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Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Andy Pages might need been missed throughout spring coaching on a star-studded roster, however his scorching begin has everybody taking discover.
Pages is hitting 15-for-30 (.500) with three homers for the Dodgers, who look to finish a three-game sequence sweep of the host Washington Nationals on Sunday.
Pages slugged a three-run homer amongst his three hits within the Dodgers’ 10-5 victory on Saturday. The 25-year-old has homered in back-to-back video games with a number of hits in 5 straight video games.
‘He’s having an amazing begin,’ Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts stated. ‘I feel that what we’re seeing is he is taking skilled at-bats. He’s controlling the zone. He’s combating when he will get two strikes. He is hitting to all fields. Right now, he is exhibiting he is an entire hitter. And that is actually good to see.’
Roberts is monitoring the standing of star shortstop Mookie Betts, who exited in the midst of the primary inning of Saturday’s sport resulting from proper decrease again ache and was changed by Miguel Rojas.
Roberts stated Betts would have an MRI examination on Saturday night time and can possible miss the sequence finale.
Even if Betts is out for an prolonged interval, the Dodgers boast a loaded lineup that lastly seems on monitor and has homered six instances within the final two video games.
‘I feel pitching in opposition to us would suck, for positive. Glad I haven’t got to do it,’ Dodgers starter Tyler Glasnow stated. ‘I feel speaking to different guys even on different groups, there’s simply no break. There’s no ‘Pitch round this man to get to this man,’ as a result of everybody is nice at baseball. It makes it actually onerous. It’s good to be on this facet of it.’
Washington has misplaced 4 straight and been outscored 23-11 within the first two video games in opposition to Los Angeles. One vivid spot has been the play of shortstop CJ Abrams, who has homered in three straight video games and has 12 RBIs by way of eight video games.
Los Angeles will ship right-hander Roki Sasaki (0-0, 2.25 ERA) to the mound within the sequence finale for his first profession look in opposition to Washington.
The 24-year-old Sasaki allowed one run on 4 hits over four-plus innings in a 4-2 loss to the Cleveland Guardians final Monday. The outing marked a step ahead after Sasaki posted a 15.58 ERA over 8 2/3 innings in spring coaching.
Washington will counter with left-hander Foster Griffin (1-0, 3.60), who allowed two runs over 5 innings in a 13-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies final Monday.
The 30-year-old Griffin impressed in his first look within the majors since Sept. 22, 2022. He spent the final three seasons pitching in Japan.
‘I felt very assured stepping into with the adjustments that I made in Japan in addition to the scouting report we put collectively,’ Griffin stated.
After his promising Nationals debut, Griffin faces one other difficult matchup in his first profession look in opposition to the Dodgers. Washington supervisor Blake Butera stated his starter will not be simply rattled.
‘He’s like a tactician on the market,’ Butera stated. ‘Just the way in which he thinks by way of how he needs to assault hitters, he is like a silent murderer. He’s a reasonably quiet man, however you see he is all the time taking note of what is going on on so he is by no means actually stunned at any second.’
–Field Level Media