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The Los Angeles Dodgers lost the first game of a four-game road series in a pitchers’ duel against the Arizona Diamondbacks, 4-1.
Emmet Sheehan started the game for the Dodgers, and threw 6.1 innings in the outing. Sheehan only allowed three hits on the night, but two of them found their way over the fence and he earned a loss for the outing. He also struck out three batters on the night.
The Dodgers had the first big chance of the game in the second inning, when they had runners on first and second with just no outs in the middle of the order. They loaded the bases with two outs later in the inning through a Miguel Rojas infield single, but Alex Call couldn’t knock them in.
They came through the following inning, though, as Shohei Ohtani and Andy Pages hit consecutive doubles to start the inning. Ohtani didn’t score on Pages’ double, though, so Freddie Freeman scored him with a groundout.
The game went quiet for the next several innings, with the Dodgers managing a baserunner here and there but leaving them stranded. The Diamondbacks took advantage of the Dodgers’ inability to convert, as Tommy Troy hit a solo shot to tie the game in the bottom of the sixth.
Nolan Arenado tagged the Dodgers for another run in the bottom of the seventh, when he launched a solo homer of his own over the left-centerfield wall. That would be the final batter Sheehan faced on the night.
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Jun 1, 2026; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Emmet Sheehan in the first inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images
The Diamondbacks blew the game open in the bottom of the eighth inning, when a red-hot Ketel Marte lined a ball over the left field wall for a two-run shot.
LA went down without much of a fight in the bottom of the inning, and D-backs closer Paul Sewald recorded his 15th save of the season.
The Dodgers dropped to 38-22 with the loss, and now lead the division by just five games. The San Diego Padres are the closest team to the Dodgers, but the Diamondbacks are now just 5.5 games back and have three opportunities to get closer to the division leaders.
The Dodgers will look to deny them the opportunity to close the gap, and will look towards Eric Lauer to get the job done on Tuesday.
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