Game Report - March 27, 2025 - Dodgers 5, Tigers 4
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Steve Bielawski
Mar 28, 2025, 12:50:21 PM3/28/25
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> Los Angeles Angels 5, Detroit Tigers 4 - final
Tarik Skubal only had one bad inning, but that was enough to let the Dodgers win this game.
The Dodgers took the early lead when Tommy Edman homered in the bottom of the second. That came a half-inning after Spencer Torkelson was out for going too far from third base too quickly.
The Tigers tied the game in the top of the fourth, when Spencer Torkelson walked, went to second on a single, went to third on a ground out, and scored on a wild pitch by Blake Snell.
The Tigers took the lead in the top of the fifth, when Gleyber Torres singled, went to third on a single by Riley Green (who advanced to second base on the throw to third), and scored on a sacrifice fly by Manuel Margot.
In the bottom of the fifth, Andy Pages singled, Shohei Ohtani was safe on a force out of Mr. Pages, Mookie Betts walked, and Teoscar Hernandez homered to drive in Mr. Ohtani and Mr. Betts. That gave the Dodgers a 4-2 lead.
Spencer Torkelson hit a solo home run with one out in the top of the seventh inning.
Shohei Ohtani homered in the bottom of the seventh.
In the top of the eighth, Zach McKinstry tripled, and Kerry Carpenter hit a sacrifice fly to drive in Mr. McKinstry.
The Tigers lost the opener. Jack Flaherty, whom the Tigers traded to the Dodgers last July, will start for the Tigers against the Dodgers tonight. 26-year-old righthander Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start for the Dodgers.
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> A. Ibanez 3B 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000
nothing.
> G. Torres 2B 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400
Singled up the middle in the fifth and scored.
Singled up the middle in the ninth and stole second base.
> R. Greene LF-CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200
Singled to right in the fifth.
Struck out three times.
> S. Torkelson DH 1 2 1 1 1 4 0 1.000 1.000 4.000
Walked in the second.
Walked in the fourth and scored.
Walked in the fifth.
Homered to left field in the seventh.
Walked in the ninth.
Three walks and a home run. Nice.
> M. Margot RF 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 .667 .500 .667
Singled to right in the second.
Singled to right in the fourth.
Hit a sacrifice fly to centre in the fifth
to drive in Mr. Torres.
> T. Sweeney PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000
> C. Keith 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000
In the KIITTI club.
> J. Baez SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
In the KIITI club.
> Z. McKinstry PH-SS 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 3.000
Walked in the sixth.
Tripled to centre in the eighth and scored.
> J. Rogers C 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333
Walked in the fourth.
Singled to left in the sixth.
> R. Kreidler CF 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500
Singled to left in the third.
> K. Carpenter PH-LF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Hit a sacrifice fly to left in the eighth
to drive in Mr. McKinstry.
> team 34 4 9 3 1 6 9
Four runs will win some games, but not this one.
> 3B: McKinstry (1, Scott)
> HR: Torkelson (1, 7th inning off Vesia 0 on, 1 Out)
> RBI: Margot (1), Carpenter (1), Torkelson (1)
> SF: Margot; Carpenter
> Team LOB: 11
> Team RISP: 0-15 (Báez 0-2, Torres 0-2, Ibáñez 0-1, Rogers 0-2,
> Greene 0-1, Kreidler 0-1, Carpenter 0-1, Sweeney 0-1, Keith 0-4)
Some big missed chances.
> SB: Torres (1, 2nd base off Treinen/Smith)
> Los Angeles Dodgers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> S. Ohtani DH 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 .417 .500 1.000
> M. Betts SS 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333
> T. Hernández RF 4 1 1 3 1 0 1 .167 .231 .417
> F. Freeman 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Contained.
> T. Edman CF 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 .214 .214 .643
> W. Smith C 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .429 .667 .571
> M. Muncy 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .250 .200
Cornered.
> M. Rojas 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .182 .100
Collared.
> A. Pages LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .455 .375
> team 31 5 7 5 3 1 6
> HR: T. Hernández (1, 5th inning off Skubal 2 on, 2 Out);
> Ohtani (2, 7th inning off Hanifee 0 on, 2 Out);
> Edman (2, 2nd inning off Skubal 0 on, 1 Out)
> RBI: T. Hernández 3 (4), Ohtani (2), Edman (3)
> 2Out RBI: T. Hernández 3, Ohtani
> Team LOB: 3
> Team RISP: 1-2 (T. Hernández 1-2)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Detroit Tigers (0-1, 0-1 road) 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 - 4 9 0
> Los Angeles Dodgers (1-0, 1-0 home) 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 x - 5 7 0
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
The Dodgers got a killer 3-run homer.
