 move above .500 for the first time this season with their third straight win.Enrique Hernandez homered on a 3-2 pitch from Marlins starter Jarlin Garcia in the fourth to give the Dodgers a 1-0 lead.Hernandez backed Buehler with two sparkling defensive plays in place of shortstop Corey Seager, who struck out as a pinch hitter in the eighth.After Buehler issued a two-out walk to Garcia, Hernandez made a diving stop on a ball headed up the middle and whipped around to complete a pinpoint throw to first to end the inning.Hernandez turned in a similar play in the third to throw out Starlin Castro for the second out.Buehler pitched himself in and out of trouble in the first.After retiring leadoff hitter Miguel Rojas on a grounder to second, Buehler gave up consecutive singles on identical 89 mph sliders to J. T. Realmuto and Castro. Brian Anderson took a called third strike before Cameron Maybin walked to load the bases.But Buehler was unruffled. He got JB Shuck on a swinging strike to end the inning and start a run of retiring seven of eight batters.Maybin singled on a 95 mph fastball from Buehler in the fourth.Realmuto singled on a 78 mph curve from Buehler with two outs in the fifth before he induced an inning-ending groundout from Castro.Garcia gave up one run and four hits in six innings. He struck out seven and walked one as the Marlins fell to 2-8 on the road.Miami tied it 1-all in the eighth on Anderson's RBI single off J. T. Chargois.Chris Taylor doubled leading off the bottom half, went to third on Hernandez's bunt single to the pitcher and scored on Bellinger's fly to center.Adam Liberatore (1-0) got the win in relief. Josh Fields pitched the ninth for his first save.Kyle Barraclough (0-1) took the loss, allowing one run and two hits in the eighth.Buehler, drafted in the first round by the Dodgers in 2015 out of Vanderbilt, made his major league debut last September as a reliever when the team insisted on limiting his innings. He allowed eight runs in 9 1/3 innings last year and didn't make the playoff roster.Buehler pitched sparingly in spring training, giving up one hit without allowing a run in four innings. He began the season at Triple-A Oklahoma City, going 1-0 with a 2.10 ERA in three starts.TRAINER'S ROOMMarlins: RHP Elieser Hernandez (tooth infection) will throw five innings Tuesday when he begins a rehab assignment. ... Martin Prado (left hamstring strain) will play seven innings at third base Tuesday in the start of a rehab assignment. ... JT Riddle (right shoulder tendinitis) will play five innings at shortstop in his rehab assignment. ... 1B-OF Garrett Cooper (bruised right wrist) will begin range-of-motion exercises.Dodgers: 2B-3B Logan Forsythe (right shoulder inflammation) took grounders and did some throwing, but no rehab assignment has been scheduled. ... LHP Rich Hill (left middle finger inflammation) is set to throw 75 pitches in a simulated game Tuesday.UP NEXTLHP Dillon Peters (2-2, 6.98 ERA) starts for the Marlins against RHP Kenta Maeda (2-1, 3.77).---More baseball: www.apnews.com/tags/MLBbaseball)
Young guns on display when Marlins, Dodgers clash 9h ago• 3 min read LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers will get a look at their future Monday night when Walker Buehler makes his starting debut against the Miami Marlins.The club's top prospect made his major league debut in 2017, but he was limited to a role as a late-season hard-throwing reliever, as the club was determined to keep his innings count low.Buehler gave up eight runs in 9 1/3 innings in 2017, but four came in his second career outing when the moment seemed to overwhelm him. He finished the year giving up two runs over his final five innings, but was not added to the roster for the playoffs."September, obviously it was moving pretty quick for him," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said, according to mlb.com. "It was a learning process. But I think spring training he showed really well. I love his four-pitch mix and I think he's going to come here and pitch well." Buehler saw only four innings of action in Cactus League games this spring, giving up just one hit without allowing a run. He made more of a showing in minor-league camp, then went 1-0 with a 2.10 ERA in three starts for Triple-A Oklahoma City. In 13 innings, he had 16 strikeouts and four walks.The Marlins come to Los Angeles after getting swept in a four-game series by the Milwaukee Brewers. Justin Bour drove in both runs but the Marlins struck out 11 times in a 4-2 loss on Sunday and lost seven of their last eight games, winning only at New York against the Yankees on Tuesday in that stretch.While the Dodgers are going with a youngster in Monday's series opener, the Marlins will go with something of a hot pitcher. Left-hander Jarlin Garcia (1-0, 0.86 ERA) has been impressive in his transition to a starting role.Garcia's victory came in Tuesday's 9-1 win at Yankee Stadium, seeing his streak of 10 consecutive hitless innings end in a game where he worked around five walks. In 11 innings in the starting rotation, he has given up just one hit.Marlins catcher J. T. Realmuto isn't about to make excuses for the club's struggles, saying the field at Dodger Stadium on Monday is where the turnaround must begin."Nothing clicks unless you're on the field," Realmuto said Sunday, according to mlb.com. "It's all about what you do in the batter's box, what you're doing on the mound. There's not too much you can do to stop this ship until you go out there and perform and win games when the pressure is on the line." The Marlins head to Los Angeles facing a Dodgers team that is finally starting to play some quality baseball. The Dodgers have won five of their last six games, earning a sweep at San Diego and winning two of three against the Nationals over the weekend after Yasmani Grandal hit a two-run double, Cody Bellinger hit an RBI double and Corey Seager drove in the tiebreaking run in the seventh during a 4-3 win on Sunday.The Dodgers are now 10-10, moving back to the .500 mark for the first time since they were 2-2 on April 1 when they split the opening four-game series of the season with the San Francisco Giants.The Marlins will enter the three games at Dodger Stadium in last place in the NL East at 5-16, and are just 2-7 on the road. The two road victories are tied for the lowest in the major leagues.
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