Overview
- Los Angeles won 5-4 on Friday’s championship-ring night, powered by Mookie Betts’ three-run homer and a go-ahead single from Kyle Tucker in the eighth.
- Edwin Díaz, a high-profile offseason signee, locked down the ninth for his first save with the Dodgers in his team debut.
- Rookie infielder Alex Freeland homered, doubled, and scored the winning run in his season debut after breaking a string of 14 straight Dodgers retired.
- Over the first two games, Arizona made four outs on the bases, including a runner doubled off a lineout, a tag at home, and a slip off a bag with the tag still on.
- Torey Lovullo said he could accept Alek Thomas oversliding third but called the other outs unacceptable, and he emphasized aggressive play with better reads as the series wraps Saturday.