Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Dodgers Dominate Marlins

     The Los Angeles Dodgers pounded the Miami Marlins 15-2 on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium. The Marlins will complete their six-game road trip tomorrow. 
     Marlins starting pitcher Sandy Alcantara surrendered seven runs on seven hits in 2 2/3 innings. It was his sixth start since coming back from Tommy John surgery. 
     Miami(12-17) took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first. Dane Myers drove in Xavier Edwards with a single to center field. 
     Los Angeles(20-10) came back with three runs in the bottom of the first to take a 3-1 lead. Shohei Ohtani led off with a solo home run to right field for his seventh home run of the season. It was his 61st home run in a Dodgers uniform over the past two seasons. Three batters later, Teoscar Hernandez doubled to center and Freddie Freeman scored. Three batters after that, Tommy Edman hit a sacrifice fly to left field and Hernandez crossed the plate.
      The Dodgers expanded it to a 4-1 advantage in the second inning. Hernandez doubled down the left-field line for Ohtani to score. 
      It became 7-1 for Los Angeles in the bottom of the third with three runs in the frame. Andy Pages got a base hit into center field which scored Edman. Three batters later, Mookie Betts singled into center field for Pages and Michael Conforto to reach home. 
       In the sixth inning, the Dodgers led 11-1 with four more runs. Will Smith knocked in Betts and Freeman with a double off the right-field wall. Two batters later, Edman doubled into left field to score Hernandez and Smith. 
      The Marlins cut it to 11-2 during the top of the seventh. Ronny Simon singled up the middle and Otto Lopez scored. 
      Los Angeles answered back with one run in the bottom of the seventh to lead 12-2. Kiki Hernandez scored on a Teoscar Hernandez base hit to center field.
      The Dodgers added three runs in the eighth for a 13-run margin. Pages powered a solo home run over the left-field fence for his sixth homer in 2015. Rojas singled to left field and Austin Barnes crossed the plate. Teoscar Hernandez followed with a base to score Kiki Hernandez. 

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