Dodgers 7, Marlins 4: Hyeseong Kim has a day of firsts and the top of the lineup continues to roll

Chad Moriyama 05/05/2025 Game Recaps Leave A Comment

After having their winning streak snapped yesterday, the Dodgers moved on to their next road trip location and are now looking to start another one. They once again faced Sandy Alcantara and once again jumped on him early and never relented as the quasi-pen game was effective yet again. It was a day of firsts for Hyeseong Kim, and he helped to power a 7-4 victory over the Marlins.

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Sandy Alcantara got knocked around last time against the Dodgers and things didn’t begin a ton better this time around. A one-out Mookie Betts single in the 1st was followed by a two-out Teoscar Hernandez double that deflected off a glove to make it 1-0 early.

After a quiet 2nd, Ohtani walked and stole second with one out, and then later with two outs it was Freddie Freeman‘s seventh homer of the year to make it 3-0 in a flash.

Following a clean 4th, Kim started the 5th against Alcantara with a single for his MLB first, and then Shohei immediately followed by bombing a ball at 117.9 MPH over the right-field wall for his ninth homer and a 5-0 lead.

Shohei was more excited for Kim in the dugout, though.

That inning was the last one for Alcantara.

Against the pen in the 6th, the Dodgers mounted an unlikely two-out rally. Andy Pages started it by reaching on an infield single, then Michael Conforto broke an 0-for-31 skid with a single to put a pair on, and Kim blooped a single in to push the lead to 6-0.

That zero, of course, was just as important.

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Serving as The Opener for the Dodgers, Jack Dreyer started things ideally with a seven-pitch frame that included three groundouts, two of which were to Kim for his first two in the majors.

Dreyer’s day ended with another groundout, this time with Mookie showcasing why he grades as one of the best shortstops in the majors this year.

As planned, taking over as the bulk guy was Ben Casparius, and he started a bit erratic after a long layoff with a two-out single, steal, and walk, but eventually navigated around that. There was another two-out walk in the 3rd, but he did get two strikeouts as well, and then he got his first 1-2-3 frame in the 4th.

After giving up just a single in the 5th, Casparius started to look like he was running out of gas, as a one-out double was followed by a single and then another single by Connor Norby to plate a run and knock Casparius out of the game. 6-1.

Still, he was excellent in what seemed like a build-up outing for a rotation spot.

In relief of him was Alex Vesia, who got a lineout and a strikeout to prevent adding more runs to Casparius’ line.

6-1 game on May 5th, five-run lead in front of like 10 people in Miami (9 Dodger fans), and Anthropomorphic Red Bull Can is still going nuts over a strikeout. Love him.

— Chad Moriyama (@chadmoriyama.bsky.social) May 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM

The Dodgers ended up getting that run back immediately in the 7th, as a Mookie infield single was followed by a Freddie single that got Betts to third but saw Freddie get thrown out at second. That cost them a run when Chris Taylor doubled down the line in left to make it 7-1.

In their half of the 7th, the Marlins put pressure on Evan Phillips, greeting him with a pair of singles. However, he got a lineout and a pair of groundouts to post a zero in the inning.

Unfortunately, I can’t say the same for Yoendrys Gomez, who struggled yet again. A lead-off single was followed by a one-out single, and then a massive Agustin Ramirez three-run shot made it 7-4.

He did get a grounder after that where Kim made a great glove flip play, but Freddie just dropped it for an error.

That forced Tanner Scott into the game in the 8th, and he uncorked a wild pitch and walked his first batter of the season, but also got two outs to move things along.

With the Dodgers not adding on any insurance it was Kirby Yates in the 9th for the save, and he cruised through a 1-2-3 inning with a pair of strikeouts to end it.

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Unfortunate news, as Teoscar had to exit with a hamstring injury.

Not ideal.

This was … something, lol.

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NL WestRecordGB
Dodgers24-11–
Padres22-11*1
Giants22-13*2

Same teams, same place, same time of 12:40 PM HT/3:40 PM PT/6:40 PM ET tomorrow, this time with Tony Gonsolin on the mound against Cal Quantrill.

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