{"id":39184,"date":"2017-08-07T06:15:59","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T06:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=39184"},"modified":"2017-08-07T06:15:59","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T06:15:59","slug":"dodgers-complete-first-ever-season-sweep-of-mets-with-one-hitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/mlb\/dodgers-complete-first-ever-season-sweep-of-mets-with-one-hitter.html","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers complete first ever season sweep of Mets with one-hitter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dodgers complete first ever season sweep of Mets with one-hitter<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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The Dodgers had just crushed the Mets like refuse in a trash compactor when Justin Turner heard a teammate marveling in the clubhouse food room.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHow many wins is that?\u201d the unidentified player said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t really matter,\u201d Turner remembered as the group response. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to get ready to play on Tuesday.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Turner\u2019s caught stealing turned into a two-out stolen base when a video review determined he reached around Amed Rosario to evade the rookie shortstop\u2019s tag. That sparked a three-run first inning in an 8-0 rout Sunday night that completed the Dodgers\u2019 first season sweep of New York.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe show up and regardless of the circumstance, the opponent, location, we expect to win,\u201d Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hyun-Jin Ryu (4-6), Tony Cingrani and Kenley Jansen combined on a one-hitter and the Dodgers\u2019 major league-high 12th shutout. New York\u2019s only baserunners were on Travis d\u2019Arnaud\u2019s third-inning single and Brandon Nimmo\u2019s ninth-inning walk.<\/span><\/p>\n

Los Angeles outscored the Mets 57-15 over seven games this year and outhomered them 25-11.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe were overmatched. They outplayed us in every facet of the game,\u201d Mets manager Terry Collins said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Los Angeles has won four straight, 13 of 14 and is 24-3 since July 4, losing three games to Atlanta. The Dodgers are 79-32, on pace for 115 wins, and they are just the fourth big league team to win 43 or more over a 50-game stretch \u2014 the first since the 1912 New York Giants, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. The others were the 1906 Chicago Cubs and 1884 St. Louis Maroons of the Union Association.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rookie Cody Bellinger hit his 32nd homer, a 447-foot, two-run drive in the eighth. Exactly half his homers have come from the seventh inning on.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSick,\u201d was his one-word response.<\/span><\/p>\n

Turner, who like Bellinger homered for the second straight day, raised his NL-leading batting average to .349. He is hitting .346 (9 for 26) with four homers and seven RBI this year against the Mets, who let him go after the 2013 season.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWho knows? If I was still with the Mets, maybe I\u2019d be completely out of baseball now,\u201d Turner said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Daniel Murphy, who left New York for Washington after the 2015 season, also has hit his former team hard.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe text every night and give each other secrets on how to do damage against the Mets,\u201d Turner deadpanned, before saying he was joking.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ryu extended his scoreless streak to 15 innings, striking out eight over seven innings as Los Angeles opened a season-high, 15\u00bd-game NL West lead and moved 47 games over .500 for the first time since 1962.<\/span><\/p>\n

Umpire Will Little called Turner out on the first-inning steal of second. Los Angeles credited video coordinator John Pratt for spotting the missed tag, leading to the overturned call.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cProbably the turning point of the game,\u201d Roberts said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rosario\u2019s translator, Edwin Gonzalez, said \u201cnot tonight\u201d when a reporter asked to speak with the player.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bellinger walked, the Dodgers pulled off a double steal and Logan Forsythe grounded the next pitch up the middle for a two-run single. Runners are 9 for 9 on steal attempts on Steven Matz this year and 32 for 38 in his big league career.<\/span><\/p>\n

Austin Barnes followed with an RBI double, and Turner made it 5-0 in the third with a two-run, opposite-field drive to right-center off Matz (2-5). Bellinger homered against Hansel Robles.<\/span><\/p>\n

New York has lost nine straight to the Dodgers and seven of eight overall. At 49-60, the Mets are 11 games under .500 for the first time since July 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n

Matz was removed after 102 pitches and 5\u2153 innings, allowing five runs and six hits. He is 0-4 with an 11.03 ERA in his last six starts.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s shocking,\u201d Collins said.<\/span><\/p>\n

LEFT, TOO<\/span><\/p>\n

RHP Yu Darvish played catch left-handed, two days after pitching seven shutout innings to win his Dodgers\u2019 debut. \u201cHe\u2019s got a three-pitch mix, and he can really do some things with the baseball left-handed,\u201d Roberts said.<\/span><\/p>\n

FAN CLUB<\/span><\/p>\n

Dodgers OF Kike Hernandez wore the Yoenis Cespedes No. 52 chain, given to fans as a promotion Saturday. Hernandez said he got it from family who attended the game.<\/span><\/p>\n

TRAINER\u2019S ROOM<\/span><\/p>\n

Dodgers: LHP Clayton Kershaw, who hasn\u2019t pitched since injuring his back on July 23, will rejoin the Dodgers on Monday night in Phoenix. \u2026 C Yasmani Grandal was out of the starting lineup, a day after leaving in the ninth inning due to a sore back. \u201cI expect him to be ready to start on Tuesday,\u201d Roberts said. \u2026 Barnes was hit on the knuckles of his bare hand by Jose Reyes\u2019 second-inning foul tip. X-rays after the game were negative. \u2026 LHP Alex Wood (13-1) threw a bullpen session and adjusted his mechanics, three days after feeling fatigue after beating Atlanta. He is to start Wednesday. \u2026 1B Adrian Gonzalez, who hasn\u2019t played for the Dodgers since June 11 because of lumbar disk herniation, went 2 for 5 with two RBI in the first two games of a rehab assignment at Triple-A Oklahoma City.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mets: RF-1B Jay Bruce missed his second straight games with a sore neck. \u2026 Neil Walker, 3 for 27 since returning from a partially torn left hamstring on July 28, fouled out when he pinch hit in the sixth. \u2026 RHP Matt Harvey (right shoulder stress injury) pitched a bullpen session and is to throw batting practice Tuesday. \u2026 RHP Robert Gsellman, on the DL since late June with a strained left hamstring, allowed six runs \u2014 three earned \u2014 and seven hits in 2\u2154 innings for Double-A Binghamton at Harrisburg.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source-\u00a0https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/mlb\/2017\/08\/06\/turner-dodgers-steamroll-mets-8-0-for-season-sweep\/104365268\/<\/span><\/p>\n

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