Greinke extends scoreless streak, lowers ERA to 1.39 | CSN Bay Area

“I didn’t even realize it until I read it or (saw) it on ‘SportsCenter, ‘” the Los Angeles Dodgers manager said.

“He obviously had really good times in Philadelphia, but he knows he’s a Dodger now”, Grandal added. Los Angeles took three of four from the Phillies and extended its division lead to 5 1/2 games over the idle Giants and Diamondbacks. Puig knocked in four runs.Greinke was magnificent. “The place was superior and I got ahead in the count”, mentioned Greinke, who struck out eight, walked none and retired his final 21 batters following providing up a leadoff single in the second to Ryan Howard.

Dodgers: RHP Zack Greinke (7-2, 1.48) makes his last start before the All-Star break.

Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Zack Greinke throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Saturday, July 4, 2015, in Los Angeles.

“I don’t pay attention to any of that this year, not for awhile, I guess”.

Mike Bolsinger looks to contribute by winning for the first time in a month Friday night against the Milwaukee Brewers.

The righty half of that tandem, Greinke followed up by shutting out the Phillies last night, 6-0 at Dodger Stadium.

Mattingly indicated that the Dodgers may work him back into the mix slowly, which suggests long relief or mopping up could be his role initially.

“We just made mistakes early”, Mattingly said.

Greinke wanted to finish the job. “But that’s my guy”. Max Scherzer was originally slated to start on Sunday, which would have made him ineligible to pitch in the All-Star Game.

Can I get an encore? After scoring 14 runs in the initial two games of the series, Philadelphia’s offense disappeared.

Dee Gordon, Miami Marlins: The speedster was two-for-three with three stolen bases, two runs scored and a walk. The drought covered 20 innings.

He struggled in his return last week against Milwaukee, giving up seven runs and 10 hits in five innings but avoided the loss. “Making quality pitches makes it harder to drive the ball”. “I have no pride in that”, Kershaw said. “A couple pitches here and it cost us the game”. “In the past, I’ve been hurt when my pitches were up”.

Thursday, he was supported by home runs by Adrian Gonzalez and Yasiel Puig.

Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal felt the series meant a little more to Rollins than he was letting on.

Clayton Kershaw tossed a 13-strikeout, eight-hit shutout to help the Los Angeles Dodgers win 5-0 Wednesday night, sending the Phillies to a major league-worst 11-33 road record with their ninth shutout of the season.

Puig greeted Philadelphia reliever Hector Neris in the bottom of the eighth inning with a two-run blast to left center. Looking only at his 6-6 record and 2.85 ERA for the season, maybe he shouldn’t be.

NOTES: Los Angeles LHP Clayton Kershaw’s bid for his fifth consecutive All-Star selection appeared to be in jeopardy Thursday. Fans can also vote for four other National League players: Johnny Cueto, Jeurys Familia, Carlos Martinez and Troy Tulowitzki.

The Colorado Rockies defeated the Atlanta Braves 5-3, the Detroit Tigers overcame the Minnesota Twins 4-2, the Miami Marlins trumped the Cincinnati Reds 2-0 and the Cleveland Indians won 3-1 against the Houston Astros.

Rookie ideal-hander Severino Gonzalez (3-3) gave up 4 runs and five hits through five 2-3 innings in his seventh main league start off. Gonzalez has yielded 27 earned runs and 44 hits in 30 two-three innings.