Recap: Alex Wood Sets Career High In Strikeouts, Chin-Hui Tsao Walks In Winning Run

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Wil Myers broke up Wood’s no-hitter with a leadoff single in the bottom of the fourth, though it didn’t slow the southpaw’s momentum. Matt Kemp and Upton Jr. both struck out swinging, and Norris grounded into a force out to end the inning.

Puig made solid contact to open the fifth, but his deep fly ball was caught by Jon Jay at the warning track in center field. Vargas then struck out Grandal and Wood to end the inning. Wood struck out the side in the bottom half of the inning, the second time he’d done so on the night.

The Dodgers once again didn’t get any offense going in the sixth, with Vargas retiring the side in order. Jay worked a one-out walk in the bottom of the inning, and went first to third base on a Myers single to center.

Kemp’s sacrifice fly to deep right broke the stalemate, giving the Padres a 1-0 lead. Wood ended the inning by collecting his 13th strikeout of the game, setting a new career high. After Gonzalez led off the seventh inning with a base hit, Thompson connected for a go-ahead, two-run home run.

The Dodgers’ runs scored against Vargas were the first this season over 11.1 innings pitched. A Norris leadoff double and Wallace base hit knocked Wood out of the game in the bottom of the seventh. Louis Coleman entered and got pinch-hitter Yangervis Solarte to pop out.

Adam Liberatore then took over and allowed the Padres to tie the game on Alexi Amarista’s sacrifice fly before getting out of the inning. Ryan Buchter replaced Vargas in the eighth and proceeded to strike out the side. Joe Blanton came on in the bottom half of the inning and set the Padres down in order.

Fernando Rodney issued a leadoff walk to Turner in the ninth, but followed it by getting Gonzalez to ground into a double play. Thompson was then called out for running inside the lane after hitting a tapper in front of the plate.

Blanton struck out the first two batters faced, walked Wallace, but retired the next batter to send the game into extra innings. Pederson battled back from a 0-2 count against Padres lefty reliever Brad Hand to work a leadoff walk in the 10th.

After a Puig strikeout, Grandal hit into a force out and pinch-hitter Howie Kendrick struck out. J.P. Howell retired the Padres in order in the bottom of the 10th. The Dodgers’ best look at a lead in the 11th came on a Turner fly ball to the center field wall to end the inning.

Chin-Hui Tsao gave up a leadoff single to Myers in the bottom of the 11th, and nearly saw the game come to an end on Upton Jr.’s fly ball to the fence in left field. Myers stole second base with Norris at the plate, who then drew a walk. As did Wallace, and Tsao then walked in the winning run on four pitches.

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 Angeles 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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