Craig Kimbrel's near meltdown begs the question: Should Dodgers trade for a closer?
plus a strong seven-inning start from left-hander Julio Urías, the game finished much closer than it should have been.almost blew another save by giving up two runs in the ninth.
“To win a couple games” at the outset of an eight-game trip, Roberts said, “couldn’t start off any better.”Leading 5-2 since the third inning, thanks to Urías’ impressive start and a scoreless eighth from setup man Evan Phillips, the Dodgers seemed to be safe when Kimbrel came trotting into the game.
Facing another full count in the next at-bat, Kimbrel threw an inside fastball that Ryan McMahon sliced the other way. “I feel like I got a good bead on it, was just trying to secure it,” Thompson said. “I don’t know if it was the end of the game or whatever, but I didn’t feel fast running for it. Was just trying to make a play.”
He needed 29 pitches to escape Friday’s jam, again struggling to land his breaking ball and find consistent fastball command.MLB commissioner Rob Manfred wrote to the Senate Judiciary Committee that players could lose job opportunities if baseball loses its antitrust exemption.
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