Padres use homers to top Hill, Dodgers
by Andy McCullough, Los Angeles Times
Jul 11, 2018
3 minutes
SAN DIEGO - The pitch that doomed the Los Angeles Dodgers Tuesday evening was a four-seam fastball, the sport's most generic offering, emanating from the hand of San Diego Padres left-handed rookie Eric Lauer. The pitch hovered between 93-95 mph in a 4-1 Dodgers defeat, and Lauer threw it 65 times. It left an impression on Cody Bellinger, who used an expletive while describing the fastball as a "weird heater."
"You see it," Bellinger said. "And then you're swinging at it. And then it's behind you."
Bellinger spoke
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