Diamondbacks Sweep Dodgers at Dodger Stadium Before All-Star Break
The sweep highlights Los Angeles's defensive mistakes and late-inning relief problems that the team must fix before play resumes.
Overview
- Arizona completed a three-game sweep on Sunday with a 5-3 win that extended the Diamondbacks' winning streak to four games and marked their first road sweep of the Dodgers since 2017.
- Los Angeles committed multiple costly fielding mistakes and produced uneven relief pitching, totaling nine errors over five games and turning strong starting work into losses.
- Ildemaro Vargas delivered the go-ahead sixth-inning single and Tim Tawa drove in seven runs in the series while Andy Pages and Max Muncy were involved in defensive plays that led directly to Arizona runs.
- Shohei Ohtani homered and finished 2-for-4 in the finale and is 22 homers on the season, but he will skip Tuesday's All-Star Game to have fluid drained from his left knee.
- The Dodgers still enter the break with baseball's best record at 61-36 and face a chance to reset before a Friday series at Yankee Stadium while Arizona sits at 49-47 and will open at home against St. Louis after the break.