Puig lifts Dodgers over White Sox
LOS ANGELES — Yasiel Puig’s two-run double in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Chicago White Sox 5-4 on Wednesday for their second comeback win in as many games.
Puig sent a 3-2 pitch from Jake Petricka (1-1) into center field, scoring Logan Forsythe and Austin Barnes.
The victory salvaged the much-anticipated home debut of Yu Darvish, who didn’t figure in the decision while pitching on his 31st birthday.
Leury Garcia, Nicky Delmonico and Jose Abreu homered off Darvish, who gave up three runs and eight hits in six innings. The Japanese righthander struck out a season-low two and walked one in his third game for his new team since being acquired in a deadline deal from Texas last month.
Ross Stripling (2-4) got the victory with one inning of relief.
The Dodgers rallied to tie the game in the second and fourth innings only to have the White Sox take a 4-2 lead in the eighth. But baseball’s best team wasn’t to be denied a night after Los Angeles scored five runs in the eighth to win 6-1.
The Dodgers closed to 4-3 with one out in the ninth on Forsythe’s RBI double in the left-field corner that scored pinch hitter Cody Bellinger, who singled. Barnes followed with a single to center, putting runners on the corners.
That set the stage for Puig. He crushed the ball into center field and went leaping around first base, his arms raised, as the Dodgers broke out in celebration.
Chicago starter Carlos Rodon allowed two runs and five hits in 7 1/3 innings.