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After a successful start to their homestand, the Dodgers carried over some momentum into their series against the Marlins, jumping out to an early lead and riding Dustin May for a while. However, disaster struck when the Marlins dramatically tied the game against the pen and then even took the lead in extras, but Tommy Edman played savior to walk it off in a 7-6 victory.
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The bats seem to be rolling downhill a bit recently, and Edward Cabrera bore the brunt of that today.
Shohei Ohtani started with a single and stealing second, and Freddie Freeman drove him in with a single for a 1-0 lead.
After Shohei singles, steals second, and is moved over by Mookie, Freddie's single plates the game's first run. pic.twitter.com/2rc2gk5rP1
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) April 29, 2025
After nothing in the 2nd, a chance to blow things open came in the 3rd behind a single from Max Muncy, another from Miguel Rojas, and a walk from Ohtani to load things up with nobody out. Mookie Betts followed with a single to make it 2-0 and keep the bags packed, but the heart of the order went down in order after that without further production.
Dodgers load the bases with nobody out, but only get one run on a Mookie single as the heart of the order goes down in order. pic.twitter.com/tW0dlJ5C9y
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) April 29, 2025
In the 4th, a one-out single by Andy Pages was followed by him stealing second, and Rojas drove him in with a double to make it 3-0.
After another Pages hit (and steal), Miggy doubles to make it 3-0. pic.twitter.com/kJciA1q22f
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) April 29, 2025
The onslaught continued in the 5th, when Freddie Freeman started with a walk and Teoscar Hernandez pummeled his ninth of the year for a 5-0 lead. After a Will Smith single followed, Cabrera’s day was over.
Back-to-back-to-back games with a homer from Teoscar! pic.twitter.com/eKvicyK96s
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) April 29, 2025
After a bit of a disaster last time out, May looked mostly back on track today in terms of results. There wasn’t really a ton of meaningful threats against him, at least through five innings, despite some traffic on the bases. He faced a pair of two-out singles in the 2nd, a walk that was erased by a double play in the 4th, and a single and walk in the 5th that had a double play help him escape that jam.
There was no such luck in the 6th, as a single, walk, and a single from Eric Wagaman put the Marlins on the board to make it 5-1. May got one more out in the game before being relieved: 5.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 3 K, 83 Pitches.
This was cool, tho.
Dustin May strikes out Jesus Sanchez with a sweeper that hits him. pic.twitter.com/v1Y31XLKpo
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) April 29, 2025
Anthony Banda entered to relieve him and immediately issued a walk to load the bases, and May was charged with three runs in total because Banda then gave up a Dane Myers grand slam to tie the game at 5-5.
Dane Myers GRAND SLAMS just hit different ? pic.twitter.com/tMzDGKCp0X
— Miami Marlins (@Marlins) April 29, 2025
Banda did then get out of the 6th and got a clean 7th as well, but … yeah. The 8th belonged to Evan Phillips, who cruised through a neat 12-pitch inning. Tanner Scott was given the 9th, which started with a single, but a double play and strikeout set the Dodgers offense up.
Meanwhile, the Dodgers had chances but couldn’t capitalize. A bunt single and walk to start the 6th, a one-out walk and stolen base in the 7th, a lead-off single in the 8th, and a lead-off walk in the 9th all amounted to nothing.
Thus, bonus baseball time.
Kirby Yates started extras in the 10th by getting the first two outs, but then surrendered a double to Jesus Sanchez, which made it 6-5 Marlins as the Manfred Runner scored.
To start their half of the inning, a walk from Pages proved important as it put a pair on, which led to an Enrique Hernandez sac bunt to move both into scoring position. That paid off one pitch later when Edman walked it off with a single down the line in right.
TOMMY CALLED GAME! pic.twitter.com/jswxa2d7sI
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) April 29, 2025
Tommy delivers. 😤 pic.twitter.com/EepHEp2oiZ
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) April 29, 2025
Hell of a day off.
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Eric Karros out of context.
"It is thick down low there." – Eric Karros pic.twitter.com/ARtJ483LpH
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) April 29, 2025
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| NL West | Record | GB |
|---|---|---|
| Dodgers | 19-10 | – |
| Giants | 19-10 | – |
| Padres | 17-11 | 1.5 |
Technically in first in the NL West due to tiebreakers.
Back at it again tomorrow at the same time of 4:10 PM HT/7:10 PM PT/10:10 PM ET, this time on MLB Network if you like. It’ll be another pen game for the Dodgers with I guess Luis Garcia as the bulk guy (???) against Sandy Alcantara.