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> T. Skubal (L, 0-1) 5.0 6 4 4 1 2 2 80-55 7.20
Four good innings, but some trouble in the fifth.
> J. Brebbia 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10-7 0.00
Did his job.
> B. Hanifee 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 20-13 9.00
Not the way he wanted to start the season.
> B. Brieske 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12-8 0.00
Did his job.
> team 8.0 7 5 5 1 6 3 122-83
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Skubal 15/22;
> Brebbia 2/3; Hanifee 3/4; Brieske 1/3
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Skubal-14-8-14-19;
> Brebbia-4-2-0-1; Hanifee-5-2-3-3; Brieske-2-3-1-2
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Skubal 7-6;
> Brebbia 1-0; Hanifee 2-0; Brieske 1-1
> Game Scores: T Skubal 40
> Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> B. Snell (W, 1-0) 5.0 5 2 2 4 2 0 92-53 3.60
Good enough.
> B. Casparius (H, 2) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 26-19 0.00
Did his job.
> A. Vesia (H, 1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 3 1 18-14 4.50
> T. Scott (H, 1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 14-11 4.50
A bit of a hiccup, but not that bad.
> B. Treinen (S, 1) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 23-13 0.00
Did his job.
> team 9.0 9 4 4 6 9 1 173-110
> WP: Snell
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Treinen 2/5; Snell 16/24; Scott 4/4; Vesia 3/4; Casparius 5/5
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Treinen-5-1-5-1; Snell-13-14-8-18;
> Scott-2-4-2-3; Vesia-5-2-6-1; Casparius-1-3-12-3
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Treinen 0-1; Snell 6-7; Scott 0-2; Casparius 1-1
> Game Scores: B Snell 47
> Venue: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California
> Attendance: 53,595
> Weather: 69 degrees, partly cloudy
> Wind: 3 m.p.h., out to right
> Time of Game: 2:32
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Tarik Skubal only had one bad inning, but that was enough to let the Dodgers win this game.
The Dodgers took the early lead when Tommy Edman homered in the bottom of the second. That came a half-inning after Spencer Torkelson was out for going too far from third base too quickly.
The Tigers tied the game in the top of the fourth, when Spencer Torkelson walked, went to second on a single, went to third on a ground out, and scored on a wild pitch by Blake Snell.
The Tigers took the lead in the top of the fifth, when Gleyber Torres singled, went to third on a single by Riley Green (who advanced to second base on the throw to third), and scored on a sacrifice fly by Manuel Margot.
In the bottom of the fifth, Andy Pages singled, Shohei Ohtani was safe on a force out of Mr. Pages, Mookie Betts walked, and Teoscar Hernandez homered to drive in Mr. Ohtani and Mr. Betts. That gave the Dodgers a 4-2 lead.
Spencer Torkelson hit a solo home run with one out in the top of the seventh inning.
Shohei Ohtani homered in the bottom of the seventh.
In the top of the eighth, Zach McKinstry tripled, and Kerry Carpenter hit a sacrifice fly to drive in Mr. McKinstry.
The Tigers lost the opener. Jack Flaherty, whom the Tigers traded to the Dodgers last July, will start for the Tigers against the Dodgers tonight. 26-year-old righthander Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start for the Dodgers.
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> A. Ibanez 3B 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000
nothing.
> G. Torres 2B 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400
Singled up the middle in the fifth and scored.
Singled up the middle in the ninth and stole second base.
> R. Greene LF-CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200
Singled to right in the fifth.
Struck out three times.
> S. Torkelson DH 1 2 1 1 1 4 0 1.000 1.000 4.000
Walked in the second.
Walked in the fourth and scored.
Walked in the fifth.
Homered to left field in the seventh.
Walked in the ninth.
Three walks and a home run. Nice.
> M. Margot RF 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 .667 .500 .667
Singled to right in the second.
Singled to right in the fourth.
Hit a sacrifice fly to centre in the fifth
to drive in Mr. Torres.
> T. Sweeney PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000
> C. Keith 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000
In the KIITTI club.
