Dodgers end 7-game skid on Ohtani's 10th-inning RBI
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- Shohei Ohtani drove in the go-ahead run with an infield single in the 10th inning — a grounder first baseman Tim Tawa dove to knock down but couldn't recover — lifting the Dodgers to a 2-1 win over the Diamondbacks and ending a seven-game losing streak.
- Kyle Tucker broke a scoreless tie with a solo homer in the eighth inning, his 11th of the season, after signing a $240 million, four-year deal with Los Angeles during the offseason.
- Closer Edwin Diaz blew his second consecutive save in the ninth, giving up back-to-back triples to Geraldo Perdomo and Corbin Carroll that erased a 1-0 Dodgers lead.
- Jack Dreyer earned his first save of the season, retiring the final two batters by fielding a comebacker from Ryan Waldschmidt and starting a double play.
- Arizona's Brandon Pfaadt delivered seven innings of two-hit, two-walk ball, improving to a 1.32 ERA over eight starts since returning from Triple-A Reno.
- The Diamondbacks stranded 15 runners on base in the loss, undone by a 5⅔-inning start from Yoshinobu Yamamoto that still saw Los Angeles need 107 pitches from him before turning to the bullpen.
- Dodgers manager Dave Roberts called the victory "tough" and "not pretty," saying the offense "just [has] got to get going" while praising his pitchers for competing through a "razor's edge" margin.
Why it matters: The Dodgers halted a season-worst seven-game losing streak but the win papered over real trouble: closer Edwin Diaz has now blown back-to-back saves, the lineup managed just two runs and one hit through eight innings, and the Diamondbacks — who stranded 15 runners — were the better team for most of the night. With the $240 million Tucker signing still finding its footing (11 homers) and Ohtani producing the decisive RBI on a play the defense nearly made, Los Angeles is winning on margins that won't hold in October.
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