![]() ![]() Peralta’s pinch-hit, two-run homer in the seventh inning against Phil Maton awoke the Dodgers from an offensive slumber.Īfter allowing home runs to Smith and Heyward in the first inning – and nearly another by Betts – Astros starter Ronel Blanco retired the next 12 batters in a row. Home runs by Smith, Heyward and David Peralta accounted for three of the Dodgers’ five hits in the game. Evan Phillips tossed a scoreless ninth to record his 10th save. Phil Bickford (2-2) pitched two scoreless innings to earn the win before an announced crowd of 49,281 at Dodger Stadium. That was the first of four straight wins for the Dodgers (43-33). The rookie outfielder was recalling something teammate Mookie Betts told him earlier in the week, after Michael Busch hit a chopper off the pitcher and over the first baseman to drive in the winning run against the Angels on Tuesday in Anaheim. “You never know what break you’ll get that will be the one to make everybody relax,” Outman said. DeLuca stopped at third base – a brief layover en route to scoring the game-winning run on the balk. The ground-rule double drove in Smith to tie the score at 7-all. In fact, the ball got lodged in the cyclone fence in right field. Jason Heyward hit a sacrifice fly to right field to drive in Freeman with the Dodgers’ sixth run. Martinez to load the bases to begin the eighth inning. The Dodgers trailed 7-5 when Bryan Abreu walked Freddie Freeman, Will Smith and J.D. “It’s not ‘time,’ it’s ‘balk.’ Doing whatever we can to score that run right there.” “The home plate umpire said something like, ‘timeout,’ but I said no he’s calling balk,” explained Miguel Rojas, who had a foxhole view from the batter’s box. ![]() Astros manager Dusty Baker was ejected for arguing, too. The call left Stanek in a tizzy, and Valentine ejected him from the game as he walked off the field, shouting up a storm. Stanek’s balk was the tipping point in a series of bizarre events in the bottom of the eighth inning of the Dodgers’ 8-7 victory over the Astros. Pinch-runner Jonny DeLuca trotted home from third base with the go-ahead run, and the Dodgers’ comeback was complete. Both he and second base umpire Junior Valentine called a balk on Stanek instead. ![]() He requested a timeout from home plate umpire Manny Gonzalez. LOS ANGELES ― Houston Astros pitcher Ryne Stanek twitched his knee, raised his arms above his head, and stepped off the pitching rubber. ![]()
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