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Dodgers having merry month of May
By David Arthur Orange County Tribune
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May is turning into the month the Los Angeles Dodgers may again run away with the National League West pennant.
On Friday the Blue Crew rallied with two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat the San Diego Padres 4-2 for their eighth win in 10 games this month.
With the victory, the Dodgers are 24-15 and lead the NLW race by three games over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The Padres (19-20) suffered their third straight loss and are in third place.
The Dodgers jumped off to a 2-0 lead in the third inning, and kept that lead until the top of the seventh when the Padres rallied on a two-run double by Ha-Seong Kim that knotted the game up.
But the Dodgers regained the lead and won the game on backto-back homers from Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman in the bottom of the inning. Freeman had the best night with the bat, going 2-for-3 with three RBIs and one run scored. Dustin May pitched fairly well as a starter, going 6.2 innings and yielding five hits and two earned runs. He struck out three batters and walked one. Caleb Ferguson (30) got the win in relief.
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League West.
Trailing 2-0, the Angels rallied with three runs in the fourth inning, including a double by Gio Urshela. But the Guardians tied it up with one run in the fifth and took the lead with another in the eighth.
In the ninth, Mike Trout doubled and advanced to third on Anthony Rendon’s single to right. A fielder’s choice allowed Trout to score and tie the game.
Brandon Drury’s sacrifice fly brought in Brent Phillips with what proved to be the winning run.
Rendon finished with a 3-for-5 night to raise his batting average to .307, and Zach Neto was 2-for-4 with an RBI.
The win went to Matt Moore (3-1) in relief. He worked two innings, giving up three hits and one earned run. He struck out one batter and walked another.
