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Arizona Diamondbacks @ Los Angeles Dodgers

2021-05-19 · Night game · Dodger Stadium · Att: 15586 · 65°F, sunny · Wind 7 mph L to R · 2:56

Los Angeles Dodgers defeated Arizona Diamondbacks 4–2. Arizona Diamondbacks opened the scoring in the 4th — Eduardo Escobar homers (10) on a fly ball to center field. Josh Rojas scores. Los Angeles Dodgers took the lead in the 7th — Will Smith hits a sacrifice fly. Fielding error by right fielder Josh Rojas. Chris Taylor scores. Gavin Lux scores. Albert Pujols to 2nd. Will Smith to 1st. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Will Smith hits a sacrifice fly. Fielding error by right fielder Josh Rojas. Chris Taylor scores. Gavin Lux scores. Albert Pujols to 2nd. Will Smith to 1st — worth 25% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Torey Lovullo (M): Interference call.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ARI	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
LAN	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0		4	7

W: Joe Kelly L: Joe Mantiply SV: Kenley Jansen

Umpires — HP: Will Little · 1B: Marvin Hudson · 2B: Rob Drake · 3B: Dan Merzel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Arizona Diamondbacks — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pavin Smith	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tim Locastro	3	0	0	0	0	1
Josh Rojas	3	1	0	0	1	2
Eduardo Escobar	4	1	1	2	0	1
Andrew Young	4	0	0	0	0	2
David Peralta	3	0	0	0	0	1
Nick Ahmed	3	0	1	0	0	2
Stephen Vogt	2	0	0	0	1	0
Matt Peacock	2	0	0	0	0	1
Ketel Marte	1	0	0	0	0	0

Los Angeles Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mookie Betts	4	0	1	1	0	0
Max Muncy	3	1	2	0	0	1
Justin Turner	4	0	0	0	0	1
Yoshi Tsutsugo	4	0	1	1	0	1
Chris Taylor	3	1	0	0	1	1
Gavin Lux	3	1	1	0	1	0
Matt Beaty	2	0	0	0	0	0
Austin Barnes	4	0	0	0	0	3
Clayton Kershaw	1	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Raley	1	0	1	0	0	0
Albert Pujols	1	0	1	0	0	0
Will Smith	0	0	0	1	0	0
DJ Peters	0	1	0	0	1	0

Arizona Diamondbacks — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Matt Peacock	5.1	4	0	4
Taylor Clarke	0.2	0	1	0
Joe Mantiply	0.1	2	1	1
Stefan Crichton	0.2	0	0	0
Caleb Smith	1.0	1	1	2

Los Angeles Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Clayton Kershaw	6.0	2	1	8
Joe Kelly	1.0	0	0	1
Victor Gonzalez	1.0	0	1	0
Kenley Jansen	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pavin Smith: 7/F7D
Tim Locastro: HP
Josh Rojas: 4/P6M
Eduardo Escobar: 7/F78XD

Bot 1

Mookie Betts: 63/G56
Max Muncy: K
Justin Turner: 9/F89XD

Top 2

Andrew Young: K
David Peralta: 23/G2-
Nick Ahmed: K

Bot 2

Yoshi Tsutsugo: 43/G34D+
Chris Taylor: K
Gavin Lux: 7/F7

Top 3

Stephen Vogt: 7/F7L
Matt Peacock: K
Pavin Smith: 3/G3

Bot 3

Matt Beaty: 8/F8
Austin Barnes: 53/G5
Clayton Kershaw: 8/F8S

Top 4

Tim Locastro: 43/G4D
Josh Rojas: W
Eduardo Escobar: HR/F8XD.1-H
Andrew Young: K
David Peralta: K+WP.B-1
Nick Ahmed: CS2(24)

Bot 4

Mookie Betts: 3/P3
Max Muncy: D9/L9LD+
Justin Turner: K
Yoshi Tsutsugo: S7/G56+.2-H
Chris Taylor: 54(1)/FO/G56.B-1

Top 5

Nick Ahmed: D7/F8XD+
Stephen Vogt: 43/G4.2-3
Matt Peacock: 13/G1S-/BINT
Pavin Smith: K

Bot 5

Gavin Lux: E3/G3D.B-1
Matt Beaty: 6(1)3/GDP/G6M
Austin Barnes: K

Top 6

Tim Locastro: K
Josh Rojas: K
Eduardo Escobar: 6/P6D

Bot 6

Luke Raley: S9/G3
Mookie Betts: 8/F8
Max Muncy: S9/L9S.1-3
Justin Turner: 7/F7S
Yoshi Tsutsugo: SB2
Yoshi Tsutsugo: 43/G34D

Top 7

Andrew Young: 63/G6
David Peralta: 53/G4
Nick Ahmed: K

Bot 7

Chris Taylor: W
Gavin Lux: W.1-2
Albert Pujols: S39/F9LS.2-3;1-2
Austin Barnes: K
Will Smith: E9/L9/SF.3-H;2-H(NR);1-2;B-1
Mookie Betts: DGR/L89XD+.2-H(UR);1-3
Max Muncy: HP
Justin Turner: 54(1)3/GDP/G56

Top 8

Stephen Vogt: W
Ketel Marte: 54(1)/FO/G56.B-1
Pavin Smith: 34/G3S.1-2
Tim Locastro: 6/L6

Bot 8

Yoshi Tsutsugo: K
Chris Taylor: 8/F8+
Gavin Lux: S9/G34
DJ Peters: W.1-2
Austin Barnes: K

Top 9

Josh Rojas: K
Eduardo Escobar: K
Andrew Young: 43/G4D

Notes & reviews

D-backs manager Lovullo ejected by HP umpire Little for arguing Peacock did not interfere with throw to 1st
Run originally scored as earned, changed to unearned on 05-20-2021
D-backs challenged call that Marte was out at 1st; call overturned - force out, not double play

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