After yesterday’s win-streak snapping loss, the Dodgers got right back to winning today to take the series against the Phillies. Following missed chances to put the game away and a frustrating blown lead, the Dodgers piled on today and kept the game free of drama at the end in a 9-1 victory.
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Andrew Painter has struggled this season for the Phillies and the Dodgers did not make things better for him today.
He worked around a lead-off single and two-out walk in thte 1st thanks to Justin Crawford‘s ridiculous play on Andy Pages‘ liner to the wall.
THE CRAWWWW ? pic.twitter.com/sna20xuqaF
— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) May 31, 2026
It looked like a lead-off Max Muncy single would also be stranded in the 2nd, but Alex Freeland stepped up and doubled off the wall in center for a 1-0 lead.
¡Freeland manda a Max al plato! pic.twitter.com/Mg36fdhT4T
— Los Dodgers (@LosDodgers) May 31, 2026
In the 3rd, it was a one-out single from Freddie Freeman that was advanced to second with the second out and then cashed in with a single off the bag from Kyle Tucker. 2-0.
Tucker goes off the bag for the RBI single ?#Dodgers pic.twitter.com/XIOdH0bVCi
— SportsNet LA (@SportsNetLA) May 31, 2026
The offense did things the easy way in the 4th, as Ryan Ward hit his first MLB homer and later Freeland knocked Painter out of the game with his third homer to make it 4-0 Dodgers.
Ryan Ward with his first Major League career homer! pic.twitter.com/w4GPR11ccF
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) May 31, 2026
Flex on ’em, Alex. pic.twitter.com/1yINkDcCiB
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) May 31, 2026
Their pen took over and got three outs in a row, but then the scoring started again in the 5th. A one-out Mookie Betts walk was followed by a Tucker double, and then with two outs Alex Call blooped a single in to make it 6-0.
Alex answers the … bell for two insurance runs. pic.twitter.com/W34p38yJ7L
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) May 31, 2026
The Dodgers then scored for the fifth inning in a row in the 6th, as Pages got a sun-aided pop-fly triple to … second base and then Freeman hit a sac fly to make it 7-0.
In the 7th, they got another run via Muncy’s team-leading 14th dong.
Max sends one halfway up the Pavilion! pic.twitter.com/EC7850Xg4s
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) May 31, 2026
They added another run in the 8th to score in their seventh inning in a row, as a Freeland walk, Shohei Ohtani single, and Pages walk loaded the bases, then Freddie hit another sac fly to make it 9-0.
That was it, tho.
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On the other end was Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who was posting zeroes but didn’t really look great. He was constantly behind in the count and laboring for the most part … but keeping the Phillies scoreless as well.
In the 1st, he got a pair of strikeouts in a 1-2-3 frame, thanks to two successful Dalton Rushing challenges (a theme). Dave Roberts was hyped.
lol pic.twitter.com/YIZto7CX18
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) May 31, 2026
He also faced the minimum in the 2nd, but that was despite a lead-off walk due to him picking the runner off. Yamamoto worked around a lead-off hit batter in the 3rd, a pair of singles in the 4th, and a single and double in the 5th.
Yamamoto yelling loud as fuck after hanging an 0-2 curve to Schwarber, lmfao. pic.twitter.com/qWupkJDiau
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) May 31, 2026
Traffic was a theme.
Surprisingly, Yamamoto continued in the 6th, issued a lead-off walk, and got a strikeout before Dave finally came to get him.
Not anywhere near his best, but effective: 5.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 10 K, 104 Pitches.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto labored through 104 pitches in 5.1 innings, but struck out 10 and didn’t allow a run. pic.twitter.com/Bbz5I58ZGk
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) May 31, 2026
Will Klein entered in relief and issued a walk himself before getting the final two outs of the 6th. Edgardo Henriquez entered for the 7th, issuing a two-out walk but nothing else.
To close the game’s final two frames was Jonathan Hernandez, who got the 8th in 1-2-3 fashion.
Jonathan Hernandez … I am observing. pic.twitter.com/j9xNR2U8tl
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) May 31, 2026
Then he gave up a solo shot to Bryson Stott to start the 9th and end the shutout, and Freeland had an exciting final two plays to end the game.
Alex Freeland makes a great play and throws it a bit wide (due to Santiago Espinal playing first) for an error, then gets another chance and ends the game on a glove flip. pic.twitter.com/1MfHMdhvN8
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) May 31, 2026
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SNLA gave us a [Fancam] Phillies @ Dodgers 310526 – Kyle Schwarber Focus on that strikeout. pic.twitter.com/yHYJWjxpCi
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) May 31, 2026
Freddie killed him, man.
A DISGUSTING THUGGISH ACT FROM FREDDIE FREEMAN TO JT REALMUTO FOR CHALLENGING pic.twitter.com/1XxkXou0MT
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) May 31, 2026
Smooth operator.
Can I buy you a drink? https://t.co/D6FCfGEceJ pic.twitter.com/e1oO1HcM45
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) June 1, 2026
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38-21 and 14-3 in the last 17.
The Dodgers will now travel to Arizona for a four-game series against the Diamondbacks, starting at 3:40 PM HT/6:40 PM PT/9:40 PM ET with Emmet Sheehan on the bump against Eduardo Rodriguez.
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