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Dodger Blue > Game Central > Dodgers Snap 6-Game Losing Streak Behind Justin Turner Matching Career High With 5 RBI, Kenta Maeda’s Dominant 8 Innings
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Dodgers Snap 6-Game Losing Streak Behind Justin Turner Matching Career High With 5 RBI, Kenta Maeda’s Dominant 8 Innings

Matthew Moreno
May 17, 2018
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Justin Turner, Los Angeles Dodgers
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Justin Turner lit the spark for the Los Angeles Dodgers in a 7-0 rout of the Miami Marlins on Thursday afternoon. With the win the Dodgers snapped a season-worst six-game losing streak and avoided being swept in the series at Marlins Park.

Caleb Smith, who started one day later than initially planned, retired six of the first seven batters faced to get through two innings with relative ease. However, he walked Yasiel Puig to start the third, then put Chris Taylor and Austin Barnes on board to load the bases.

Turner began his big day with a bases-clearing double that broke a scoreless tie, and scored immediately after on Matt Kemp’s ground-rule double. Puig’s home run, his third in the past four games, extended the Dodgers’ lead in the fourth inning.

That was later followed by Turner ripping a two-run double down the left-field line. He finished with a career high-tying five RBI on the afternoon, and improved to 6-for-13 since returning from the disabled list.

Whereas Kemp and Turner breathed some life into what’s been a listless offense for much of the season, Kenta Maeda shouldered the burden for a struggling pitching staff. He held the Marlins to just two hits and recorded eight strikeouts over eight shutout innings.

Maeda finished his day’s work by retiring 17 consecutive batters. It marked just the second time of his career reaching the eighth inning, and Maeda joined Clayton Kershaw and Alex Wood as the only Dodgers pitchers to accomplish as much this season.

While it was nothing close to a save situation, Kenley Jansen entered in the ninth to wrap up the Dodgers’ win. Jansen worked around an infield single and bloop base hit in what was his second relief appearance in the last nine days.

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ByMatthew Moreno
Matthew Moreno is a journalist from Whittier, Calif., who is a credentialed reporter and is currently the Executive Editor of DodgerBlue.com and LakersNation.com. In addition to covering Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angels Lakers, Matthew has a strong passion for keeping up to date with the sneakerhead culture. It began with Michael Jordan and Air Jordan shoes, and has carried over to Kobe Bryant's signature line with Nike. Matthew previously was the lead editor and digital strategist at Dodgers Nation, and the co-editor and lead writer at Reign of Troy, where he covered USC Trojans Football. Matthew graduated from California State Long Beach University with a major in journalism and minor in communications. Contact: matt@mediumlargela.com
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