LOS ANGELES — Earlier than anybody had even thrown a pitch on Wednesday night time, Dodger Stadium thrummed with emotion. Anticipation was excessive, with Clayton Kershaw on the precipice of an elusive profession milestone.
After the highs and lows, the Dodgers despatched their followers residence glad. Freddie Freeman walked off the White Sox with an RBI single, capping a three-run ninth-inning comeback effort that secured a 5-4 victory — and a collection win, organising an opportunity to comb the three-game set.
Kershaw received the three strikeouts he wanted to grow to be the twentieth member of the three,000-strikeout membership, however he left the sport in line for the loss after giving up 4 runs in six innings. Freeman’s well timed knock made what was already a particular night time much more fulfilling.
“In the present day was going to be about Clayton, and rightfully so,” supervisor Dave Roberts mentioned. “And to form of get that a part of it, to then recalibrate, to nonetheless focus and discover a strategy to win a baseball recreation, I do assume that that makes Clayton really feel higher, that the 4 runs that he gave up, or no matter it was, did not price us the sport as effectively.”
Trailing 4-2 getting into the ninth, a leadoff single by Michael Conforto and walks to Tommy Edman and Hyeseong Kim set the stage for the highest of the Dodgers’ potent lineup, and L.A.’s stars received the job performed.
Shohei Ohtani beat out a possible double play to deliver residence one run, and Mookie Betts tied the sport with a sacrifice fly. Ohtani swiped second base — his first steal since Could 20 — earlier than Will Smith walked and Freeman received it with a single to proper area.
“When you’ve one thing so particular like this, you need to win these video games,” Freeman mentioned in a postgame interview on SportsNet LA. “Similar to we all the time do, we come again, we combat all the way in which to the top and we had been in a position to pull it out tonight.”
“Give the White Sox credit score, too,” Kershaw mentioned. “They did not make it simple on me in any respect. So it was a tricky night time all the way in which round. However what a strategy to finish it, with Freddie arising clutch there.”
