Urías (10 K’s) brings ‘different energy’ as LA wins 5th straight
LOS ANGELES — Julio Urías hasn’t struggled a lot over the previous few seasons, however after permitting six runs towards the Pirates in his final begin, he waited by his nook locker within the customer’s dugout and fielded questions.
The Mexican left-hander didn’t make any excuses for his current efficiency, as an alternative constantly saying he wanted to be higher transferring ahead. In order for the Dodgers to be at their greatest this season, they’re going to wish Urías to seem like the pitcher that has develop into the most effective within the Majors.
In the Dodgers’ dominant 13-1 win over the Phillies on Tuesday at Dodger Stadium, Urías appeared extra like himself and bounced again in a giant manner, permitting one run on only one hit and putting out a season-high 10 batters over seven innings.
“A guy like Julio, considering all that he’s gone through, when he gets hit in the mouth, the last couple of starts, it hasn’t been good up to his standards,” mentioned Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts after L.A.’s fifth consecutive victory. “And I think he took it personal. So tonight, I just saw that, the way he took the mound, there was just a different energy.”
What had damage Urías in his earlier two begins was the dearth of command on all of his pitches. That was significantly better from the beginning on Tuesday, significantly with the four-seam fastball and the slurve. Urías’ velocity on the four-seamer was up early within the recreation, even flashing 95.5 mph, the quickest pitch he’s thrown this season.
“I needed to attack, attack, attack,” Urías mentioned in Spanish. “That has been a fundamental element to my success over the last two seasons and I feel like today I did that and now we just need to be consistent.”
In the primary, Urías struck out Trea Turner and Bryce Harper to get his outing began. He retired 9 of the primary 10 batters he confronted, with Edmundo Sosa being the lone participant who reached base, on a catcher interference.
“He threw the ball extremely well tonight,” mentioned Harper, who made his 2023 debut on Tuesday. “That’s the large leagues, proper? You’re going to face guys like that and they’ll be actually good. He was that tonight.”
Urías’ solely expensive mistake got here within the fourth inning as he left a fastball over the center of the plate to Turner that the star shortstop hit out for a homer. Urías didn’t permit successful the remainder of the best way.
“You have to be confident about your stuff,” Urías mentioned. “You’re going to have bad games, games where you’re fighting it, but there’s also going to be good games. Trying to take the good in the bad has been a big thing for me and today, I feel like that was a big reason why I had success.”
For a second consecutive evening, the Dodgers’ offense did loads of harm towards the Phillies’ pitching employees. The Dodgers set a season excessive with 17 hits, surpassing the 15 they recorded within the collection opener on Monday.
Mookie Betts continued his current scorching hitting, Miguel Vargas recorded the primary four-hit recreation of his profession and Freddie Freeman knocked a monster two-run homer. All was clicking for the Dodgers, nevertheless it began with Urías’ efficiency on the mound.
“He pitched amazing,” Betts mentioned. “It’s hard to pitch a whole season and be an A-plus pitcher all year. I don’t know many guys that have ever done that. You’re going to get hit sometimes and you’re going to shove sometimes. Julio is someone who, every time he steps out on the mound, he’s going to give us a chance to win. Can’t ask for much more than that.”
