April 30, 2017
Hyun-Jin Ryu picked up his first win of the season, and Andrew Toles hit a 3-run homer, as the Dodgers defeated the Phillies 5-3 on Sunday afternoon at the Ravine. The win completed a 3-game sweep over Philadelphia.
Ryu (1-4) pitched 5 1/3rd innings, giving up just 1 run on 3 hits, while striking out 9 Phillies. He walked 3, and lowered his ERA to 4.05, after a rough start to the season. Ryu threw 93 pitches before being pulled with 1 out in the 6th. Sergio Romo came in at that point, and he would strike out the next two batters to end the inning.
Luis Avilan and Pedro Baez each threw scoreless innings, and the Dodgers gave the ball to Grant Dayton in the 9th. Dayton gave up a 2-out, 2-run homer to Odubel Herrera, but Kenley Jansen came in after that to earn his 7th save by striking out Cesar Hernandez.
The Phillies took a 1-0 lead in the 1st inning on an RBI single by Freddy Galvis, which scored Hernandez. Hernandez opened up the game with a triple, after Yasiel Puig had deep fly ball pop out of this glove. After Galvis run-scoring single, Daniel Nava walked to put two on with no outs, but Ryu struck out Maikel Franco, then got Aaron Altherr to fly out. The final out of the inning came when Michael Saunders struck out. Ryu cruised through the next four innings, needing only 56 pitches, after throwing 24 in the 1st. He allowed just 1 hit over that stretch.
Justin Turner extended his hit streak to 16 games with an RBI single in the 1st inning, which tied the game 1-1. One inning later, Chris Taylor hit a solo homer to left center giving the Dodgers the lead. The Dodgers would maintain that lead until the 6th, when Toles extended the lead to 5-1 with his 3-run bomb.
Nick Pivetta (0-1) took the loss for the Phillies. He allowed two runs and nine hits in five innings of work in his major league debut.
Turner and Yasmani Grandal had three hits apiece. Turner raised his batting average to .404 on the season.
The Dodgers continue their homestand on Monday night, when they open a 3-game series with the San Francisco Giants. The first game of the series will feature Clayton Kershaw (4-1; 2.29 ERA) on the mound for the Dodgers, while Johnny Cueto (3-1; 5.10 ERA) will get the ball for the Giants.