![]() ![]() “Within reason there are some limitations, but that 90-pitch mark is probably something we’ll talk through,” Roberts said. The limit for Kershaw will increase his next time out. Roberts said there was no consideration to letting Kershaw pitch the seventh. Kershaw’s loose baseline of a pitch limit on Friday was 75 pitches and five innings, but given his low pitch count he was able to pitch the sixth. “Tonight was definitely a good step in the right direction.” “Efficiency wise, I think it was as good as I could have expected or hoped,” Kershaw said. Asuaje grounded out to shortstop, one of 11 ground balls induced by Kershaw on the night. His only three-ball count of the night was to his final batter faced, Carlos Asuaje in the sixth inning. Kershaw was efficient all night, throwing 53 of his 70 pitches (75.7 percent) for strikes. The only other ball that came close to being hit out of the infield was a pop up by Manuel Margot in the sixth inning that first baseman Cody Bellinger caught along the short wall in foul territory just behind first base. Kershaw allowed two hits, both of the infield variety - though if we are being technical shortstop Chris Taylor fielded Yangervis Solarte’s single on the outfield grass. He struck out seven in his six scoreless innings. “I don’t expect him to be on point all night long, but I expect him to compete.” “Kersh has been chomping at the bit to get back,” manager Dave Roberts said before the game. There was some rust expected given his admittedly prolonged layoff. Kershaw hadn’t pitched in the majors in 40 days, sidelined with lower back tightness. The Dodgers ace pitched six scoreless innings in a 1-0 win over the Padres in Friday night at Petco Park. On Friday night, it looked like he never left. ET.SAN DIEGO - Clayton Kershaw said he was ready to pitch in the majors a few weeks ago. Game 2 on Saturday is scheduled to start at 7:37 p.m. The Padres are now one win away from a matchup with the NL West-rival Dodgers in the NLDS. Well, the latter scenario, as you now know, is what unfolded, and deGrom will indeed go Saturday against Snell and Padres. If they lost Game 1 to San Diego, then deGrom would start Game 2, which would be an elimination game for the Mets. If they won, the plan seemed to be to hold back ace Jacob deGrom in the hopes that they could close out the Padres in Game 2 and line up deGrom for Game 1 of the NLDS. We already knew that lefty Blake Snell will start Game 2 for the Padres, but the Mets' decision hinged on how Game 1 went. ![]() Also of note is that Darvish's seven innings of work meant a light night for the Padres' bullpen, particularly by postseason standards. The only blemish came on a solo home run by Escobar. While his strikeout tally wasn't what it typically was, hard contact eluded the Mets for much of the night. His velocity ranged from 95.2 mph on a fastball to Francisco Lindor in the fifth to 66.9 mph on a curve to Eduardo Escobar in that same inning. The very next batter after Profar, Manny Machado, became the fourth Padre to homer off Scherzer in Game 1, and this one sent him to the showers:ĭarvish kept Mets hitters off balance with his usual dizzying array of offerings - he threw five different pitches on Friday, headlined by his cutter. So did Trent Grisham in the second and Jurickson Profar in the fifth. ![]() It wasn't just Bell who took Scherzer yard. Then a bunch of other Padres got to Scherzer Well, there were no such quality-of-contact concerns on that one above, and Bell is now the author of what may be the Padres' biggest home run of the season to date. Perhaps more concerning is that Bell saw his quality-of-contract metrics decline significantly on San Diego's watch. That came on the heels of a highly productive 103 games with the Nationals. 192/.316/.271 with just three home runs in 53 games. With the Padres in the regular season, Bell slashed. That had to be a huge moment for Bell, who's struggled badly since coming over in the Juan Soto blockbuster just prior to the trade deadline. That homer left the bat at 107.8 mph and traveled 419 feet to deep left-center. That 95-mph fastball from Scherzer caught too much of the middle, and Bell didn't miss. ![]()
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