The Los Angeles Dodgers received an impressive outing from Dustin May and extended their winning streak to four games by blowing out the Oakland Athletics, 10-3, in their Interleague series opener.
Dustin May tied career highs with six innings pitched and eight strikeouts. Mark Canha’s leadoff single was the A’s only hit until Mitch Moreland kept the sixth inning alive with a two-out single.
Those were the only hits May wound up allowing as he also worked around two walks and a Justin Turner throwing error to keep the Athletics off the board. Excluding when May was used as an opener last Sept. 10 and pitched just one inning, Monday was his first career scoreless start.
The A’s avoided being shut out by scoring three runs off David Price in the eighth inning.
The Dodgers did their part to take some pressure off May and shift it squarely to former prospect Frankie Montas. He allowed singles to Chris Taylor and Max Muncy and walked Edwin Rios to load the bases with one out in the second inning.
Zach McKinstry broke up the scoreless tie with a sacrifice fly, and with the bases loaded for a second time, Corey Seager delivered a three-run double. Will Smith hit a home run in the third, marking a second consecutive game doing so.
McKinstry added to Montas’ troubles again with an RBI single that was part of the three-run third inning, and he hit another in the seventh. McKinstry’s three RBI tied with Seager for a game high and marked the most of his young career.
Justin Turner joined in with a solo home run in the eighth inning. It marked only the fourth time Turner has left the yard in March or April, and it was earliest he’s ever hit a home run, besting the previous mark of April 27, 2015.
The home run also extended Turner’s on-base streak to 35 games, which is the longest active stretch in the Majors.
Taylor, Bellinger removed
If there was a negative for the Dodgers, Chris Taylor was hit in the left elbow by a 96 mph pitch in the third inning. He was checked on by Dodgers manager Dave Roberts and a trainer before initially remaining in the game.
Taylor was removed in the bottom half of the inning and diagnosed with a left elbow contusion.
Then in the top of the ninth, Cody Bellinger limped to the dugout after a collision with A’s pitcher Reymin Guduan. Bellinger appeared to signal to Roberts that he was merely spiked in his calf area.
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