Will Smith hit a pinch-hit, walk-off home run to give the Dodgers a 5-4 victory and move their NL West lead to two games. Yoshinobu Yamamoto worked seven strong innings, allowing one earned run and striking out 10 without issuing a walk. The Dodgers scored in the first, fourth and fifth innings to build an early lead and chased Arizona starter Brandon Pfaadt. Tanner Scott gave up a three-run homer to Corbin Carroll in the eighth, erasing the lead and drawing boos as his ERA rose to 4.44. The Dodgers prevailed despite the late rally.
A day where, as a clearly frustrated Dave Roberts put it before the game, the team needed to "not get embarrassed" in the face of a potential three-game sweep by the Arizona Diamondbacks, and play with a level of "pride" that had been missing the previous two nights. "Whatever it is, we've got to do it right now," the manager said. "We've got to win today. We've got to play better baseball. ...
Yoshinobu Yamamoto delivered a seven-inning, one-run gem, tying his career-high with 10 strikeouts while also not allowing a walk. The Dodgers lineup, meanwhile, wore down Arizona starter Brandon Pfaadt, scoring twice in the first and again in the fourth and fifth to chase him from the game early. Tanner Scott almost wasted those efforts. In the eighth, he gave up a pair of two-out singles before Corbin Carroll took him deep for a tying three-run blast.
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