The Los Angeles Dodgers finally put together enough offense to snatch a 6-1 win against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park, securing a series victory and mercifully ending a road trip that had felt like two months of mediocre hitting packed into a few dismal days. The game itself was even delayed 58 minutes by rain, but the real delay for this offense felt like forever.
Finally, Some Hits! And Some Wasted Chances, Ugh
You wanna talk about frustrating? In the second inning, Freddie Freeman drew a walk and Miguel Rojas ripped a double, putting runners in scoring position. We’re talking prime real estate. But then Michael Tucker and Kiké Hernández both struck out, leaving those guys stranded. You could feel the collective groan. Then in the fourth, Freeman and Teoscar Hernández both singled, runners on the corners, and Rojas finally came through with a sacrifice fly. That’s a run! And get this, it was the first time the Dodgers actually scored first in a game since last Sunday against the Pirates. Seriously, it’s been that kind of August.
Teoscar Cracks It Open, Glasnow Deals the Heat
The sixth inning, though. Oh man. Freeman kept his hot streak going, ripping his 579th career double, pushing him into 24th place all-time. That’s just legend stuff right there. And then, as if the baseball gods heard our prayers, Teoscar Hernández absolutely crushed a pitch for his first home run in 27 days! That wasn’t just a dinger, that was an exorcism, snapping an 80-plate-appearance drought. TEOOOOOOO, baby! That homer, his 12th of the season, gave them their first multi-run inning since last Wednesday in Atlanta, and you could almost hear the bats breathing a sigh of relief. The eighth inning was almost unrecognizable, with guys getting on base and, get this, actual “insurance runs” scoring. Yeah, two of them were on wild pitches, but who cares? They counted!
Tyler Glasnow was absolutely magnificent on the mound in his second start back, pitching on just four days rest and looking even sharper than he did Tuesday in Atlanta. The dude retired his first nine Tigers in a row, then wrapped up by retiring the last ten. He completed seven dominant innings, racking up six strikeouts. The Tigers only managed two measly singles against him, both in the fourth, with a wild pitch letting one run score. That’s it! Glasnow only walked one batter and is now sitting pretty at 4-0. The offense has been tough to watch, but you gotta admit, the final four games of this road trip offered a glimmer of hope. They rolled out all four of their projected playoff starting pitchers,Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tarik Skubal, Blake Snell, and Glasnow,and as a staff, they only gave up five runs over those four games. Sure, they only went 2-2 in those games, and that’s a problem. But if this pitching staff gets even a shred of consistent offense, that’s their clear path to October success. They’ll definitely take this series win to close out a pretty ho-hum August.
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Originally reported by True Blue LA.
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