The Los Angeles Dodgers failed to put forth their best effort on Sunday, ranging from the pitching staff combining to issue a season-high 10 walks to an throwing error on Edgardo Henriquez and Alex Call running into an out at third base.
“If we had to do it over again, he’s got to be at second base,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said after the 5-2 loss. “You’ve got arguably your hottest hitter at the plate with two outs, you just can’t get caught up in a rundown there. Can’t do it.”
Alex Call’s baserunning mistake
Call’s gaffe occurred with two outs in the third inning and Andy Pages at the plate. Call led off the inning with a base hit and moved into scoring position on Shohei Ohtani’s one-out walk.
Kyle Tucker struck out and with Pages in an 0-2 count, Call began to be on the front end of what appeared to be a double steal attempt. However, he stopped running toward third base and was caught in a rundown to end the inning. Ohtani had quickly made his way to second base, which left Call without anywhere to go.
For his part, Call took responsibility and explained his attempt was not a called double steal but rather a read he made. However, Call lost confidence in the chance at a stolen base once he made his jump.
The Dodgers were trailing 2-1 at the time, and Pages wound up leading off the fourth inning with a base hit.
Pages was hitting third in the Dodgers lineup, due in large part to Will Smith and Teoscar Hernández receiving rest, and Mookie Betts still being on the 10-day injured list.
Roberts recently acknowledged it was possible for Pages to be moved up in the Dodgers lineup, but cited the domino effect as something that needed to be considered as well.
Pages went 1-for-4 and has hit safely in 12 of 15 games this season. As Roberts noted, the 25-year-old has arguably been the best hitter on the Dodgers roster so far in 2026. Pages was named National League Player of the Week for the period of March 30 through April 5.
During the week he was recognized, Pages led the Majors in batting average (.583), hits (14) and total bases (22). He tied for the MLB lead in on-base percentage (.615), and ranked third in slugging (.917) and on-base plus slugging (1.532).
It was the second time in Pages’ career he earned NL Player of the Week honors, but his first outright.
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