Padres search sequence win in Mexico vs. Dodgers
The 2018 Main League championship of Mexico shall be determined Sunday afternoon because the Los Angeles Dodgers meet the San Diego Padres within th...
The 2018 Main League championship of Mexico shall be determined Sunday afternoon because the Los Angeles Dodgers meet the San Diego Padres within the rubber match of a three-game sequence in Monterrey.
The Padres rebounded with a 7-Four win on Saturday night time after being no-hit by Dodgers starter Walker Buehler and three relievers Friday night time.
Rookie left-hander Eric Lauer will begin for the Padres in Sunday’s decisive recreation of the sequence.
The Dodgers will counter with Ross Stripling, who’s changing Wealthy Hill. Hill was slated to return off the disabled listing however was scratched from Sunday’s begin.
Saturday marked the Padres’ first win in opposition to the Dodgers this season after 4 straight losses.
Lauer shall be making his third Main League begin Sunday whereas dealing with the Dodgers for the primary time. He’s Zero-1 with a 10.13 ERA in his first two begins. He has allowed 10 runs (9 earned) on 13 hits and 6 walks with 10 strikeouts in eight innings.
Nonetheless, he completed his most up-to-date begin in opposition to the Giants in San Francisco with 4 straight scoreless innings after giving up three runs within the first.
“The best way he got here out of his second begin in opposition to the Giants was very encouraging,” stated Padres supervisor Andy Inexperienced of Lauer. “I feel he gained a variety of confidence after a tough begin.”
In his Main League debut in very chilly circumstances at Coors Subject in Colorado on April 24, Lauer gave up seven runs (six earned) on six hits and 4 walks in simply three innings.
© Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports activities San Diego Padres catcher Raffy Lopez (Zero) advances to 3rd base on a single by pinch hitter Chase Headley throughout the eighth inning in opposition to the Los Angeles Dodgers at Estadio de Beisbol Monterrey.
Lauer, 22, was the third of the Padres three first-round picks (25th general) within the 2016 draft out of Kent State College the place he was named faculty baseball’s Pitcher of the Yr off a 10-2 file and Zero.69 ERA.
Lauer superior from rookie ball to Single-A Fort Wayne in his first skilled summer time and break up the 2017 season nearly evenly between Superior Single-A Lake Elsinore and Double-A San Antonio, going a mixed 6-Eight with a Three.30 ERA in 22 video games (21 begins). He was 2-1 with a Three.00 ERA in three begins for Triple-A El Paso this April earlier than being promoted to the Padres.
In lower than two minor league seasons, Lauer has made 37 appearances at each stage within the Padres system.
The 38-year-old Hill has been on the disabled listing since April 14 with a cracked fingernail on the center finger of his pitching hand. Hill has a historical past of blister issues on his pitching hand and with humid circumstances scheduled for Sunday, the Dodgers opted to scratch him.
Stripling is Zero-1 with a 2.33 ERA in 12 appearances this season. He made his solely begin on April 30 at Arizona Stripling allowed 4 runs and eight hits in 4 innings.
Stripling is 1-Three with a 5.06 ERA in seven profession appearances in opposition to the Padres.
With the three video games in Monterrey really being the Padres residence video games, the Dodgers will play in San Diego just one extra time this season for a four-game sequence July 9-12.