Skubal fans 11 for his first Dodgers win as Los Angeles rallies past the Pirates, 4-3
Skubal allowed three runs in the first inning but settled in, and Kyle Tucker drove in the go-ahead runs as Los Angeles won its fifth straight.
- On Saturday, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tarik Skubal struck out 11 batters over seven innings to earn his first win with the club, as Los Angeles rallied to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3.
- After a rough first inning in which he trailed 3-0, Skubal settled down to retire 20 of his final 23 batters, securing the Dodgers' 37th comeback win of the season before a sellout crowd of 53,417.
- Kyle Tucker snapped an 0-for-25 home slump with a two-run single in the fifth inning, scoring Mookie Betts and Max Muncy to give Los Angeles a 4-3 lead.
- Reliever Evan Phillips and Jack Dreyer escaped a high-leverage threat in the eighth inning, while closer Tanner Scott retired the side in the ninth for his 19th save.
- The Dodgers seek their sixth straight win in Sunday's series finale against the Pirates, with Dodgers LHP Blake Snell on the mound carrying a 3.60 ERA.
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Tarik Skubal settles in as Dodgers rally past Pirates
After allowing three runs in the first inning, Skubal retires 18 of the final 19 batters he faces and strikes out 11 over seven innings. Kyle Tucker’s two-run single gives the Dodgers the lead as they extend their winning streak to five.
Tarik Skubal shows Dodgers dominance they’ve been waiting for with 11-strikeout gem
At the beginning of Saturday’s game, Tarik Skubal suffered his worst inning as a member of the Dodgers. By the end of the team’s eventual 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates, however, the marquee trade deadline acquisition had rebounded for perhaps his best start with the club. Despite giving up three runs in a first...
Skubal goes from shaky to untouchable in 11-K gem for first Dodgers win
LOS ANGELES -- The third time through the order is typically one of the steeper challenges for starting pitchers, as opposing batters have seen all they can from them at that point. But on Saturday evening, Tarik Skubal was at his best by the time the Pirates' starting nine came
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