try to guess how correlated the two variables in a scatter plot are. PT, SportsNet LA), facing Cubs rookie right-hander Hayden Wesneski.The aim of the game is simple.
LP - Julio Urías (3-2): 3⅓ IP, 7 hits, 5 runs, 2 walks, 4 strikeouts Up nextĭustin May gets the call for the Dodgers on Saturday afternoon (11:20 a.m.
WP - Drew Smyly (2-1): 7⅔ IP, 1 hit, 10 strikeouts Home runs: Cody Bellinger (5), Trey Mancini (2), Patrick Wisdom (9), Nico Hoerner (1) The Dodgers have not won consecutive games since a three-game streak from April 3-6.The Dodgers are 1-6 in games started by left-handed pitchers, losing the last six after beating Madison Bumgarner on April 1.It’s the 20th time since 1901 the Dodgers have been shutout and allowed at least 13 runs. The Dodgers shutout loss was their worst since 2018, when they lost 14-0 to Houston.Friday was Heyward’s his 1,594th major league game. Jason Heyward played first base, his first time at the position in his career. With Williams pitching the ninth, Mookie Betts got to play another inning at shortstop, where he fielded a ground ball cleanly.Chris Taylor played the final three innings at second base then third base, after the Dodgers trailed 12-0, his first time in the field or at the plate since hurting his left side on Monday.In his last three starts against the Cubs, Urías allowed 13 runs in 11 innings. After a two-inning start against the Cubs last July 10, Urías allowed 17 runs in 17 starts, for a 1.31 ERA before last Sunday’s loss to Chicago in Los Angeles.Luke Williams, who started at shortstop, pitched the eighth, the first Dodgers position player to pitch this season. Jackson allowed two runs himself, but also pitched three innings to at least get the Dodgers to the eighth. Patrick Wisdom’s three-run home run was the big blow of that was a seven-run inning, six charged to Reed.Īndre Jackson followed, and allowed a three-run home run that scored the two runners left behind by Reed. Jake Reed, called up earlier on Friday, got the final two outs of the fourth inning, but then faced six batters in the fifth without retiring a single one. On Friday, a pair of newcomers were asked to soak up what was left after the Urías mess. Five Dodgers relievers combined for six scoreless innings in the series-opening win on Thursday night. One night after Michael Grove left after just three innings with a right groin strain, Urías lasting only 3⅓ innings on Friday did the Dodgers bullpen no favors. Urías allowed five extra-base hits on Friday, one shy of his most given up in any start, when he got torched for six extra-base hits against the Phillies last year on May 14. The 31 pitches in the first inning matched a season high for Urías, who also did so in his last start, last Sunday against these same Cubs in the fifth inning at Dodger Stadium.Ĭhicago tacked on after that, with Nick Madrigal tripling into the left field corner then scoring in the second inning, then Cody Bellinger and Trey Mancini hitting back-to-back home runs in the third.īellinger has homered in each of his last three games against the Dodgers, dating back to last Sunday when he also hit one off Urías. Second was four pitches later, when a Urías fastball caught far too much of the plate and Suzuki made it hurt with a two-run double. First came by home plate umpire Andy Fletcher, who missed a clear strike on a cutter that would have struck out Seiya Suzuki. Urías was heading south from the jump, with an especially taxing opening frame.Īside from the rarity of two walks in the first inning from Urías, who walked 44 batters in his previous 35 starts, there were two mistakes in the opening frame. THIS is how Drew Smyly's perfect game bid ends? /AHaiPZ0pA7- Jomboy Media April 21, 2023
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