This is also following a 12-inning game on Monday that saw the Dodgers use seven relievers to pitch the final six innings.</p>
<p id="6HZVNb">For one night at least, the club will play with a short, three-man bench. <span>Kiké Hernandez</span>, <span>Austin Barnes</span>, and <span>Chase Utley</span> are available in reserve tonight.</p>
<p id="pp58kw">Ravin has allowed two runs in 5⅓ innings in his four major league appearances this season, with three strikeouts and two walks. This is the fourth time the right-hander has been recalled to the majors in 2017.</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2017/8/22/16187092/cody-bellinger-disabled-list-right-ankle-sprain-josh-ravinEric Stephen2017-08-22T15:41:55-07:002017-08-22T15:41:55-07:00Who starts on Saturday?
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<p id="X6WX5g">With pitcher <span>Alex Wood</span> landing on <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/2017/8/22/16176108/brock-stewart-recalled-dodgers-alex-wood-disabled-list">the 10-day disabled list for a second time this season</a> on Tuesday, after <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/2017/8/21/16182244/alex-wood-injury-sc-joint-sternum-dodgers">a flare up of the SC joint inflammation</a> that sidelined him earlier in the year, the <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> have a decision to make with Saturday’s game against the <a href="https://www.brewcrewball.com/">Brewers</a> at Dodger Stadium.</p>
<p id="ay2WQ4">Saturday was Wood’s next scheduled start, so the Dodgers will need to fill in for him at least once through the rotation. <span>Yu Darvish</span> isn’t eligible to return from his DL stint until Sunday, so he is out.</p>
<p id="3cg5Ap"><span>Brock Stewart</span> is up from Triple-A to start Tuesday night, filling in for Darvish. He can’t realistically start again on Saturday since that would only be three days rest.</p>
<p id="pwGnN6"><span>Clayton Kershaw</span> is scheduled to pitch four innings in likely his only minor league rehab game for Oklahoma City on Saturday, but said Monday that he felt healthy enough to pitch in the majors over a week ago.</p>
<p id="oPm9YG">The Dodgers have a huge divisional lead so it is unlikely they would push their ace. Manager Dave Roberts said as much on Monday, but then again...</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Roberts on Kershaw in LA on Saturday: "Zero chance." <br><br>Q: Just like Game 5 in DC?<br><br>DR: "You're never going to let me forget that, are you?"</p>— Andy McCullough (@McCulloughTimes) <a href="https://twitter.com/McCulloughTimes/status/899748526061568000">August 21, 2017</a>
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<p id="QdcXmV">Roberts reiterated on Tuesday that Kershaw would not be starting in the majors on Saturday.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dave Roberts on Saturday's starter: "I'm certain it will not be Clayton."</p>— Andy McCullough (@McCulloughTimes) <a href="https://twitter.com/McCulloughTimes/status/900101272279404544">August 22, 2017</a>
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<p id="EAaFI5">With Darvish returning to the rotation Sunday, and Kershaw likely back after his one rehab start, the need for a starter this Saturday is likely for a one-time spot start.</p>
<p id="SyB1kz">If the Dodgers don’t turn to Kershaw, at the major league level they could turn to <span>Ross Stripling</span> and essentially make Saturday a bullpen game. Stripling, who pitched the bottom of the 12th Monday night to earn his second major league save, has been a starter throughout his career before 2017. </p>
<p id="ZiUUMH">The right-hander has worked solely in relief in 2017, but earlier in the season he said he could ramp up to be ready to pitch five innings with a few days notice.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Stripling is an option to start Saturday, Roberts said.</p>— Ken Gurnick (@kengurnick) <a href="https://twitter.com/kengurnick/status/900101403049381890">August 22, 2017</a>
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<p id="K7wlCS">On the minor league side, there are a few other options.</p>
<p id="CtWHsp"><span>Fabio Castillo</span> is on the 40-man roster, which makes him the easiest choice to recall from Triple-A. He is currently on the disabled list with Oklahoma City, but is eligible to be activated as early as Thursday.</p>
<p id="m9WSP8">The 28-year-old right-hander has started 16 games for OKC this season, and has a 4.20 ERA in 20 games in Triple-A, with 81 strikeouts and 30 walks in 79⅓ innings.</p>
<p id="ubLoJm">The best option might be <span>Wilmer Font</span>, who leads the Pacific Coast League with 170 strikeouts in 128⅓ innings, to go with his 3.58 ERA in 24 starts. His addition would acquire a corresponding move since he is not on the 40-man roster.</p>
