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Daily Clips April 19, 2017 LOS ANGELES DODGERS DAILY CLIPS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2017 DODGERS.COM Roberts sees positives in Ryu despite 3rd loss—Ken Gurnick Dodgers’ rally falls short in 3rd straight loss—Steve Dilbeck and Ken Gurnick Forsythe, Turner both dealt painful HBPs—Ken Gurnick Dodgers call up Fields to reinforce bullpen—Ken Gurnick Kershaw seeks redemption vs. Rockies—Steve Dilbeck LA TIMES Dodgers suffer painful loss to the Rockies, 4-3, and a Justin Turner Scare—Andy McCullough Survey: Dodgers pass Lakers as L.A.'s favorite team—Bill Shaikin As Rich Hill continues to throw, Dodgers unsure about what's causing his blister—Andy McCullough OC REGISTER Nolan Arenado’s two home runs send Dodgers to third straight loss—J.P. Hoornstra Franklin Gutierrez bides his time while Dodgers’ southpaw struggles continue—J.P. Hoornstra Rockies at Dodgers, Wednesday, 7 p.m.—J.P. Hoornstra ESPN Arenado hits 2 home runs, Rockies hold off Dodgers 4-3—The Associated Press 59 años de la llegada de los Dodgers a Los Angeles—Rigo Cervantez A $420 million star? Predicting how much it would take to lock up MLB's best young players—Jim Bowden TRUE BLUE LA Logan Forsythe suffers big toe contusion after HBP—Eric Stephen Dodgers offense, Rockies home runs sink LA below .500—Eric Stephen Grant Dayton placed on DL, Dodgers recall Josh Fields from Triple-A—Eric Stephen Luke Raley has 4-for-4 night as Quakes lose 11-9—Craig Minami DODGERS INSIDER Even with a loss, Ryu takes a step forward—Cary Osborne Dayton placed on 10-day DL—Rowan Kavner NBC LA Dodgers Can't Complete Comeback in 4-3 Loss to Colorado—Michael Duarte FOXSPORTS.COM Adrian Gonzalez recorded a putout with his neck and couldn’t help but laugh about it—Pete Blackburn YAHOO SPORTS The Dodgers and Rich Hill want your suggestions on preventing blisters—Tim Brown CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY Dodgers CEO Stan Kasten speaks at Fowler School of Law symposium—Robyn Norwood LOS ANGELES DODGERS DAILY CLIPS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2017 DODGERS.COM Roberts sees positives in Ryu despite 3rd loss By Ken Gurnick LOS ANGELES -- With three starting pitchers injured and Julio Urias held back by management, the Dodgers have no choice but to let Hyun-Jin Ryu take his lumps. Ryu's comeback from two years on the shelf continued on its bumpy path Tuesday night when his improved stuff couldn't compensate for punishing mistakes in a 4-3 loss to the Rockies, who barreled three homers off Ryu as the Dodgers fell below .500 for the first time this year. "We feel comfortable with him making a start every fifth day, and as he gets into the rhythm of a season, we know he'll get better," said manager Dave Roberts. "For us, the barometer for Ryu is the delivery repeating, holding velocity, which he's doing, and executing pitches. He's made some mistakes that were hit out of the ballpark. If he minimizes damage, he'll be fine." Ryu (0-3) was a little more self-critical. "It's still quite difficult the fact that I gave up three home runs, but the pitch count and innings are definitely positive signs," said Ryu. Nolan Arenado homered in the first and fifth innings, Trevor Story went deep in the fourth, accounting for all four of Colorado's runs. Ryu has allowed six homers in only 15 1/3 innings. And even though he struck out seven and lasted six innings for the first time, he might be on shaky ground for his next start, except that Rich Hill, Scott Kazmir and Brock Stewart are unavailable and the Urias lab experiment is still in the trial phase. "With Ryu, he's still coming back," said Roberts. "To expect him to be locked in right now might be a little unfair. We just feel comfortable with his fastball command. The velocity was up tonight. It will get there. Look at the full body of work, it's three pitches that hurt him. "He's given up six homers, all on fastballs, just missed location. Today, Nolan is their best player, he tried to come in with the fastball, it leaked over the plate and down and that's his nitro zone and he put a swing on it. Story is a good fastball hitter, he tried to elevate, missed down and the same thing. If we eliminate the slug, he pitched a heck of a ballgame and gave us the much-needed length we were looking for. Ryu will be fine, it's just eliminating the long ball." Colorado