Urías wins twentieth, LA beats Brewers 8-3 to shield alive in West
LOS ANGELES (AP) — One last game, one last probability for the streaking Los Angeles Dodgers to desire a allotment of their ninth consecutive NL West title.
The playoff-high-tail Dodgers (105-56) need to beat Milwaukee but all some other time on Sunday and hope the rival first-pickle Giants (106-55) lose but all some other time to San Diego to tie for the title. That can possibly send them and the Giants to a deciding Recreation 163 in San Francisco on Monday.
“If we don’t put off, it doesn’t topic what anyone else does,” third baseman Justin Turner mentioned.
Julio Urías turned the Dodgers’ first 20-game winner since Clayton Kershaw in 2014, pitching one-trek ball into the seventh inning as Los Angeles beat the Brewers 8-3 on Saturday night to expand the NL West crawl to the last day of the well-liked season.
“The supreme level of curiosity for us is to put off the next day,” supervisor Dave Roberts mentioned. “That’s all we are in a position to support an eye on.”
The Giants misplaced to San Diego earlier Saturday, reducing their lead to at least one game. The Dodgers had been looking out at sooner than their game started.
“There used to be a staunch buzz going around the clubhouse heading into the game sparkling the different for us,” Turner mentioned.
The Dodgers or the Giants are assured to procure essentially the most wins of a team that fails to function first, bettering the 1909 Chicago Cubs and 1942 Brooklyn Dodgers, who had 104 wins every.
Los Angeles obtained its 14th consecutive residence game, tying a 100-year-extinct franchise fable.
Urías (20-3) gave up one hit, struck out seven and walked two over 6 1/3 innings in his 32nd open of the well-liked season, changing into the majors’ easiest 20-game winner this year. The 25-year-extinct left-hander retired 16 in a row after permitting a double to Eduardo Escobar within the principle.
“The level of hobby, adrenaline and vitality degree used to be all at high role sparkling what used to be at stake,” Urías mentioned via a translator.
Urías left within the seventh as section of a double switch, handing the ball to Roberts, who grabbed his arm to say sooner than the pitcher walked off to a standing ovation from the crew of 49,705.
“He fair mentioned, ‘Gigantic job, immense season,’” Urías mentioned. “I used to be very cushy and surely cushy with the ovation of the crew.”
He achieved his first full season within the rotation with a 2.98 ERA and 195 strikeouts.
“It’s a dream season. Very blessed and surely thankful,” Urías mentioned. “I used to be very blessed all year to shield wholesome.”
Kershaw obtained 21 games in 2014, when he earned the last of his three Cy Younger Awards. He watched from the dugout. Urías turned the fourth Mexican-born pitcher to put off 20 games within the majors, joining feeble Dodger Fernando Valenzuela and Milwaukee’s Teddy Higuera (every 1986) and Esteban Loiaza of the Chicago White Sox (2003).
Urías hasn’t misplaced since June 21 at San Diego. He’s 11-0 with a 2.03 ERA since then.
“It’s miles a feather in his cap winning 20 games. These are arduous to reach reduction by within the meantime,” Roberts mentioned. “It’ll be one thing he’ll constantly be conscious and be proud of.”
The Dodgers bought a three-trek homer from Turner within the principle, a two-trek blast by AJ Pollock within the fourth, and a solo shot by Corey Seager within the fifth, giving them 17 homers of their last four games. Max Muncy’s RBI double within the eighth made it 8-1.
Trea Turner went 2 for 4 to expand his profession-excessive 18-game hitting shuffle and all however lock up the NL batting title with a .328 practical. His closest competition, feeble Washington teammate Juan Soto, went 0 for 3 against Boston, shedding his practical to .315.
Trea Turner will change into the principle Dodger to put off a batting crown since Tommy Davis claimed reduction-to-reduction titles in 1962 and ’63.
Christian Yelich’s fielder’s different groundout scored Willy Adames, who walked, to present the NL Central-champion Brewers an early lead. Urías walked Adames but all some other time with two outs within the sixth sooner than Escobar struck out swinging to pause the inning.
Adames homered off David Mark within the ninth for the Brewers’ first hit and first trek since the principle inning. Tyrone Taylor added an RBI single. Escobar doubled for his 1,000th profession hit within the inning.
“That’s a bunch that’s good to succeed in,” Brewers supervisor Craig Counsell mentioned. “He didn’t dash in as an on a typical basis participant. He labored into that and made himself a dreadful participant.”
Milwaukee’s Corbin Burnes (11-5) made a transient open, pitching fair two innings. The honest-hander whose title has been within the Cy Younger Award conversation gave up three runs and two hits, struck out four and walked one. He achieved the well-liked season with an NL-supreme 2.43 ERA.
The Dodgers tied the franchise fable for consecutive residence wins place apart of residing by the Brooklyn Robins. They obtained 14 in a row at Ebbets Field from April 21-Would possibly well well well 12, 1921. LA has obtained six in a row total.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Brewers: 1B Rowdy Tellez (honest patella tension) used to be activated and started after lacking three weeks.
Dodgers: Kershaw (left forearm discomfort) went on the IL. He’ll possess assessments on Monday.
UP NEXT
Brewers: LHP Brett Anderson (4-9, 4.26 ERA) starts the well-liked-season finale against his feeble team.
Dodgers: RHP Walker Buehler (15-4, 2.49) starts however his innings would be puny with the postseason days away.
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