Pederson hits three-run blast as Diamondbacks beat Dodgers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joc Pederson slugged a three-run homer for his five hundredth profession RBI, Christian Walker went deep and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-3 on Tuesday night time.
The Dodgers had their four-game successful streak at dwelling snapped as they received outhit, 12-6.
Every participant within the D-backs’ beginning lineup notched no less than one hit as they gained at Dodger Stadium for the primary time since April 2, 2023.
“That’s who we want to be — never die, if you give us a chance, give us a breath, we’re going to drive a run across,” Walker mentioned.
Arizona’s Brandon Pfaadt (2-3) didn’t permit a success till the fourth, when Shohei Ohtani doubled main off. The Japanese famous person stole third — tearing his pants sliding — and scored on catcher Gabriel Moreno’s throw that went into left subject. The unearned run left the Dodgers trailing 2-1.
“Never backed down, went right at them,” Walker mentioned of Pfaadt.
The Dodgers pulled to 4-3 with a pair of runs within the backside of the sixth. Miguel Vargas doubled main off, took third on Mookie Betts’ flyout and scored on Ohtani’s RBI single to make it 4-2. Ohtani stole second after Freddie Freeman struck out and he scored on Will Smith’s RBI double to middle.
Ohtani went 2 for 4 with a strikeout, scored twice, drove in a run and stole two bases. He leads the majors in extra-base hits with 31 and whole bases with 127. Betts was hitless in three at-bats with a stroll on his bobblehead night time.
Reliever Michael Grove walked Kevin Newman to open the seventh. After Corbin Carroll struck out, Ketel Marte singled to increase his career-high hitting streak to twenty video games — longest within the majors this season — and Pederson adopted with a blast to the right-field pavilion towards his outdated group, making it 7-3. Pederson ranks fourth with 76 homers at Dodger Stadium since his massive league debut in 2014.
“It’s fun hitting homers everywhere,” Pederson mentioned.
Walker hit his twenty first profession homer towards the Dodgers main off the sixth. He credit Pederson for loosening up the clubhouse for the reason that designated hitter signed a one-year cope with the D-backs in January.
“He’s fit in great,” Walker mentioned. “His kind of low maintenance, fun, anything can happen is good for this clubhouse. Knowing when to to take things seriously, knowing when to laugh things off is important. I’m trying to learn from Joc.”
Pfaadt allowed three runs and 4 hits in six innings. The right-hander struck out seven and walked one.
Dodgers starter Gavin Stone (4-2) gave up 4 consecutive singles within the first, when the D-backs led 2-0 on RBI singles by Eugenio Suárez and Moreno.
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