Pittsburgh Pirates at Los Angeles Dodgers

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Pittsburgh Pirates

63-68, 29-36 Away

Final
3 - 4

Los Angeles Dodgers

79-51, 39-26 Home

Skubal fans 11 for his first Dodgers win as Los Angeles rallies past the Pirates, 4-3

Tarik Skubal fans 11 batters in a Dodgers win

The NL West leaders won their fifth in a row and ninth in 12 games with their 37th comeback win of the season.

After a rough first inning in which he trailed 3-0, Skubal (8-7) settled down and retired 20 of his final 23 batters. The left-hander allowed three runs and five hits in seven innings with one walk. His strikeouts were one off his season high and two off his career best.

Tanner Scott retired the side in the ninth to earn his 19th save.

Skubal was 0-2 with a 3.18 ERA in his first three starts with the Dodgers, who acquired the two-time Cy Young Award winner in a blockbuster deal with the Detroit Tigers ahead of the trade deadline earlier this month.

Tucker snapped an 0 for 25 skid at home with his two-run RBI to right, giving the Dodgers their first lead, 4-3. Mookie Betts got hit by reliever Yohan Ramírez to open the inning and Max Muncy followed with a double to set up Tucker, who again received encouraging applause from the sellout crowd of 53,417.

The Pirates had the tying run on third in the eighth after Esmerlyn Valdez doubled off reliever Evan Phillips. Pinch-runner Billy Cook took third on a passed ball by catcher Ben Rortvedt. Jack Dreyer came in and got Cruz on a called third strike to end the threat.

Yohan Ramirez (6-4) took the loss in relief.

After three hitless innings, the Dodgers finally got to Pirates starter Jared Jones in the fourth. Teoscar Hernández and newly called up Alek Thomas had back-to-back RBI singles that pulled them within 3-2.

The Pirates jumped on Skubal in the first, taking a 3-0 lead. Oneil Cruz had a two-run triple — his first of the season — to right and Rafael Flores Jr. followed with an RBI groundout to second.

Jones gave up two runs and three hits in four innings while striking out five and walking five.

Pirates reliever Camilo Doval pitched one inning of scoreless relief in the sixth before being ejected.

Up next The Pirates had yet to announce a starter for Sunday's series finale against Dodgers LHP Blake Snell (1-1, 3.60).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Yorke popped out to second.
	9th Inning	Mangum struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Flores Jr. grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Scott relieved Dreyer
	9th Inning	E. Hernández in left field.
	8th Inning	Ohtani grounded out to first.

Statistics

PIT		LAD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
9	Ground Balls	12
15	Strikeouts	10
3	Runs Batted In	4
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	1
1	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
7	Runners Left On Base	21
1	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
9	Fly Balls	9
0	Caught Stealing	0
140	Pitches	153
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
9	Total Bases	9
34	Plate Appearances	37
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
1.6	Runs Created	3.6
.188	Batting Average	.226
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.281	Slugging Percentage	.290
.125	Secondary Average	.258
.212	On Base Percentage	.351
.493	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.642
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.3
1.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.9
22.5	Batter Rating	28.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.12	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.14
.094	Isolated Power	.065
0.07	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.029	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.135
-.063	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.032
6.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
70.3	MLB Rating	76.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0