Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Copyrighted by Sarah Morris, 2024
On a picture-perfect Tuesday night, the Los Angeles Dodgers completed the doubleheader sweep of the struggling New York Mets. Gavin Stone had the best start of his young major league career. He struck out a career-high seven batters in seven innings. Will Smith and Miguel Vargas blasted home runs. The Dodgers shut out the Mets 3-0.
In the first, Will Smith blasted a solo home run. In the second, Andy Pages singled and scored on Miguel Rojas’ double.
In the second, Gavin Stone allowed a single but didn’t allow the Mets to score. In the first, he struck out the side.
With two outs in the third, Stone allowed a 66-mph single to Francisco Lindor but struck out Pete Alfonso.
With an out in the fourth, Pages doubled but was stranded.
Stone had everything working well in the second game of the doubleheader and pitched a perfect fourth.
With an out in the fifth, Mookie Betts singled but was erased on Smith’s force play. Freddie Freeman singled moving Smith to third. The Dodgers didn’t score.
Again, Stone was perfect in the fifth.
In the sixth, Miguel Vargas blasted a solo home run, his first in the 2024 major league season.
Freeman walked with two outs in the seventh but didn’t score.
On six pitches, Stone hurled a scoreless seventh.
The Dodgers did nothing offensively in the eighth.
Alex Vesia relieved Stone in the eighth and walked a batter with an out. He got out of the jam.
With an out in the ninth, Austin Barnes singled, but Betts hit into a double play.
Vesia continued pitching in the ninth and hurled a perfect inning to collect the save.
