LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers activated right-handed pitcher Michael Grove from the injured list and optioned right-handed pitcher Gavin Stone.
Grove, 26, returns from the injured list after being sidelined since August 6 with right lat tightness. On the season, he is 2-3 with a 6.61 ERA (47 ER/64.0 IP) and 67 strikeouts. He made three rehab appearances with Triple-A Oklahoma City, allowing two runs in 3.1 innings with eight strikeouts. He has been with the Dodgers two seasons, and he is a combined 3-3 with a 5.98 ERA (62 ER/93.1 IP) and 91 strikeouts. He was drafted by the Dodgers in the second round of the 2018 First Year Player Draft out of West Virginia University.
Stone, 24, pitched last night, allowing three runs in 4.1 innings and suffered his first career loss against the Giants. With the Dodgers, he is 1-1 with a 9.00 ERA (31 ER/31.0 IP) and 22 strikeouts in eight games (four starts). With Triple-A Oklahoma City, he was 7-4 with a 4.74 ERA (53 ER/100.2 IP) and 120 strikeouts in 21 games (19 starts). Last season, he was named the 2022 Dodgers Branch Rickey Pitcher of the Year after going a combined 9-6 with a 1.48 ERA (20 ER/121.2 IP) and 168 strikeouts between High-A Great Lakes, Double-A Tulsa and Triple-A Oklahoma City. The Arkansas native has been in the Dodger system since being drafted in the 5th round of the 2020 First Year Player Draft out of the University of Central Arkansas and he is a combined 17-12 with a 3.25 ERA (111 ER/307.1 IP) and 419 strikeouts.