Pirates roll past Dodgers to finish sweep

Kendrick, in his first season with the Dodgers after nine years with the Angels, is hitting.

It was supposed to be a pitcher’s duel four decades in the making, but it didn’t turn out that way.

“I was just trying to put a good swing on it and I was lucky enough that it went out”, he said. Peralta has allowed at least one run himself in three of his last four appearances. Acquired from Miami in a 13-player deal at the trade deadline, Latos has alternated wins and losses since opening the season by dropping his first three starts. Covers Expert Steve MerrilWHAT ODDSMAKERS SAY: “This is a huge series for these teams and we’ll have no shortage of action on it, especially as bettors get back in gear ahead of football season”. With Worley under team control through 2018, he could still prove to be a bargain in future years if he can post numbers even close to those of a season ago going forward. “Kind of what we’ve seen in the past – he’s aggressive”. To date, Mercer has missed 17 games and is expected to go on a rehab assignment as soon as Tuesday.

The Los Angeles Dodgers look for a win after splitting their last six games.

Carpenter hit. 152 in his previous 13 before the switch.

Gonzalez hit another RBI single in the third to make it 3-0. 296 with nine home runs and 49 RBIs, sustained the injury running out a ground ball in the fifth inning Sunday during the Dodgers’ 13-6 defeat against the Pirates in Pittsburgh.

The Dodgers were leading 5-3 when Johnson took over in the seventh inning. The left-hander allowed three runs on five hits in five innings, but did not factor in the decision. He also walked and scored on Miguel Montero’s tiebreaking single in the fifth inning as the Cubs opened a 2 1/2-game lead over San Francisco in the race for the second NL wild card.

Ortiz had three hits, including a home run in the sixth.

Pirates manager Clint Hurdle got a kick out of the opposite-field homer to left.

“We just don’t know how severe it is, and hamstrings are never going to be three or four days”.

Brewers 5, Cardinals 4 – Khris Davis hit two home runs, including a two-run shot in the eighth inning off recent teammate Jonathan Broxton, as host Milwaukee beat St. Louis. J.Rollins singled to left, Pederson scored, Kershaw to second.

With the Dodgers the past two seasons, their record against winning teams wasn’t a good predictor of postseason success.

However two innings later Johnson gave up that lead – and fairly a bit extra. When Storen entered with six outs to go and the score 4-0, Washington appeared well on its way recording a second consecutive victory for only the second time since the All-Star break. Andre Ethier, Howie Kendrick and Kike Hernandez all had two hits.

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Opposing the Dodgers on Sunday night is Charlie Morton, who lasted seven innings his last time out and has averaged 6.19 innings per start over his last seven starts. Johnson allowed six hits, walked a batter, and hit another batter before Don Mattingly gave him a long overdue trip to the showers.

R.A Dickey gave up a second-inning solo homer to Mark Teixeira.

Curtis Granderson homered twice for the Mets, who blew a 3-0 first-inning lead. They also moved 12 games over.

Bruce Rondon pitched a hitless ninth for his first save of the season.

And then the Pirates scored seven more.

Blake Swihart had three hits for the Red Sox.