Lauer appeared to be cruising when everything unraveled for him in the fifth inning. When Urías grounded a single up the middle to send home Escobar for a 5-1 lead, Graterol was replaced by lefty Alex Vesia. Christian Yelich legged out an infield hit with one down and raced around to score when Escobar lined a double into the right-field corner. But Kolten Wong laced a run-scoring double into the right-field corner, and that would be all for Kershaw, who departed with manager Dave Roberts and an athletic trainer.īrusdar Graterol took over for Kershaw and he didn’t last long either, getting lifted after surrendering two runs in the third as the Brewers boosted their margin to 4-1. Singles by Eduardo Escobar and Luis Urías got things started, setting up a run-scoring double into the left-field corner by Lorenzo Cain.Ī groundout to short by Omar Narváez gave the Brewers a 2-1 lead and Kershaw gave himself a chance to stop it there by striking out Lauer. The second inning would spell trouble for Los Angeles in more ways than one, with starter Clayton Kershaw making an early exit. He put a 0-2 fastball up and out of the strike zone, on the outer half, yet Turner managed to drive it down the right-field line and into the short porch inside the foul pole for a 1-0 lead. The Dodgers struck first on a two-out home run by Trea Turner in the bottom of the first that left Lauer shaking his head.
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And another day of losing, as they had done three times in four games on this season-ending trip and 10 times in 16 games since a three-game sweep in Cleveland from Sept. That kept alive the Dodgers' hopes of forging a tie for first place as they entered their game Saturday night against the Brewers.įor the Brewers, Friday was another day of marking time until their National League Division Series against the Atlanta Braves. Rallying to score seven unanswered runs, Los Angeles held on for an 8-6 victory at Dodger Stadium that kept the Giants' magic number at one for clinching the division.Īnd the Giants' champagne remained on ice Saturday afternoon after they lost, 3-2, in 10 innings to the San Diego Padres. Longtime franchise center piece Buster Posey called it "special" to prevail in such an amazing race.LOS ANGELES – The San Francisco Giants had champagne on ice up in northern California but the Los Angeles Dodgers were not ready to roll over in the NL West race Friday night despite falling behind early to the Milwaukee Brewers by four runs. The Dodgers' Sunday win gave them 106 victories on the year. It's a new franchise record for one of the most successful ballclubs the league has seen.Īnother feather in cap for the Giants here, which has to be especially sweet given who it is: The Dodgers are the first team in MLB history to win at least 105 games and not finish in first place.
The franchise record - remember, they were the New York Giants before the move out west - was 106 (1904), which this team has now surpassed. In San Francisco history, the previous record for wins was 103 (19). This is all just a perfect illustration of how consistently excellent this ballclub has been nearly all season. They were the first MLB team to 50 wins, 60 wins, 70 wins, 80 wins, 90 wins and 100 wins. After April 25, the Giants were only trailing in the division for 10 days. They would lose hold of the division twice the rest of the way, but only for very short spurts. The Giants were first tied for first place on April 26 and took it over alone April 30. The Dodgers' over cashed! And they still aren't winning the division, as the Giants are having possibly the best season in franchise history. The Giants' over/under win total prior to the season was 73.5 while the Dodgers' was 103.5.
Going back to the spring, this would have been a pretty shocking result. And the Giants took care of business from there. The Dodgers would then win Saturday night to force meaningful games on Sunday. Then it looked like it would happen on Saturday afternoon, but the Padres staged a late comeback and then held the Giants off in extra innings. The Giants won their game, meaning the magic number had been trimmed to one. The Dodgers then tied it with a Trea Turner grand slam and won.
It actually looked like things were trending toward a clinch Friday night, with the Giants leading the Padres and the Dodgers trailing the Brewers by four runs in the fifth inning. There was an error processing your subscription.
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