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Spring Training Recap: Pitching, Offense Strong In Victory

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Dustin McGowan replaced Baez in the bottom of the fifth.On his second pitch of the inning, Trout blasted a home run to center field. However, McGowan retired the next three batters to end the inning.



Turner led off the top of the sixth with a double down the left field line, and was replaced by a pinch-runner. Guerrero worked the count full, but grounded out to third base, leaving the pinch runner at second. Ethier popped out to the shortstop for the second out. Grandal grounded out to Pujols to end the inning.

Adam Liberatore relieved McGowan. After a walk to the second batter, Liberatore induced a ground ball to cut down the runner going to second base. A ground ball to the shortstop ended the inning.

Van Slyke started the seventh inning with a single up the middle, which ended Shoemaker’s day. Jose Alvarez came in in relief. Pederson flew out on the first pitch for the first out of the inning. Heisey promptly blasted a line drive off of the left field wall to score Van Slyke and extend the Dodgers lead to 4-2. Jeremy Hazelbaker then replaced Heisey as a pinch runner. However, the next batter grounded out to end the inning.

Many changes came along with the bottom of the seventh, including Josh Ravin on the mound. An easy inning ensued and the Dodgers returned to the dugout after three batters.

Guerrero singled up the middle to start the inning and was pinch run for, ending his day 2-for-4 with a home run and one RBI. After two outs, the next batter doubled to right, scoring one run and bumping the lead up to 5-2.

B.J. Rosenberg was brought in to pitch the bottom half of the inning. He was unable to toss a scoreless inning, as he gave up a triple and an RBI single. The right-hander was able to finish the inning without any more damage.

In the top of the ninth, the Dodgers were able to put two runners on base; however, they weren’t able to score. Ryan Buchter came in to close it out. He allowed a leadoff double, threw a wild pitch and gave up a run with a sacrifice fly. The left-hander was able to close out the game as the Dodgers won 5-4.

Dodgers 2015 Spring Training – Mike Bolsinger

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