> J. Baez SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
In the KIITI club.
> Z. McKinstry PH-SS 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 3.000
Walked in the sixth.
Tripled to centre in the eighth and scored.
> J. Rogers C 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333
Walked in the fourth.
Singled to left in the sixth.
> R. Kreidler CF 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500
Singled to left in the third.
> K. Carpenter PH-LF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Hit a sacrifice fly to left in the eighth
to drive in Mr. McKinstry.
> team 34 4 9 3 1 6 9
Four runs will win some games, but not this one.
> 3B: McKinstry (1, Scott)
> HR: Torkelson (1, 7th inning off Vesia 0 on, 1 Out)
> RBI: Margot (1), Carpenter (1), Torkelson (1)
> SF: Margot; Carpenter
> Team LOB: 11
> Team RISP: 0-15 (Báez 0-2, Torres 0-2, Ibáñez 0-1, Rogers 0-2,
> Greene 0-1, Kreidler 0-1, Carpenter 0-1, Sweeney 0-1, Keith 0-4)
Some big missed chances.
> SB: Torres (1, 2nd base off Treinen/Smith)
> Los Angeles Dodgers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> S. Ohtani DH 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 .417 .500 1.000
> M. Betts SS 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333
> T. Hernández RF 4 1 1 3 1 0 1 .167 .231 .417
> F. Freeman 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Contained.
> T. Edman CF 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 .214 .214 .643
> W. Smith C 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .429 .667 .571
> M. Muncy 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .250 .200
Cornered.
> M. Rojas 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .182 .100
Collared.
> A. Pages LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .455 .375
> team 31 5 7 5 3 1 6
> HR: T. Hernández (1, 5th inning off Skubal 2 on, 2 Out);
> Ohtani (2, 7th inning off Hanifee 0 on, 2 Out);
> Edman (2, 2nd inning off Skubal 0 on, 1 Out)
> RBI: T. Hernández 3 (4), Ohtani (2), Edman (3)
> 2Out RBI: T. Hernández 3, Ohtani
> Team LOB: 3
> Team RISP: 1-2 (T. Hernández 1-2)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Detroit Tigers (0-1, 0-1 road) 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 - 4 9 0
> Los Angeles Dodgers (1-0, 1-0 home) 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 x - 5 7 0
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
The Dodgers got a killer 3-run homer.
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> T. Skubal (L, 0-1) 5.0 6 4 4 1 2 2 80-55 7.20
Four good innings, but some trouble in the fifth.
> J. Brebbia 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10-7 0.00
Did his job.
> B. Hanifee 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 20-13 9.00
Not the way he wanted to start the season.
> B. Brieske 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12-8 0.00
Did his job.
> team 8.0 7 5 5 1 6 3 122-83
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Skubal 15/22;
> Brebbia 2/3; Hanifee 3/4; Brieske 1/3
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Skubal-14-8-14-19;
> Brebbia-4-2-0-1; Hanifee-5-2-3-3; Brieske-2-3-1-2
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Skubal 7-6;
> Brebbia 1-0; Hanifee 2-0; Brieske 1-1
> Game Scores: T Skubal 40
> Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> B. Snell (W, 1-0) 5.0 5 2 2 4 2 0 92-53 3.60
Good enough.
> B. Casparius (H, 2) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 26-19 0.00
Did his job.
> A. Vesia (H, 1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 3 1 18-14 4.50
> T. Scott (H, 1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 14-11 4.50
A bit of a hiccup, but not that bad.
> B. Treinen (S, 1) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 23-13 0.00
Did his job.
> team 9.0 9 4 4 6 9 1 173-110
> WP: Snell
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Treinen 2/5; Snell 16/24; Scott 4/4; Vesia 3/4; Casparius 5/5
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Treinen-5-1-5-1; Snell-13-14-8-18;
> Scott-2-4-2-3; Vesia-5-2-6-1; Casparius-1-3-12-3
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Treinen 0-1; Snell 6-7; Scott 0-2; Casparius 1-1
> Game Scores: B Snell 47
> Venue: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California
> Attendance: 53,595
> Weather: 69 degrees, partly cloudy
> Wind: 3 m.p.h., out to right
> Time of Game: 2:32
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> Los Angeles Angels 5, Detroit Tigers 4 - final
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> A. Ibanez 3B 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000
> A. Ibanez 3B 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000
Ibanez hit the ball hard 4 times with nothing to show for it. Just bad luck.
