{"id":55159,"date":"2022-05-27T02:57:03","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T06:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=55159"},"modified":"2022-05-27T02:57:03","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T06:57:03","slug":"dodgers-diamondbacks-20220526","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2022\/05\/27\/dodgers-diamondbacks-20220526\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers Hit Parade Crushes Diamondbacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Dodgers 14, Diamondbacks 1<\/h2>\n<p>PHOENIX, May 26 \u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2022\/03\/19\/the-dodgers-have-no-excuse-to-not-win-the-world-series\/\" target=\"_self\">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> smacked 24 hits en route to a 14\u20131 blowout victory over the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2022\/04\/06\/diamondbacks-preview-2022-improvement-looms\/\" target=\"_self\">Arizona Diamondbacks<\/a> Thursday night. This hit output tied the Diamondbacks franchise record for most hits allowed, set September 2, 2002, against the Dodgers in a 19\u20131 loss. That game was famous for then-Diamondbacks first baseman Mark Grace pitching and imitating current Diamondbacks bullpen coach Mike Fetters\u2019 pre-pitch headsnap to get the catcher\u2019s signals.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JPnQsl-UpYM?start=2\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers took a 6\u20130 lead after a two-run first and four-run second off Diamondbacks starting pitcher Humberto Castellanos. Right fielder Mookie Betts and first baseman Freddie Freeman, who finished the game 4-for-5, opened the game with back-to-back doubles for a quick 1\u20130 lead. Two batters later, catcher Will Smith singled Freeman home. Dodgers starting pitcher Mitch White pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the first, an ever-important shutdown inning that kept the score at 2\u20130.<\/p>\n<p>In the top of the second, the Dodgers batted around. Center fielder Cody Bellinger led off with a single and scored from first on a double to the left-field corner by left fielder Chris Taylor. Two batters later, Betts walked, putting two on for Freeman, whose line-drive homer to right made the score 6\u20130.<\/p>\n<h3>Dodgers Pad Lead over Diamondbacks<\/h3>\n<p>The score remained 6\u20130 until the top of the sixth. Diamondbacks reliever Luis Frias, who took over in the fifth, surrendered five consecutive hits to open the inning. Betts singled and scored on a double by Freeman. After Freeman advanced to third on a wild pitch, he scored on a triple to right by speedy shortstop Trea Turner. Smith singled Turner home, making the score 9\u20130, before advancing to second on a single by designated hitter Edwin Rios. Justin Turner followed with a 6\u20134\u20133 double-play groundout, advancing Smith to third. Bellinger ripped a ground-rule double into the pool area, scoring Smith, before Taylor flied to right and ended the frame. Diamondbacks first baseman Christian Walker cracked a solo home run in the bottom half, preventing the shutout. It was his 12th, tied with Betts and Colorado Rockies first baseman C.J. Cron for the NL lead.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers tacked on two more runs in the eighth and another two in the ninth to finalize the score. In the eighth, Justin Turner doubled and later scored on a two-run homer by Taylor. The ninth inning runs came off Diamondbacks infielder Jake Hager, who position-pitched for the first time in his career. Three consecutive one-out hits did the damage \u2014 a single by Rios, double by Justin Turner, and two-run single by Bellinger. Dodgers infielder Hanser Alberto position-pitched in the ninth for the second time this season and fourth time of his career to close out the lopsided victory.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"HykTFIr3T8RAjMqnLPSLEQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1399501274\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'HykTFIr3T8RAjMqnLPSLEQ',sig:'3r6TBVdFOU-G-SBJzVksR1ZJjrMvlwgioyzvlnSUC6c=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1399501274',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Postgame Reflections<\/h3>\n<p>Manager Torey Lovullo bluntly summed up the game. \u201cThat wasn\u2019t anything we were looking for. We just didn&#8217;t execute on a lot of different levels and in a lot of different key situations. On the mound, we weren&#8217;t attacking the zone, weren\u2019t attacking the right spots. And when you make mistakes to big league hitters, they&#8217;re gonna make you pay for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lovullo added that Castellanos \u201ccouldn&#8217;t get into a rhythm\u201d early on. Furthermore, Lovullo said, \u201cevery time he made a mistake, he paid for it.\u201d Lovullo also commended Caleb Smith for coming into the game and pitching an inning and a third before Hager made his appearance. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t typically a game (Caleb Smith) should be in, but he went out there and gave us an inning and a third\u2026. Kudos to what Caleb did for this team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This was the most lopsided Diamondbacks loss since the 22\u20131 shellacking at Dodger Stadium on July 10, 2021. Lovullo said this game felt different than the 2021 blowout at Dodger Stadium, however. \u201cI think this team does a good job of refocusing,\u201d Lovullo explained. \u201cWe do things in a very uncommon way here and we group it all up in seven times. In our period of time that we&#8217;re together and given our absolute best and then I ask these guys at some point to digest it and come out and be ready to go tomorrow so yeah, this is a different ballclub totally different ballclub than last year.