Tweets Of The Night: Adrian Gonzalez, Yasiel Puig Star in 9-2 Win
After a rare off the day, the Dodgers were back at Chavez Ravine tonight to begin a three-game series with the San Diego Padres. The Dodgers won two of three from the Cubs and looked to beat up on the lowly Friars.
Hyun-Jin Ryu was on the mound tonight and while he hasn’t faced the Padres all season, he’s looking to build on his strong record at Dodger Stadium. This season, Ryu is 6-2 with a sub 2.30 ERA at home and he faced former Dodger, Eric Stults.
Stults tossed seven innings allowing two runs on June 3, but was the tough luck loser 2-1. The Dodgers have 29 games left coming into tonight and 26 of those will be against NL West foes.
While the Dodgers should win the series handily, the Padres always like to give them a tough time so let’s check out the tweets of the night.
Ballgame: #Dodgers handle the Padres, 9-2! #whiff
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 31, 2013
Dodgers set an L.A. record with their 22nd win this calendar month. Their magic number now is 19 with 28 games left
— Mark Saxon (@markasaxon) August 31, 2013
Magic Number will be 19
— LasordasLair (@LasordasLair) August 31, 2013
No. 30, Edinson Volquez takes the mound at Dodger Stadium — making his Los Angeles #Dodgers debut.
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 31, 2013
Back-to-back. A.J. Ellis clears the fence in center field with a solo home run. #Dodgers 9, #Padres 1.
— J.P. Hoornstra (@jphoornstra) August 31, 2013
HanRam and A-God are back. 8-1.
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) August 31, 2013
Hanley Ramirez two-run double. #Dodgers 6, #Padres 1.
— J.P. Hoornstra (@jphoornstra) August 31, 2013
Yasiel Puig: 4-for-4.
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 31, 2013
Paco Rodriguez two pitches to retire Will Venable. Time to stretch at Chavez Ravine — #Dodgers lead 4-1. #whiff
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 31, 2013
Nice one-hop throw by Andre Ethier keeps the score 4-1 in the seventh inning.
— J.P. Hoornstra (@jphoornstra) August 31, 2013
Dodgers are three innings from establishing a new L.A. record for wins in a month (22)
— Mark Saxon (@markasaxon) August 31, 2013
Puig now 3 for 3. Maybe they should try this bench thing more often 🙂
— Bill Shaikin (@BillShaikin) August 31, 2013
The Dodgers have now hit 5 homers off Eric Stults. The only pitcher they've had more than 3 against
— Ryan Walton (@RyanWaltonMLB) August 31, 2013
Adrian Gonzalez two-run home run. #Dodgers 4, #Padres 1
— J.P. Hoornstra (@jphoornstra) August 31, 2013
Dodgers pitchers lead the NL with a .171 batting average
— Mark Saxon (@markasaxon) August 31, 2013
I don't know what is more impressive: Hyun-jin Ryu doubling off the wall, or scoring from second on a single
— Eric Stephen (@truebluela) August 31, 2013
Ryu ties the game with an RBI double to left field.
— Jimmy Bramlett (@JimmyBramlett) August 31, 2013
Well, that escalated quickly. 1-0 Padres after it looked like Ryu was cruising.
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) August 31, 2013
— Jared Massey (@Dodger_Diamond) August 31, 2013
Matt Kemp struck out in his 1st AB with Rancho Cucamonga tonight. Playing CF. Expected to go 7 innings tonight.
— Bill Plunkett (@billplunkettocr) August 31, 2013
Give credit where it's due: Smart baserunning move by Yasiel Puig to avoid the ground ball, get back to second base, likely cause the error.
— J.P. Hoornstra (@jphoornstra) August 31, 2013
Puig's first AB since benching is single up the middle. #Dodgers
— Bill Shaikin (@BillShaikin) August 31, 2013
Ahhhhh I love a perfect 123 first inning. It gives me the feelings
— LasordasLair (@LasordasLair) August 31, 2013
