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E’s help LA edge Yanks in 9th; NYY-BOS tonight
- Updated: September 15, 2016
NEW YORK — Clayton Kershaw fired five sharp innings in the first Yankee Stadium start of his career and Justin Turner belted a ninth-inning double off a shaky Dellin Betances as the Dodgers edged the Yankees, 2-0, on Wednesday.
Turner’s deciding hit down the left-field line chased home Corey Seager, who had reached on an error charged to second baseman Starlin Castro. Betances then threw wildly past catcher Gary Sanchez on a Yasmani Grandal tapper, allowing Turner to score Los Angeles’ second run.
“It was a breaking ball. That’s his bread and butter and he likes to go to it,” said Turner, who has five go-ahead RBIs in the ninth inning or later this season. “Corey did a good job on the 2-2 pitch of getting a good jump and stealing second to get in scoring position. [Betances] just left that one over the plate a little bit and I kept it fair.”
The win was credited to Luis Avilan, who recorded four outs as the Dodgers took two of three games in the Interleague set. Kenley Jansen set the Yankees down in the ninth inning for his 44th save in 50 chances. Los Angeles pushed its National League West lead to five games over the Giants, while the Yankees missed out on a chance to gain in the Wild Card race and remain two back of the Blue Jays.
Making his second start since returning from a herniated disk, Kershaw retired the first 12 men he faced before having his outing interrupted by a 48-minute rain delay, the second of the day.
Though Kershaw returned after the skies cleared, allowing two runners to reach on an error by Turner at third base and a single by Chase Headley, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts elected to end his afternoon after the left-hander struck out the final two batters of the fifth inning, stranding two runners in scoring position. Kershaw struck out five and permitted just one hit while throwing 64 pitches (42 …
