Pirates vs. Dodgers Game Highlights (8/9/24) | MLB Highlights

Dusty Baker inducted into the legends of Dodger baseball before the game the new Blazers are sweet they are really nice i' heard a few of the great Executives up in the front office came up with that idea and they executed it perfectly San Casten Lon Rosen Bob wolf Carrie Osborne the alumni Ambassador Jack Flair's first time at Dodgers Stadium came before he was old enough to even realize it when his mom put it in a Dodger onesie and brought him when he was 6 months old he come to more than a 100 games here growing up he pitched the game of his life in a sectional championship game here in high school and now he pitches for the dodgers' whole life come in Full Circle swinging the ball laced into left center field there's a base hit and more for ker FFA it's going to go all the way to the wall splitting the Gap that's a lead off double for ikf here to start the Pirates first inning immediately an opportunity to establish an early lead with Brian Reynolds at the plate there his payoff to Reynolds he got him swinging not necessarily where he wanted it but he gets W like he does at a higher rate than any pitcher in baseball this year' Neil Cruz will step into the box with ikf still on second base back to back here we go again little traffic and he pitches around it he's an out away from getting in The Dugout with a zero on the board the same one that's on his back left side Roos from short left what a throw what a play scored his first mom can exhale and so can jack and Sandy approves as Jack Flair pitches around the lead double Mitch Keller in his last three outings he has been very good he's been amazing the last three starts 18 Innings pitch three earned runs and 13 K and now like you said this is one of the times where this team really needs Mitch Keller to perform swung on and Miss goes up the lad again and he gets shoh on a three- pitch strikeout start the bottom of the first Hernandez in this month of August has an extra base hit and a run scored in all six games strength three call Up and Away with the fast ball two two outs and Keller's got two strikeouts to start the game and Freddy Freeman stands in and the success that Freddy Freeman's had against Mitch he's six for 12 he's kind of the guy you're going to have to be careful a Down the Line got a chance good Freddy Freeman with a rocket of a home run and the Dodgers are on the board first Freddy Freeman 17th home run of the Year Freeman is now 7even for 13 when he has faced Mitch ke number seven a home run here's one of the new Pirates Brian La Cruz De La Cruz lifts it off the end of the bat Freeman out Hayward on he is there to make the grab it took a long while before anybody had any confidence that they were going to get there and you can see Freddy's going all out here comes Jason and right about now Jason says I can get there and calls Freddy off and that was the ability of not having two guys over 220 lbs running into each other five in a row retired by flarity since the leadoff double and here's key Brien Hayes ground ball to short right at Roos throws to first one two three inning for Jack FL a third strike out of the night for Jack flare and there's one away for the Pirates swinging a liner up the middle base hit for Taylor and this one's heading toward the left center field wall it will bounce off of it that's going to be extra bases for Taylor a double here with one out and so the Pirates two hits tonight both have split that left center field Gap that ball gets out there in a hurry now ikf at the plate doubled his first time up pop up foul ground at first Freddy Freeman he'll put kind of for off away on one pitch the Pirates have had opportunities that was their fourth at bat with a runner in scoring position Here Comes number five and he flips his curveball into left field rasa Hernandez ws and again jack Flair is able to pitch around the double PES gets the free pass he's just the second base runner Otani coming to the plate he's now one for his last 48 with two strikes a onew there's a powering drive way back there a majestic home run two run home run sh Otani his 35th of the season the Dodgers lead it three nothing two for 49 two strikes gosh the second one should count as more than one hit greatness recognizes greatness Ball Four delivered up high to tasa Hernandez with one out the Dodgers have another base run here is Freeman who homered swed the left center field Reynolds on the move they TR and watch it bang off the wall frean in the second with a double two ABS two extra base hits one to right one to left and the Dodgers still in Big Time business here in the bottom of the third inning couple of ducks on the P for Will Smith this is a good situation to come out of a slump oh a little excuse me swing and that's going to fall in fair to right field here comes teoscar to score Here Comes Freddy to score SC and I didn't mean to do it but I'm glad I did hit for Will Smith drives in two more and the Dodgers lead it 5 nothing that smile says it all probably get graded as a wild pitch and it is second scoop Smith there's Miguel Roos bounced out to ke Brian Hayes at third in the second in as he swings and lines it into center field pass to diving O'Neal Cruz rounding third is Smith he'll score six nothing Dodgers a two out RBI base hit for Miguel roohan filler has not experienced an inning like this in a long while he's given up five earn runs in this inning he's given up five earn runs over his previous four starts O'Neal Cruz who began his career in blue leads it off for the Pirates and this Ball's laced in the right center field back it goes home run O'Neal Cruz and that got out in a hurry y that's one way to Chip Away that'll do it yeah O'Neal Cruz not out of hesitation right there snag One of Those runs right back immediately oh yeah just chip away here one at a time still got a lot of baseball left it's Runners on first and second now with two outs and yasmani grandall coming up to the plate he struck out in his first in back did he go yes he did on appeal Third Base umpire Chris Conroy Rings up strike three three strikeouts in the inning six in the game number 10 on the season for Jason Hayward and there are two gone for the Dodgers here in the fourth opposite field base H to Oscar Hernandez pepper and right center field H it in to score seven to one Andis has been hot in August ining at 400 so Runners on first and second and the Pirates are threatening up to Joey Bart here Pirates trying to chip away in the fifth and this ball is hammered out to left field that is way up there back to left field back to the wall and Home Run Joey Bart oh Joey Bart woo three run bomb at the left field and now the Pirates are within Striking Distance after that three-run home run puts them down three there's one way to chip away and there's no better way to Chip Away than a three-run home R and now Kik Hernandez at the plate struck out twice so far today and he belts it deep to left back toward the wall it is off the glove of Brian Reynolds and into the crowd for a home run an 11 pitch at B ends in a k herum of a home run PK Hernandez with a two-run shot it is nine to four and that is probably going to do it for Jack flarity Dave Roberts making a call to the bullpen but on this full circle evening for Jack flare the LA kid in a Dodger uniform pitching on the Dodger Stadium M he strikes out 10 over five and 2/3 and Anthony Bond now on to face Isaiah ker ffo with Runners on first and second and two outs onew strike three called he got him with a change up looking job by Anthony bond to get Isaiah Conor FFA no runs one hit two left Cruz will now come up to the plate he's one for three on the day I think he hit hard down the left field line that's going to be fair now cruise around first and he'll cruise into second base for one out double O'Neal Cruz with his second hit of the day he's got himself a home run and now a double hits lefties at a 441 clip slugging well over 700 against him swinging a little poke back of first Freeman tracks it along the line and makes the catch at Fair Ground Tes now come up to the plate with O'Neal crw still on second base and tles couldn't hold up the swing he's called out on strikes Bond strikes him out Bond strands the one out double by Cruz Reynolds goes the second base it'll be defensive indifference two gone in the ninth inning Pirates down to their last out O'Neal crw Cruz has had a good day homering and doubling the Pitch hit up the middle and that will be an RBI base hit so because Reynolds takes second base the free pass that is not a stolen base because it was Defensive indifference ends up being an RBI for O'Neal Cruz that's his third hit of the day his second RBI and you love to see it Joey Bart had a three-run homer in the fifth Bart bounces one to third Hernandez has it that'ss the ball game over the Pirates 9 to5 let's get the first win of this series and congratulations to Jack flarity winning his home start win first one of his career and hopefully a lot more here at da Stadium