DODGERS POST 3RD SHUTOUT IN 6 GAMES
Ryu Improves to 3-0
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 4 (AP) - Hyun-Jin Ryu won his third straight start to open the
season, tossing seven innings of scoreless ball as the Los Angeles Dodgers
defeated the San Francisco Giants 4-0 before a sellout crowd at the home opener
at Dodger Stadium. It was the third shutout for Los Angeles in just six
games thus far this season. The Dodgers have allowed a total of only five
runs to date this year.
Los Angeles took the lead for good in the bottom of the second. Adrian
Gonzalez led off the inning with a long home run to straight away center field
off Giants starter Ryan Vogelsong. Andre Ethier followed with a base hit
and advanced to second on Jose Uribe's ground out. A.J. Ellis followed
with a chopper up the middle that shortstop Joaquin Arias was able to knock
down, but it went for an infield hit, leaving runners on the corners with one
out. Dee Gordon then hit a one-hop rocket that ate up second baseman
Brandon Hicks for another infield single, scoring Ethier to put the Dodgers
ahead 2-0.
The lead increased by a run in the third when Matt Kemp drew a lead-off walk,
moved to second on an infield out, to third on a deep fly, and trotted home on
Ethier's RBI-single to right-center.
The Dodgers capped the scoring in the eighth with an unearned run to make the
score 4-0.
Ryu held San Francisco at bay throughout his seven-inning stint, allowing only
two baserunners--a pair of isolated singles--over the game's first six
innings. The Giants put together their only threat in the top of the
seventh. Trailing 3-0, Ryu retired Pablo Sandoval on a routine fly to
center. But Buster Posey poked a single to right. Michael Morse
followed with a base hit to right of his own, but Ethier gunned down Posey on an
ill-advised attempt to advance to third. Brandon Belt reached on an
infield single, advancing Morse to second but Ryu completed his effort by
striking out Hicks on three pitches.
Brandon League and Jose Dominguez each tossed a scoreless inning of relief for
the Dodgers, with Dominguez recording the last three outs to finish off the
shutout.
4/4/2014, SF14-LAN14, Dodger Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2014 Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 4 0 2014 Dodgers 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 x 4 8 0 8 0 Giants AB R H BI AVG Dodgers AB R H BI AVG Pagan cf 4 0 0 0 .182 Crawford,C lf 4 0 1 0 .444 Pence rf 4 0 0 0 .263 Kemp cf 3 1 0 0 .000 Sandoval 3b 4 0 0 0 .250 Ramirez,H ss 3 0 0 0 .200 Posey c 4 0 2 0 .125 Gonzalez,Ad 1b 4 2 2 1 .250 Morse lf 3 0 1 0 .385 Ethier rf 3 1 2 1 .350 Belt 1b 3 0 2 0 .474 Van Slyke ph 0 0 0 0 .167 Hicks,B 2b 3 0 0 0 .000 Uribe 3b 4 0 1 0 .458 Arias ss 2 0 0 0 .364 Ellis,A c 3 0 1 0 .167 Blanco,G ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Gordon,D 2b 4 0 1 1 .474 Gutierrez p 0 0 0 0 .000 Ryu p 2 0 0 0 .000 Lopez,J p 0 0 0 0 .000 Figgins ph 1 0 0 0 .750 Petit,Y p 0 0 0 0 .000 League p 0 0 0 0 .000 Vogelsong p 2 0 0 0 .000 Turner,Ju ph 1 0 0 0 .167 Huff p 0 0 0 0 .000 Dominguez,J p 0 0 0 0 .000 Crawford,B ph 1 0 0 0 .125 32 4 8 3 31 0 5 0 Giants INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Vogelsong L 0-1 6.0 6 3 3 1 7 89 63 4.50 Huff 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 11 7 0.00 Gutierrez 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 6.75 Lopez,J 0.2 1 1 0 1 0 10 5 0.00 Petit,Y 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 10 5 4.50 8.0 8 4 3 4 9 125 81 Dodgers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Ryu W 3-0 7.0 5 0 0 0 3 85 58 1.42 League H 2 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 14 8 0.00 Dominguez,J 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 17 11 3.86 9.0 5 0 0 0 6 116 77 SF : Blanco,G batted for Arias in the 8th Crawford,B batted for Huff in the 8th Crawford,B moved to ss in the 8th LAN: Figgins batted for Ryu in the 7th Van Slyke batted for Ethier in the 8th Turner,Ju batted for League in the 8th Van Slyke moved to rf in the 9th E-Sandoval. HR-Gonzalez,Ad(1). RBI-Gonzalez,Ad(1), Ethier(3), Gordon,D(6). SB-Crawford,C(2). K-Sandoval, Belt, Hicks,B 2, Blanco,G, Crawford,B, Crawford,C, Kemp, Ramirez,H, Ethier, Gordon,D, Ryu 2, Figgins, Turner,Ju. BB-Kemp, Ramirez,H, Ellis,A, Van Slyke. GWRBI: Gonzalez,Ad Temperature: 67, Sky: cloudy, Wind: out to center at 7 MPH. Attendance: 55,574 Game Time: 2:48