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LOS ANGELES -- Manager Dave Roberts believes right-fielder Yasiel Puig makes the Dodgers a better baseball club.Going forward, Roberts also hopes Puig can help the Dodgers solve in their inability to hit left-handed pitching.Puig went 2-for-4 in his return to the Dodgers on Friday in a 4-2 setback to the San Diego Padres. Although Los Angeles has had trouble recording hits against southpaws, it registered nine against Padres starter Clayton Richard. However, Richard allowed just a run in five innings and the Padres bullpen kept the Dodgers hitters -- a Joc Pederson solo home run being the only blemish -- quiet the rest of the way.The Dodgers are hitting a major league-worst .218 against left-handed pitching. They were almost no-hit by San Francisco Giants lefty Matt Moore last week before Los Angeles shortstop Corey Seager blooped a single with two outs in the ninth to avoid it.Puig might be the answer.Thats certainly a component, said Roberts, who hasnt decided if Puig, who was recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma City, is his everyday right-fielder again or whether he will platoon with recently-acquired Josh Reddick from the Oakland Athletics. Its about winning baseball games and the numbers dont lie. We havent hit left-handed pitching, so with Yasiels track record throughout his career, hes shown he can hit left-handed pitching and also play plus-defense. I think were a better team for it.Rich Hill (1-0, 2.09 ERA) is expected to feel better and make his anticipated return for the Dodgers in Saturdays game against the Padres. Hill has made just one start -- an impressive one though -- in the past month since the Dodgers obtained him from the Oakland Athletics.Hills second scheduled start as a Dodger was scratched after a rain delay Tuesday left him with some tenderness on a blister on his pitching finger that delayed his debut in Los Angles. However, he threw six scoreless innings on five hits in a victory over the Giants on Aug. 24.Every player feels they can get through it. But I dont think a blister can be willed to stay healthy, no matter how much will he has, Roberts said, according to the Los Angeles Times, regarding the teams decision to push back Hills start.The Dodgers will try their luck against Padres right-hander Luis Perdomo (7-7, 5.84 ERA). In his last outing, Perdomo threw a complete game, allowing a run on six hits in a victory over the Miami Marlins.Perdomo forced the Marlins to ground into six double plays, which is a club record for the Padres, during the win. He owns a 60 percent ground-ball rate, which is the best in the National League among pitcher with at least 100 innings.It was a solid game all around, Padres manager Andy Green told the San Diego Union-Tribune. I couldnt ask for more. His stuff plays. Everybody knows it plays. Youve got some of the best hitters in the game beating it into the ground. You couldnt ask for him to take a bigger step forward at this point in time. Nike Air Max 95 Just Do It Orange . Scott Kazmir allowed four hits in seven shutout innings, Michael Brantley hit a two-run homer in a three-run first inning and the Indians maintained their hold on an AL wild-card spot with a 4-1 win over the Houston Astros on Saturday night. Vapormax Canada Sale . -- Whether Jeremy Hill deserves a prominent role in LSUs offence this early in the season is a matter for debate. http://www.airvapormaxcanada.com/vapormax-moc-canada.html . In Europe, top teams seem to be largely happy with their squads after spending nearly $1 billion in the off-season. And although English league clubs are unlikely to splash cash in January, Arsenal and Chelsea could be tempted to strengthen their squads with new strikers. Vapormax Plus Mens Sale . Andreas Johnson had a goal and two assists while Jacob de la Rose also scored for Sweden (2-0-0). Esa Lindell and Rasmus Ristolainen replied for Finland (1-1-0) Lindell opened the scoring for Finland just 41 seconds into the game, but the hosts quickly regained their composure and tied the score less than four minutes later on Wennbergs first of the game. Vapormax 95 Sale . Team physician Dr. Steve Traina performed the surgery Friday. Robinson was injured in a spill underneath the Nuggets basket during the first quarter of Wednesday nights loss to the Charlotte Bobcats. HAZLETON, Pa. -- Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon has helped workers break ground on a $250,000 playground for his Pennsylvania hometown.The playground is part of the Hazleton One Community Center, the brainchild of Maddon and his cousin, Elaine Maddon Curry, and her husband, Robert Curry.Maddon helped create the Hazleton Integration Project to unite people of different cultures in the town, which has a growing Hispanic population.The community center opened in a former Catholic school about four years ago, and the playground is the latest addition.ddddddddddddMaddon says the poorer immigrant families in Hazleton are exactly what we looked like in the late `50s and early `60s ... when there were four families living in an apartment.Local developer William Rinaldi is paying for the playground. ' ' '