PUIG'S WALK-OFF GIVES DODGERS 1-0 'W'
De La Rosa Takes No-Hitter Into 8th
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 27 (AP) - Yasiel Puig led off the bottom of the ninth inning
with a home run on the second pitch he saw from Adam Ottavino to give the Los
Angeles Dodgers a 1-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies at Dodger Stadium.
The home run was only the second hit of the game for the Dodgers, who
surrendered only three safeties to the Rockies. The five total hits is the
lowest combined total in a game this year. The Dodgers are now the only
team to win a game while securing fewer than three hits in a contest.
Rockies starter Jorge De La Rosa took a no-hitter into the eighth inning,
becoming just the second pitcher this season to accomplish the feat. De La
Rosa's teammate, Franklin Morales, turned the trick on April 17 at Petco Park in
San Diego, but lost his bid for immortality by surrendering a double to Tommy
Medica leading off the eighth. In a bit of deja vu, De La Rosa yielded a
double to Justin Turner of the Dodgers, also leading off the eighth. But
unlike Morales, who picked up the win against the Padres, De La Rosa had to
accept a no-decision.
Dodgers starter Hyun-Jin Ryu was just as effective as De La Rosa, but also got a
no-decision for his troubles. Ryu allowed a one-out single to Justin
Morneau in the second, but escaped any damage. Far more threatening was
the top of the fourth--the best scoring opportunity either team had before
Puig's game-winner in the ninth. Brandon Barnes and Carlos Gonzalez
swatted back-to-back base hits to open the frame, putting runners on first and
third with no outs. But Ryu induced Troy Tulowitzki to tap back to the
mound; Ryu held Barnes at third and still had time to get a force on Gonzales at
second, leaving runners on the corners but with one out. Morneau then
grounded into a 4-6-3 double play to allow Ryu to wiggle out of trouble.
The only other baserunner Ryu allowed before being lifted for a pinch hitter in
the eighth was Nolan Arenado who drew a walk to lead off the sixth but was
stranded. Over all, 17 of the final 18 Rockies who came to the plate in
the game were retired.
Despite the nearly non-existent hit total, the Dodgers actually had a couple of
scoring opportunities due to De La Rosa's control issues. In the bottom of
the first, Puig drew a one-out walk, stole second base and advanced to third on
Matt Kemp's fly ball to right. Adrian Gonzalez walked, putting runners on
first and third, but Juan Uribe grounded out to end the inning. In the
fifth, Scott Van Slyke drew a lead-off free pass, stole second and took third
when Turner flied to center, but Tim Federowicz grounded out to a drawn-in
infield with Turner holding at third, and Ryu rolled out to second to end the
threat.
After Turner broke up the no-hitter to lead off the bottom of the eighth, Hanley
Ramirez pinch hit for Federowicz but flied to left. Carl Crawford batted
for Ryu and fanned and Dee Gordon grounded out to end the inning with the game
still scoreless. Jamey Wright came on for the Dodgers in the ninth and
easily retired the Rockies in order.
Ottavino replaced De La Rosa on the mound in the bottom of the ninth, meaning
that both starters had worked eight scoreless innings, allowing a combined four
hits, but both would get no-decisions. Ottavino worked ahead 0-1 with a
fastball, then came with a change-up, which he left up in the strike zone.
Puig didn't miss it driving it over the wall in straight away left to give the
Dodgers their eighth win in 14 one-run games.
4/27/2014, Col14-LAN14, Dodger Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2014 Rockies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 2014 Dodgers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 1 Rockies AB R H BI AVG Dodgers AB R H BI AVG Blackmon cf 4 0 0 0 .225 Gordon,D 2b 4 0 0 0 .253 Barnes,B rf 4 0 1 0 .167 Puig rf 3 1 1 1 .250 Gonzalez,C lf 4 0 1 0 .255 Kemp cf 3 0 0 0 .233 Tulowitzki ss 3 0 0 0 .420 Gonzalez,Ad 1b 1 0 0 0 .238 Morneau 1b 3 0 1 0 .279 Uribe 3b 3 0 0 0 .394 Arenado 3b 2 0 0 0 .298 Van Slyke lf 2 0 0 0 .303 Rutledge 2b 3 0 0 0 .235 Turner,Ju ss 3 0 1 0 .268 Pacheco c 3 0 0 0 .136 Triunfel pr 0 0 0 0 .000 De La Rosa,J p 3 0 0 0 .083 Federowicz c 2 0 0 0 .119 Ottavino p 0 0 0 0 .000 Ramirez,H ph 1 0 0 0 .255 29 0 3 0 Butera c 0 0 0 0 .273 Ryu p 2 0 0 0 .077 Crawford,C ph 1 0 0 0 .392 Wright,J p 0 0 0 0 .000 25 1 2 1 Rockies INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA De La Rosa,J 8.0 1 0 0 4 6 107 61 3.32 Ottavino L 1-1 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 2.92 8.0 2 1 1 4 6 109 63 Dodgers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Ryu 8.0 3 0 0 1 4 93 67 1.62 Wright,J W 2-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 2.08 9.0 3 0 0 1 4 101 73 LAN: Ramirez,H batted for Federowicz in the 8th Crawford,C batted for Ryu in the 8th Triunfel ran for Turner,Ju in the 8th Triunfel moved to ss in the 9th Butera inserted at c in the 9th 2B-Turner,Ju(4). HR-Puig(2). RBI-Puig(13). SB-Puig(2), Van Slyke(1). K-Blackmon, Barnes,B, Tulowitzki, De La Rosa,J, Kemp, Gonzalez,Ad, Uribe 2, Ryu, Crawford,C. BB-Arenado, Puig, Gonzalez,Ad 2, Van Slyke. GWRBI: Puig Temperature: 77, Sky: clear, Wind: out to right at 8 MPH. Attendance: 50,721 Game Time: 2:14