Will Smith hits 3-run homer, Dodgers extend NL West lead to 5 games with 10-9 win over D-backs
Will Smith hit a late three-run homer, Shohei Ohtani added his 43rd of the season and the Los Angeles Dodgers extended their NL West lead to five games with a 10-9 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks
PHOENIX (AP) — Will Smith hit a late three-run homer, Shohei Ohtani added his 43rd of the season and the Los Angeles Dodgers extended their NL West lead to five games with a 10-9 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night.
Arizona's late-season surge set the stage for a crucial four-game series and a charged-up crowd in a rematch of last season's NL Division Series won by the Diamondbacks.
A sold-out Chase Field got a wild show that included 10 combined runs in the first three innings, a big toe injury that knocked out Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, a run scored on a disengagement violation and a four-run rally in the ninth inning that came up short.
“Kind of fitting to start the series off like this with a lot of electricity in the crowd,” Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman said.
