True Blue LA - September 3: Dodgers 12, Padres 1Where The Dodger Dogs Are Always Grilledhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/49563/truebluela_fav.png2022-09-03T20:53:49-07:00http://www.truebluela.com/rss/stream/231002272022-09-03T20:53:49-07:002022-09-03T20:53:49-07:00Dodgers pound Sean Manaea to snap losing streak
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<p id="Z9MlYX">After a rare three-game losing streak, the <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> got back on the beam thanks to another drubbing of Sean Manaea, routing the Padres 12-1 on Saturday at Dodger Stadium.</p>
<p id="wS6Rsy">The twelve runs matched the Dodgers’ total over their previous five games.</p>
<p id="QcWqJf">Offense came immediately in this one, thanks to a pair of players who have been almost joined at the hip for two months. Mookie Betts started things off with a slicing liner in right field that got past Juan Soto. Betts easily made it to third for his third triple of the season, but any hopes of an inside-the-park homer were dashed by the stop sign of third base coach Dino Ebel.</p>
<p id="HPmNFP">“Oh Dino, give him a shot,” Joe Davis joked on the SportsNet LA broadcast.</p>
<p id="Y5j9nr">The fans’ thirst for a home run waited only five pitches for satiation, thanks to Trea Turner hitting a ball into the left field seats. The home run came in Turner’s first at-bat after sitting Friday, his first non-start of the season.</p>
<p id="ast4sz">Saturday marked the 52nd time in 55 games Betts and Turner have batted 1-2 in the Dodgers lineup. They were linked in another way in this one, with Betts starting at second base for the third time this year. The middle infield mates made a nifty play up the middle, when Betts fielded a ball with his momentum going toward third base, then shoveled to Turner on his way to second base for a force out.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">That Mookie and Trea connection. <a href="https://t.co/DZCdrVi5kc">pic.twitter.com/DZCdrVi5kc</a></p>— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dodgers/status/1566244175653220353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2022</a>
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<p id="0bFrAx">That play helped stay out of the big inning after the first two batters reached. Julio Urías did the heavy lifting, inducing a Juan Soto pop out and a Manny Machado fly out to end the threat.</p>
<p id="ty46hi">Urías kept his stingy streak going, allowing just one run in six innings, working around three walks. He allowed only two hits, the last of which was a solo home run by Machado in the sixth. Urías has allowed one run or fewer in six straight starts and eight of his last nine, lowering his National League-leading ERA to 2.29.</p>
<p id="71C5ut">The support kept coming against Manaea. After a pair of singles in the fourth inning, Betts launched a three-run homer with two outs to break the game open. Betts’ 33rd home run of the season set a new career high, and matched Joc Pederson’s Dodgers record for most home runs hit out of the leadoff spot, set in 2019.</p>
<p id="u3ZvBM">Justin Turner got Manaea in the fifth inning for a two-run home run, Turner’s eighth extra-base hit in his last nine games.</p>
<p id="5xQBLw">Three times this season the Dodgers have faced Manaea, and three times they have tattooed him. The Padres left-hander allowed eight runs in 4⅓ innings in this one, running his post-All-Star-break ERA to 8.36 in eight starts.</p>
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<p id="0Oq5JB">Manaea against the Dodgers this year has allowed 22 runs (22 earned) on 24 hits in 12⅔ innings. His 15.63 ERA is the fourth-highest by any pitcher against the Dodgers in a season, with at least three starts, trailing only Burleigh Grimes (28.59 in 1931), Ron Bryant (17.18, 1974), and Lefty Weinert (15.75, 1923).</p>
<p id="eA3vPf">The Dodgers and Padres meet in two more series later in September, so Manaea still has time to improve on that, if he stays in the rotation for a San Diego team still fighting to secure a wild card berth.</p>
<p id="RXAP73">Manaea’s exit did not stop the scoring. Will Smith, who doubled home Freddie Freeman in the third innings, hit a three-run home run off Reiss Knehr. Smith was the designated hitter, which left catching duties to Austin Barnes, who doubled, singled, and scored twice. Barnes has reached base in six straight starts and eight of his last nine, hitting .355/.441/.613 (11-for-31) since the beginning of August.</p>
<p id="GHt3En">Blake Treinen had the softest landing possible for <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/2022/9/2/23334039/blake-treinen-activated-injured-list-dodgers">his first major league game in 4½ months</a>, entering the seventh with an 11-run advantage. The right-hander needed only five pitches for a perfect frame, inducing two groundouts and a flyout.</p>
<p id="69IVdD">Hanser Alberto pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to finish off the blowout, his eight pitching appearance of the season, and second in a row. He got Josh Bell looking for the second out of the inning, and his first major league strikeout.</p>
<h3 id="CkAzXA">Saturday particulars</h3>
<p id="6YxjKG"><strong>Home runs</strong>: Trea Turner (19), Mookie Betts (33), Will Smith (20); Manny Machado (26)</p>
<p id="i5HYbW"><strong>WP — Julio Urías (15-7)</strong>: 6 IP, 2 hits, 1 run, 3 walks, 2 strikeouts</p>
<p id="fy51hu"><strong>LP — Sean Manaea (7-8)</strong>: 4⅓ IP, 9 hits, 8 runs, 1 walk, 4 strikeouts</p>
<h3 id="DQT9PI">Up next</h3>
