“Just trying to make a play for Evan in that situation,” Lux said. It was hardly hit “right to Lux.” He made a quick step to his left, reached out and snared it then spun back to throw to Turner at second base. “So mentally, I was envisioning something like that – a ground ball right to Lux or a ground ball right to Trea.”
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“Before I start the at-bat, I always check to see where my infielders are,” Phillips said, sounding like a responsible driver talking about his side mirrors. Phillips might have been the only one on the field who had confidence the play was about to be made. “A lot has to go right to make that play,” Turner said. I put my head down (and started running) because I thought it was in the outfield.” “I didn’t even see Gavin catch it, to be honest,” Betts said. “I thought it was almost past Gavin,” Roberts said. Phillips struck out Josh Bell but Myers lined a ground ball 100.1 mph off the bat that seemed headed to right field. Juan Soto walked and Manny Machado reached on a dribbler up the third-base line, putting the tying runs on base. The stress-testing of the bullpen began an inning later when Dodgers manager Dave Roberts brought Evan Phillips in to face the most dangerous part of the Padres’ lineup. A ground out and a sacrifice fly made it a 5-3 game – and marked the first time since July 10 that Urias had given up more than two runs in a start. Jake Cronenworth followed Myers’ homer with a single and Ha-Seong Kim piled on with a double. Urias gave up four runs in four starts against the Padres this season but gave up three in the fifth inning of Game 1. But Myers led off the fifth with a home run off Urias and the Padres had life. With the score 5-0, the game had the familiar look of the Dodgers holding the Padres at the end of a stiff arm while they swung away futilely. They didn’t have a hit after Clevinger left the game and the final 14 Dodgers batters went down in order against the Padres’ relief crew. That also ended the night for the Dodgers’ offense. Turner, Smith and Gavin Lux each hit doubles and an error by first baseman Wil Myers to produce three more runs and end Clevinger’s night. Two innings later, Clevinger made some more mistakes.
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