Red Sox Bats Silenced In 3-0 Loss To Dodgers
LOS ANGELES -- Ross Stripling worked five shutout innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers' bullpen did the rest in a 3-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday before 47,696 at Dodger Stadium.
A.J. Ellis, Corey Seager and Adrian Gonzalez each drove in a run for the Dodgers (61-49), who bounced back from a 9-0 shellacking on Friday night.
Stripling (3-3) struck out four and walked one while allowing four hits. He threw 75 pitches (49 strikes) before manager Dave Roberts lifted him in the bottom of the fifth for pinch hitter Chris Taylor. Gonzalez's run-scoring single in the fifth inning plated Howie Kendrick for the game's final run.
Relievers Grant Dayton and Joe Blanton combined for three scoreless frames before Kenley Jansen pitched a perfect ninth for his 33rd save.
Red Sox starter Eduardo Rodriguez allowed three runs on eight hits with five strikeouts and a walk in 4 1/3 innings. Rodriguez was making his fifth start -- he posted a 2.63 ERA in his previous four outings -- since being recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket and first against the Dodgers.
After getting Friday night off, David Ortiz of the Red Sox started at first base. Ortiz went 0-for-3 with a strikeout before being replaced by Aaron Hill in the bottom of the sixth in a defensive move.
Los Angeles outhit Boston 11-5.
Ellis lined an RBI single to left, scoring Gonzalez, for a 1-0 Los Angeles lead in the second inning.
Cory Seager doubled home pinch hitter Chris Taylor in the fifth inning for a 2-0 advantage. The two-bagger was Seager's 31st of the season, breaking Eric Karros' Los Angeles rookie mark set in 1992. Johnny Frederick holds the franchise record of 52 doubles in 148 games in 1929.
NOTES: LHP Rich Hill developed remnants of another blister on his middle pitching finger and won't make his Dodgers' debut Sunday as scheduled. Hill, acquired Monday from the Oakland Athletics, will be replaced by RHP Brandon McCarthy (2-2, 2.76 ERA). LHP David Price (9-7, 4.26 ERA) will start for Boston in the series finale. ... Red Sox INF Dustin Pedroia wasn't in the starting lineup a day after fouling a ball off his left leg. Pedroia left the game in the fourth inning with a shin contusion and listed as day-to-day. Brock Holt replaced him at 2B. ... The Red Sox placed C Ryan Hanigan (left ankle) on the 15-day disabled list and added C Bryan Holaday to the roster. Holaday was claimed off waivers from the Texas Rangers. ... The Dodgers officially put RHP Bud Norris (back strain) on the 15-day disabled list and activated RHP Ross Stripling.