<p id="dBpcYk">Ryan Pepiot will be called up to pitch the series finale Sunday evening (4:08 p.m., ESPN), but since he hasn’t yet spent 15 days on optional assignment, he’ll have to replace a player going on the injured list. That’ll be David Price, manager Dave Roberts told reporters after the game.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dodgers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Dodgers</a> manager Dave Roberts said David Price will go on the injured list with a left wrist issue. He’ll be the move for Ryan Pepiot, who will be the bulk guy. <br><br>Caleb Ferguson will be the opener on Sunday.</p>— Juan Toribio (@juanctoribio) <a href="https://twitter.com/juanctoribio/status/1566280916279836672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2022</a>
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https://www.truebluela.com/2022/9/3/23336066/dodgers-home-runs-sean-manaea-mookie-betts-trea-turner-justin-turner-padresEric Stephen2022-09-03T17:53:00-07:002022-09-03T17:53:00-07:00Dodgers vs. Padres Game XII chat
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<p id="2TS5Vu">Julio Urías woke up Saturday morning as the National League ERA leader, sitting at 2.32 through his first 25 starts. He starts for the <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> in Saturday’s middle game of the weekend series against the Padres.</p>
<p id="oBgEHp">Urías assumed the top spot after Atlanta scored six times against Sandy Alcántara on Friday night, raising the Marlins right-hander’s ERA from 2.13 to 2.36.</p>
<p id="WzmoVs">The Dodgers have eight right-handed batters in the lineup against left-hander Sean Manaea, including Miguel Vargas making his first major league start in the field, playing left.</p>
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<h3 id="CU3Z0C">Game info</h3>
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<li id="wzUlJS">Teams: Dodgers (90-41) vs. Padres (74-59)</li>
<li id="O5ynJS">Pitchers: Julio Urías vs. Sean Manaea</li>
<li id="g8HEKw">Location: Dodger Stadium</li>
<li id="BYbLUY">Time: 6:10 p.m. PT</li>
<li id="LhRUSe">TV: SportsNet LA</li>
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https://www.truebluela.com/2022/9/3/23335710/dodgers-padres-game-chatEric Stephen2022-09-02T08:33:00-07:002022-09-02T08:33:00-07:00Dodgers vs. Padres series preview
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<p>LA plays SD in three series over the next four weeks</p> <p id="bRVS0n">The <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> play the Padres for three series and nine games over the next four weeks. The first of these National League West meetings begins Friday night at Dodger Stadium.</p>
<p id="wHwmZl">After suffering their first series loss in over five weeks, the Dodgers enter the weekend at 90-40, with an 18-game lead over San Diego in the National League West. LA’s magic number to clinch their ninth division in ten years is 14, which means it’s going to be a little bit before the NL West is officially won. The earliest the Dodgers can clinch is next Friday, September 9.</p>
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<p id="V8hO8z">The Dodgers are 8-2 against the Padres this season, and with no more Games 163, winning the head-to-head battle is the first tiebreaker should the two teams end up tied atop the NL West. That’s a long way of saying if Los Angeles beats San Diego two more times this year, they will clinch the season series, and in the process lowering their magic number by one.</p>
<p id="WG6Lk7">The Padres are currently in the final wild card position at 73-59, but they are mired in a three-team race with the <a href="https://www.thegoodphight.com/">Phillies</a> (73-58) and <a href="https://www.brewcrewball.com/">Brewers</a> (69-61) for two playoff berths. San Diego is a half-game behind Philadelphia for the No. 5 seed, and three games up on Milwaukee, who is on the outside looking in at the moment.</p>
<p id="63l1kJ">San Diego comes to town having won five of their last six games, including a three-game sweep of the Giants in San Francisco.</p>
<p id="ifYyjL">The Padres were off Thursday, but among their two September call-ups as rosters expanded to 28 players was old friend Matt Beaty, who was <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/2022/3/28/22994012/matt-beaty-trade-dodgers-padres-river-ryan">traded by the Dodgers on March 28</a>. Beaty struggled in the early going this year, going 4-for-37 (.108) with a double and a triple before landing on the injured list in May with a left shoulder impingement, which knocked him out for nearly three months.</p>
<p id="18XbSa">Blake Treinen is expected to be activated by the Dodgers on Friday, after seven minor league rehab games in Triple-A. The right-hander has been sidelined since April with shoulder inflammation.</p>
<p id="ORrnY9">In addition to this weekend in Los Angeles, the Dodgers and Padres play two more series in San Diego — next weekend (September 9-11) and September 27-29 at Petco Park.</p>
<p id="MQ1e3x">The series finale Sunday night will be exclusively televised by ESPN, with Karl Ravech, David Cone, and Eduardo Perez on the call, along with reporter Alden Gonzalez. The Dodgers have won all three games on ESPN ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ this season, including a win over the Padres at Dodger Stadium on August 7.</p>
<h3 id="0trrBc">Dodgers-Padres pitching matchups</h3>
<p id="S1QK69">Friday: Dustin May vs. Yu Darvish<br><em>7:10 p.m., SportsNet LA</em></p>
<p id="J8nR0x">Saturday: Julio Urías vs. Sean Manaea<br><em>6:10 p.m., SportsNet LA</em></p>
<p id="vDpSxc">Sunday: Andrew Heaney vs. Mike Clevinger<br><em>4:08 p.m., ESPN</em></p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2022/9/2/23334020/dodgers-padres-series-preview-dodger-stadiumEric Stephen