Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Copyrighted by Sarah Morris, 2024
On a cool Tuesday evening at Oracle Park, the Los Angeles Dodgers smashed the injured San Francisco Giants 10-to-2. For the fourth start, Gavin Stone went six innings and allowed one run. The Dodgers had nine extra-base hits, and Shohei Ohtani had three hits.
With two outs in the first, Freddie Freeman reached third on an outfielder error but was stranded.
While Gavin Stone allowed a leadoff double, he retired the next six batters.
After James Outman walked, he stole second and went to third on an error but was erased on a double play in the third inning.
In the third, Stone allowed a single and an infield single but worked out of a jam.
To open the fourth, Shohei Ohtani blasted a 446-foot shot. Freeman and Will Smith walked. Teoscar Hernández’s double scored Freeman, and Max Muncy’s sac fly scored Smith. Gavin Lux tripled in Hernández.
Stone hurled a perfect fourth against the Giants, which are weakened by injuries.
Mookie Betts had a single to open the fifth and moved to second on Ohtani’s single. Smith singled in Betts.
Despite allowing a couple of baserunners in the fifth, Stone pitched a scoreless inning.
Thanks to a wild pitch, the Giants scored a run in the sixth, but Stone finished six innings in his fourth consecutive start.
Betts tripled to open the seventh and scored on Ohtani’s double.
J.P. Feyereisen hurled a perfect seventh.
Gus Varland, despite traffic, pitched a scoreless eighth.
Outman doubled and scored on Miguel Rojas’ double in the ninth. Freeman and Hernández doubled.
