Kershaw clamps down Gallo goes Goliath, Turner extends and Lux gets 3 hits. The Dodgers played a great game last night against the D-Backs and we’ve got it covered.
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LA Dodgers
The Dodgers scored 1 in the 2nd, 4 in the 4th, and cruised to a 5-2 victory over Arizona on Monday Night.
Clayton Kershaw gave the Dodgers a great start going 6, giving up just 1 run, striking out 10, and walking no one. Kershaw has had a great year with an ERA of just 2.39, a WHIP of just 0.93, and a K/BB ratio of 6:1 on the year. In his last 7 starts he has 42 Ks to just 7 walks, has an ERA of just 2.87, and a WHIP of just 0.98, so he is continuing to stay strong down the stretch.
Trea Turner extended his hit streak to 15 games which is the longest streak in the MLB, and his OPS during that streak is .810 so he has been playing great offense. He’s hitting .304 on the season, which is tied for 9th best in the MLB.
Max Muncy hit his 20th double of the year and eventually scored to put the Dodgers up 2-0. Muncy is having a great month hitting .309 so far in September with a slugging % of .600 and an OPS of .997. He also has 12 RBIs this month in 14 games and that’s on the heels of a good month of August where he hit .261 with an OPS of .906.
Gavin Lux had 3 hits to raise his average on the year to .294. This was his 2nd game back since returning from rehab. Yesterday was his 32nd multi-hit game of the year and 4th time he’s had at least 3 hits in a game.
Evan Phillips threw a scoreless inning which is his 5th scoreless outing in a row and 17th of his last 18. Philips has an ERA this month of just 1.59, and that’s after not allowing a run during the entire month of August, and recording an average against of .056 and a WHIP of 0.26. Wow!
Tommy Kahnle’s changeup was on display in his scoreless inning last night. Kahnle has been perfect in his 3 outings since returning back to LA and has 5 strikeouts to just 1 walk. He has gone scoreless in 7 of his 8 outings in LA for the year and has 10 Ks to just 3 walks combined between both stints with the big club.
