{"id":112199,"date":"2024-10-09T15:50:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T08:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112199"},"modified":"2024-10-09T15:50:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T08:50:46","slug":"dylan-cease-to-pitch-game-4-vs-dodgers-jackson-merrills-short-work-san-diego-union-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112199","title":{"rendered":"Dylan Cease to pitch Game 4 vs. Dodgers; Jackson Merrill\u2019s short work \u2013 San Diego Union-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Dylan Cease did not get out of the fourth inning on Saturday. He threw just 82 pitches.<\/p>\n<p>The Padres are hoping that works to his advantage as they ask him to pitch on three days\u2019 rest for the first time in his career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll see how many bullets he\u2019s got,\u201d Padres manager Mike Shildt said. \u201cHad his head around it and discussed it with him and he was enthusiastic about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cease allowed five runs on six hits and two walks in 3\u2153 innings on Saturday. He struck out five.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers will counter with a bullpen game \u2014 \u201cI see one of our relievers starting,\u201d Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said, declining to tip his hand \u2014 after Walker Buehler threw five innings in Game 3.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Banda recorded four outs, Daniel Hudson turned in two and Michael Kopech pitched a scoreless eighth.<\/p>\n<p>One advantage, Roberts said, is the Dodgers\u2019 leverage arms, minus Kopech, have not been used since Saturday\u2019s 7-5 win in a game started by Cease.<\/p>\n<p>Shildt waited until after Tuesday\u2019s game to announce Cease as his starting pitcher.<\/p>\n<p>Michael King pitched just five innings on Tuesday, leaving Jeremiah Estrada, Jason Adam, Tanner Scott and Robert Suarez to pick up the final four frames.<\/p>\n<p>Estrada and Adam each turned a scoreless inning, Scott started the eighth with a strikeout of Shohei Ohtani before Freeman\u2019s single led Shildt to call on Suarez for a four-out save.<\/p>\n<p>It was Suarez\u2019s first appearance of the series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just loved the efficiency of our relievers today,\u201d Shildt said. \u201cEstrada really good. Adam really good. Scott threw the ball exceptionally well \u2026 and Suarez was excellent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shildt added: \u201c(Suarez will) be ready to rock. All of them will be ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Not so fast<\/h4>\n<p>With <strong>Ha-Seong Kim<\/strong> missing the rest of the postseason for a season-ending shoulder surgery and the Padres\u2019 injured shortstop hiring super agent <strong>Scott Boras<\/strong>, the odds of either side exercising an $8 million mutual option for 2024 have decreased exponentially.<\/p>\n<p>Which means the Padres figure to take a long look at the position for the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p>In-house options abound, with<strong> Xander Bogaerts<\/strong> back at his original position through the remainder of the postseason and <strong>Fernando Tatis Jr.<\/strong>, <strong>Jake Cronenworth<\/strong> and <strong>Jackson Merrill<\/strong> all having history on the left side of the diamond.<\/p>\n<p>Of that trio, it was Merrill, a shortstop until spring training, who\u2019s been seen taking grounders at shortstop as recently as Monday\u2019s off-day, but don\u2019t read anything into that just yet.<\/p>\n<p>Players often take grounders to stay fresh, especially baseball junkies like Merrill.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s not closing the book on anything, but \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just take them there now for fun, just keep my hands kind of smooth and keep my footwork kind of good,\u201d Merrill said. \u201cBut whatever happens, happens. If they want to throw me back in the infield I\u2019m ready. At the same time, I\u2019m happy where I\u2019m at.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Hometown \u2026 heel?<\/h4>\n<p>Before his college days at Stanford, Tommy Edman prepped at La Jolla Country Day. The Cardinals ultimately drafted Edman in the sixth round in 2016, brought him to the majors in 2019 and employed him on the 2020 wild-card roster that they brought to Petco Park that fall.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever allegiances may or may not have been lingering for the hometown ballclub clearly went out the window when the Cardinals sent the 29-year-old utility man to the rival Dodgers in July as part of a three-team deal with the Chicago White Sox.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got a lot of friends who are still Padres fans,\u201d Edman said with a laugh before the series shifted to San Diego. \u201cI\u2019m hoping we can beat them so I can talk trash to them this offseason.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Notable<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Former Padres catcher <strong>Jorge Alfaro<\/strong>, who made \u201cLFGSD!\u201d the 2022 team\u2019s rallying cry as the Padres advanced to the National League Championship Series, threw out the first pitch.<\/li>\n<li>Dodgers SS <strong>Miguel Rojas<\/strong>, dealing with a torn adductor muscle coming into the series, exited in the top of the third inning in obvious discomfort. Meantime, 1B <strong>Freddie Freeman<\/strong> (ankle) played seven innings in the field and exited for pinch-runner Chris Taylor after his two-out single in the top of the eighth.<\/li>\n<li>2B <strong>Jake Cronenworth<\/strong> was 0-for-13 to start the postseason before an infield single in the Padres\u2019 six-run second inning. He finished 2-for-3 with a run scored.<\/li>\n<li>Before the game, Major League Baseball approved the Dodgers replacing RHP <strong>Michael Grove<\/strong> on the roster with right-hander <strong>Ben Casparius<\/strong>. Grove allowed a run in the eighth inning Sunday. Roberts said Grove is dealing with a shoulder injury, which was confirmed after a full review of the medical information by MLB Medical Director <strong>Gary Green<\/strong>. Grove cannot rejoin the Dodgers\u2019 roster until after the National League Championship Series.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Originally Published: <time datetime=\"2024-10-08 21:35:42\">October 8, 2024 at 9:35 p.m.<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/2024\/10\/08\/padres-notes-dylan-cease-on-short-rest-vs-dodgers-bullpen-game-jackson-merrills-short-work\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dylan Cease did not get out of the fourth inning on Saturday. 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