<p id="RS7Fru">But given how well the 27-year-old has pitched this season, coupled with the fact that he’ll be a minor league free agent at season’s end, he was a potential September addition to the Dodgers roster anyway. <em>If</em> the Dodgers were planning to add Font in September, bringing him up a week early doesn’t present too much more of an obstacle, other than that Font can’t be optioned back to the minors, having used his <em>four</em> option seasons in 2011-14.</p>
<p id="MNjfzw">Font last pitched on Sunday for Oklahoma City, which would line him up to pitch Saturday on five days rest. He pitched in the majors with the Rangers in parts of 2012-13, totaling 3⅓ innings in five relief appearances.</p>
<p id="TqNADU">Another minor league option ruled out by Roberts was Walker Buehler, the Dodgers’ first-round pick in 2015 out of Vanderbilt. The club’s top prospect, Buehler is a starting pitcher long term, but has been pitching out of the bullpen in August, readying for a possible bullpen role down the stretch and, if everything breaks right, for the postseason.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Walker Buehler not an option to start for Dodgers Saturday, Roberts said.</p>— Ken Gurnick (@kengurnick) <a href="https://twitter.com/kengurnick/status/900101997717835776">August 22, 2017</a>
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<p id="Uieqrh">Buehler, who missed nearly all of 2016 after Tommy John surgery, has a 3.47 ERA across three minor league levels this season, with 117 strikeouts and 29 walks in 83 innings. He has allowed five runs on nine hits in his five relief appearances with Triple-A Oklahoma City, with 11 strikeouts and three walks in 7⅔ innings.</p>
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<p>Stewart makes his third start of the season on Tuesday in Pittsburgh</p> <p id="BXJnQO">LOS ANGELES — The <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> on Tuesday recalled <span>Brock Stewart</span> from Triple-A Oklahoma City to start their second game of a four-game series against the <a href="https://www.bucsdugout.com/">Pirates</a> at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.</p>
<p id="m31CJX">The corresponding move was placing <span>Alex Wood</span> on the 10-day disabled list with SC joint inflammation, the same injury that caused him to miss 11 games in an earlier DL stint this season.</p>
<p id="rlyWGs">Wood said after Monday’s start that he has been dealing with the SC joint issue this month. He allowed three runs — all solo home runs — in six innings on Monday, and <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/2017/8/21/16182244/alex-wood-injury-sc-joint-sternum-dodgers">his 90.5-mph average fastball was his lowest of the season</a>.</p>
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<p id="uMEBPp">This was an open date in the rotation schedule with <span>Yu Darvish</span> placed <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/2017/8/19/16173764/yu-darvish-disabled-list-dodgers-back-tightness-grant-dayton-edward-paredes">on the disabled list over the weekend with back tightness</a>. Darvish is only expected to miss one start, and slots in to pitch again on Sunday at home against the <a href="https://www.brewcrewball.com/">Brewers</a>, the first day he is eligible to be activated.</p>
<p id="pfGJ8L">In addition, it sounds like Wood will be back relatively soon.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Alex Wood said his next start will likely be in SD. SC Joint not as inflamed as earlier in season.</p>— David Vassegh (@THEREAL_DV) <a href="https://twitter.com/THEREAL_DV/status/900095677518229509">August 22, 2017</a>
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<p id="KnLB0a">The earliest Wood could be activated from the DL is next Friday, when the Dodgers open a four-game series against the Padres, including a doubleheader on Saturday, Sept. 2.</p>
<p id="lfipaK">Stewart has a 1.64 ERA and 4.05 FIP in nine games with the Dodgers this season, including two starts, with 15 strikeouts and seven walks in 22 innings. He has allowed nine total runs, though just four earned.</p>
<p id="eju9nd">In his seven relief appearances, Stewart has a 1.26 ERA with 12 strikeouts in 14⅓ innings. But in his two starts, he has allowed seven runs (two earned) in 7⅔ innings with just three strikeouts among his 36 batters faced.</p>
<p id="RWrQLg">Stewart was scheduled to start Monday for Oklahoma City but was scratched in preparation for this major league opportunity.</p>
<h3 id="blvFRC">Pittsburgh moves</h3>
