• Roberts elects to go to Kike Hernandez as a pinch-hitter.
• That's it for Holderman. It's Joey Wentz out of the pen. He hasn't pitched since April 20 when he gave up two earned runs to the Guardians in one inning of work. Before that, he'd only allowed one run all ready.
• Holderman walks Smith to put runners on first and second.
• Edman laces a fastball low and away into left center for a double.
• HOME RUN: Cutter middle-middle and Hernandez gets every bit of it as he sends it into the left field seats. Dodgers, 5-4
• A splitter way below the zone gets IKF and strands two runners.
• Pham walks on five pitches, bringing up IKF with runners on first and third.
• 6-3 ground out for Frazier. Big moment right here for Pham.
• Hayes doubles down into the left field corner. Looked like Conforto was shaded toward center and had no chance to get that one.
• Kirby Yates enters the game and gets Bart to ground out back to the mound.
• End of seventh inning: It's a 3-6 double play. Freeman hits a chopper to Triolo, who steps on first and throws to second where IKF tagged Betts. Huge moment right there to preserve the tie.
• Betts walks and that brings up Freeman with runners on first and third.
• Ohtani steals third. Close play there, Shelton elects not to challenge.
• Ohtani is 3-for-4 tonight with two doubles and a triple.
• RUN: He's one of the best in the game for a reason. Ohtani doubles to left center and Pages scores all the way from first. Got ahold of a fastball that caught far too much of the plate. Tied, 4-4
• David Bednar warming in the bullpen.
• Pages singles into right on a low-and-away slurve. That's turns the lineup over to Ohtani.
• Muncy flies out to right field.
• Jared Triolo enters the game at first.
• Ferguson will get the seventh. Keller's final line: 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
• Freeman makes a diving stop at first base to rob Valdez of a hit. That strands two runners but the Pirates still lead.
• Reynolds steals second on the 1-1 pitch.
• Looks like Valdez may have tweaked something on that last swing. Looked to be wincing in pain and Shelton and a trainer came to check on him. He stays in.
• After a nine-pitch battle, Cutch strikes out on a sweeper outside the zone. Two away.
• Caleb Ferguson is warming in the Pirates bullpen.
• That's it for Dreyer. Evan Phillips comes on to face McCutchen.
• RUN: Reynolds grounds into a fielder's choice. Pham scores, IKF moves to third and Cruz is out at second. Pirates, 4-3
Bryan Reynolds drives in a run to give the Pirates the lead after a great AB
• Keller working some magic tonight. Just struck out Betts with a nasty sweeper that broke way out of the zone.
• Ohtani crushes a 3-2 changeup down into the right field corner. Keller had retired the last seven batters before that.
• Pages flies out to shortstop. That's his first non-hit of the series. Was 4-for-4 to that point with three doubles.
• 4-3 ground out by Cutch but the Pirates get the lead back. Pirates, 3-2
• Cruz advances to second on a wild pitch.
• Pages robs Reynolds of a base hit to center field. I don't think it would've went out, but it was sure close.
• RUNS: Cruz with his second and third RBIs of the night as he singles through the right side. Pham paused at third before going home on Hernandez's throw to second. Pirates, 3-2
• Sasaki goes to the splitter again and strikes out IKF. One away with Cruz at the plate.
• Pham doubles into left center and Rabelo holds Frazier at third. That's Pham's 1,000th career hit.
Tommy Pham bangs a double off the wall for is 1,000th career hit
• Frazier singles down the right field line on a middle-middle fastball.
• End of fourth inning: Keller has found a groove. He's retired six straight as he strikes out Muncy with a curveball down in the zone.
• Hayes with a nice play at third on a Conforto grounder. He was all alone on the left side.
• Keller gets the benefit of a called third strike up and away. Smith didn't like it.
• Pirates go down 1-2-3 as Hayes grounds out to third on a splitter down in the zone.
• Bart grounds out to shortstop.
