After outlasting Brandon Pfaadt’s dominance, Kyle Tucker’s late blast and Shohei Ohtani’s extra-inning heroics finally snapped the Los Angeles Dodgers skid.
It wasn't pretty, but the Los Angeles Dodgers finally snapped their seven-game losing streak against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Extra innings were required, and it seemed like Edwin Diaz was going to have the blame pointed at him once again.
Ultimately, the Dodgers prevailed in 10 innings, 2-1, and Diaz was the one who recorded the victory despite blowing his third save of the year.
LA simply had no answers for Brandon Pfaadt, but once he finally exited after the seventh inning, business picked up for manager Dave Roberts and this team as they saw light at the end of the tunnel.
Kyle Tucker's eighth-inning home run changed everything
With this game being scoreless going into the eighth inning, the Dodgers knew this was their chance to pounce on the D-backs bullpen. For whatever reason, Arizona wasn't able to give Pfaadt any run support, and that's something that will sit with them for quite some time.
Kyle Tucker came to the plate in the eighth against only the second pitcher the Dodgers had seen all game. Jonathan Loaisiga's first pitch was a 98-mph four-seam fastball that was outside the zone, and from there the rest spoke for itself.
Tucker swung at the next pitch he saw, and he crushed a 90-mph changeup to right field for a 366-foot home run. It was the first run of the game, and put the Dodgers in a great position as they only needed to record six more outs.
Shohei Ohtani bails out Diaz's blown save
When the Dodgers needed someone to step up in the 10th inning, look no further than Shohei Ohtani. The Japanese sensation has been a bit quiet lately, but that can be said about this entire team going back to their last win on Thursday, July 30.
With Tarik Skubal set to make his first start at home for the Dodgers on Monday, Aug. 10, and Blake Snell returning the day after, this was a huge win to get the team back in the right direction.
The series finale is still up for grabs, but now LA knows they don't have to worry about that losing streak any longer.
Diaz gave up back-to-back triples to the first two batters he saw in the ninth, but Ohtani delivered a two-out single that scored Tucker, who was the ghost runner and was able to advance to third base on a wild pitch in the previous at-bat.
After that, Jack Dreyer deserves a ton of credit for getting a strikeout and double play as he recorded his first save of the season in the bottom of the 10th.
