The Los Angeles Dodgers secured a victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in the series opener at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers fell behind early but quickly turned the game around in the third inning. Kiké Hernández started the rally with a solo home run, followed by a grand slam from Freddie Freeman, his sixth career grand slam. Will Smith also contributed with a home run in the same inning. The first six Dodgers to face Arizona's Slade Cecconi in the third inning were Enrique Hernandez, Miguel Rojas, Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, and Will Smith. The Dodgers' offensive surge led to a 6-4 win. Yoshinobu Yamamoto earned the win, improving his record to 5-1, while Daniel Hudson secured his third save of the season. The Dodgers now hold a 33-17 record and are first in the NL West.
Christian Walker hits a solo home run and the Diamondbacks extend their lead 💪 https://t.co/Saf80uusxv
Gavin Stone is more like Gall Stone tonight. #Dodgers #LetsGoDodgers #ARIvsLAD
Christian Walker pads Arizona's lead with a homer! https://t.co/ek8AWtA313
Christian Walker keeps it fair for his 9th home run of the season. https://t.co/lypo7qM1EM
Ohtani’s one man Show. Doubled and then this happened. Gotta love baserunning like this. https://t.co/CglMW9raKK
Shohei Ohtani steals third and gets home for the Dodgers 🔥 https://t.co/2dfwEY4gcJ
Shohei Ohtani leads the inning off with an oppo double, steals third, and takes home on a throwing error. https://t.co/CUH9Rzdoco
Freddie Freeman's slam sinks Diamondbacks in series opener at Dodger Stadium https://t.co/V1gLQpi3Oc
#DoyersWeeng, Freddie slammed, Yoshi jammed, Snakes be damned! #Dodgers 6 | 4 #Dbacks HRs: @kikehndez, @FreddieFreeman5 (GS), @will_smith30 WP: Yoshinobu Yamamoto (5-1) SV: Daniel Hudson (3) Ks: 10 🍔, Strk: 4, Record: 33-17, 1st #NLWest #DodgersWin #LetsGoDodgers #ARIvsLAD https://t.co/my6sb05san
The first six Dodgers against Arizona's Slade Cecconi in the third inning ... Enrique Hernandez home run. Miguel Rojas single. Mookie Betts single. Shohei Ohtani walk. Freddie Freeman grand slam. Will Smith home run.
The Dodgers fell behind in the top of the third. They didn't stay behind for long. Kiké Hernández led off the bottom half with a solo homer. Then Freddie Freeman connected on the sixth grand slam of his career Still no outs in this inning 5-1 Dodgers, btm 3rd