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Julio Urías won his fourth straight game of the season with a great start against the Miami Marlins and the Dodgers took the doubleheader this Saturday at Dodger Stadium.
The Mexican reached 11 victories in the season and the Dodgers have 12 wins in the last 13 games.
Urías worked for 7.0 innings, second consecutive outing of 7 episodes, received 5 hits, 1 run (product of a home run) and struck out 5 batters with a total of 100 pitches.
The homer was received in the first chapter by Josh Bell, one of the best bats for the Marlins who arrived on the last trade date in the Major Leagues.
After that, Urías worked hard to control the Marlins’ offense, which had scored 10 runs on Friday. The Mexican left-hander remains with a record of 11 wins, 6 losses, a 4.15 ERA and 104 strikeouts in 106.1 innings of work.
In support of the Mexican pitcher, Kike Hernández equalized the actions in the fourth inning with a single that brought in Amed Rosario to even the action 1-1 against Braxton Garrett.
Mookie Betts shines with two home runs against LeBron James
Leading off the third, Mookie Betts hit a long home run to left field to put the Dodgers up 2-1. And in the fifth inning, Betts would hit his second home run of the game and 34th of the season to extend a 3-1 lead against Miami.
Hitting his second home run of the game, Mookie came home and saluted LeBron James, who was in the box at Dodger Stadium. on their Bobblehead night and that’s how the two Los Angeles stars greeted each other.
Mookie raised his average to .298, had 34 home runs, 101 runs scored, and 86 RBI as the Dodgers’ leadoff hitter.
The Dodgers will not play this Sunday due to the Hillary storm and close the week with 6 wins and 1 loss. The team record is 76 wins and 47 losses with a 12-game lead over the San Francisco Giants in the NL West.
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