Dodgers vs. D-backs Game Highlights (8/31/24) | MLB Highlights

Is placed on the I with a big toe inflammation. They're hopeful that's only going to be the 15 day D backs and Dodgers game two of four. Dodgers outlast the Diamondbacks yesterday and it's the difference in a five game lead versus a three game lead in the division. They get the five game lead largest they've had in weeks. Kelly on the mound has struggled in his career against the Dodgers. 17 starts record is one and 11 with an, er, a above the good news is he's 40 this year. So he's undefeated and when you have a, in my opinion, a must win game like you have tonight, you like having an undefeated pitcher on the mound to pursuing 5050 is also pursuing the Dodgers Eagles single season home run record on the pitch and a towering fly ball to straight away center field. Did he get enough that scraped the sky? It was his 40 fourth marvelous, a nightly treat nightly history. The greatness of Shohei Otani, here's Mookie Betts and 13 homers. He swings, he hits a drive to left and deep this balls back in , back to back two nothing Mookie Betts with a bomb and the Dodgers come out of the chute swing in the backs back to back home runs to start the ball game. Two superstars back to back and another one in the box and now Freddie Freeman driving one to right center field, get out of town three consecutive to start on three consecutive pitches. Can you believe this? Here is the sixth hitter to come to the plate this inning for L A and second baseman Gavin Lux and that is lined to third caught by Suarez. They'll throw to first for the double play broke from second and the inning is over. Not quite the groundball, double play for me, Kelly and the Diamondbacks. It's hold on for dear life. Gavin Stone seven innings in back to back starts and over his last three starts, two runs in 19 innings. So the homers don't beat you. There's that. Corbin's remarkable late summer surge continues. Corbin got onto this one just a bit but it might carry to Kiermaier to the wall in center and it's off the wall heads for third. They're going to send the ball carbon Carroll with it inside the park. Answer back. What a start. And this building is alive. Once again, it hit high off that wall over the head of Kevin Kiermaier out there and carry the way back near the infield. Corbin Carroll does not hit singles. Corbin Carroll with that great speed of his. He just circles the base all the way around. Go, go, go 3 to 1 our score. Now, a man on with nobody Peterson base hit for Jock. It's by a diving look. There goes mccarthy in the third. It gets behind the third baseman mud and Peterson's into second, second and third with nobody out for Lourdes. Carri Jorel sends one to left Teoscar Hernandez can't get it and it gets behind him. Mccarthy's home. Here comes Peterson and we're tied at three. Teoscar Hernandez made a couple of catches like that in last night's game. This one came up a bit short 1st and 3rd 1 out. Now a chance for Suarez high in the air right center Kiermaier is over there. Here comes Lois and the Diamondbacks have the lead. What a turnaround two outs infield back a 1 to 1 count and the pitch to GME swings and he bounces one to short. Has he runs over steps on second after the Dodgers put up three in the top of the inning with three straight homers. The Diamondbacks come back with four of their own in the bottom of the inning. Diamondbacks with a 4 to 3 lead Max Muncy leading off Muncy with a line drive to right and the leadoff already the fifth for L A Muncey leads at first. He's the tying run to pitch, swung on and that's looked into right field that's gonna drop for a base hit back to back singles to start the Dodgers second in it and the bases are loaded now for Otani with nobody out, sends it in the air to center field to be playable for Jake mccarthy, but it will tie the game, throw heads to third. It's 4 to 4 sacrifice fly for shhe two on two out. And Freddie Freeman who was homered in both games in this series. Freeman with a base hit to center to put him back in front. Kiermaier goes first to 3rd, 5 to 4 in the seesaw battle in the seesaw series. Got to get this guy out now 1st and 3rd for the Oscar Hernandez swung on high chopper to third. Suarez has it, sets his feet and throws to first in time for the out the inning comes to an end, but the Dodgers get two more. You can get Kiermaier here, you strand two and keep it a five to four game. There are not a ton of easy outs in this lineup. This is one of the one, the one to Ker rolled over to the right side and has it throws to first in time and that will do it for the Dodgers six in a row set down by gavin brings up his bat so important from the right side missing Walker and Moreno gurriel in the air. Did he get enough? It's going, it's going and it's gone five for Learners says 17th and we're all tied up again. He has doubled in homer and it's 5 to 52 out. I tell you this is a heavyweight fight swung on. That's a fly ball to right in on the hands of freeman. Carroll makes the catch and it is a 123 top of the fourth for the Dodgers and a much needed zero on the board by Kelly. Two men out, Gerardo perdomo, the shortstop. The number nine hitter, 32 pitch Perdomo takes strike three on the inside corner, 123 go. The Diamondbacks in the fourth inning. The Dodgers went seven for their 1st 11 in this game. They one for their last 10 and here's locks who's zero for two. That's rip towards the right field corner and head for the corner, extra bases for Gavin Lux who's got a shot at a triple and Then he took a bad turn there and so threw on the breaks runner in scoring position. Lux represented the go ahead run and Max Munsey at the plate that's a base hit to right field. Carroll's up with it quickly. Here's his throw to the plate. Lux is safe and the Dodgers jump back in front, a two out base hit for Max Munsey. What a nice little two out rally. Lux with a scorcher. Now max with one down there in the corner, two out in the fifth strike three called on J Peterson. And how about gavin Stone after the four run, first one base runner, the last four double in back to back walks have loaded the bases with one out AJ Puck. Now on the mound for the Diamondbacks over his last four appearances all scoreless. A puck has struck out eight of the 15 batters he faced, got him. Del Castillo hangs on to the foul tip went to the fastball that time and that's out. Number two, here's the pitch swung on, hit in the air to shallow left. Gurriel comes in, he'll make the grab. The inning is over, AJ Puck bails out the Diamondbacks. So the tying run in scoring position with one out and here is Carroll who is one for three that rolls away from smith sc into third. That's a big 90 ft in a one run game. Now, Corbin doesn't really need a base hit to get that runner home from third base. A medium deep fly ball will do it, goin hits a fly ball to right field. What a catch by Mookie Betts the comes in and we're tied. Mookie Betts going back, you talk about just concentration, going back, making the leap comes down, Then goes into the fence, big, big defensive play. The Dodgers have a runner in scoring position. Mookie Betts who's one for four in this game with the first home run. Thompson's got it. They go to third, they got Edmon. Hug. What a play by ryan Thompson to get the lead man. Just a great play to get a glove on that ball and Then immediately spun and they cut off the third. This is an 02 count. The pitch swing and a miss, he struck him out and he pumps his chest as Thompson as he walks off the field, as the Dodgers strand to Lourdes Gurriel, the right handed batter facing Casparus fastball lined to center field. Tommy Edmond makes a catch, sized it up straight away. Do Ford and pulled it in to help the rookie pitcher Taylor the pinch runner at first base. Now Dodgers desperately looking for one run here. Scalds the ball past him into center field gives ryan Thompson a close shave right there. Go ahead, run into scoring position and the Dodgers with one out in the top of the ninth inning. Have runners at 2nd and 3rd. That is a problem for Arizona in a 66 scoreline. He did it again. Superman unbelievable. Just a step and a dive to his right up in the webbing of the glove taken away a couple of runs from the Dodgers great defensive play. Now Tommy Edmonds got to get a hit two outs, 12 in the right center field. It's sinking. It's comes through two runs score. Dodgers lead in the ninth. They started off with three big blasts but it's the little bloop that may have won the game. There are two men out to get, should the Dodgers win this game? They will clinch the 14th consecutive winning season. Fly to center field Taylor is there the Dodgers for the hard fought dramatic 86 win. They've taken the first two from Arizona.