Third baseman Justin Turner just pitched a glorious scoreless ninth inning for the Dodgers

Justin Turner shut down the Rockies in one inning of work.

It’s good to know that the Los Angeles Dodgers trust Justin Turner in a tight spot!

In the ninth inning of Sunday’s game between the Colorado Rockies and the Dodgers, instead of Los Angeles’ usual pitching rotation to finish out the game, notorious position player Turner took the mound for the Dodgers. Yes, the Dodgers turned to their third baseman to close out a game they were only five runs away from tying.

It seemed as if the Dodgers bullpen wasn’t able to pitch in the final inning, so Turner stepped up to the mound to finish out the game and he did so in style.

Turner threw a scoreless ninth inning to the tune of a 0.00 career ERA after allowing two hits on 10 pitches. Not too bad at all for Turner’s first time on the mound in a professional baseball setting!

After the game, Turner fielded comments from reporters and stated that he had been hounding Dodgers manager Dave Roberts to get him into a game if they ever needed a pitcher.

Even though Turner has clearly showed his chops at becoming the Dodgers next closer, my hope is that this is his only go at it and retires with a 0.00 ERA. How perfect would that be?

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