![]() The fleshy, pointed leaves often turn red or orange during the heat of summer. The plant bears clusters of white blooms in summer. It was Vargas’ third home run and eighth extra-base hit in his past 10 games.Lady fingers plant ( Dudleya edulis) is a succulent plant with delicate, rounded leaves about the width of a pencil. Miguel Vargas added a two-run home run off right-handed reliever Bryse Wilson. 197 off left-handed pitchers this season. Even after chasing Lauer in the fourth inning Tuesday, they are hitting a collective. Indeed, hitting a lefty by any name is a good sign for the Dodgers who have been one of MLB’s worst at hitting left-handers this season. It was good to kind of hit him around a little bit.” “But he’s had a lot of success against us. “Obviously, we’re just continuing to play each and every game – didn’t matter lefty or righty,” Betts said. The former Padre came into the game with a 7-1 record and 2.37 ERA in 11 previous starts against the Dodgers. It was an abundance of riches for a Dodgers team that has struggled against left-handed pitching this year – and Lauer for years. James Outman doubled and scored a run on Miguel Rojas’ RBI single. ![]() Freddie Freeman followed with a walk, stole second, advanced to third on a wild pickoff throw by Lauer and scored on a sacrifice fly by Will Smith. Those homers only slightly dented a lead the Dodgers began building even before Syndergaard took the mound for his brief appearance.īetts led off the game with a home run off Brewers left-hander Eric Lauer. I think you’ll win a lot of games if you only give up two solo homers.” “They kept them off the board, other than two solo homers. “They did amazing,” outfielder Mookie Betts said of the relief relay. Justin Bruihl, Yency Almonte and Victor Gonzalez kept the relief relay going and the group retired 13 consecutive Brewers until Shelby Miller allowed home runs to Rowdy Tellez and Victor Caratini in the seventh inning. ![]() The Dodgers’ bullpen went to work early with Phil Bickford following Syndergaard and allowing one hit in the third inning. He threw 91 pitches over 5-1/3 innings, allowing one run on two hits and four walks. Stone made his MLB debut for the Dodgers last week and started for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Tuesday. If Syndergaard’s finger injury lands him on the IL, right-hander Gavin Stone would be available to take his turn on Monday. He’s had it (his past three starts) and has put stuff on it to keep it at bay. “I think we’ll know more in the next couple of days. “Right now, we’ll just kind of kind of see how it is in the ensuing days and see what we do from there,” Roberts said. A move to the injured list is “a possibility,” Roberts acknowledged. Roberts called Syndergaard’s issue “very comparable” and said the decision on whether the right-hander will make his next start will be made in the coming days. Hill missed weeks at a time to blister issues on the middle finger of his pitching hand, caused by the friction of spinning his trademark curveball. “That’s just the nature of the beast of being a pitcher, I guess,” Syndergaard said.įor the Dodgers, though, the sight of Syndergaard’s index finger with skin from the pad of the fingertip missing caused flashbacks to the Rich Hill era. It’s just kind of random when it happens.” ![]() Syndergaard said it was “nothing out of the ordinary” and he has dealt with “various blisters, fingernail stuff all throughout my career. I warmed up fine in the bullpen then went to use the restroom before the game and looked down and my hand was bleeding pretty good.” I just think my finger catches a seam or the opposing thumbnail might be causing an issue. “It happened a couple weeks ago in a bullpen,” Syndergaard said of the origin of what he alternately described as a cut or a blister. Syndergaard had to leave the field during his warmups for the first inning with his right index finger bleeding. It was as obvious as the blood on Syndergaard’s finger that other things were in play. Skipped in the rotation last week, the break was billed as an opportunity for the struggling right-hander to work on his mechanics and allow the Dodgers to line up their rotation for last weekend’s series in San Diego. Syndergaard was pitching for the first time after eight days off. Seven relievers combined on eight innings of four-hit relief after starter Noah Syndergaard left the game with an injury – a bucket-brigade emergency response team as the Dodgers beat the Milwaukee Brewers, 6-2, Tuesday night. ![]()
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