Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Copyrighted by Sarah Morris, 2025
The Los Angeles Dodgers are the best team to start the season after winning a world championship. On a cool Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium, the Dodgers defeated the Atlanta Braves 6-to-5. Blake Snell was victimized by sloppy defense and allowed five runs in four innings. Ben Casparius, Kirby Yates, and Jack Dreyer pitched with excellence. Tommy Edman had a two-run homer, and Michael Conforto homered for the first time in a Dodger uniform. Max Muncy, who was slumping in the early 2025 season, had a two-run double. Again, Shohei Ohtani gave the Dodgers what they needed when he homered in the ninth to win the game.
Blake Snell walked two hitters with two outs in the first inning. Max Muncy had a throwing error that allowed a run.
The Dodgers didn’t do anything offensively in the first.
Muncy had another throwing error to start the second inning. The runner moved to second on a passed ball. He allowed a double, scoring two runs. Snell issued a walk to load the bases. Snell allowed a two-run double to Matt Olsen.
Michael Conforto walked to start the second, and Tommy Edman blasted a two-run homer.
Snell had a perfect third inning.
The Dodgers went down in order in the third.
With two outs, Snell walked a batter and allowed a single in the fourth but didn’t allow a run.
Conforto socked his first home run as a Dodger with an out in the fourth. Will Smith singled. The Dodgers couldn’t capitalize on the scoring opportunity.
Ben Casparius relieved Snell in the fifth with a perfect inning.
Andy Pages was plunked by a pitch to start the fifth, and Shohei Ohtani singled him to third. Mookie Betts hit into a double play. Ohtani went to second on an errant pickoff throw. The Dodgers didn’t capitalize on the scoring opportunity.
Casparius continued pitching and issued a walk to start the sixth. He allowed a single. He filled the bases with another single. Casparius worked out of the jam scorelessly.
Conforto walked to open the sixth. Although Smith singled, the Dodgers didn’t score in the sixth.
Kirby Yates relieved Casparius in the seventh and pitched a scoreless inning.
With two outs in the seventh, Ohtani singled but didn’t score.
Jack Dreyer relieved Yates in the eighth with a perfect frame.
With an out in the eighth, Conforto singled, Smith walked, and Max Muncy doubled in two runs to tie the game.
Jack Dreyer continued to pitch in the ninth with a perfect frame.
With an out in the ninth, on his bobblehead night, Ohtani had a walk-off home run.
