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- Updated: August 10, 2016
LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers’ offense kept on humming as home runs from Howie Kendrick, Yasmani Grandal and Justin Turner powered them to a 9-3 win over the Phillies on Tuesday night. With the Giants falling, 2-0, in Miami, the Dodgers (64-49) moved into a tie for first place in the National League West.
While starter Kenta Maeda had one of his worst nights, going just five innings and allowing three earned runs, the offense more than picked him up. And they did it quickly. After the Phillies jumped ahead, 2-0, in the second inning on Aaron Altherr’s home run, Los Angeles put up crooked numbers for three consecutive innings. Along with the home runs, Adrian Gonzalez put up doubles in consecutive innings, his second game with multiple extra-base hits in three days.
The offensive explosion came entirely at the expense of Phillies starter Vince Velasquez, who allowed a career-high nine earned runs and saw his ERA increase from 3.22 entering Tuesday to 3.94.
MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDShouldering the load: Grandal needed a moment in the ninth inning of Monday’s game after a foul tip struck him on the shoulder, but he showed he was feeling quite all right in the third inning on Tuesday. The catcher took a 95 mph fastball 400 feet into the right-field stands to put Los Angeles up, …
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