Giants’ Cueto could miss next start because of groin strain

In addition, you will notice that the Dodgers did nothing in retaliation to Bumgarner’s celebration, which is most likely because they can cope with the incredible despair of allowing a regular season home run.

Crawford was rewarded for his spectacular season in a big way, as the Giants signed him to a six-year, $75 million contract extension.

“He’s done some things mechanically”, manager Dave Roberts said. Corey Seager’s single with one out to go helped the Dodgers save face that night. “We did that against a very good ballclub”.

NY rookie Gary Sanchez hit two more homers and drove in five runs as the Yankees beat Tampa Bay 11-5 to move within 2-1/2 games of the second AL wildcard spot.

“It’s nice to get it out of (the media’s) head and you guys can write a different story tonight”, said Justin Turner, who was curt with reporters after the Dodgers were held in check by Yankees lefty C.C. Sabathia last week. “Don’t look at me”, yelled Bumgarner after wildly celebrating a routine play, which lead to an altercation that brought both the Dodgers and Giants benches onto the field.

Washington also moved to the brink of clinching a division as it beat Miami to go nine games clear atop the NL East. With their 2-0 victory, they created a three-way tie with the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets for two Wild Card spots.

Maeda (16-9) yielded two runs on three hits and two walks over five innings.

Moore (11-12) walked one and struck out none in a messy outing for the left-hander. Maeda is one win from tying Rick Sutcliffe’s record by a rookie set in 1979.

“It was a bad day to have a bad day”, he said. “There was a lot of small stuff going on”. He had his no-hit bid on August 25 in Los Angeles broken up on Corey Seager’s single in the ninth.

They quickly deleted the Tweet and I think we can all agree this was just an honest mistake. “Every time I face him it seems like we have those problems”. Arenado made it 6-1 in the second with his NL-leading 39th homer.

Howie Kendrick added a two-run double to right field in the third inning, and the rout was on. The Dodgers added another run on pinch-hitter Andrew Toles’ RBI double in the sixth. With the Giants clinging to a 1-0 lead over the Dodgers in the sixth inning on Tuesday night, one of Bochy’s best starting pitchers, Johnny Cueto, left the game with a groin injury. He’s questionable for his next start, although manager Bruce Bochy hasn’t ruled him for the Giants’ next series. Opposing pitcher Kenta Maeda drove in a run with a single but Enrique Hernandez was thrown out trying to take third.

Dodgers: LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu (elbow) and RHP Brandon McCarthy (hip stiffness) will pitch in a simulated game Tuesday. He also tracked down this drive to right by Joe Panik to end the fourth inning, then did a Bo Jackson run up the wall afterward. “His catch was way better than mine”, Hernandez said.

Clinching early could help Roberts get playing time for the back end of his 36-man roster and see what 25 guys he wants to take into the National League Division Series, which would open on October 7, most likely at Washington. Puig’s throw to the plate bounced once and Ruiz missed the tag in a close play.

Even 88-year-old broadcasting legend Vin Scully, who was making his final call of a Giants-Dodgers rivalry game at Chavez Ravine, couldn’t resist using that lilting, harmonic, Irish-Bronx voice of his to issue a cold dig. They chatted in Scully’s fifth-floor booth, where Bochy said he could “see where he does his magic”. I can’t imagine the terror that Puig was feeling in that moment, as I’m sure Bumgarner is much more imposing than the men in Cuba who threatened to kill the outfielder before his defection to the United States.

Giants: RHP Jeff Samardzija (11-10, 3.97 ERA) starts the series opener against the Padres.

Angel Pagan’s RBI single in the first inning was a promising start for the sputtering San Francisco offense, but was quickly erased by an Adrian Gonzalez RBI single in the bottom half, followed by Puig’s three run blast to give the Dodgers an early 4-1 advantage.