For those who missed Dodgers vs. Cardinals on Thursday, you missed fairly the sport. The Lakers have been enjoying towards the Nuggets in Sport 2 of the Western Convention Finals, so I don’t blame you if you happen to missed the Dodger sport. However if you happen to did, you’re in the precise place. Right here’s all the things it’s worthwhile to know in regards to the insane, high-scoring affair that unfolded to open the collection in St. Louis:
What Simply Occurred in This Dodger Sport?
Julio Urias was on the mound for the Dodgers, attempting to cease the bleeding of three consecutive quick outings from Dodger starters (spoiler alert: he didn’t).
The Dodgers wasted no time attending to Cardinals beginning pitcher Adam Wainwright and giving Urias a lead. Within the first inning, the Dodgers rapidly loaded the bases, and J.D. Martinez hit a two-run double to provide the Dodgers the early 2-0 lead.
Urias was dealing by two innings, however utterly fell aside within the third. He allowed two runners to get on, and Willson Contreras made him pay, crushing a house run to middle discipline to provide the Cardinals the 3-2 lead.
It didn’t cease there, although, as Juan Yepez got here up with two outs within the third and deposited a ball over the left discipline wall to provide the Cardinals a 4-2 lead. The subsequent batter was Nolan Gorman, and he gave the precise discipline seats a go to with a house run of his personal. But it surely didn’t cease there.
Subsequent up was Paul DeJong, and he hit a house run of his personal off the left discipline pole. It’s the primary time in Urias’ profession that he allowed 4 dwelling runs in a single inning, and tied him for the MLB-lead for dwelling runs allowed with 14.
Urias’ day was achieved after three innings and 68 pitches, changing into the fourth straight Dodgers starter to not final greater than 4 innings. That wasn’t superb for this worn out bullpen.
Phil Bickford bought the fourth, and wasn’t any higher than Urias. A two-run dwelling run from Nolan Arenado capped off a three-run inning, giving the Cardinals a 9-2 lead.
The Dodgers bats got here alive within the sixth inning, although, and made this a sport.
Miguel Rojas hit an RBI single to chop the result in 9-3. Then, Trayce Thompson drew a stroll in an excellent at-bat, mentioning Freddie Freeman with the bases loaded and two outs. Freddie got here by, hitting dwelling run No. 300 of his profession, and bringing the Dodgers inside two, 9-7.
Instantly, we had a sport.
Within the high of the seventh inning, the Dodgers comeback continued. Max Muncy led off with a solo dwelling run, and identical to that the Dodgers have been down one. For Muncy, it was dwelling run No. 15 on the yr, one again of Pete Alonso for the MLB lead.
Andre Jackson was the Dodgers pitcher tasked with consuming the innings on this one, and he did an outstanding job of not solely consuming the innings, however permitting the Dodgers to return again on this one.
Jackson pitched scoreless innings within the fifth, sixth and seventh, earlier than stepping into his first little bit of bother within the eighth.
The Cardinals bought three straight base runners off of him, together with an RBI single that gave them a 10-8 lead and chased him out of the sport.
Yency Almonte got here in to wash up the mess, and did the other. A wild pitch and Contreras three-run dwelling run later, and the Dodgers have been down 14-8 identical to that. Gorman went yard later that inning, giving the Cardinals a 16-8 lead.
That ended up being all she wrote, in one of many crazier video games of the season.
Clearly the Dodgers wanted extra out of Urias, nevertheless it’s straightforward to query Dave Roberts’ decision-making on this one. He took Mookie Betts out of the sport when the Dodgers went down early, however they might have liked his bat (and arm) as they mounted a comeback.
Moreover, Jackson had no enterprise coming again out within the eighth, and may have been taken out after permitting a stroll.
Up Subsequent
The Dodgers and Cardinals get set for the second sport of the collection on Friday at 5:15 p.m. PT. Tony Gonsolin is taking the mound for the Dodgers, who desperately want a beginning pitcher to provide them some size.
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