LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers’ bats woke up in a nice way on Saturday after taking a snooze for most of the opener against the Colorado Rockies one night earlier.
And most promising of all, Freddie Freeman was right there.
Freeman had two hits with a triple, Andy Pages had three hits and scored twice, and the Dodgers bounced back with a 4-1 win on Saturday.
Manager Dave Roberts had noted before the game how the offense had been one of the best in baseball even with Freeman not producing at his usual pace and the bottom of the lineup often struggling.
Both of those issues would remedy themselves a few hours later.
After falling behind 1-0 in the top of the second, Teoscar Hernández scored from first on throwing errors by Elehuris Montero and Sean Bouchard to tie the game, and Jason Heyward’s RBI double to the wall in right center put the Dodgers up 2-1.
Kiké Hernández made it 3-1 in the fourth on a base hit into the gap in left center.
Freeman helped out in the fifth, scoring on a double by Will Smith to make it 4-1 after hustling to reach third when Bouchard couldn’t make a leaping grab down the line in left field.
Freeman had gone hitless in each of his previous three home games, and it was just his third extra-base hit in his past nine outings at Dodger Stadium.
The only standout name who didn’t get in the mix was Mookie Betts, who went 0 for 5.
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto (6-2) provided six strong innings, giving up one run on seven hits and a walk. He struck out seven, fanning Kris Bryant to end the first with a runner at third.
Yamamoto did give up some contact, but he also rarely found himself in real trouble, only allowing two runners to get to third. Both instances came in the first two innings, and Yamamoto did not allow another runner to reach scoring position following Brenton Doyle’s RBI sacrifice fly.
Evan Phillips closed out the ninth, making his first appearance since May 3 after missing time because of a strained right hamstring. Phillips needed 11 pitches to retire the side.