• Sasaki pulls the string on a splitter on the outside edge to get Valdez. That's his second strikeout of the night.
• End of third inning: IKF ranges a long way into shallow center field to make an over the shoulder catch in front of Cruz. Nice play there.
• Hernandez flies out to right.
• Frazier makes a really nice play at second to rob Freeman of a hit. Ranged to his left, snagged it, spun and threw to first.
• McCutchen pops up to Freeman at first.
• Reynolds draws a six-pitch walk. That's Sasaki's second of the night. He's at 38 pitches.
• Cruz tries to check his swing on a 2-2 splitter way out of the zone but he's called out. Two away.
• 4-3 ground out for IKF.
• End of second inning: Keller strands runners on second and third after getting Betts to pop-up to shortstop. Big out right there.
• Pages is 7 for his last 12 with three doubles and two home runs.
• Keller gets Ohtani looking at a change up on the inside edge. Just caught the zone.
• Pages is absolutely killing the Pirates. He hits another double, this one over Cruz's head in center. Runners on second and third.
• Muncy walks on 10 pitches.
• Conforto flies out to left field for the first out of the bottom of the second.
• The angle below makes it seem like Bart may have gone on his own.
• Pirates are back to being the Pirates. Pham flies out to shallow right field and Bart is thrown out at home easily. Don't get the decision there. That was another mistake.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Dodgers, Roki Sasaki to Oneil Cruz, Dodger Stadium, 9:09 p.m., Eastern, 59 degrees, partly cloudy
• For Derek Shelton’s visitors
1. Oneil Cruz, CF 2. Bryan Reynolds, RF 3. Andrew McCutchen, DH 4. Enmanuel Valdez, 1B 5. Joey Bart, C 6. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B 7. Adam Frazier, 2B 8. Tommy Pham, LF 9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• For Dave Roberts' Dodgers:
1. Shohei Ohtani, DH 2. Mookie Betts, SS 3. Freddie Freeman, 1B 4. Teoscar Hernández, RF 5. Tommy Edman, 2B 6. Will Smith, C 7. Michael Conforto, LF 8. Max Muncy, 3B 9. Andy Pages, CF
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THE ASYLUM
Greg Macafee
8:34 am - 04.26.2025Los AngelesFinal: Dodgers 8, Pirates 4
• Who: Pirates (11-16) vs. Dodgers (16-10)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 28
• When: 9:10 p.m., Eastern
• Where: Dodger Stadium
• Weather: 58°, partly cloudy
• Pitchers: RHP Mitch Keller (1-2, 4.18 ERA) vs. RHP Roki Sasaki (0-1, 3.20 ERA)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 861/854
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Dodgers
► FOLLOW ALONG
• McCutchen flies out to right. That's it. Final: Dodgers 8, Pirates 4
• Reynolds watches a 3-2 fastball catch the outer edge.
• Cruz strikes out on a high fastball.
• Tanner Scott gets the ninth.
• End of eighth inning: Hernandez flies out to right field to end the four-run eighth.
• Wentz is done. Chase Shugart is entering the game.
• Freeman walks and the Dodgers have batted through the order.
• Pages steals second.
• Betts pops out to Frazier. Two away.
• Frazier snags an Ohtani line drive and tries to double up Muncy at third but the throw is late.
• Pages singles into right field and Muncy moves all the way to third. That brings up Ohtani.
• Muncy walks.
• Still no outs here in the eighth.
• HOME RUN: Hernandez jumps on a cutter low in the zone and sends it over the fence in left field for a three-run shot. WOW. Dodgers, 8-4
• Roberts elects to go to Kike Hernandez as a pinch-hitter.
• That's it for Holderman. It's Joey Wentz out of the pen. He hasn't pitched since April 20 when he gave up two earned runs to the Guardians in one inning of work. Before that, he'd only allowed one run all ready.
• Holderman walks Smith to put runners on first and second.