<p id="ggoni1">The Pirates made a flurry of roster moves as well before Tuesday’s game. After dealing with a depleted bullpen and an extra-inning game on Monday, Pittsburgh placed pitchers <span>Joaquin Benoit</span> and <span>George Kontos</span> on the 10-day disabled list and optioned pitcher <span>Dovydas Neverauskas</span> to Triple-A Indianapolis. The Pirates recalled pitchers <span>Steven Brault</span>, Johnny Barbato, and <span>Edgar Santana</span> from Triple-A.</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2017/8/22/16176108/brock-stewart-recalled-dodgers-alex-wood-disabled-listEric Stephen2017-08-22T14:31:00-07:002017-08-22T14:31:00-07:00Streaking Seager
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<p>SS has 2 of the 4 Dodgers hit streaks of at least 10 games in 2017</p> <p id="QmE61O"><a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> shortstop <span>Corey Seager</span> takes a 10-game hitting streak into Tuesday night’s game against the <a href="https://www.bucsdugout.com/">Pirates</a> on Tuesday night in Pittsburgh, matching his longest streak of the season.</p>
<p id="GRgFUO">Seager was 1-for-6 in Monday’s win, and his seventh-inning single scored the Dodgers’ first run of the game, part of a five-run rally. During his current streak, Seager is hitting .318 (14-for-44) though with just one extra-base hit, a double (he has a .341 slugging percentage and .340 on-base percentage during the streak).</p>
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<p id="xOPM9U">He has <em>reached base</em> in 16 straight games, dating back to Aug. 3.</p>
<p id="12aP1C">Seager also had a 10-game hitting streak from July 5-20 this season. During his career, Seager has <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/7wbXV">six hitting streaks of at least 10 games</a>, topping out at 19 consecutive games from June 16 to July 6, 2016.</p>
<p id="MYcLAz">With 359 career hits, Seager has passed Mike Piazza (354 hits) for the most hits through their first 300 career games by a Los Angeles Dodger. Tuesday is Seager’s 299th career contest. The franchise record is held by Brooklyn outfielder Johnny Frederick, who amassed 420 hits in his first 300 games, from 1929-31.</p>
<p id="S1RyTl"><span>Jameson Taillon</span> starts for the Pirates in the second game of this four-game series at PNC Park. Seager was 2-for-3 with a double against the right-hander in their only meeting, on June 24, 2016.</p>
<p id="oDxnRD">The <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/W91k9">only other Dodger with a double-digit hitting streak in 2017</a> is third baseman <span>Justin Turner</span>, who had a 16-game hit streak from April 13-30, then a 14-game hitting streak from May 13 to June 19, the latter interrupted by a stint on the disabled list.</p>
<p id="JPM8Vb">Turner is 2-for-2 with a double against Taillon.</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2017/8/22/16185044/corey-seager-hitting-streak-dodgers-lineup-piratesEric Stephen2017-08-22T14:30:51-07:002017-08-22T14:30:51-07:00McCarthy to begin rehab assignment this week
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<p id="CSyV29"><a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> pitcher <span>Brandon McCarthy</span> will begin a minor league rehab assignment in the next few days, manager <span>Dave Roberts</span> told reporters on Tuesday in Pittsburgh.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Brandon McCarthy will be starting a rehab assignment in the next few days. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dodgers?src=hash">#Dodgers</a></p>— Bill Plunkett (@billplunkettocr) <a href="https://twitter.com/billplunkettocr/status/900102475608457218">August 22, 2017</a>
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<p id="mGkXZi">McCarthy actually revealed the news himself on Sunday, answering a question from a fan on Twitter.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I'm doing well. Will start a rehab assignment this week.</p>— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) <a href="https://twitter.com/BMcCarthy32/status/899391128528494592">August 20, 2017</a>
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<p id="wG7i6w">The right-hander has been sidelined for a month with a blister on his right hand, having last pitched on July 20. It’s his third disabled list stint of the season, having also missed time with a dislocated left shoulder and right knee tendonitis in 2017.</p>
<p id="qUR8KQ">Being sidelined is nothing new for Dodgers pitchers this season. All nine pitchers who have started a game this season have spent at least one stint on the disabled list.</p>
<p id="V2cTty">McCarthy when on the mound this season has been effective, posting a 3.84 ERA and 3.33 FIP in 16 starts, with 66 strikeouts and 25 walks in 86⅔ innings. He last pitched on July 20.</p>
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