The Dodgers are finally back in the win column, as they came away with a 2-1, 10-inning win against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday.
It was another dormant showing from the Dodgers offense, as Brandon Pfaadt worked around a one-out walk from Andy Pages in the top of the first by getting a ground ball double play from Freddie Freeman. The Dodgers would go down quietly until the top of the fourth inning, when Pages singled to reach base for the second time. Freddie Freeman lined out to third with
Pages on the move, and the center fielder was doubled up at first. Pfaadt would retire the next six hitters in order, facing the minimum over six shutout innings while tossing 74 pitches.
As for Yoshinobu Yamamoto, he worked around a pair of two-out baserunners in the bottom of the first inning by getting his former WBC teammate Lars Nootbaar to ground out. Yamamoto allowed just one walk over his next three innings, but Arizona would threaten with two men on with one out in the bottom of the fifth inning. Yamamoto froze Geraldo Perdomo for the second out before Corbin Carroll met a similar fate to get the Dodgers out of trouble.
Both Gabriel Moreno and Ketel Marte reached against Yamamoto for a second time to begin the bottom of the sixth inning, and after getting two crucial outs, the right-hander’s day was done after 107 pitches. Evan Phillips came in relief of Yamamoto, and kept Arizona off the board by getting Tim Tawa to line out to right field.
After allowing three runs over eight innings against the Boston Red Sox in his last start, Yamamoto was able to toss his first scoreless start since tossing seven shutout innings against the San Diego Padres on July 4. Although Yamamoto was not able to get his first quality start since May 31, his six strikeouts were the most he’s had in a start since punching out seven during his complete game against the Yankees on July 19.
Pages reached on his second infield single against Pfaadt in the top of the seventh, and put the Dodgers in scoring position for the first time with a stolen base. Even though they managed to put two men on, Pfaadt got Mookie Betts to ground out to short complete seven shutout innings on the mound.
Alex Vesia came in to keep the game scoreless, but lost his command by walking two over his first three hitters. After getting Carroll to foul out, Vesia won a 10-pitch battle against Moreno by striking him out to strand the two runners and keep the game scoreless.
Two pitches were all Kyle Tucker needed to break the scoreless ice, as he launched a solo home run against Jonathan Loásiga to put the Dodgers on top by a run. It’s the second home run Tucker has over his five-game hitting streak, where he’s managed to hit .389 over that time.
Teoscar Hernández and Hunter Feduccia added a pair of one-out singles, but Loásiga struck out both Shohei Ohtani and Pages to limit the damage at one run.
After Kyle Hurt got two quick outs on three pitches, he promptly allowed a single to Nolan Arenado before walking Tawa and James McCann to load the bases. Tanner Scott was called on to fan the flames, and he got the rookie Ryan Waldschmidt to fly out to center and keep Arizona off the scoreboard.
The Dodgers failed to get any insurance in the top of the ninth inning, and Edwin Díaz was called on to try to get the save. Perdomo laced a leadoff triple to put the tying run 90 feet away from scoring, and Carroll followed suit with a triple of his own to give Díaz his second blown save in as many games. Díaz got Moreno to line out to third for the first out before getting Marte to pop out to Mookie Betts. The Dodgers walked Nootbaar intentionally to put runners on the corners, and Díaz sent the game to extra innings by striking out Ildemaro Vargas.
After the first two hitters failed to get anything going in the top of the 10th, Hunter Feduccia drew a two-out walk, but the pitch sailed past McCann and allowed Tucker to take third. Shohei Ohtani hit a ground ball to first, but the ball trickled out of Tawa’s glove, allowing both Ohtani to reach safely and Tucker to score as the Dodgers regained the lead.
Jack Dreyer took over for the Dodgers in the bottom of the 10th inning, and after he struck out Tawa for the first out, McCann reached on an infield single to put runners on the corners. After playing hero last night, Ryan Waldschmidt grounded right back to Dreyer, who turned a 1-6-3 double play to put the losing streak to bed.
With the Dodgers coming away with the win, they regain an 8 1/2 game lead over Arizona in the NL West standings.
Game particulars
- Home runs— Kyle Tucker (11)
- WP— Edwin Díaz (2-1): 1 IP, 2 hits, 1 earned run, 1 walk, 1 strikeout
- LP— Gerardo Carillo (2-1): 1 2/3 IP, 0 hits, 1 run (0 earned), 2 walks, 1 strikeout
- SV— Jack Dreyer (1): 1 IP, 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 walks, 1 strikeout
Up next
The Dodgers wrap up their road trip on Sunday in Arizona (1:10 p.m. PT, SportsNet LA) before heading back home to open a three game series against the Kansas City Royals on Monday. Justin Wrobleski faces Eduardo Rodriguez.
