The Los Angeles Dodgers have struggled to persistently string wins collectively currently, however that was actually not the case in Wednesday’s 12-2 win over the Houston Astros.
Even after beginning pitcher Tyler Glasnow exited the sport following the primary inning attributable to decrease again ache, the Dodgers’ bats did greater than sufficient to make sure there wouldn’t be a lot stress on the bullpen to fill the void.
Middle fielder Andy Pages was instrumental to the Dodgers’ success with a career-high three residence runs and 6 RBI. In actual fact, his three homers had been the one lengthy photographs the workforce hit regardless of 14 hits within the recreation.
Andy Pages goes off for Dodgers to take collection over Astros
The primary homer from Pages — a 393-foot shot to left area off Astros (15-23) starter Lance McCullers Jr. — capped a five-run third inning for the Dodgers (23-14) and prolonged their result in 6-1.
Pages added a two-run homer within the fifth when he crushed a 91-mph sinker to left area off Astros pitcher Jason Alexander.
In an 11-2 recreation going into the ninth, the Astros turned to catcher Cesar Salazar, and it was a lot of the identical when Pages returned to the plate. He wasted no time on the second pitch of the at-bat to tack on one final run for the Dodgers and achieve the primary three-homer recreation of his profession.
Pages joins Max Muncy as the one Dodgers to hit three residence runs in a recreation this season after Muncy completed the identical feat in opposition to the Texas Rangers on April 10.
Coming into Wednesday’s recreation, Pages had solely hit 5 homers all season and none since an April 13 contest in opposition to the New York Mets. Supervisor Dave Roberts views the offensive outburst as Pages and the remainder of the workforce shifting their mentality and attacking the zone with extra aggression.
“I assumed right this moment there was simply extra intent to scare him out of the zone,” Roberts stated, per MLB.com’s Courtney Hollmon. “I assumed the swings had been with extra conviction. It wasn’t as a lot in between … only a lot much less indecisiveness and conviction behind the swings.”
To be truthful, it’s not like Pages had not had some breakout performances earlier than. He has crushed 48 homers in his profession, together with a career-high 27 final season.
Whereas relievers Jack Dreyer, Edgardo Henriquez, Kyle Damage, Blake Treinen, Tanner Scott and Brock Stewart mixed to permit one run over the ultimate eight innings after Glasnow’s fast exit, they didn’t need to do a lot with the offense having its method all the recreation.
Shohei Ohtani was even in a position to snap his surprising 0-for-18 skid on the plate — the second-longest of his profession — with a double within the third inning and an RBI single within the fifth.
The star of the sport, although, was Pages. The Dodgers had misplaced 5 of seven coming in, however his profession outing is only a reminder of what number of items the Dodgers have in place to have success, and that any of them are able to having a breakout at any level.
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