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Dodgers beat Mariners 3-0 in Justin Turner’s return to LA

Seattle beat by two home runs in 7th, and Gavin Stone's 10 strikeouts

By BETH HARRIS, AP Sports Writer
Published: August 19, 2024, 9:51pm
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Los Angeles Dodgers' Gavin Lux, left, celebrates at home plate with Max Muncy (13) after Lux's solo home run against the Seattle Mariners during the seventh inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Dodgers' Gavin Lux, left, celebrates at home plate with Max Muncy (13) after Lux's solo home run against the Seattle Mariners during the seventh inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Photo Gallery

LOS ANGELES — Gavin Stone struck out a career-high 10 over seven innings, Gavin Lux and Max Muncy homered in the seventh, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Seattle Mariners 3-0 on Monday night.

The Dodgers have won seven in a row overall and eight straight at home against the Mariners since 2015.

Stone (11-5), a 25-year-old right-hander, recorded eight strikeouts through four innings. He allowed singles to Julio Rodriguez and former Dodger Justin Turner, who returned to Dodger Stadium for the first time since his memorable nine-year run with the team ended in 2022. He went 1 for 3.

“Felt good with everything pretty much and Will (Smith) did a great job calling pitches,” Stone said. “They’re a team that swings a lot so getting ahead was huge.”

Evan Phillips retired the side in the ninth to earn his 16th save.

Lux homered off Bryan Woo (5-2) with one out in the seventh. The 24-year-old right-hander left one batter later after hitting Will Smith.

Muncy followed with a two-run shot off former Dodger Yimi Garcia for his first homer since May 7.

“It’s just a relentless lineup,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “When you got Max Muncy hitting seventh, that’s saying something. For Max to come up in a big spot and homer gave us some breathing room.”

The third baseman came off the injured list on Monday after being out since May 17 with an oblique strain.

“It’s a little bit of a relief,” Muncy said. “The mechanics feel really good. Obviously the timing isn’t where I want it to be.”

Muncy endured a couple months where his injury couldn’t be pinpointed. He got numerous chiropractic adjustments, as well as scans, MRIs and an injection.

“Once we finally got it fixed, it felt like I wasn’t even injured,” he said.

Woo gave up two runs and two hits in 6 1/3 innings. He struck out five and walked two.

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The Dodgers had been limited to an opposite-field single by Shohei Ohtani in the first before their big rally in the seventh. With two outs, they loaded the bases on Tommy Edman’s first single as a Dodger and back-to-back walks to Ohtani and Mookie Betts. Freddie Freeman lined to second to end the inning.

Freeman played with a hairline fracture on his right middle finger. He deftly caught a liner by Josh Rojas and stepped on first to double Turner off and end the fifth.

Freeman robbed Cal Raleigh of a hit in the sixth, leaping fully extended to grab a liner that ended the inning.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Dodgers: Activated INF-OF Edman (offseason wrist surgery) and INF Muncy (right oblique strain) from the IL. … Placed C Austin Barnes (left big toe fracture) on the IL. … Transferred RHP River Ryan (right elbow UCL strain) to the 60-day IL.

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Mariners: RHP Bryce Miller (9-7, 3.29 ERA) is coming off a gem against Detroit in which he allowed two hits over seven scoreless innings and struck out nine.

Dodgers: RHP Walker Buehler (1-4, 5.68 ERA) makes his second start since coming off the IL. He needs to improve after giving up four runs and three hits over 3 1/3 innings against Milwaukee.

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DODGERS 3, MARINERS 0

Seattle AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Robles cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .273
Arozarena lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .229
Raleigh c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .209
Rodríguez dh 2 0 1 0 1 0 .265
Polanco 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .217
Raley rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .234
Turner 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .196
J.Rojas 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .231
Moore ss 2 0 0 0 0 2 .197
a-Canzone ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .206
Rivas ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225
Totals 28 0 2 0 2 12
Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Ohtani dh 3 0 1 0 1 0 .290
Betts rf 2 0 0 0 2 1 .307
Freeman 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .289
T.Hernández lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .263
Lux 2b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .254
Smith c 2 1 0 0 1 1 .247
Muncy 3b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .224
M.Rojas ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .283
Edman cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .333
Totals 28 3 4 3 5 6
Seattle 000 000 000—0 2 0
Los Angeles 000 000 30x—3 4 1

a-struck out for Moore in the 8th.

E—Muncy (3). LOB—Seattle 3, Los Angeles 7. HR—Lux (9), off Woo; Muncy (10), off García. RBI—Lux (44), Muncy 2 (30). SB—Arozarena (1), Edman (1).

Runners left in scoring position—Seattle 1 (Raleigh); Los Angeles 2 (Freeman 2). RISP—Seattle 0 for 1; Los Angeles 0 for 1.

LIDP—J.Rojas. GIDP—Polanco.

DP—Los Angeles 2 (Freeman; M.Rojas, Freeman).

Seattle IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Woo, L, 5-2 6 1-3 2 2 2 2 5 87 2.12
García 1-3 2 1 1 0 0 17 6.00
Saucedo 1-3 0 0 0 2 0 15 4.02
Thornton 1 0 0 0 1 1 13 4.42
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Stone, W, 11-5 7 2 0 0 2 10 90 3.44
Kelly, H, 13 1 0 0 0 0 1 13 4.88
Phillips, S, 16-18 1 0 0 0 0 1 13 3.40

Inherited runners-scored—García 1-1, Saucedo 1-0. HBP—Woo (Smith).

Umpires—Home, Dan Iassogna; First, CB Bucknor; Second, Jeremy Riggs; Third, Adam Beck.

T—2:15. A—51,348 (56,000).

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