THE GAME: Michael Conforto drove in three runs with a double and a home run as the Dodgers beat the Seattle Mariners, 6-4, in a Cactus League game on Friday night at Peoria Sports Complex in Peoria, Arizona.
PITCHING REPORT: Justin Wrobleski has been one of the most impressive pitchers in camp this spring. He started against the Mariners and allowed just three hits and a walk in 3⅓ innings while striking out five. Over 9⅓ innings this spring, Wrobleski has allowed two runs on six hits and one walk while striking out nine. … Giovanny Gallegos and Jack Dreyer each retired the side in order in their inning. Gallegos struck out one, Dreyer two. … Matt Sauer retired six of the first seven batters he faced and struck out four in two hitless innings. But he lost the Dodgers’ shutout and gave up four runs in the ninth inning before Dodgers manager Dave Roberts came out to pull him from the game. Before the non-roster right-hander could leave the mound, Roberts put his arm around Sauer and gave him the news that he would be on the travel roster to Tokyo next week. “He’s had a good spring,” Roberts said of Sauer, who made his big-league debut with 14 appearances for the Kansas City Royals last season.
HITTING REPORT: After a slow start to the spring (2 for his first 17 in Cactus League games), Conforto has gone 5 for 6 in the past two days. He drove in two with a double in the third inning then hit his first home run of the spring in the fifth. … Kiké Hernandez had a pair of singles and drove in a run. He is 7 for 19 with three doubles this spring. … Michael Chavis was 2 for 3 with a single and a double and scored two runs.