Puig On The Diamond

Yasiel Puig seems to overshadow anything any other Los Angeles Dodgers' player does on or off the field. Yasiel Puig's three run homer against the Arizona Diamondbacks today overshadowed what was probably the best pitching performance in Josh Beckett's one plus years as a Dodger (5 innings, 0 runs, 7 strikeouts). The three run homer was the big blow in the Dodgers 4-1 series clinching win over the Diamondbacks. Puig also threw out Diamondback Miguel Montero at second base. The Dodgers scored all four of their runs in the bottom of the sixth inning as Carl Crawford's triple drove in Dee Gordon with the first run and Adrian Gonzalez was intentionally walked to get to Puig and he made them pay for that decision. Based on Puig's propensity for strikeouts, if I was Kirk Gibson, I probably would have made the same decision. Gonzalez has been swinging a hot bat as of late. Jamey Wright (1-0) pitched the sixth inning, giving up Arizona's lone run, to get the win and Kenley Jansen finished it off to get his 7th save. That puts the Dodgers at 12-7 on the season, one game ahead of the San Francisco Giants in the National League West.