Mookie Betts on Tuesday launched his career-high 36th home run, while David Peralta went 3 for 4 and drove in a pair of runs as the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-1 for their fourth consecutive win at home.
Taiwanese-American outfielder Corbin Carroll registered Arizona’s lone run with a solo shot leading off the fifth inning.
Clayton Kershaw (12-4) allowed one run and three hits in five innings, struck out five and walked three. He tied Don Drysdale (209) for second on the franchise wins list.
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“I don’t know that I ever got going, honestly,” Kershaw said. “Another one that wasn’t super pretty. It’s pretty impressive what our team’s doing right now. Everybody from Mookie on down contributed.”
In San Francisco, after having come so close to pitching a no-hitter with his family in the stands willing it to happen, Alex Cobb took a moment to thank center fielder Austin Slater for the sensational diving catch that preserved the bid.
Cobb came within one out of a no-hitter before Spencer Steer doubled with two outs in the ninth inning of San Francisco’s 6-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds, settling for a spectacular complete game featuring a career-high 131 pitches — 83 for strikes.
“Still right now, this is surreal,” Cobb said. “In the moment I was just focused on the delivery and the game plan and executing pitches, and then it started to become real. Had some cool thoughts going on in my mind of having my family here and thanking them. It was special, for sure.”
Elsewhere on Tuesday, the Oakland Athletics beat the Seattle Mariners 3-1, the New York Yankees topped the Detroit Tigers 4-2, the Chicago Cubs blanked the Milwaukee Brewers 1-0, the Atlanta Braves defeated the Colorado Rockies 3-1, the Philadelphia Phillies dominated the Los Angeles Angels 12-7, the Texas Rangers pipped the New York Mets 2-1, the Washington Nationals bested the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 and the Tampa Bay Rays devastated the Miami Marlins 11-2.
The Baltimore Orioles overpowered the Chicago White Sox 9-3, the Houston Astros downed the Boston Red Sox 6-2, the Cleveland Guardians overcame the Minnesota Twins 4-2, the St Louis Cardinals survived the San Diego Padres 6-5 in 10 innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Kansas City Royals 6-3.
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