> G. Torres 2B 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400
After he stole 2nd in the 9th he immediately tried to steal 3rd on the next pitch but Tork fouled off the pitch. I think Torres would have stolen 3rd because he got a great jump and surprised the Dodgers. Too bad.
> R. Greene LF-CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200
Greene can be frustrating to watch because his big uppercut swing can lead to a lot of strikeouts or choppers, but he often makes it work. Just not last night.
Made a couple of nice catches in LF. He's smooth in LF.
> S. Torkelson DH 1 2 1 1 1 4 0 1.000 1.000 4.000
The Dodgers seemed very careful pitching to Tork and he didn't try to force things and just accepted the walks. When he got a pitch to drive in his 5th at-bat he hit it for a homer.
This looked like the Tork who was the best hitter in college baseball when he got drafted. It was just one game, but Tork did look like a different hitter. Let's hope it continues.
I just picked up Tork for my fantasy team, so I've probably cursed him.
> M. Margot RF 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 .667 .500 .667
Scrappy hitter.
> T. Sweeney PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000
Just missed ripping a 2-run double down the RF line in the 9th.
> C. Keith 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000
Did not look good. Was making very weak contact.
> J. Baez SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Had some wild swings as usual but moved runners over instead of striking out.
> Z. McKinstry PH-SS 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 3.000
Good job off the bench.
> J. Rogers C 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333
I thought he hit a 3-run homer to LF in the 2nd off the bat, but it just died near the fence and Pages caught it.
> R. Kreidler CF 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500
Made a great catch in CF and singled. We'll take anything we can get from him.
> K. Carpenter PH-LF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Had a chance to drive in a run or two as a pinch hitter but popped out. At least he hit a sac fly in his next AB.
> Los Angeles Dodgers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> S. Ohtani DH 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 .417 .500 1.000
I thought we had contained Ohtani until he homered in the 8th. He's such a great hitter.
> HR: T. Hernández (1, 5th inning off Skubal 2 on, 2 Out);
> Ohtani (2, 7th inning off Hanifee 0 on, 2 Out);
> Edman (2, 2nd inning off Skubal 0 on, 1 Out)
There's your difference. The Dodgers hit homers on 3 mistake pitches, but the Tigers only did it once. The Tigers got their share of mistake pitches but didn't do much with them except for Tork's solo homer.
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> T. Skubal (L, 0-1) 5.0 6 4 4 1 2 2 80-55 7.20
Skubal wasn't missing many bats. He seemed to be trying his slider a lot and it wasn't working too well.
The Dodgers' game plan was to swing early in the count against him and they made it work.
Skubal probably should have adjusted and started throwing more offspeed stuff or pitches away or inside on the first pitch. The 3-run homer he gave up to Hernandez was a first-pitch fastball down the middle. Hernandez went up there looking to hack at the
first pitch and got what he wanted.
Kudos to the Dodgers for making their gameplan work.
> J. Brebbia 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10-7 0.00
> B. Hanifee 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 20-13 9.00
Welcome to the Ohtani experience. Hanifee threw a 3-2 sinker in the zone to Ohtani, but maybe they should have just walked him.
> B. Brieske 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12-8 0.00
Beau looked pretty good last night.
> Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> B. Snell (W, 1-0) 5.0 5 2 2 4 2 0 92-53 3.60
The Tigers had quite a bit of traffic on the bases against Snell and they made him throw a lot of pitches, but he was still tough when he had to be.
> T. Scott (H, 1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 14-11 4.50
Scott was signed to be their closer, but Roberts brought him in for the 8th instead. He wanted the lefty Scott to face Carpenter.
> B. Treinen (S, 1) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 23-13 0.00
Treinen is normally a setup guy, but got the save. He's got good stuff and would probably could be a closer for a lot of teams. The Dodgers have a deep bullpen.
Peter
David Panian
Mar 28, 2025, 7:19:55 PM3/28/25
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On Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM Peter Welch <pw...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> R. Greene LF-CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200
Greene can be frustrating to watch because his big uppercut swing can lead to a lot of strikeouts or choppers, but he often makes it work. Just not last night.
The ESPN crew said Greene has the most extreme uppercut swing in the majors, based on the bat path tracking MLB can do now. It was interesting to hear that, because I think a lot of us think he would have even more success if he did not have such an extreme uppercut.
David
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