The Dodgers made this one comfortable before the Mariners could get their footing. Los Angeles scored two in the first, added three more in the fourth, and cruised to a 6-2 win at Dodger Stadium, weathering a brief Seattle rally in the sixth to improve to 69-40.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| LAD | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 8 | 1 |
Dalton Rushing supplied the biggest swing of the night, a three-run homer to right field in the fourth inning that pushed the score to 0-5. He finished 1-for-4 with three RBI. Teoscar Hernandez was named game MVP after going 2-for-3 with a home run, an RBI and a walk, including a solo shot to center in the sixth that made it 2-6.
Los Angeles opened the scoring in the first when Mookie Betts doubled to left, driving in Edman and Pages to make it 0-2, a play that gave the Dodgers a lead they never gave up. Rushing's fourth-inning homer, scoring Tucker and T. Hernandez alongside him, extended the margin to 0-5 and effectively settled the outcome. Seattle answered in the sixth: Randy Arozarena doubled in Young to trim it to 1-5, and Cal Raleigh drew a bases-loaded walk that brought home Arozarena and made it 2-5. Hernandez's homer in the bottom half restored the five-run cushion at 2-6.
Bryan Woo took the loss for Seattle after allowing 5 runs on 5 hits over 5.0 innings, with 8 strikeouts and 2 walks. Roki Sasaki started for Los Angeles and worked 5.1 innings, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits with 7 strikeouts and 3 walks. Sasaki carries a 4.64 ERA. The Dodgers bullpen closed it out with four relievers combining for 3.2 scoreless innings, while Seattle's two relievers allowed 1 run over 3.0 innings.
Arozarena went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI for Seattle, and Cole Young added two hits including a triple, but the Mariners' sixth-inning push was as close as they got. Seattle fell to 53-57 and has now dropped two straight, while Los Angeles has won two in a row and sits atop its division.