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While he was back at Dodger Stadium for the first time since signing with the Cardinals, Pujols reflected fondly on his experience with the Dodgers. “I was so grateful and thankful for the opportunity to play with that organization last year,” he said. Dodger Stadium then treated Pujols to a standing ovation and curtain call. Video of Roberts showed him initially celebrate as the ball left Pujols’ bat, before he quickly stopped and dropped his head in frustration. Baseball Prospectus top 10 Dodgers prospects A look at the top ten prospects in the Dodgers system, as ranked by Baseball Prospectus.
Freddie Freeman chimed in as well, doubling before the Muncy home run, then adding his own long ball in the fifth against Angels right-hander Elvis Peguero. The home run gave Freeman 1,000 career runs batted in, the 298th player in major league history to reach that milestone. Three of those teams are still in first place, but the wheels fell off for the Angels. They lost 14 straight games, most in franchise history, the bulk of which cost Joe Maddon his job.
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The Halos have somehow been even worse under interim manager Phil Nevin, who has served almost as many games on suspension as he’s won at the helm in Anaheim. For the 62nd year in a row, there won’t be a Freeway Series in the postseason. The Dodgers on Saturday battered a floundering Angels team that has been in free-fall mode for nearly two months. This one was a 7-1 victory that featured three home runs for the Dodgers, who finished off a four-game season sweep of the team from Anaheim. He struck out only two and walked three but it was the sixth consecutive start in which Urias has allowed one run or no runs and the eighth time in his past nine starts. In 16 starts since the beginning of June, Urias has gone 12-2 with a 1.94 ERA, holding batters to a .172 average.
Statcast defines a 'hard-hit ball' as one hit with an exit velocity of 95 mph or higher. Acuna Jr. , Schwarber and Rodriguez were the only other sluggers with a 460-foot-plus homer. None of the home runs hit in the derby topped the longest dinger of the 2022 MLB season. Miami Marlins outfielder Jesus Sanchez crushed a 494-foot homer at Coors Field back in May.
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Given the Dodgers’ 8-1 advantage at the time, this wasn’t all that surprising. Will Smith, the designated hitter after catching two games, added a solo shot off reliever Jeff Hoffman in the seventh, his second home run and sixth hit of the series. Bellinger ended his hitless streak in the fourth inning, with a two-run home run of his own.
San Diego scored a second run in the inning on Jake Cronenworth’s groundout to first base. The three runs allowed and five innings Kershaw pitched matched that of Julio Urías from Game 1, and so did his six strikeouts. Making his first postseason start since the 2020 World Series, Clayton Kershaw wasn’t sharp but managed to get through five innings and exited with the game tied. He surrendered a solo home run to Manny Machado in the first inning, and was hurt again by the Padres’ All-Star when he tied the game with an RBI double in the third. Betts’ 33rd home run of the season came in the fourth inning with two on and two out.
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On Thursday night, Turner found himself on one end of yet another highlight home run. In the series opener against the Chicago Cubs, JT launched a ball to left field to help extend the Dodgers' lead. Darvish was chased from the game after Will Smith’s leadoff single and Muncy drove a long base hit to the wall in right field that put runners at the corners with nobody out in the bottom of the sixth inning.
The Dodgers' offense was red-hot against the Royals, finishing with 16 hits on the night, 6 of which were home runs. But another layer is added this weekend with Freddie Freeman returning to Atlanta for the first time since leaving. Last season, third baseman Justin Turner hit one of the most memorable home runs. While it wasn’t memorable in the sense of coming in a big moment, most fans would remember when he hit a home run that landed in a fan’s nachos.
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That was more than enough to back Julio Urias who seems to be getting stronger as the season goes on. Trea Turner got a little ‘me’ time after the late arrival, getting his first day off this season on Friday and responded with a two-run home run in his first at-bat Saturday. Betts got his break in the form of a night at second base – an “abbreviated off day on the dirt,” Dave Roberts called it – and responded with a three-run home run, breaking his previous career-high in homers. However, squirming quickly ensued after Phil Bickford allowed hits to four of his six batters faced in the seventh inning.
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Where Dodgers free agents have signed for 2023 Keeping track of where various Dodgers free agents — like Trea Turner, Clayton Kershaw, Cody Bellinger, and more — have signed for the 2023 season, and beyond. The early offense was more than enough for Julio Urías, who walked nobody and struck out eight, not allowing a run until the seventh inning. Saturday marked the 11th time in 18 starts this year the left-hander allowed either zero or one run.
But out of all the guys in the lineup, I didn’t feel like he was a huge threat. I just didn’t execute pitches very well and he put good swings on them.”. The multi-home run game was Turner’s second of the season and 13th in his career. Both such games this season have not only come against the Padres, but in Joe Musgrove starts. It’s noteworthy in that Musgrove made dismissive comments about Turner despite his two home runs on June 30.
Of course, the nachos ended up exploding all over the fan, but it created a highlight nonetheless. His outing was bested in some regard by Yu Darvish, who pitched five-plus innings. The Dodgers scored one run in each of the first three innings behind home runs from Freddie Freeman, Max Muncy and Trea Turner. Pujols signed with the Dodgers for the 2021 season after unexpectedly getting released by the L.A. He ended up providing a positive impact on the clubhouse and embraced his role as a bench player. Urías lowered his ERA to 2.89, one of four Dodgers starters with a sub-3.00 ERA this season.
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