• Edman laces a fastball low and away into left center for a double.
• HOME RUN: Cutter middle-middle and Hernandez gets every bit of it as he sends it into the left field seats. Dodgers, 5-4
• Colin Holderman gets the bottom of the eighth.
• A splitter way below the zone gets IKF and strands two runners.
• Pham walks on five pitches, bringing up IKF with runners on first and third.
• 6-3 ground out for Frazier. Big moment right here for Pham.
• Hayes doubles down into the left field corner. Looked like Conforto was shaded toward center and had no chance to get that one.
• Kirby Yates enters the game and gets Bart to ground out back to the mound.
• End of seventh inning: It's a 3-6 double play. Freeman hits a chopper to Triolo, who steps on first and throws to second where IKF tagged Betts. Huge moment right there to preserve the tie.
• Betts walks and that brings up Freeman with runners on first and third.
• Ohtani steals third. Close play there, Shelton elects not to challenge.
• Ohtani is 3-for-4 tonight with two doubles and a triple.
• RUN: He's one of the best in the game for a reason. Ohtani doubles to left center and Pages scores all the way from first. Got ahold of a fastball that caught far too much of the plate. Tied, 4-4
• David Bednar warming in the bullpen.
• Pages singles into right on a low-and-away slurve. That's turns the lineup over to Ohtani.
• Muncy flies out to right field.
• Jared Triolo enters the game at first.
• Ferguson will get the seventh. Keller's final line: 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
• Freeman makes a diving stop at first base to rob Valdez of a hit. That strands two runners but the Pirates still lead.
• Reynolds steals second on the 1-1 pitch.
• Looks like Valdez may have tweaked something on that last swing. Looked to be wincing in pain and Shelton and a trainer came to check on him. He stays in.
• After a nine-pitch battle, Cutch strikes out on a sweeper outside the zone. Two away.
• Caleb Ferguson is warming in the Pirates bullpen.
• That's it for Dreyer. Evan Phillips comes on to face McCutchen.
• RUN: Reynolds grounds into a fielder's choice. Pham scores, IKF moves to third and Cruz is out at second. Pirates, 4-3
• Dreyer walks Cruz on five pitches. Didn't give him anything good to look at. Bases loaded for Reynolds.
• A: 54,012
• IKF with a soft single into shallow right field. That brings up Cruz.
• Muncy makes a nice diving stop at third but can't get it to first in time to get Pham.
• End of sixth inning: Keller freezes Conforto with a sweeper on the outer edge. He's at 89 pitches after throwing just eight in that inning.
• Smith puts some power behind one and drives it out to the warning track but Cruz reels it in.
• 5-3, Edman.
• He strikes out Frazier with a slider that breaks out of the zone.
• Jack Dreyer enters the game.
• Hayes gets hit with a splitter and that's it for Sasaki. His final line: 5 2/3 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K. 93 pitches.
• Scoring change: Pham is ruled to have scored on the throw, taking an RBI away from Cruz.
• Bart strikes out on a splitter way beneath the zone.
• Valdez grounds out to first.
• End of fifth inning: Hernandez pops-up to short. Keller is at 81 pitches through five.
• RUN: Keller leaves a fastball up and in and Freeman pounces on it for an RBI-single to right field. Tied, 3-3
• Keller working some magic tonight. Just struck out Betts with a nasty sweeper that broke way out of the zone.
• Ohtani crushes a 3-2 changeup down into the right field corner. Keller had retired the last seven batters before that.
• Pages flies out to shortstop. That's his first non-hit of the series. Was 4-for-4 to that point with three doubles.
• 4-3 ground out by Cutch but the Pirates get the lead back. Pirates, 3-2
• Cruz advances to second on a wild pitch.
• Pages robs Reynolds of a base hit to center field. I don't think it would've went out, but it was sure close.
