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08/08 22:50 CDT Ohtani's RBI infield single in the 10th helps Dodgers snap
7-game skid, beat D-backs 2-1
Ohtani's RBI infield single in the 10th helps Dodgers snap 7-game skid, beat
D-backs 2-1
By DAVID BRANDT
AP Baseball Writer
PHOENIX (AP) --- Shohei Ohtani brought home the go-ahead run in the 10th inning
on an infield single and the Los Angeles Dodgers snapped a seven-game losing
streak by beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-1 on Saturday night.
The Dodgers won despite Edwin Diaz blowing his second consecutive save after
losing a 1-0 lead in the ninth.
Los Angeles rallied with two outs in the 10th when Hunter Feduccia walked and
automatic runner Kyle Tucker moved to third on a wild pitch. Ohtani followed
with a grounder to the right side that first baseman Tim Tawa dove to knock
down, but couldn't recover to make an out.
Jack Dreyer earned his first save of the season, retiring the final two outs by
fielding a comebacker from Ryan Waldschmidt and starting a double play.
The D-backs trailed 1-0 entering the ninth, but Geraldo Perdomo and Corbin
Carroll connected for back-to-back triples off closer Diaz to tie it. Diaz
recovered to retire the next three batters, stranding Carroll at third to send
the game to extra innings.
L.A.'s Kyle Tucker hit a solo homer to break a scoreless tie in the eighth,
driving the second pitch he saw from reliever Jonathan Loisiga over the
right-field wall.
Arizona left 15 runners on base.
Arizona's Brandon Pfaadt and Los Angeles' Yoshinobu Yamamoto were locked in an
impressive pitcher's duel for most of the evening, with both right-handers
breezing through the opposing lineup.
Pfaadt made it through seven innings, giving up just two hits and two walks
while striking out two. He has a 1.32 ERA over eight starts since returning
from Triple-A Reno.
The Diamondbacks managed to drive up Yamamoto's pitch count into the 80s by the
sixth inning, which started with a Gabriel Moreno single and Ketel Marte walk.
Yamamoto retired the next two batters, but then was then replaced by Evan
Phillips after throwing 107 pitches.
Yamamoto gave up three walks and three hits while striking out six over 5 2/3
innings.
Up next
Diamondbacks LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4, 2.71 ERA) was set to pitch Sunday vs.
Dodgers LHP Justin Wrobleski (11-3, 3.31).
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