Julio Urías endured a disastrous first inning during his first game back from injury and the Dodgers couldn't recover during a 6-4 loss to the Royals.
Injuries to their starting rotation and an ineffective bullpen are threatening to derail the Dodgers’ season. What can the team do to turn things around?The first inning could not have gone much worse for Urías, who went 5-4 with a 4.39 ERA in his first 10 starts before missing 36 games because of his hamstring strain. Maikel Garcia led off with a double to right-center and took third on Bobby Witt Jr.’s bloop single to right.
Witt took off for second on a pitch that Perez blooped just beyond the infield dirt on the right side, but with second baseman Miguel Vargas heading to the bag to cover, the ball dropped for an RBI single. Nick Pratto then capped a 12-pitch at-bat in which he fouled off six two-strike pitches with a walk to load the bases. Edward Olivares hit a sacrifice fly that Vargas caught in shallow center, Witt tagging and beating a one-hop throw home for a 2-0 lead.
Matt Duffy was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Samad Taylor lofted a fly to medium right. Betts caught the ball with his momentum going toward the plate and fired a strong one-hop throw home that beat Perez, but Smith couldn’t get his tag on Perez in time, as the Royals took a 3-0 lead. Drew Waters followed with a two-run bloop single to center for a 5-0 lead before Urías struck out Dairon Blanco looking at a changeup to end the inning.
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