 into the Dodgers' bullpen in right center in the sixth inning.''It's going to be fun competing against him, hopefully, all year,'' Bellinger said after Yelich added his own homer and the pair moved into a tie with Oakland's Khris Davis with a major league-leading 10 homers.Muncy followed Bellinger's drive with a two-run shot that landed in the netting above the Brewers' bullpen in left.That was all the offense Urias (1-1) needed.''He was great,'' Bellinger said of Urias, who is headed back to the bullpen after two spot starts against the Brewers. ''Spotting every single pitch. Really confident up there.'' The Brewers saw a totally different Urias than the one they beat 8-5 at Dodger Stadium six days ago, when he allowed six runs, five earned, on six hits.''He was really good tonight,'' Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said of Urias. ''Best he's thrown. The differentiation between the fast ball and the change up tonight was very subtle. Those guys weren't taking good swings, weren't getting good looks at it.'' Asked where Urias fits into the pitching plans, the Dodgers manager had a quick answer.''We feel he's a major league starter,'' Roberts said. ''Julio's certainly proved that.'' Orlando Arcia slapped a single up the middle with two outs in the fifth for the only hit off Urias.''He just made a lot more pitches,'' Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. ''Outside of (Luis) Castillo's start for the Reds, that was the best anybody has pitched against us this year.'' Caleb Ferguson pitched a scoreless seventh. Joe Kelly came on with one out and one on in the eighth and escaped, thanks to left fielder Joc Pederson's throw to plate that beat Hernan Perez' slide home.Kenley Jansen pitched the ninth for his sixth save, despite Yelich hitting his 10th homer of the season.Yelich went 2 for 12 with no RBIs, walk or extra-base hit in the three-game series last weekend. He came into Thursday's game, batting .500 with four homers and 11 RBIs during the current homestand. He was 0 for 3 against Urias.Milwaukee starter Zach Davies allowed three hits over five innings, with three walks and two strikeouts. Twice he stranded runners at third and turned a scoreless tie over to Albers in the sixth.TRAINER'S ROOMDodgers: 3B Justin Turner was back in the lineup after missing the previous two games with left hamstring soreness.Brewers: RHP Alex Wilson (1-0, 8.31 ERA, 9 games) is scheduled to come off the paternity list on Friday with a corresponding roster move to follow.Urias is the second Dodgers pitcher to allow just one hit and strike out nine or more Brewers in a start, joining Chan Ho Park who did it August 29, 2000, at County Stadium.UP NEXTDodgers: RHP Ross Stripling (1-1, 2.92 ERA) comes off his longest career start against the Brewers on Sunday. He allowed one run on four hits over eight innings in a 7-1 win.Brewers: RHP Jhoulys Chacin (2-2, 6.52) makes his fifth start and second of the season against Stripling and the Dodgers. He went 2 1/3 innings on Sunday and gave up six runs on six hits and three walks.---More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports)
Dodgers and Brewers meet again in Milwaukee If it's considered a quirk in the schedule, the Milwaukee Brewers don't seem to mind.The Brewers will host the Los Angeles Dodgers to open a four-game series on Thursday, four days after Milwaukee finished taking two of three in Los Angeles last weekend.Milwaukee has been facing a lot of familiar opponents lately. The Brewers, who ended last season with a seven-game loss to the Dodgers in the National League Championship Series, play either the Dodgers or St. Louis Cardinals in 17 of their first 26 games this season.Milwaukee won the first two games last weekend before Los Angeles ended a six-game losing streak and avoided the sweep with a 7-1 win on Sunday."We won the series, so I think we did a decent job overall," Brewers manager Craig Counsell told reporters after the loss to the Dodgers on Sunday. "We've got four more (against the Dodgers) next weekend, and it'll be tough matchups." Unlike the Cardinals, who haven't come close to containing Brewers right fielder Christian Yelich this season, the Dodgers kept the reigning NL MVP very quiet last weekend.Yelich went 2-for-12 in the series without an RBI, walk or an extra-base hit.Brewers catcher Yasmani Grandal has also been red-hot at the plate and knows the Los Angeles pitchers as well as anyone after catching many of them the past four seasons.Julio Urias (0-1, 5.27 ERA) is one of the pitchers Grandal spent a lot of time with, and the 22-year-old left-hander is scheduled to start the series opener.Urias was roughed up in the last series opener against the Brewers on Friday, giving up six runs (five earned) and six hits over five innings. Grandal hit a two-run homer off Urias and drove in another run with an infield single."When you miss, you pay the price," Urias said afterward.The Dodgers have been without third baseman Justin Turner the past two games because of soreness in his hamstring. Turner is hitting .302, but has just two doubles and no homers after totaling 31 doubles and 14 home runs last season.Dodgers first baseman Cody Bellinger was hit in the knee by a pitch from Cincinnati Reds starter Luis Castillo in the third inning of a 4-3 win on Monday and left the game. He missed Tuesday's 6-1 victory against the Reds, but was back in the starting lineup Wednesday as Los Angeles completed the sweep with a 3-2 victory."We're going to get on a flight now, a happy flight, and get ready to play the Brewers," said Dodgers center fielder A. J. Pollock, who hit a three-run homer in Wednesday's win.Bellinger came into Wednesday leading the National League in batting average (.433) and on-base percentage (.513), tied for the lead in home runs with Yelich (nine) and second to Yelich in RBIs (23). He went 1-for-3 with a run on Wednesday.The Dodgers will face right-hander Zach Davies (2-0, 1.53 ERA) for the second time in five days. He allowed one run and eight hits in the 4-1 win on Saturday night. Bellinger accounted for the only run with a solo homer in the fourth.Davies has allowed just one earned run in his past two outings. He went 5 2/3 innings against the visiting Chicago Cubs on April 7 and held them without an earned run in the 4-2 win.--Field Level Media
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