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Buehler just lasts three innings, giving up a four-run lead, but the game is sloppy, ending in an 11-7 victory thanks to three-run home runs from Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman. Miguel Rojas and Teoscar Hernandez both have three-hit games.
Pittsburgh — There’s an arts festival going on this week on one side of the Allegheny River.
There was no artwork at PNC Park on the north shore on Thursday night. Four mistakes were made by the Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates on the scorecard, and there were enough missed opportunities that a decent parent would have to shield their child’s eyes if they were there in Little League. The pitching was less than spectacular, too, and was left hanging by the defenses.
However, the Dodgers prevailed 11–7 to win the third and final game of the series and prevent the Pirates from sweeping them.
The mood in the clubhouse after the game was obviously not happy with the score, but rather more reflective of the play.
Pittsburgh: This week there’s an arts festival going on on one side of the Allegheny River.
There was no artwork on display Thursday night at PNC Park on the north shore. It was required for a reasonable parent to shield the eyes of any Little Leaguers there, as the Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates committed four mistakes on the scorecard and enough unmade plays. Pitching was less than spectacular as well, hung out to dry by the defenses.
However, the Dodgers emerged victorious in game three of the three-game series, defeating the Pirates 11-7 to prevent a sweep.
The post-game clubhouse environment was evidently more upset by the play than by the result.
“Yeah, it was the worst defensive game of the year,” Roberts said. “You have a starter go short last night (James Paxton). You have a starter go three innings. It seems like because of the lack of defense, pitchers are throwing way more pitches than they should have. They’ve got to take responsibility too. But the defense goes hand in hand with the pitching.
“You’re supposed to get 27 outs. We gifted them at least a half dozen. We gave away bases, outs. It wasn’t good. We’ll take the win. But it was certainly at a cost, going into a big series.”
Between them, Paxton and Walker Buehler recorded a total of 14 outs Wednesday and Thursday, leaving 12⅓ innings for the bullpen to absorb. Roberts burned through his high-leverage relievers Thursday despite a big lead most of the evening and closer Evan Phillips wound up throwing 31 pitches in the eighth inning after the Dodgers’ failure to make plays behind him extended the inning.
