Saturday, May 10, 2025
Copyrighted by Sarah Morris, 2025
On Saturday night with the roof closed at Chase Field, the Arizona Diamondbacks shut out the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-to-0. Corbin Burnes showed why he was the most sought-after right-handed starter in the 2024-2025 offseason when he hurled seven scoreless innings. Dustin May had a fantastic outing of 6.2 innings. The Dodgers are tied with the San Diego Padres at the top of the National League Western Division.
Shohei Ohtani singled to begin the game, but Mookie Betts hit into a double play.
Dustin May needed to rebound from a poor start against the Atlanta Braves. With two outs in the first, May allowed two singles but got out of the jam.
The Dodgers went down in order in the second.
With two outs in the second, May gave up a bloop single and a stolen base. He retired the last batter of the inning thanks to a fantastic catch by Michael Conforto.
Conforto led off the third with a single. Hyeseong Kim hit into a force play to erase Conforto. Since Corbin Burnes couldn’t pick off Kim, Kim went to second, and Burnes intentionally walked Ohtani. The Dodgers couldn’t capitalize on the scoring opportunity.
May gave up a triple to start the third. On a ground out, the Diamondbacks scored a run. May gave up nothing else.
With an out in the fourth, Andy Pages singled and stole second. Max Muncy walked. The Dodgers couldn’t capitalize on the scoring opportunity.
With an out in the fourth, May allowed a single and a stolen base. May pitched a scoreless inning.
Kim started the fifth with a single. Austin Barnes bunted Kim to second. He went to third on a ground ball. Kim was stranded.
Using nine pitches, May had a perfect fifth.
With two outs in the sixth, Muncy singled but didn’t advance.
To start the sixth, May allowed a bloop single. After a double play, May allowed a solo home run.
In the seventh, the Dodgers went down in order.
May continued pitching in the seventh and issued a walk with one out. Barnes couldn’t throw out the runner trying to steal second. After May struck out the hitter, Dave Roberts relieved him with Alex Vesia. Vesia retired the last batter of the inning.
Ohtani, Betts, and Freeman went down in order in the eighth.
Kirby Yates relieved Vesia and allowed a lead-off double in the eighth. He gave up a run-producing double. Yates didn’t allow anything else.
In the ninth, the Dodgers didn’t do anything offensively.
