SAN DIEGO – After a close loss in San Francisco last week, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts explained why he had not asked young outfielder Andrew Toles to bunt in a situation that might have called for it.
“He’s not the bunter type,” Roberts said of Toles.
He still isn’t.
Toles tried once to put a bunt down with runners at first and second in the seventh inning with the Dodgers trailing by one and Corey Seager and Justin Turner lined up behind him. Toles failed on the bunt attempt, worked the count full and ripped a two-run double into the right-center field gap that opened the door for the Dodgers to beat the San Diego Padres, 8-2, on Friday night at Petco Park.