Marlins at Dodgers
The Los Angeles Dodgers look to score more than two runs for the first time in the series when they host the Miami Marlins on Wednesday for the rubber match of their three-game set. Two runs were enough for a victory in the opener but too few on Tuesday as Miami rallied in the late innings to halt its five-game slide with a 3-2 triumph.
Los Angeles managed only five hits in the setback, which was just its second in nine contests, and has totaled 11 in the first two games of the series. After the Dodgers took a 2-1 lead when pinch hitter Chase Utley drew a bases-loaded walk in the seventh inning, Starlin Castro delivered an RBI double in the eighth and Cameron Maybin did the same in the ninth to help give Miami just its fourth win in 19 contests. Maybin added a single for his third multi-hit performance of the season and first since going 3-for-5 on April 3 against Boston. J.T. Realmuto belted a solo homer on Tuesday and has hit safely in four straight games and five of his six contests since returning from a back injury that forced him to start the season on the disabled list.
TV: 7:35 p.m. ET, FS Florida (Miami), SportsNet LA (Los Angeles)
PITCHING MATCHUP: Marlins RH Trevor Richards (0-2, 6.16 ERA) vs. Dodgers LH Clayton Kershaw (1-3, 2.45)
Richards struggled mightily at Milwaukee on Friday, surrendering six runs on five hits and six walks over 3 2/3 innings of a loss. The 24-year-old native of Illinois, who is seeking his first win as he makes his fifth career start, issued a total of five free passes in his first three turns. Richards has worked more than 4 1/3 frames just once - a seven-inning outing on April 14 in which he kept Pittsburgh scoreless while giving up only two hits.
Kershaw is coming off his roughest outing of the season, a loss to Washington on Friday in which he allowed four runs and nine hits over seven innings. The 30-year-old three-time Cy Young Award winner gave up a total of five runs over 26 frames in his first four turns but recorded just one victory. Kershaw has made 10 career starts against Miami, going 5-4 with one shutout and a 2.57 ERA.
WALK-OFFS
1. Dodgers RHP Walker Buehler was optioned to Single-A Rancho Cucamonga but likely will be recalled to start against San Francisco on Saturday.
2. Miami RHP Dan Straily (forearm) threw 88 pitches in a rehab start for Double-A Jacksonville on Tuesday and hopes to make his season debut during the team's upcoming homestand.
3. Los Angeles purchased the contract of RHP Daniel Hudson, who struck out two in one perfect inning on Saturday, from Triple-A Oklahoma City.