Diamondbacks at Dodgers, 6:40 PM PDT, TV: FS-A, SPNLA
With six days rest LHP Julio Urias (2-0, 3.67 ERA) goes for the home team. He’ll face the D-Backs’ LHP Alex Young (1-1, 4.70 ERA), who will be making his fourth start as the replacement for an injured Madison Bumgarner. Urias has been “throwing his fastballs slower and his offspeed pitches faster than last year,” says MLB. In Young’s last start he gave up three runs on five hits over five innings.
The D-Backs traded their crusty relief pitcher Archie Bradley to the Reds over the weekend, so the Dodgers won’t have to face him anytime soon.
Here are the three home runs which the Dodgers hit on Sunday to set the NL record for most dingers in a month:
Roberts said Alex Wood will be activated today and in the bullpen. Dodgers will roll with Kershaw, Buehler, Urías, May and Gonsolin in the rotation.
— Dodger Insider (@DodgerInsider) September 1, 2020
The Dodgers have placed IF Justin Turner on the injured list with a left hamstring strain, retroactive to August 29, and have activated IF Edwin Ríos and LHP Alex Wood from the 10-day injured list.
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 1, 2020
Today in Dodgers’ history:
- 1890 On Labor Day at Brooklyn’s Washington Park, the Bridegrooms, later to be known as the Dodgers, win all three games against Pittsburgh in the first tripleheader ever played. The home team sweeps the visiting Alleghenys, who will be renamed the Pirates next season, 10-9, 3-2, and 8-4.
- 1953 The Cardinals tie a major league mark, hitting five homers in a 12-5 loss to Brooklyn at Ebbets Field. The solo shots hit by Stan Musial, Harry Elliot, Rip Repulski, and Steve Bilko (2), all off starter Preacher Roe, aren’t enough to offset the Dodgers’ 17-hit attack, which includes six doubles but no round-trippers.
- 1969 At Dodger Stadium, Willie Davis ties the franchise record by hitting in 29 consecutive games with his second-inning single in LA’s 10-6 victory over New York. The mark was established by Zack Wheat in 1916.
Lineup when available.
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— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 1, 2020