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Justin Turner delivers two homers and a walk-off single in Dodgers’ 3-2 win over Brewers

Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner celebrates as he heads to first base after delivering the game-winning hit against the Brewers on Friday night.

Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner celebrates as he heads to first base after delivering the game-winning hit against the Brewers on Friday night.

(Jae C. Hong / Associated Press)
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Twenty-four hours earlier, the anger of Justin Turner had been directed toward a teammate, Yasmani Grandal, in a dugout dust-up following a baserunning gaffe. Now, on Friday, Turner was turning his anger to more productive ends. Instead of punishing teammates, he was punishing baseballs.

He hammered the first pitch he saw in the first inning against the Milwaukee Brewers into the left-field bleachers. He cracked an eighth-inning home run to tie the score.

Then, in the 10th inning, he roped a game-winning single with the bases loaded, and the Dodgers walked off with a 3-2 win, credited almost entirely to Turner.

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“It’s nice when you can have different guys be heroes each night,” Turner said in the dugout.

Turner’s bat had been dormant for much of the early season, but during a five-game hitting streak, Turner is nine for 18 with three home runs and six RBIs.

Turner salvaged the best start yet for the Dodgers’ 19-year-old left-hander Julio Urias, in what could be one of his final appearances for some time.

Urias’ major league stint was always going to be temporary. The alluring improvement of his final three starts, has made that prospect more painful.

Urias was as confident and dominant as ever Friday. At times, he was even efficient.

In his last three starts, he has given up two, one and zero runs. On Friday, he shut out the Brewers in five innings. He struck out eight batters, a season high. He gave up five hits and walked one batter. He worked himself in and out of jams.

“That’s what good pitchers do,” Turner said.

Urias’ impending departure was cast in sharp relief in the sixth inning. Urias’ replacement, Louis Coleman, inherited a 1-0 lead. He undid Urias’ work within four pitches. Two quick doubles evened the score at one. Boos cascaded from the Dodgers faithful.

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When Adam Liberatore gave up another double, to Scooter Gennett, to plate the go-ahead run, the fans lightly booed him too. They wanted more Urias.

Their greed was understandable. Through five starts, the left-hander has displayed an ability to adapt and improve against competition a decade older or more, in some cases.

“As I keep going, I start feeling better,” Urias said through an interpreter.

He has now pitched 63 innings between the major leagues and triple A. Last season, he threw 80. The Dodgers have booked him for one more start, on Wednesday against the Washington Nationals. And that could be it, for now. “I can’t sit here right now and tell you what’s going to be his fate for the next month,” Manger Dave Roberts said.

Brewers’ right-hander Zach Davies didn’t quite match Urias’ mastery, but he surpassed Urias in duration. He went seven innings, giving up five hits and one run.

Davies’ only blemish came early, when Turner slugged his first towering shot. Turner’s bat erased any lingering tension in the clubhouse. Adrian Gonzalez, who a night earlier was restraining Turner in the dugout, celebrated with him near home plate. In the dugout, Grandal and Turner exchanged a high five.

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“What happened last night was done and over with last night,” Turner said.

But the rest of the Dodgers’ bats slept for much of the game, and their best chance to win a pitchers’ duel vanished in the fifth inning when, after 85 pitches, Urias was replaced by a pinch-hitter, donned a puffy blue coat and took a seat on the bench.

Newcomer Will Venable led off the 10th inning with a double. After pinch-hitter A.J. Ellis bunted him over, the Brewers elected to walk the next two batters, Chase Utley and Corey Seager, to load the bases for Turner, who said he wasn’t surprised by the strategy.

“It’s what you do there,” Turner said.

Perhaps, but perhaps not against Turner on Friday.

zach.helfand@latimes.com

Twitter: @zhelfand

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