Justin Wrobleski delivered the kind of outing that can settle a game before the other side really gets rolling. The left-hander piled up a career-high 11 strikeouts over seven innings Tuesday night, and the Dodgers backed him with a steady barrage in a 9-3 win over the Athletics at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento.
It was the most strikeouts by any Dodgers pitcher in a game this season, and Wrobleski’s seventh-inning work came with just enough damage to keep the final line from looking cleaner. He allowed three runs, with two of them coming in that seventh, but the Dodgers had already built enough cushion that those late runs barely changed the feel of the night.
The offense did its part in a big way. Tommy Edman and Miguel Rojas both went deep against A’s left-hander Jeffrey Springs, who now leads the majors with 24 home runs allowed. Los Angeles scored in bunches all night, putting up two runs in the first inning and then adding three more in both the third and seventh.
Edman was especially loud at the plate. Starting at third base, he went 4-for-4 and drove in four runs, keeping his strong stretch going. Since coming off the injured list on June 16, he has reached base at least twice in seven of his nine starts, and he’s hitting .395/.452/.579 overall in that span.
Tuesday also marked a milestone night for Dave Roberts, who picked up his 1,000th career win.
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Dave Roberts Nears A Dodgers Milestone Worth Celebrating
Dave Roberts has spent more than a decade shaping the Dodgers into one of baseballs model franchises, and the resume is already long enough to define an era. Multiple division titles, regular postseason trips, pennants and three World Series championships have come with his name on them, a run of success that has made him one of the most accomplished managers in team history.
Now Roberts is closing in on another marker that would deepen that legacy, one that only a small handful of Dodgers skippers have ever reached. It is a reminder that his value has never been limited to lineup cards and bullpen calls, either, because Roberts has long emphasized the counseling and mentoring side of the job as a major part of what he does every day. [Read more 🡒]
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The veteran Muncy still made the night look normal enough at the plate, going 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs, while the younger Muncy reached base and scored for Oakland. However odd the scoreboard may have felt, the real head-scratcher was simply the name being called at third base and not meaning the same player each time, leaving a matchup that belonged as much to baseball trivia as to the box score. [Read more 🡒]
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The end result is a familiar kind of reminder about how unforgiving the path can be even for players with draft pedigree. He had never moved beyond High-A, and his time in the system finished with a .228 average and 20 home runs, leaving the Dodgers to keep searching for infield help elsewhere in the pipeline. [Read more 🡒]