LOS ANGELES (AP) — Will Smith homered 3 times, Freddie Freeman singled within the go-ahead runs with two outs within the eighth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied previous the Milwaukee Brewers 8-5 on Friday evening.
Smith turned the fourth catcher in Dodgers historical past to have a three-homer sport, the primary of his profession. The others are Yasmani Grandal (2016), in addition to Corridor of Famers Mike Piazza (1996) and Roy Campanella (1950).
“These are clearly actually good catchers,” Smith stated. “Simply to be talked about is humbling.”
Smith now has 14 homers this season.
“What an evening!” Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts stated of the matchup of NL division leaders.
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Dodgers famous person Shohei Ohtani struck out 3 times on his thirtieth birthday and is 0 for 11 — together with six consecutive punchouts — for the reason that second inning of Wednesday’s loss in opposition to Arizona.
However he moved two runners into scoring place with a groundout to first with the sport tied 5-5 within the eighth. Miguel Vargas singled off Brewers reliever Elvis Peguero (5-3), who walked Chris Taylor and Smith to load the bases.
Freeman singled to centre, scoring Vargas and Taylor for a 7-5 lead. Teoscar Hernández adopted with a double to left to make it 8-5.
“Credit score to the Dodgers, credit score to Freddie,” Brewers supervisor Pat Murphy stated. “He’s completed it within the clutch so many occasions.”
Daniel Hudson (6-1) obtained the win in reduction and Evan Phillips struck out the aspect within the ninth to earn his 14th save.
Milwaukee’s Rhys Hoskins hit a grand slam within the fourth, however the Dodgers prevented their third loss in a row.
Smith’s third homer, off reliever Bryan Hudson, tied the sport 5-all within the seventh.
“Going to right-centre area, then to go to left area after which hit one off the foul pole, actually spectacular,” Roberts stated. “He’s simply so constant and he simply doesn’t get the popularity that he deserves as being one of many prime two catchers within the sport.”
Dodgers starter Tyler Glasnow opened with three excellent innings after which 5 of the following six batters reached base. Willy Adames drove within the Brewers’ first run with an opposite-field single. Glasnow then walked Garrett Mitchell to load the bases and arrange Hoskins’ second slam of the season.
“Tyler was nice all evening outdoors of that inning,” Roberts stated.
A fan caught the ball proper above the glove of centre fielder Andy Pages. It occurred so shortly that the baserunners didn’t instantly react and the umpires didn’t sign both. The fan threw the ball again onto the sector and the Brewers took a 5-2 lead.
“The timing was somewhat bizarre, not executing and falling behind,” Glasnow stated of his lone poor inning.
Glasnow retired the aspect in 4 of the primary 5 innings. It will have been 5 of six innings however second baseman Gavin Lux bobbled a grounder by Mitchell for an error with two outs within the sixth.
“He known as a extremely good sport,” Glasnow stated of Smith. “The offence clearly helped which explains we gained.”
The Dodgers closed to 5-4 within the backside of the fourth on Vargas’ two-run homer.
They led 2-0 on solo photographs by Smith off starter Aaron Civale, making his Brewers debut two days after being acquired from Tampa Bay.
“He’s been quietly one of many engines that run the ship over there that’s been fairly profitable,” Murphy stated of Smith.
Civale allowed 4 runs and 5 hits in 5 innings. The correct-hander struck out eight and walked three.
Glasnow gave up 5 runs and three hits in six innings. He struck out seven and walked two.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Dodgers: OF Jason Heyward (left knee bone bruise) went on the IL after chasing a house run by Arizona’s Joc Pederson on Thursday. An MRI didn’t present any severe harm.
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