Bud Norris gets a win in first start with the Dodgers
Listen to this articleOn Wednesday Bud Norris was in the bullpen of the Atlanta Braves. On Thursday he showed up for work at Turner Field in Atlanta and was told he’d been traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers. He packed his bags and came west.
Friday Norris showed up at Dodger Stadium around 3 p.m. not only on the roster, but in the starting rotation, taking the mound in the game against the Colorado Rockies. He told reporters he didn’t get a bullpen session in this week, but as it turned out, the right-handed pitcher was in pretty good form.
He pitched six shut out innings against the Rockies, giving up two hits and one walk, while getting eight strikeouts.
Norris was filling in for Clayton Kershaw, the Cy Young Award-winning left-hander who is on the 15-day disabled list with a sore back, specifically a mild herniated disc. An MRI showed Kershaw will not need surgery, but his timetable for getting back in the rotation is open-ended.
Before the injury Kershaw’s record was 11-2 and his ERA 1.79.
If Norris can pitch like he did Friday against Colorado, the Dodgers should be in very good shape once Kershaw returns to the lineup.
The final score was 5-0. Adrian Gonzalez drove in two runs for the Dodgers, Howie Kendrick and Scott Van Slyke each drove in runs and Rockies pitcher Jorge De La Rosa balked in the seventh inning, scoring Kendrick.
Today the Rockies and Dodgers play the second of their three-game series. Scott Kazmir takes the mound for Los Angeles and Chad Bettis for Colorado. Game time is 7:10 p.m. There are tickets available for the game, if you want to take in some baseball on the 4th of July weekend.
On Monday, July 4, the Baltimore Orioles come to town to start a three-game series.
Below is a video with some of Norris’s post-game remarks.
Video and photos by Claudia Gestro who contributed to this article.
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