Julio Urias, Justin Turner and AJ Pollock all reached career benchmarks as they combined to help lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to an 8-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. L.A. extended their winning streak to six games and also tied a franchise record for the modern era with a 14th consecutive home win.
After the Brewers took a 1-0 lead, Turner erased it with a three-run home run off Corbin Burnes in the bottom of the first inning. The homer was Turner’s 27th of the season, which tied a career high that he previously reached in 2016 and 2019.
Burnes only pitched two innings, which kept his season ERA at 2.43 and coincidentally ahead of Max Scherzer for the National League lead. Walker Buehler could wind up with the ERA title if he goes at least 5.1 scoreless innings on Sunday, and Scherzer could get a bonus opportunity if a Game 163 is played to decide the NL West.
The Brewers’ bullpen kept the game at 3-1 until the fourth inning, when singles by Muncy and Turner put runners at the corners and were followed by a sacrifice fly from Will Smith. Pollock then tied a career high with his 21st home run, which also was a fourth in the past four games.
We had a feeling something was brewing. pic.twitter.com/fnEgiOtpht
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AJ applying pressure. pic.twitter.com/L4sy4jgchz
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Corey Seager homered. Stop us if you’ve heard this before. pic.twitter.com/ADddIklcBe
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20 wins for El Culichi. 🔥
Julio Urías is the first National Leaguer to win 20 games since 2016 when @Max_Scherzer won 20 for the Nationals. pic.twitter.com/4Bd8ofWXK1
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Turn it.
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Corey Seager added to the power display and his own personal hot streak with a solo home run in the fifth and Muncy tacked on an RBI double in the eighth inning.
Pollock credited Turner for sparking the Dodgers, but he gave credit to the group as a whole. “It’s just a fun lineup to be in,” Turner said.
“It doesn’t matter where we’re at, who’s coming up or what the situation is, it’s an offense that’s capable of making guys work a ton, make guys throw the ball over the plate, and we can score pretty fast in a lot of different ways. It’s been really fun playing with a whole lineup.”
Urias becomes Dodgers’ first 20-game winner since Kershaw
With plenty of run support backing him, Urias breezed through 6.1 innings. He retired 16 in a row after allowing an RBI double in the first inning and became the Dodgers’ first pitcher to win 20 games since Clayton Kershaw (21) in 2014.
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