Take a look around the league with Big League Stew's daily wrap up. We'll hit on all of the biggest moments from the day that you may have missed, while providing highlights, photos and interesting stats. Saturday night was bittersweet for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The good news: Their bats were alive at one of baseball's most pitcher-friendly ballparks, Petco Park. In total, the Dodgers muscled up for four home runs in their 11-8 victory, including Adrian Gonzalez's NL-leading seventh. Gonzalez's three-run shot broke a 3-3 tie in the second inning, and the Dodgers never looked back from there. Andre Ethier got the scoring started with a two-run shot in the first. That was his second homer of the season. Howie Kendrick and Juan Uribe added insurance two-run homers in the fifth, which proved to be important in the outcome. [ Yahoo Sports Fantasy Baseball: Sign up and join a league today! ] The bad news: Their own starter, Brandon McCarthy, allowed three home runs of his own. His final pitch of the evening was driven for a three-run shot by Justin Upton. McCarthy was spotted shaking his right arm immediately following the pitch. Before facing another batter, he motioned for the...
Dodgers outslug Padres, lose Brandon McCarthy to injury
Published April 25, 2015 at 10:35 PM
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