Hill perfect through 7 innings against Miami

In the eighth inning of a 5-0 victory over the Marlins in Miami, Roberts made a decision destined to protect Hill’s health and incite his rage.

Joe Blanton replaced Hill and gave up a single, ruining the flawless game and no-hitter, before the Dodgers closed out a 5-0 victory over the Marlins.

Yelich singled in a score in the fourth inning to start the scoring for the Fish. You’ve got to give Urena credit. My gut just feels sick about (Hill) having to go through that.

Urena (4-6) lowered his ERA from 5.54 to 4.89, and the secret might have been his curveball.

It was Realmuto, Mattingly said, who had true belief in Urena’s curve, telling his manager that he has seen it dart down below hitters’ knees in the past. “He had depth on that and the movement was good”. Only one L.A. Dodgers rookie has won more games than RHP Kenta Maeda. So it doesn’t matter how well we’re swinging or what happened yesterday. “He did his job”.

Urena recorded 26 out of a possible 27 outs before allowing a two-out single in the ninth to Josh Reddick and was promptly lifted for closer A.J. Ramos, but not before receiving a standing ovation from the appreciative Miami crowd.

Roberts said the Dodgers’ plan was to attack Urena early, a strategy that had something to do with Bill Miller, Sunday’s plate umpire.

Happ got his 18th win, Melvin Upton Jr. hit a two-run homer and the Blue Jays stopped a four-game losing streak by beating Boston 3-2 on Saturday. Justin Bour also drove in a run. He hit.290 with four doubles and three RBIs in nine rehab games for High Class-A Rancho Cucamonga. His eyes are on the postseason, even with the Dodgers embroiled in a race to the finish with the Giants for the National League West crown, which they now lead by four games.

“Guys came in with energy ready to win a series”.

“It’s the toughest thing I’ve had to do”, Roberts said.

Tom Koehler (9-11) allowed four runs and six hits in five plus innings and Brian Ellington gave up Pederson’s second homer – his 22nd this season. “Maeda will be pitching on six days” rest, which was pretty much his schedule in his native Japan.

“I thought he had a good curveball today”, Mattingly said.

It was the longest outing of any Marlins pitcher this year, and it was two innings deeper into a game than Urena had ever gone in his two years in the majors.

Prado lead off the bottom of the sixth with a single and scored after Yelich hit a bloop single to right.

“We’ve talked about the “team-first” from the beginning of Spring Training, and for me to put any one player’s individual success – as incredible and great as it would have been – ahead of the team to potentially compromise our goal, I think I would lose credibility, Dodgers fans are really upset with me, and I get it”. Ethier broke his leg during spring training.

The Marlins have not had a pitcher toss a shutout since Henderson Alvarez accomplished the feat against Tampa Bay on June 3, 2014.

The move infuriated the 36-year-old Hill, and Roberts told reporters afterward, “I’m going to lose sleep tonight”.

Marlins: RHP David Phelps (left oblique strain) was reinstated from the 15-day disabled list. He pitched on August 24 after being acquired by the Dodgers, but then was scratched from his next start. The Marlins have not announced the plan for Phelps down the stretch.

A problem with blisters on his throwing hand has limited Hill’s opportunities since his trade to the Dodgers, who lead the San Francisco Giants by three games in the National League West.