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catcher Erik Kratz from the Brewers on Sunday, sending minor league infielder
C.J. Hinojosa to Milwaukee.Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi
had wanted an experienced catcher to provide depth behind Buster Posey, who is
back from right hip surgery that ended his 2018 season in late August.The
38-year-old Kratz batted .236 with six home runs and 23 RBIs in 67 games for the
Brewers last season, hitting .292 in nine playoff games. He joins his eighth
team over 10 major league seasons.The Giants reassigned catcher Stephen Vogt to
minor league camp. He is working his way back from surgery on his troublesome
right shoulder last May and didn’t play for Milwaukee last year.Vogt reached a
minor league deal before spring training along with Rene Rivera, just released
by the Giants. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matt Kemp has had a lot of big hits for the
Dodgers in his career. Traded back to them this season, he’s regaining his
rhythm offensively in the heat of a pennant race.Kemp slugged a go-ahead,
two-strike, three-run homer in the eighth inning, lifting Los Angeles to a 3-2
victory over Arizona and a tie atop the NL West with the Diamondbacks on
Saturday night.“Coming into September, we know what every game means,” he said.
“I don’t think they’re going to quit, so we got to be just as good.”With the
sellout crowd of
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on its feet chanting “Let’s go Dodgers,” Kemp took two quick strikes from Archie
Bradley before launching his 19th homer into center field for a 3-2 lead.“That
was really fun to watch,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.Arizona manager
Torey Lovullo said, “These kinds of games is what makes baseball great.”Kemp is
hitting .310 with five runs, two homers and six RBIs in 13 games since Aug.
15.Justin Turner got the rally going with one out in the inning. He singled for
the Dodgers’ first hit since his double in the third. Manny Machado followed
with a 10-pitch walk by Bradley to set up Kemp.“Biggest hit of the year so far,”
starter Clayton Kershaw said of Kemp’s homer. “J.T. fights off a tough pitch to
shoot it through the hole and Manny fights off that at-bat. It was an awesome
comeback win for us.”Bradley (4-5) was leading the National League in holds with
31 before Kemp’s homer.“I threw a really bad curveball to a really good hitter,”
Bradley said. “It was supposed to be down and away but I left it over the
plate.”Kenta Maeda (8-8) worked a perfect eighth. Kenley Jansen put the tying
run on in the ninth. The All-Star closer gave up a two-out double to Nick Ahmed
before Ketel Marte popped up to second, giving Jansen his 34th save in 38
opportunities. Enrique Hernandez got the first out of the ninth on a stellar
play. He made a diving stop on David Peralta’s grounder and threw from his back
to first baseman Cody Bellinger just in time.“You can plug him anywhere and he’s
going to make big plays,” Lovullo said.Neither team has won by more than two
runs in the first three homer-heavy games of the series. Turner’s homer leading
off the eighth gave the Dodgers a 3-2 victory on Friday. The D’Backs won the
opener 3-1 on Peralta’s three-run shot.“This is a tough loss, but we didn’t lose
a playoff game,” Bradley said. “One game does not define this team.”Arizona led
2-0 after Eduardo Escobar and pinch-hitter Christian Walker led off innings by
homering on first pitches from Kershaw. Escobar went deep to left field in the
second. Walker, hitting for starter Patrick
Corbin
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homer off Kershaw.In between Arizona’s two homers, Kershaw retired 12
consecutive batters. The left-hander gave up two runs and four hits in seven
innings, struck out three and walked none.The Dodgers struck out 13 times,
including six in a row over the fifth, sixth and seventh innings. Corbin retired
the side in the fifth, striking out the last two batters. Yoshihisa Hirano
relieved him and struck out the side in the sixth, while Brad Ziegler struck out
pinch-hitter Bellinger to open the seventh.Corbin allowed three hits, struck out
seven and walked one. The Dodgers have struck out 31 times in Corbin’s four
starts against them this season and he’s limited hitters to a .125
average.Arizona’s Paul Goldschmidt singled in the sixth to reach base in his
club-record 44th straight road game.TRAINER’S ROOMD-backs: 3B Jake Lamb (left
shoulder contusion) recently had surgery to repair fraying in the rotator cuff
and is done for the season. He’s expected to be ready by spring
training.Dodgers: Reinstated LHP Zac Rosscup (left calf strain) and INF Chase
Utley (left wrist inflammation) from the 10-day disabled list.DODGERS
DEBUTInfielder David Freese made his debut after being traded to LA from the
Pirates a night earlier. He reached base safely in two of three plate
appearances, going 1-for-2 with a hit by pitch.SEPTEMBER CALL-UPSThe Dodgers
recalled INF-C Kyle Farmer, INF-OF Tim Locastro and OF Andrew Toles and Alex
Verdugo from Triple-A Oklahoma City.Farmer returns for his second stint in LA
after appearing in 32 games and hitting .238. As a pinch-hitter for the Dodgers,
he’s batting .375. Locastro has appeared eight games with LA, the last time on
May 13. At
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seven games with LA. He’s hit .306 in 71 games at OKC. Verdugo has played in 14
games with LA in two different stints and hit .280.The D’Backs recalled RHP
Silvino Bracho, RHP Matt Koch, RHP Jimmie Sherfy, INF Chris Owings and OF
Socrates Brito from Triple-A Reno, and selected C Chris Stewart from Reno.UP
NEXTRHP Clay Buchholz (7-2, 2.07 ERA) brings a 15-inning scoreless streak into
the series finale. He faces the Dodgers for the first time since June 20, 2010,
when he pitched 6 2/3 shutout innings in a 2-0 victory. Rookie RHP Walker
Buehler (6-4, 3.02) faces the D’Backs for the first time.
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