It took extra innings and a wild eighth-inning swing before the Dodgers finally shook the Royals loose. Los Angeles won 5-4 in 10 innings at Dodger Stadium, needing a walk-off single to settle a game that had shifted directions four times in the final three innings.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| LAD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
Blake Snell set the tone early, striking out 10 over 6.0 innings and allowing just 1 run on 3 hits with a walk. His night ended with the Dodgers holding a lead, and it took a five-man bullpen effort covering the final 4.0 innings, allowing 3 runs, to get the game to the 10th. Mookie Betts backed the pitching with a 3-for-4 night, homering, doubling and driving in 2 runs.
Betts' homer to left in the second put the Dodgers up 0-1, and Alex Call's double in the seventh scored Betts to make it 1-2 before Teoscar Hernandez's double brought Call home for a 1-3 edge. But Kansas City stormed back in the eighth. Jac Caglianone singled home Loftin, Salvador Perez singled in Witt Jr. to tie it, and Carter Jensen's liner to center scored Caglianone on a fielding error by Andy Pages, putting the Royals ahead 4-3. The Dodgers answered immediately when Betts singled to right to score Tucker and tie it at 4-4. In the 10th, Max Muncy's single to center brought Ohtani around to score, giving Los Angeles the 4-5 lead it would not relinquish.
Michael Wacha kept Kansas City in it for most of the night, working 6.2 innings and allowing 3 runs, all earned, on 7 hits with 5 strikeouts and no walks. The Royals' bullpen could not hold the late lead, with Lucas Erceg taking the loss after allowing a run on just 1 hit in 0.1 innings. Bobby Witt Jr. went 2-for-5 with 2 runs scored, and Perez drove in 2 runs, but Kansas City stranded the chance to close it out in the eighth.
The win was the Dodgers' second straight, improving them to 72-48 and keeping them atop their division. Kansas City fell to 49-72, losing its third in a row.