Andy Pages hit a go-ahead home run in the fifth inning, right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto had nine strikeouts over six innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers earned a 3-1 victory over the visiting Milwaukee Brewers on Friday.
Yamamoto (12-7) gave up one run on four hits with two walks as the Dodgers moved back to within a game of the National League-leading Brewers. Milwaukee won the series opener on Thursday.
Tommy Edman added a home run and Mookie Betts drove in a run as the Dodgers improved to 4-1 to open a seven-game homestand. Right-hander Edwin Diaz finished off his seventh save despite loading the bases in the ninth on a hit batter and two walks.
Left-hander Robert Gasser (3-5) gave up three runs on eight hits with seven strikeouts and one walk over 6 1/3 innings as the Brewers lost for the fourth time in five games on a seven-game California road trip.
Joey Ortiz had an RBI for Milwaukee, which played without second baseman Brice Turang (knee) for a second consecutive game, while setup man Abner Uribe (forearm) was placed in the injured list earlier Friday.
The Dodgers took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Pages, Teoscar Hernandez and Betts delivered consecutive one-out singles against Gasser. Pages scored on Betts’ hit.
Milwaukee tied it 1-1 in the fifth inning on an Ortiz sacrifice fly. Los Angeles responded immediately for a 2-1 advantage when Pages homered to left field, his 20th of the season.
Edman hit a home run to left-center in the sixth inning for a 3-1 lead. It was the fourth home run for the switch hitter and his second while batting right-handed.
After a blown save and a loss on Thursday when he gave up three runs in the ninth inning, Diaz got Ortiz to ground out to shortstop with the tying run at second base and the go-ahead run at first.
The Dodgers were without first baseman Freddie Freeman for a planned off day.
–Field Level Media
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