The Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers faced off in a Sunday morning rubber match after splitting the first two games.
It was also the Dodgers’ final match-up of a nine-game road trip before they head back home on Monday to begin a series against the Colorado Rockies.
In addition, it offered a chance to overcome their regular season struggles against the Brewers. Before the Dodgers’ win on Saturday, the Brewers had won nine straight games against them in the regular season.
However, the Dodgers have had the upper hand in the postseason, going 7-0 since Game 7 of the 2018 National League Championship Series.
Dodgers 5, Brewers 1: key takeaways
Kyle Tucker & Andy Pages stay hot
Kyle Tucker and Andy Pages carried the Dodgers offense, combining to drive in four of the team’s five runs. Tucker hit a two-run triple in the sixth inning that broke a tie to put the Dodgers up 3-1, and Pages followed with a two-run homer to extend the lead to 5-1.
That rally was started by an infield single from Mookie Betts that snapped an 0-for-11 skid, and Freddie Freeman walked.
The Brewers scored first, so this was the Dodgers’ second-straight comeback win. They tied the game in the fourth inning when Teoscar Hernandez scored on a wild pitch. He reached base via a single and advanced into scoring position when Dalton Rushing singled and Miguel Rojas was hit by a pitch.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto turns in strong outing
Yoshinobu Yamamoto turned in his second straight start of going seven innings while allowing just one run. The right-hander allowed seven hits and only struck out three batters, given the Brewers’ ability to put the ball in play, but walked just one.
His lone run allowed came in the second inning, which started when Yamamoto hit Jake Bauers with a pitch. Garrett Mitchel singled with one out, and the run scored when Sal Frelick grounded into a force out.
It wasn’t Yamamoto’s most dominant outing, given the hits allowed and lack of strikeouts, but he still turned in an excellent start while making 92 pitches.
Dodgers bullpen continues scoreless inning streak
The Dodgers set a new franchise record with 36 consecutive scoreless innings pitched on Saturday, and that continued to build on Sunday.
Will Klien extended the streak to 37 innings in the eighth inning, and Tanner Scott closed out the game to make it 38 consecutive scoreless innings in the ninth.
The previous record was set in 1998 with 33 innings without allowing a run.
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