Los Angeles Dodgers Stay Perfect in Cactus League Play
· Yahoo Sports
While Edwin Díaz ended up being the fourth pitcher out of the Los Angeles Dodgers' bullpen on Wednesday, it proved to be a solid outing in Cactus League play.
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Díaz worked one inning, giving up one hit and walking one. But the Dodgers' bats were lively as Los Angeles defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-7.
As for the Dodgers' offense, Hyeseong Kim went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored. Noah Miller went 1-for-1 with two walks, an RBI, and a run scored for the Dodgers.
Roki Sasaki got the start for Dodgers manager Dave Roberts. It was his Cactus League debut and, well, it could have gone better. Sasaki worked 1 1/3 innings. He gave up three hits, three runs (all earned), walked two, and struck out three.
“I thought he was overthrowing,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said in an interview with The Associated Press. “I haven’t seen that all spring. It’s probably just getting into live competition. I thought he was a little too bullish on the fastball, but he was getting behind in the first inning.”
Roberts also said that Sasaki needs to mix his pitches better and get command of his fastball. “I just attribute it to first-game adrenaline," he said. "But yeah, you want to see progress from everyone, especially someone like Roki who is trying to build off of last year.”
The D-backs jumped out to a 3-0 lead after one as they lit up Sasaki. But the Dodgers took advantage of D-backs pitcher Dylan Ray. Ray gave up two hits, four runs (two earned), walked two, and struck out two.
But Los Angeles scored four runs in the fourth and sixth innings. They had put up two runs in the second inning to make it 3-2 D-backs in the top of the second.
For the Dodgers, putting together some offense helped them stay perfect in Cactus League play at 5-0.
Getting Díaz out there was a good move for Roberts. He needs some work, even if it's not in a closer's role. Any pitcher will tell anyone who pays attention to MLB action that Spring Training is a time to work on some things.
Even Díaz needs to get his arm loose and ready for late-game heroics.
At least, that's what Dodgers fans hope they see out of the fire-balling reliever.
Last season, Díaz had 28 regular-season saves for the New York Mets. If the Dodgers can get that many saves, or maybe even a couple of more, out of Díaz this season, then they will believe that the free-agent signing was well worth it.
The Dodgers get back to Cactus League play on Thursday against the Chicago White Sox. First pitch will take place at 3:05 p.m. ET.
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