Following an absolutely wild win yesterday that knotted the series at a game apiece, the Dodgers and Diamondbacks found themselves in a pitchers’ duel for once today, between Dustin May and Corbin Burnes. Unfortunately, it was May who made the more costly mistakes as the lineup laid an egg in a 3-0 loss.
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Dustin May mostly rebounded from a rough stretch today, and the Dodgers certainly needed him to do so for the innings, if nothing else.
Still, he faced some trouble early, as he worked around a pair of two-out singles in the 1st, and then did the same for a single and steal in the 2nd. But the 3rd was far more problematic, as Corbin Carroll led off with a triple that bounced off Hyeseong Kim’s glove — would’ve been a great play, to be fair — and then Ketel Marte grounded out to score him and give the Diamondbacks at 1-0 lead.
He’s soarin’, flyin’. pic.twitter.com/Kw2CS4iuGr
— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) May 11, 2025
May gave up a one-out single and steal in the 4th, but got out of that before getting his first clean inning in the 5th. He looked like he might cruise through the 6th as well after a lead-off bloop single was erased by a double play, but Eugenio Suarez ambushed the first pitch after that for a massive homer and a 2-0 D-backs lead.
GENO HIT THAT ONE 455 FT 🤯 pic.twitter.com/IZzqmBNxqL
— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) May 11, 2025
May allowed a one-out walk and stolen base in the 7th, and after the second out Dave Roberts came to get him after he went through the order three times: 6.2 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 5 K, 88 Pitches.
Dustin May bounced back at least and gave them valuable innings. pic.twitter.com/QqA5IOFyRv
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) May 11, 2025
It was Alex Vesia who entered in relief and got a strikeout to end the 7th, and that was it for him as well.
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Coming back from having a start skipped due to soreness, the Dodgers largely did Corbin Burnes a favor but swinging early and often. And more often than not, they weren’t successful either, despite getting some traffic.
He faced the minimum in the 1st after a single was erased by a double play, navigated around a lead-off single, disengagement violation with two outs, intentional walk in the 3rd, and then did the same against a one-out single, steal, and walk in the 4th. In the 5th, a lead-off single was followed by a sac bunt, but the top of the lineup couldn’t do anything with it, and the same went for a two-out single in the 6th.
Remarkably, the 7th was Burnes’ first clean inning of the game, as the Dodgers let a guy coming back from arm soreness cruise on pitch count through seven shutout frames. Yeah, these injuries are gonna have the lineup looking like this from time to time.
The lineup allowing a guy who had to skip his last start just cruise in terms of pitch count is brutal.
— Chad Moriyama (@chadmoriyama.bsky.social) May 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Back to the Dodgers, it was Kirby Yates in the 8th as I guess it was still close, but he didn’t help matters. He allowed back-to-back doubles — with Kim taking another questionable route in center on the first — which pushed their lead to 3-0.
Smith Insurance Co. pic.twitter.com/IzSsxKgj7V
— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) May 11, 2025
The maligned D-backs pen closed the game out with two quiet innings.
Second place!
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The series will conclude tomorrow in a typically early Sunday game at 10:10 AM HT/1:10 PM PT/4:10 PM ET with Tony Gonsolin on the mound against Zac Gallen.
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