Whereas the Dodgers haven’t precisely damaged out towards the Rockies like all of us wished, they’re not less than profitable, together with right now with their depth starter. The offense bought going early to get an early lead and it was sufficient in a 6-2 victory.
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Regardless of yesterday’s victory, the offense has wanted to get going for the staff, and Ryan Feltner began decently towards them for the Rockies by permitting only a single within the 1st. The remainder? Not a lot.
Michael Conforto walked to start out the 2nd, Tommy Edman reached on an infield single, and Max Muncy walked to load the bases. He did decrease the harm after Chris Taylor grounded right into a double play, which killed the rally despite the fact that it made issues 1-0.
That was irritating, however Shohei Ohtani drew a stroll to start the third and stole second with one out, Freddie Freeman walked, and Will Smith then yanked his second homer of the 12 months to left for a three-run shot to make it 4-0. Lastly, an enormous blow.
Will Smith for 3! pic.twitter.com/KBE0ag1LQs
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) April 16, 2025
After getting the second out, issues continued to unravel for Feltner, as Edman doubled, Muncy walked once more, and Chris Taylor drilled a single to attain a run and make it 5-0.
Chris Taylor is now second on the staff in batting common, driving in one other run to make it 5-0. pic.twitter.com/Cy4zfxYBLv
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) April 16, 2025
After a stroll to Andy Pages to load the bases, Feltner’s day was accomplished, however sadly Shohei couldn’t do something with the uncommon RISP probability to essentially blow issues open and the third ended.
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Coming off a catastrophe final day trip, Landon Knack took the mound once more tonight, and needed to navigate round a bunch of hassle.
After a 1st the place he allowed only a stroll, a lead-off single and wild pitch put him in hassle with no one out within the 2nd. A groundout superior the runner to 3rd, however he got here up with an enormous strikeout, after which was helped on protection by Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman to maintain the zero on the board.
Mookie does not make this play final 12 months, tbh. Saved scoreless. Thank god for Freddie. pic.twitter.com/wxv5JXDM7I
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) April 16, 2025
Extra hassle discovered Knack within the third, as he was greeted by a leadoff double, however he bought bailed out by Chris Taylor on a liner to heart, after which induced a pair of flyouts to flee once more.
CT3 saves a run and perhaps additional hassle with a diving catch. pic.twitter.com/f8RJvJJ4Mm
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) April 16, 2025
The 4th noticed much more site visitors, as a stroll began the inning, then a one-out single cornered the runners. On the verge of escaping with out harm once more after a flyout, he gave up a double to Jacob Stallings to chop the result in 5-2.
Knack lasted only one batter within the fifth, getting an out and being eliminated to keep away from going through the guts of the order a 3rd time: 4.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 2 Ok, 65 Pitches.
Jack Dreyer entered in aid, and whereas he issued a stroll to start out his outing, he then struck out 4 of the subsequent 5 batters he confronted (all outs) to get the Dodgers by means of the sixth inning.
Within the seventh, it was Kirby Yates getting right into a shocking quantity of hassle with a stroll after which a two-out double, however he bought his third strikeout of the inning to flee with the three-run lead intact. Alex Vesia took over within the eighth, and noticed his lead-off stroll erased by a double play to face the minimal within the inning.
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As all this was occurring, the three-run lead endured as a result of the bats weren’t ready so as to add on. They noticed a stroll erased by a caught stealing within the 4th, wasted a double within the fifth, bought only a HBP within the sixth, and couldn’t do something with a HBP and single within the seventh.
They did get some assist in the eighth not less than. Andy Pages led issues off with a bloop single, although a pair of groundouts adopted that solely superior a runner to second. Fortunately, Freddie Freeman was round to scrub issues up a bit with a single to left to make it 6-2.
Freddie comes by means of with an RBI single for insurance coverage. pic.twitter.com/xX9R86Fr5b
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) April 16, 2025
Additionally they loaded the bases after that because of a single and stroll, however nothing extra may very well be added.
And so issues have been setup for Luis Garcia, nearer. He entered within the ninth because of the four-run benefit and bought a fairly cozy 1-2-3 inning to finish it.
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13-6, lastly ending their three-series dropping streak, however nonetheless in third place within the NL West.
They’ll go for the sweep tomorrow at 4:10 PM HT/7:10 PM PT/10:10 PM ET, as Bobby Miller will make his season debut towards German Marquez.
