Recap: Yasiel Puig Ties Career High With 5 RBIs In Dodgers Win
Greinke worked around a two-out walk in the fourth to keep the game locked in a scoreless tie. Ethier led off the bottom of the fourth with a double to left-center field that Michael Taylor misplayed. While it appeared Taylor recovered with enough time to gun down Ethier on his attempt to leg out a triple, but the Dodgers successfully challenged the out call.
Puig added to Ross’ troubles by crushing a hanging slider halfway up the pavilion in left-center field to give the Dodgers a 2-0 lead. The home run was Puig’s 10th of the season and second since Aug. 5.
After Greinke threw a shutdown inning in the fifth, the Dodgers added to their lead. It began on back-to-back singles from Jimmy Rollins and Callaspo with no outs and Grandal kept the inning alive by drawing his second walk of the game.
Puig then hit a sinking liner to right field that Robinson was unable to make a diving catch on. The ball rolled by him, allowing Puig to end up with a bases-clearing triple and the Dodgers to extend their lead to 5-0. Puig’s five RBIs to that point tied a career high, which he set in just his second Major League game.
Greinke gave up a leadoff single in the sixth and battled a high pitch count in the sixth, ending the night on 109 pitches through six shutout frames. Newly recalled Yimi Garcia took over for the Dodgers in the seventh and retired the side in order.
Felipe Rivero entered in the bottom of the seventh and struck out the final two batters faced as part of a scoreless inning, keeping the Dodgers lead at 5-0. Garcia remained in the game for the eighth and worked around a leadoff single by retiring the next three batters.
Luis Avilan became the third Dodgers reliever to appear in the game, tossing a scoreless ninth inning to complete the Dodgers’ 5-0 win.
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