Dodgers 5, Pirates 4: Tommy Edman walks it off in extras to run win streak to 4

Chad Moriyama 08/21/2026 Game Recaps Leave A Comment

Coming off a clean sweep of the Rockies at Coors Field, the Dodgers returned home for a series against the Pirates, and they played another dramatic game. Once again, things went back-and-forth early, but they eventually took a lead into the late innings. However, the pen blew that lead yet again and they ended up having to go into extras. On their side they navigated around what seemed like sure disaster and then seemed to have disaster hitting as well before Tommy Edman saved them with a walk-off single for a 5-4 victory to make it four in a row.

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In what is something of an unsurprising thing at this point, Yoshinobu Yamamoto started by getting into trouble in the 1st. With one out, he gave up a single and hit a batter, then Nick Gonzales singled to score the game’s first run at make it 1-0 Pirates.

Yamamoto then got the next five batters, ending the threat in the 1st and then striking out the side in the 2nd.

Fortunately, Bubba Chandler didn’t have his best command today, and he started with a four-pitch walk to Shohei Ohtani. After a couple of six-pitch strikeouts (including a would-be walk to Andy Pages had he challenged), Max Muncy stepped up and somehow turned around a 101 MPH fastball that was up and in for his 26th dinger of the year to flip the score to 2-1 Dodgers.

Chandler did rebound after that with a clean frame to end the 2nd.

In the 3rd, it was back to the other side, as Yamamoto gave up a rather unlucky bloop ground-rule double with one out, and then it was Gonzales again who singled up the middle to tie the game at 2-2.

Fortunately, the Dodgers came right back for him in the bottom of the frame.

Hunter Feduccia led off against Chandler with a double, Ohtani followed with a single to corner things, and a lineout from Freddie Freeman only didn’t lead to anything thanks to a 101 MPH throw home from Oneil Cruz. Andy Pages then got hit on the hand (he would later be removed) to load the bases, and it looked like the chance might be wasted when Muncy struck out, but Mookie Betts came through with a single up the middle for two runs to make it 4-2 Dodgers.

A Kyle Tucker walk followed that to reload the bases, but Tommy Edman struck out to end that chance and the 3rd.

Things would calm a bit after that, as Chandler faced the minimum in the 4th despite a lead-off error, as a strike ’em out, throw ’em out double play erased that. It would be Chandler’s last inning as he was already up to 88 pitches.

So Yohan Ramirez took over in the 5th, working around a one-out walk, and old friend Kirby Yates gave up just a one-out single in the 6th.

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On the other side, Yamamoto himself rebounded from giving up a run, by getting clean 4th and 5th innings. He started the 6th with two outs, making it nine retired in a row before issuing a two-out walk but notching another strikeout to end that inning.

The 7th was more problematic, as a lead-off double and a one-out hit batter put a pair on base and led to the end of Yamamoto’s night.

Dave Roberts allowed him to push it a bit and it didn’t really work out: 6.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 9 K, 107 Pitches.

That two remained up there for Yamamoto, as Brock Stewart entered and got an infield pop a strikeout to keep the score at 4-2 Dodgers.

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The offense got a chance to extend the lead in the 7th against Pirates reliever Lake Bachar. After a lead-off walk to Shohei, he rebounded with a pair of outs, but then after Shohei stole second he issued back-to-back walks to Muncy and Betts to load things up. However, Tucker wasn’t able to take advantage and flew out to center.

Missing that chance would cost them, as Kyle Hurt began the 8th by giving up a lead-off double. After a pop out, Cruz worked the count full and got three-center cut fastballs in a row, hitting the last one out to center to tie things up at 4-4. Why? I dunno.

Hurt followed with a strikeout, but Feduccia just didn’t catch it for a passed ball and a runner reached.

That was it for Hurt, as Dave went to Edgardo Henriquez, who got an impressive strikeout and then a flyout to end the 8th.

He also continued in the 9th, getting the side in order including a strikeout to give the Dodgers a chance to walk it off.

Speaking of, Luke Weaver struck out the side in the 8th for the Pirates, and Mason Montgomery got the 9th easily with a pair of strikeouts.

Bonus baseball!

Things started bleakly when Evan Phillips gave up a lead-off single to corner the runners to start the 10th. But he rebounded by getting a huge strikeout after a long battle, then an intentional walk followed to load the bases, which setup a ground-ball double play to keep a zero on the board. Massive.

So it was Gregory Soto for the Pirates to prevent a walk-off, and Dave tried to bunt the Manfred Runner to third by hitting for Muncy with Alex Call. Well, he couldn’t get it done as he bunted foul twice and then struck out for a huge first out. Soto then intentionally walked Mookie, got Tucker to groundout to leave the runners cornered with two outs, and despite being down 0-2 in the count it was Tommy Edman smacking a single down the line in left for a 5-4 walk-off victory.

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Pages got hit in the hand.

Absolute disaster.

Tucker got a nice ovation from fans trying to get him going.

The Players’ Weekend patch left something to be desired.

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NL SeedingRecordGB
Brewers80-49–
Dodgers78-512.0
Braves75-545.0

The series continues tomorrow a few hours earlier at 1:15 PM HT/4:15 PM PT/7:15 PM ET, and it’ll be on FOX. It’ll be Tarik Skubal on the bump looking to find his command and efficiency against Jared Jones.

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