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The Dodgers came into today riding a four-game winning streak, which they apparently decided was enough for now, as they took a non-scheduled day off for most of the game in a 3-2 loss to the Orioles.
There wasn’t much of anything to say for like eight innings, though they made it exciting in the 9th.
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto wasn’t sharp, but he also basically got pretty unlucky, as a bunch of groundball and bloop hits setup all of the damage against him. Also, Freddie Freeman made a questionable decision on defense for the game’s first run, but … whatever.
Freddie takes the easy out so a run scores and the out is a bit awkward. Probably the right decision, though could argue with a guy like Yamamoto, taking the risk would've been valid. pic.twitter.com/8M5hQov7Cy
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) June 21, 2026
It was 3-0 Orioles when he left.
Blaze RBI double down the line! pic.twitter.com/j1m1lceoaV
— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) June 21, 2026
Not a lot that was dangerous, but it happens: 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 6 K, 102 Pitches
For the pen, Edgardo Henriquez, Alex Vesia, and Jonathan Hernandez all got scoreless outings.
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It was sorta whatever because the offense got destroyed by the struggling Trevor Rogers, who carried a no-hitter into the 5th. He got through seven, and the Orioles used two relievers to secure a scoreless 8th.
At that point, they had two singles and two walks total, with one of the walks being cut down by a caught stealing.
Of course, it did matter more after they rallied in the 9th, as Shohei Ohtani faced a new reliever and hit a late solo shot to make it 3-1 Orioles.
Shohei ruins my recap. Junetani is real. pic.twitter.com/Jkgk8WBvFt
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) June 21, 2026
Andy Pages then got robbed of a double on a diving play in the gap, and Freddie drew a walk to bring the tying run to the plate. The Orioles went to another reliever and Mookie Betts continued the rally with an infield single, but Alex Freeland flew out to left for the second out. Tommy Edman then seemed to line out to right to end the game, but it was dropped to score another run and it was 3-2 Orioles.
Edman's liner to end the game gets dropped by Tavares in right and now it's a one-run game with the tying run at third. pic.twitter.com/BgutxXYDnC
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) June 21, 2026
With the tying run on third and the winning run on first, Kyle Tucker saw four splits down and out of the zone. He swung at three of them.
Kyle Tucker ends the game swinging at three straight splitters out of the zone after the first one was spiked into the dirt. Terrible. Holy. pic.twitter.com/Z1DigYuEji
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) June 21, 2026
I dunno, man. I’ve tried to be patient and have even been defending him, but it’s mid-June, man.
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49-28, the win streak is no more.
The series finale will now be the rubber match at 10:10 AM HT/1:10 PM PT/4:10 PM ET with Emmet Sheehan facing Brandon Young.
