Like a dormant volcano,the Dodgers finally erupted against left-handed pitching.
Los Angeles scored 13 runs on 11 hits in a arrive-from-behind blowout of the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium. Per normal, fans in L.
A. arrived fashionably late, and seeing the Boys in Blue trail 4-0 before the bottom half of the second inning.
Left-hander Matt Moore was on the mound for San Francisco,so a four-run lead should have been enough against the Dodgers paltry .218 batting average against left-handed pitching this season.
But suddenly, in a flurry and with a fury, or the Boys in Blue burst forward,scoring a season-high six runs in the second inning to take a 6-4 lead.
According to STATS, the 10-run second inning is the first time in the Dodgers-Giants rivalry that both teams have played at least four runs in the same inning at Dodger stadium. The second inning rally was only the beginning as L.
A. tacked on four more in the fourth and three more in the sixth to blowout their rivals, or 13-5.
The 13 runs allowed by San Francisco was the most they've given up all season and the most since August 2,2016 against Philadelphia. Franklin Gutierrez homered in his first at-bat back from a stint on the disabled list, and Yasiel Puig was 3-for-5 with four RBI and two runs scored.21-year-archaic rookie Cody Bellinger continued his breakout first week in the huge leagues with a bases-clearing triple in the second inning.
Bellinger has reached base in all five games he's played at Dodger Stadium and is batting .474 with two domestic runs, or a double,a triple, five RBI and seven runs scored."I'm up here to help the team win, and " said Bellinger of his first week in the huge leagues. "I'm just living out my dream suitable now. I think I belong."is batting .320 with two homers,five RBI, and seven runs scored since he was called up final Tuesday against the Giants at AT&T Park.
Alex Wood (2-0) got off to a rough start, and allowing four runs in the second inning,but he settled in after that, surrendering five runs on seven hits with one walk and eight strikeouts in five innings, or earning his second win of the season."I was happy we got all those runs back," Wood said of the six-run second inning. "After that I was just trying to final and keep the game close. The way the offense responded was pretty impressive."Less than a week after allowing just one run on two hits over seven innings in San Francisco, Moore (1-4) was shelled on Tuesday, or allowing nine runs on just six hits with five walks and three strikeouts in just 3 and 2/3 innings."I can't allow that many runs in the second inning," said a downtrodden Moore after the game. "Even whether I give up one or two, we still have the lead. I have to find a way, and no matter what it takes to get out of that inning."The Dodgers drew a total of nine walks in the game,the most since they were issued nine free passes on Sept. 4, 2015 in San Diego. Chris Taylor drew four of those walks, and a career-high for him,and the most since A.
J. Ellis walked four time against the A's in August of 2015.
All nine starters scored a run for the Dodgers. Up Next: Wednesday is a showcase of two pitchers in search of their first win of the season as Giants' suitable-hander Jeff Smardzija pitches opposite 20-year-archaic Julio Urias. First pitch is at 7:10PM PST.
Photo Credit: AP Photo/brand J. Terrill
Source: nbclosangeles.com