Friday, March 28, 2025
Copyrighted by Sarah Morris, 2025
On a picturesque Friday night at Dodger Stadium, Mookie Betts had a walk-off three-run homer to beat the Detroit Tigers 8-to-5 in ten innings. Yoshinobu Yamamoto had a career high in strikeouts with ten in five innings. Jack Flaherty didn’t allow anything until the fifth. Freddie Freeman hit a two-run homer. Betts had an eighth-inning homer to give the Dodgers the lead, but Tanner Scott blew a save. However, Betts came up with two runners on in the tenth and gave the Dodgers what they needed. For the first time since 1981, the Dodgers start the season with 4 wins and no losses.
Before the game, the Dodgers received their World Series rings.
With one out in the first, Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed two singles. Yamamoto escaped from the jam scorelessly.
Shohei Ohtani led off the first with a walk but was erased on a double play hit into by Mookie Betts. Freddie Freeman flied out.
With one out in the second, Yamamoto allowed a solo home run. He didn’t allow anything else.
The Dodgers didn’t do anything offensively in the second.
To open the third, Yamamoto allowed a solo home run.
The Dodgers didn’t do anything offensively in the third against old friend Jack Flaherty.
Yamamoto was perfect in the fourth.
The Dodgers didn’t do anything offensively in the fourth.
Yamamoto allowed a baserunner in the fifth but didn’t allow anything else while collecting his tenth strikeout of the game.
Teoscar Hernández walked to open the fifth and moved to second on Tommy Edman’s single. Michael Conforto hit into a force play to erase Edman. Flaherty plunked Andy Pages to load the bases. Austin Barnes flied out to end the scoring threat.
Anthony Banda relieved Yamamoto in the sixth with a perfect inning.
Mookie Betts singled with an out in the sixth. Freddie Freeman blasted a two-run homer to tie the game.
Kirby Yates relieved Banda in the seventh with a perfect frame.
The Dodgers didn’t do anything in the eighth.
Alex Vesia relieved Yates in the eighth and allowed a double with two outs. He walked two batters to load the bases. Vesia escaped from the jam scorelessly.
Betts homered in the eighth with two outs.
Tanner Scott allowed a single to open the ninth. Edman saved a throwing error by Max Muncy. Edman was flashing the leather to get the second out. However, Scott allowed the tying run. Edman threw out the runner at the plate to preserve the tie.
The Dodgers didn’t do anything offensively in the ninth, sending the game to extra innings.
Luis Garcia relieved Scott in the tenth and with two outs, issued an intentional walk. Michael Conforto couldn’t catch a sinking line dive that scored two runs.
Michael Conforto doubled in Edman to start the tenth. Pages failed to advance the runner to third. Will Smith was pinch-hitting for Barnes and drove in Conforto to tie the game. Shohei Ohtani singled Smith to third. Ohtani took second. Betts blasted a three-run homer to win the game.
