Julio Urías enjoyed this excursion to Seattle and performance against the Mariners far more than the last time he was on the same mound.
Urías threw seven prevailing innings of one-hit ball, striking out a career-high 11 and leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 1-0 success on Tuesday.
The matchup between early-season division leaders out West was an entertaining pitchers’ duel with Urías improving of Seattle’s Marco Gonzales. Furthermore, it was a very different outcome than the previous summer, when Urías neglected to make it out of the second inning in his lone other beginning against the Mariners.
Urías said that unique trip was a suggestion to confide in his pitches.
“I know that I have really good stuff, and to have confidence to attack the players, to attack the hitters and just trust that my stuff plays,” Urías said through a translator.
Urías (3-0) was exceptional, painting edges with a fastball during the 90s and blending in a curve that kept Seattle’s hitters speculating. Seattle’s solitary hit was Mitch Haniger’s sluggish infield single with two outs in the third inning.
Urías permitted two baserunners and neither made some real progress. He had 10 strikeouts through five innings and seven of the nine players in Seattle’s setup struck out at any rate once against him.
“I just can’t recall any better, kind of from the first pitch to the last pitch efficiency, command of all three pitches, getting ahead of hitters,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “He had complete control, command today.”
It appeared Urías was in line for one more inning at only 88 pitches — 68 for strikes — yet supervisor Dave Roberts went to Victor González in the eighth. Kenley Jansen pitched an ideal 10th for his fourth save to finish the one-hitter.
Corey Seager drove in the lone run with a two-out single in the third inning after AJ Pollock’s leadoff twofold. Those were the Dodgers’ just hits.
Seattle’s Chris Taylor was tossed out at home as a potential protection run in the 10th inning. Taylor went on contact from Justin Turner and was handily tossed out by third baseman Kyle Seager.
“You’re going to have days like today where you don’t get any hits at all, you got to try to scratch out (a run),” Seattle manager Scott Servais said. “We did have a couple opportunities there late, just couldn’t get much going offensively. But really you have to tip your hat to the pitching they threw at us today.”
The Mariners required a decent beginning from Gonzales (1-2) in the wake of consuming their warm up area lately. Seattle’s expert began the season with two helpless excursions, yet appeared to rediscover a functioning recipe a week ago against Baltimore.
Gonzales permitted two hits and struck out six. He resigned the last 13 hitters he confronted following Seager’s RBI single in the third inning.
“You love the the tempo back and forth,” Gonzales said. “Julio was throwing the ball great, and, you know, just trying to go out there and match him every inning.”
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR RETURNS
Seattle welcomed back AL youngster of the year Kyle Lewis, who made his season debut subsequent to spending the initial not many weeks on the harmed list with a bone wound in his correct knee endured late in spring preparing.
Lewis strolled in his first plate appearance of the period and was 0 for 3.
“I never take it for granted being able to play, and so anytime I’m able to run out there, put the uniform on is always special. And especially after being out for a little bit,” Lewis said.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Dodgers: Mookie Betts was out of the arrangement subsequent to getting hit on the correct lower arm by a pitch a night sooner, yet Roberts doesn’t anticipate that it should be a drawn out issue. Roberts said X-beams on Betts’ arm were negative.
Mariners: Ty France, who got hit on the correct lower arm by a contribute Monday’s down, struck out as a special hitter in the eighth inning. … Seattle optioned OF Braden Bishop to its other preparing site to open a list spot for Lewis.
UP NEXT
Dodgers: Open a four-game arrangement on Thursday against San Diego, with Walker Buehler (1-0, 2.00 ERA) on the hill. Buehler permitted two runs more than six innings in a no-choice a week ago against the Padres.
Mariners: At Boston on Thursday, with Justin Dunn (1-0, 3.72) beginning the opener. Dunn permitted one sudden spike in demand for two hits more than five innings in a success over Baltimore in his last beginning.