Tony Gonsolin allows just two hits in seven scoreless innings and the Dodgers get home runs from Austin Barnes and Max Muncy before Kimbrel closes out a 2-1 win against the Brewers.
MILWAUKEE — Questioned before Wednesday’s game about Craig Kimbrel’s failure to protect a one-run lead at any point this season, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts tempted fate.The baseball gods heard and must have said, “Hold my beer.”
“I am now,” Kimbrel said when asked if he was aware none of his 20 saves before Wednesday involved protecting a one-run lead – but all four of his blown saves involved losing a one-run lead.He got it done Wednesday – but it still wasn’t pretty. After retiring the first two batters, he gave up a single to Keston Hiura and walked Mike Brosseau before getting Luis Urias to bounce out.
“That’s the beauty of being in the bullpen – you don’t have to sit on it for too long,” Kimbrel said. “It never makes it easy, but it feels good to come out and do my job tonight. Fully expect to do it the next time I’m out there.”to clarify his role in a postseason bullpen“For a lot of reasons, I got to start throwing the ball better, getting the ball over the plate and showing I can dominate,” he said.
Gonsolin retired the first 10 Brewers in order, walked a batter, erased him in a double play and didn’t give up a hit until the sixth inning. Singles by Keston Hiura in the sixth and Mario Feliciano in the seventh were all the Brewers managed against Gonsolin who seems to be catching a second wind in August. In three starts this month, he has allowed just one run on seven hits in 18⅔ innings.
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