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Looking Ahead<\/h3>\n<p>Justin Bruihl (1\u20131) earned the win in relief of Dodgers starter Mitch White, who did not go the requisite five innings to get a win, while Castellanos (3\u20132) took the loss for the Diamondbacks. The Diamondbacks and Dodgers will play the second game of their four-game series Friday. Dodgers right-hander Ryan Pepiot (0\u20130, 3.86 ERA) will face Diamondbacks lefty Madison Bumgarner (2\u20132, 2.76 ERA). First pitch will be at 6:40 pm Arizona Time.<\/p>\n<h4>From Twitter:<\/h4>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Humberto Castellanos finds himself with an early 2-0 deficit against the Dodgers. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Dbacks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Dbacks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/spPpWD9UX3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/spPpWD9UX3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PHNX Diamondbacks (@PHNX_Dbacks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PHNX_Dbacks\/status\/1530006559425605632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Players\/Managers Mentioned:<\/h4>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gracema01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Grace<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/fettemi01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Fetters<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/castehu01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Humberto Castellanos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bettsmo01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mookie Betts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/freemfr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Freddie Freeman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=smithwi05,smithwi04,smith-091wil,smith-088wil,smith-086wil&amp;search=Will+Smith&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Will Smith<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=whitemi03,white-001mit&amp;search=Mitch+White&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mitch White<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bellico01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cody Bellinger<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/t\/tayloch03.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Taylor<\/a>, <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/friaslu01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luis Frias<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/t\/turnetr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trea Turner<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/riosed01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Edwin Rios<\/a><\/strong>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/t\/turneju01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justin Turner<\/a>,<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/walkech02.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christian Walker<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/croncj01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">C.J. Cron<\/a>,<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hagerja01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake Hager<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/alberha01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hanser Alberto<\/a>, <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/managers\/lovulto01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Torey Lovullo<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=smithca03,smith-013cal,smith-016cal,smith-014cal,smith-012cal&amp;search=Caleb+Smith&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Caleb Smith<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bruihju01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justin Bruihl<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/pepiory01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Pepiot<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bumgama01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Madison Bumgarner<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dodgers 14, Diamondbacks 1 PHOENIX, May 26 \u2014 The Los Angeles Dodgers smacked 24 hits en route to a 14\u20131 blowout victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks Thursday night. This hit output tied the Diamondbacks franchise record for most hits allowed, set September 2, 2002, against the Dodgers in a 19\u20131 loss. That game was famous [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2901,"featured_media":55162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,2,33,1071],"tags":[2517,899,206,3060,5093,3926,5678,250,305],"class_list":["post-55159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diamondbacks","category-featured","category-dodgers","category-mlb","tag-christian-walker","tag-cody-bellinger","tag-freddie-freeman","tag-hanser-alberto","tag-humberto-castellanos","tag-jake-hager","tag-mitch-white","tag-mookie-betts","tag-will-smith"],"modified_by":"Evan Thompson","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2901"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}