Overview
- The Marlins, who won 3-2 on Wednesday in Los Angeles, took the series when second baseman Xavier Edwards ended the game with an unassisted double play at first.
- The Dodgers loaded the bases with one out in the ninth after an intentional walk to Ohtani, and Freddie Freeman chopped a ball that Edwards fielded in front of the bag.
- Edwards tagged Ohtani as he retreated toward first and then stepped on the base to retire Freeman, and a Dodgers challenge was reviewed and confirmed.
- The order of outs mattered because tagging the runner before touching first created a force on the batter-runner, which kept the tying run from counting.
- Sandy Alcantara delivered six strong innings and Javier Sanoja’s bloop single in the eighth drove in the winner as Miami secured its first series win at Dodger Stadium since April 2018.