SEATTLE: Julio Uras threw seven dominant innings of one-hit ball, striking out a career-high 11 and leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 1-0 win over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday.
The matchup between early-season division leaders out West was an entertaining pitchers’ duel with Uras getting the better of Seattle’s Marco Gonzales. Corey Seager drove in the only run with a two-out single in the third inning after AJ Pollock’s leadoff double. Those were the Dodgers’ only hits in the game.
Seattle’s Chris Taylor was thrown out at home as a potential insurance run in the ninth inning. Taylor went on contact from Justin Turner and was easily thrown out by third baseman Kyle Seager.
Uras (3-0) was outstanding, painting edges with a fastball in the mid-90s that kept Seattles hitters guessing. Seattles lone hit was Mitch Haniger’s slow infield single with two outs in the third inning.
Uras allowed two baserunners and neither reached second base. He had 10 strikeouts through five innings and seven of the nine batters in Seattles lineup struck out at least once against him.
It appeared Uras was in line for one more inning at just 88 pitches 68 for strikes but manager Dave Roberts went to Victor Gonzlez in the eighth. Kenley Jansen pitched a perfect ninth for his fourth save to complete the one-hittter.
The Mariners needed a good start from Gonzales (1-2) after burning through their bullpen in recent days. Seattle’s ace started the season with two poor outings, but seemed to rediscover a working formula last week against Baltimore.
Gonzales allowed two hits and struck out six. He retired the final 13 batters he faced following Seagers RBI single in the third inning.
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR RETURNS
Seattle welcomed back AL rookie of the year Kyle Lewis, who made his season debut after spending the first few weeks on the injured list with a bone bruise in his right knee suffered late in spring training.
Lewis walked in his first plate appearance of the season and was 0-for-3.
TRAINERS ROOM
Dodgers: Mookie Betts was out of the lineup after getting hit on the right forearm by a pitch a night earlier, but Roberts doesnt expect it to be a long-term issue. Roberts said X-rays on Betts arm were negative.
Mariners: Ty France, who got hit on the right forearm by a pitch in Mondays game, struck out as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning. … Seattle optioned OF Braden Bishop to its alternate training site to open a roster spot for Lewis.
UP NEXT
Dodgers: Open a four-game series on Thursday against San Diego, with Walker Buehler (1-0, 2.00 ERA) on the mound. Buehler allowed two runs over six innings in a no-decision last week against the Padres.
Mariners: At Boston on Thursday, with Justin Dunn (1-0, 3.72) starting the opener. Dunn allowed one run on two hits over five innings in a win over Baltimore in his last start.
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