manager Bud Black said this about Ryu: "I think he's going to throw well this year. He looks like he's healthy. He's got weapons. He's a strike thrower." Dodgers' rally falls short in 3rd straight loss By Steve Dilbeck and Ken Gurnick LOS ANGELES -- Nolan Arenado homered twice, Trevor Story went deep once and the Colorado bullpen pitched five innings Tuesday night to hold off the Dodgers, 4-3, at Dodger Stadium. Dodgers starter Hyun-Jin Ryu (0-3) pitched six innings for the first time this year with seven strikeouts, but he has allowed six home runs in 15 1/3 innings with two losses to the Rockies. Kyle Freeland started for Colorado, but he was removed with two on and no outs in the fifth inning and did not qualify for the victory. He walked four, hit two batters and made 87 pitches in four-plus innings. The Dodgers scored in the fourth inning on a two-out RBI infield single by Joc Pederson and in the ninth inning on RBI singles by Justin Turner and Yasmani Grandal. The Dodgers had the tying and winning runs on base when the game ended. "We were good in the ninth inning," said Dodgers manager Dave Roberts. "Our guys aren't going to lay down. They're going to keep competing. It was good to see us stress them." MOMENTS THAT MATTERED Homer happy: The homers by Arenado, who has six this year, were projected by Statcast™ at 406 and 395 feet, with exit velocities of 105.3 and 105 mph, while Story's second homer of the year was projected at 427 feet with an exit velocity of 106.7 mph. Story was 0-for- 12 and 1-for-26 prior to the home run. More > "He's one of the best players in the game," Rockies manager Bud Black said of Arenado. "There's no doubt about it. I'll go on record saying that. He's arguably in the top five. He does it both at the plate and on the field. He makes all the plays." Penmenship: Five Colorado relievers followed Freeland. Chris Rusin, who retired all four batters he faced, was credited with the victory and Greg Holland allowed two runs in the ninth but held on for his eighth save. The Rockies' bullpen is 5-0. DEFENSE THE HARD WAY Ryu and Adrian Gonzalez combined for a backward defensive play on Charlie Blackmon's slow roller in the third inning and it probably saved a run. Ryu made the throw with his glove, Gonzalez made the catch without one (barehanded) for the out. Two batters later, Arenado doubled inside the right-field line. SOUND SMART WITH YOUR FRIENDS Reigning NL Rookie of the Year Corey Seager struck out his first two at-bats, giving him six consecutive whiffs and eight of his previous 10 at-bats. He walked, lined out to center and singled on an overturned call in his remaining at-bats. "There was a little bit of an exhale with Corey," said Roberts. "I think he punched six in a row. Don't think he's ever done that in his life. He's struggling a little bit right now, but any day he can turn it around." UPON FURTHER REVIEW The Dodgers challenged an out call in the ninth inning by third-base umpire Stu Scheurwater on a soft fly ball by Seager to diving left fielder Gerardo Parra. The call was overturned and Seager was safe at first base. WHAT'S NEXT Rockies: The Dodgers gave left-hander Tyler Anderson a rough time in their meeting in Denver on April 9, getting to him for five runs on five hits and four walks his five innings of the Rockies' 10-6 loss. Anderson will look to bounce back Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium, with first pitch set for 8:10 p.m. MT. Dodgers: The Rockies roughed up Clayton Kershaw for three homers at Coors Field, but he rebounded with 8 1/3 innings to beat the D- backs in his last outing. Kershaw starts this 7:10 p.m. PT game to finish the two-game set with Colorado. He's 18-6 against Colorado in his career. Forsythe, Turner both dealt painful HBPs By Ken Gurnick LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers not only lost a game Tuesday night, 4-3, to Colorado, they might have lost infielders Logan Forsythe and Justin Turner. Both were hit by Kyle Freeland pitches, Forsythe getting nailed on his big right toe in the first inning and leaving in the fourth, and Turner getting drilled on the left hand in the fifth inning. Turner played on but he was unable to swing a bat with authority. Freeland was wild enough to also walk four in four-plus innings. The greater concern is Forsythe because X-rays were ominously "inconclusive," with further medical work expected on Wednesday.