Giants 3, Dodgers 1: Dave Roberts chooses to prevent his team from a 4-game sweep of the rival Giants with baffling Blake Treinen choice
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Giants 3, Dodgers 1: Dave Roberts chooses to prevent his team from a 4-game sweep of the rival Giants with baffling Blake Treinen choice
"The story was really the continued emergence of Emmet Sheehan, who was absolutely dominant on the mound. He gave up a one-out single in the 1st and hit the lead-off batter in both in the 2nd and 3rd ... and that was it. Sheehan finished by retiring 15 straight batters in a shutout performance that was controversially cut short: 7 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 10 K, 84 Pitches."
"For whatever reason, they took Sheehan out and put Blake Treinen of all people in. He has looked absolutely atrocious this month and it wasn't hard to first guess this one. Here's how the outing went: Among Dodgers relievers with 10 innings this year, Treinen now has a team-worst 5.04 FIP.[image or embed]- Chad Moriyama ( @chadmoriyama.bsky.social) September 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM Treinen went infield single, single, double to tie the game, flyout, intentional walk (?!), walk to force in the go-ahead run, and groundou"
Emmet Sheehan delivered a dominant 7‑inning outing, allowing one hit, zero runs, zero walks, and recording 10 strikeouts while retiring 15 straight batters. The Dodgers scratched out a run in the seventh on a Michael Conforto single after Shohei Ohtani's earlier lead-off single and a sac bunt, but a Tommy Edman ground ball resulted in a bases-loaded double play that ended the inning. Manager removed Sheehan after 84 pitches and brought in Blake Treinen, who surrendered a sequence of hits and walks that tied the game and forced in the go-ahead run. The Dodgers lost despite strong starting pitching.
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