Turner homers, Hill fans 9 as streak hits 9
MIAMI -- Justin Turner keeps hitting, and the Dodgers keep winning. The third baseman homered and drove in two to lead Los Angeles to a ninth straight victory and a three-game sweep of the Marlins, 3-2, on Sunday at Marlins Park.The Dodgers, who boast a Major League-best 64-29 mark, have
MIAMI --
The Dodgers, who boast a Major League-best 64-29 mark, have won 29 of their last 33 games since June 7. Miami was swept for the first time since Houston took three at Marlins Park from May 15-17.
"I know that he likes to throw that cutter in," said Turner, who hit his 11th homer of the season and went 2-for-3 for his team-leading 29th multi-hit game. "I got ahead on the count and was just looking middle in, and he just left it in."
Facing a left-hander for a second straight game, the Marlins struggled against Rich Hill. After tossing seven perfect frames on Sept. 10, 2016, in Miami, the southpaw fanned nine over five innings of one-run ball.
"This has been five starts in a row where he's been in control," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. "The command on the mound, his mound presence and just the way he's throwing the baseball. He has such good feel of that breaking ball."
Making his second big league start, Marlins southpaw
"He's not a guy that's gonna overpower," Marlins manager Don Mattingly said of O'Grady. "He's gonna have to hit spots and change locations, but he hung in there."
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
Turner time: Turner's day began with a first-inning solo homer off an O'Grady cutter, but his at-bat that counted most came in the third. With two runners on, Turner lifted a 1-1 fastball deep enough to right to score
"I knew coming in he was one of the guys I needed to keep off the bases," O'Grady said of Turner. "Him and [Cody] Bellinger and [Corey] Seager, and [I] did what I needed to do against the two lefties, but unfortunately Turner hurt us."
The Hill has Ks:
"We started to scratch back," Mattingly said. "We had a few chances with guys out there and just weren't able to get that big hit." More >
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"I think a lot of offensive guys are going to be really happy to get out of this place. If we're at home in Dodger Stadium, we might have hit 20 homers this series. This place is enormous, and they have a very athletic outfield and cover a lot of ground. They made a lot of really good plays today, and the whole series, really." -- Turner
"We've just gotta rebound and get going. We were playing pretty well going into the break. We ran into a little bit of a buzzsaw here." -- Mattingly, on getting swept
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"I mean, you've gotta love outfielders that are willing to do that," O'Grady said. "They're giving everything they've got. Made a couple really nice plays today, all three of them." More >
WHAT'S NEXT
Dodgers:
Marlins:Tom Koehler (1-4, 8.00 ERA) toes the rubber for his third start since being called back up to the Majors as the Marlins open a three-game set with the Phillies at 7:10 p.m. ET on Monday in Miami.
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Patrick Pinak is a reporter for MLB.com based in Miami and covered the Marlins on Sunday.
Glenn Sattell is a contributor to MLB.com based in Miami and covered the Dodgers on Sunday.