• RUNS: Cruz with his second and third RBIs of the night as he singles through the right side. Pham paused at third before going home on Hernandez's throw to second. Pirates, 3-2
• Sasaki goes to the splitter again and strikes out IKF. One away with Cruz at the plate.
• Pham doubles into left center and Rabelo holds Frazier at third. That's Pham's 1,000th career hit.
• Frazier singles down the right field line on a middle-middle fastball.
• End of fourth inning: Keller has found a groove. He's retired six straight as he strikes out Muncy with a curveball down in the zone.
• Hayes with a nice play at third on a Conforto grounder. He was all alone on the left side.
• Keller gets the benefit of a called third strike up and away. Smith didn't like it.
• Pirates go down 1-2-3 as Hayes grounds out to third on a splitter down in the zone.
• Bart grounds out to shortstop.
• Sasaki pulls the string on a splitter on the outside edge to get Valdez. That's his second strikeout of the night.
• End of third inning: IKF ranges a long way into shallow center field to make an over the shoulder catch in front of Cruz. Nice play there.
• Hernandez flies out to right.
• Frazier makes a really nice play at second to rob Freeman of a hit. Ranged to his left, snagged it, spun and threw to first.
• McCutchen pops up to Freeman at first.
• Reynolds draws a six-pitch walk. That's Sasaki's second of the night. He's at 38 pitches.
• Cruz tries to check his swing on a 2-2 splitter way out of the zone but he's called out. Two away.
• 4-3 ground out for IKF.
• End of second inning: Keller strands runners on second and third after getting Betts to pop-up to shortstop. Big out right there.
• Pages is 7 for his last 12 with three doubles and two home runs.
• Keller gets Ohtani looking at a change up on the inside edge. Just caught the zone.
• Pages is absolutely killing the Pirates. He hits another double, this one over Cruz's head in center. Runners on second and third.
• Muncy walks on 10 pitches.
• Conforto flies out to left field for the first out of the bottom of the second.
• The angle below makes it seem like Bart may have gone on his own.
• Pirates are back to being the Pirates. Pham flies out to shallow right field and Bart is thrown out at home easily. Don't get the decision there. That was another mistake.
• Frazier beats out the backend of a double play ball, bringing Pham to the plate with runners on first and third.
• Bart walks and Hayes hits a bloop single into shallow left field. Two on, no outs.
• End of first inning: Smith grounds out to shortstop, but the damage is done.
• RUN: Frazier gets an easy ground ball from Edman and throws it away. Edman goes to second and Hernandez scores. That can't happen. Dodgers, 2-1
• RUN: Hernandez goes the other way with a fastball up and away and scores Ohtani from third. Tied, 1-1
• Keller punches out Freeman on three pitches, the last being a curveball down in the zone.
• Betts flies out to center field and Ohtani catches Cruz lacking a little and advances to third.
• Ohtani knocks a sweeper into the right-center gap for a double.
• Valdez flies out to center field.
• Cutch flies out to right.
• Reynolds flies out to left.
• HOME RUN: Cruz does it again. He hits his fourth leadoff home run in nine games. He unleashed on a first-pitch fastball. Pirates, 1-0
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Dodgers, Roki Sasaki to Oneil Cruz, Dodger Stadium, 9:09 p.m., Eastern, 59 degrees, partly cloudy
• For Derek Shelton’s visitors
1. Oneil Cruz, CF
2. Bryan Reynolds, RF
3. Andrew McCutchen, DH
4. Enmanuel Valdez, 1B
5. Joey Bart, C
6. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
7. Adam Frazier, 2B
8. Tommy Pham, LF
9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
• For Dave Roberts' Dodgers:
1. Shohei Ohtani, DH
2. Mookie Betts, SS
3. Freddie Freeman, 1B
4. Teoscar Hernández, RF
5. Tommy Edman, 2B
6. Will Smith, C
7. Michael Conforto, LF
8. Max Muncy, 3B
9. Andy Pages, CF
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