The Los Angeles Dodgers have struggled to constantly string wins collectively these days, however that was definitely not the case in Wednesday’s 12-2 win over the Houston Astros.
Even after beginning pitcher Tyler Glasnow exited the sport following the primary inning as a result of decrease again ache, the Dodgers’ bats did greater than sufficient to make sure there wouldn’t be a lot stress on the bullpen to fill the void.
Heart fielder Andy Pages was instrumental to the Dodgers’ success with a career-high three dwelling runs and 6 RBI. Actually, his three homers had been the one lengthy pictures the group hit regardless of 14 hits within the recreation.
Andy Pages goes off for Dodgers to take sequence over Astros
The primary homer from Pages — a 393-foot shot to left subject off Astros (15-23) starter Lance McCullers Jr. — capped a five-run third inning for the Dodgers (23-14) and prolonged their result in 6-1.
Pages added a two-run homer within the fifth when he crushed a 91-mph sinker to left subject off Astros pitcher Jason Alexander.
In an 11-2 recreation going into the ninth, the Astros turned to catcher Cesar Salazar, and it was a lot of the identical when Pages returned to the plate. He wasted no time on the second pitch of the at-bat to tack on one final run for the Dodgers and attain the primary three-homer recreation of his profession.
Pages joins Max Muncy as the one Dodgers to hit three dwelling runs in a recreation this season after Muncy achieved the identical feat towards the Texas Rangers on April 10.
Getting into Wednesday’s recreation, Pages had solely hit 5 homers all season and none since an April 13 contest towards the New York Mets. Supervisor Dave Roberts views the offensive outburst as Pages and the remainder of the group shifting their mentality and attacking the zone with extra aggression.
“I assumed immediately there was simply extra intent to scare him out of the zone,” Roberts mentioned, per MLB.com’s Courtney Hollmon. “I assumed the swings had been with extra conviction. It wasn’t as a lot in between … only a lot much less indecisiveness and conviction behind the swings.”
To be honest, it isn’t like Pages had not had some breakout performances earlier than. He has crushed 48 homers in his profession, together with a career-high 27 final season.
Whereas relievers Jack Dreyer, Edgardo Henriquez, Kyle Harm, Blake Treinen, Tanner Scott and Brock Stewart mixed to permit one run over the ultimate eight innings after Glasnow’s fast exit, they didn’t must do a lot with the offense having its manner the complete recreation.
Shohei Ohtani was even in a position to snap his stunning 0-for-18 skid on the plate — the second-longest of his profession — with a double within the third inning and an RBI single within the fifth.
The star of the sport, although, was Pages. The Dodgers had misplaced 5 of seven coming in, however his profession outing is only a reminder of what number of items the Dodgers have in place to have success, and that any of them are able to having a breakout at any level.
