Monday, January 1, 2018

Dodgers (#1) sweep IL All-Stars (#16)

Dodger Stadium
GAME 1
Hutchinson vs Kershaw
Dodgers 8, IL 1


The IL All-Stars were no match for the great Clayton Kershaw and the Dodger bats.  LA jumped out to a 3 run lead in the bottom of the 1st and ever looked back.  Afte the IL scored a solo run in the 2nd the Dodgers returned the favor with 3 more in the 4th and 2 in the 8th.  Chris Taylor (3-4) had 2 runs scored, 2 RBI's courtesy of a double and a triple.  Kershaw gave up 1 on 4 hits in 6 innings, but only fanned 4.  Ross Stripling (2IP) and Sergio Romo (1IP) put up goose eggs over the final 3 stanzas.
Dodgers lead series 1-0

 
GAME 2
Slegers vs A.Wood
Dodgers 2, IL 1

Dodger bats could not get on track, but when Alex Wood gives up 1 un-earned run on 3 hits over 7 innings, you're gonna' win a lot more games than you lose.  LA strung together 3 consecutive singles in the home half of the 1st to take a 1-0 lead, which went away in the 4th on a passed ball.  LA scored the go ahead / eventual winning run in the 7th when Kike Hernandez led off with double and scored on a Utley ground out after a botched throw by catcher Alfaro on a bunt by Alex Wood.  Brandon Morrow and Kenley Jansen fanned 4 of the 6 batters they faced to blow away the IL All-Stars in their final 2 chances to tie it.  Jansen earned the save.
Dodgers lead series 2-0

 
GAME 3
Hill vs Eshelman
Dodgers 2, IL 0


Once again the Dodger arms stymied the IL's bats.  Rich Hill fanned 11 scattered 4 hits in 7 shut out innings of work.  Josh Field and Jansen got the final 6 outs to lock down the series.  LA only had 4 hits themselves, but made them count by stringing 3 of them together in the 4th to score the only 2 runs of the game.  Justin Turner, who had 2 of the 4 hits, led off with a single.  Cody Bellinger walked and Yasmani Grandal singled home Turner.  Puig grounded into a double play, but in the process Bellinger scored the second and final run of the game.
Dodgers win series 3-0

Editor's Note:  Special thanks to Scot Gordon, who had to endure connectivity issues, then waited for me to come home from Philly to sub for Keith.  Scot did a gr8 job keep the IL AS's close in games 2 and 3, which easily could have gone the other way.


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