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00:002024 for both of these teams was unimaginable, it was unpredictable, and in the end for both it was unforgettable.
00:10A 2025 regular season set to roll with the Tigers and their Cy Young winner and the Dodgers and their championship trophies and banners.
00:19A special occasion, it always is here, opening day at Dodger Stadium.
00:24Feels like there's only one way to really do this right.
00:28Gibby, meet Freddie, Kurt Gibson, ladies and gentlemen.
00:36And on the mound, the left-hander signing the five-year deal with the Dodgers.
00:40He's a local product, Blake Snell, a two-time Cy Young Award winner himself.
00:45Andy Ibanez, the first to face him.
00:48First pitch, swung on line drive, one pitch, one out, caught by Max Muncie at third.
00:54That brings up Glaber Torres.
00:55The former Yankee, he plays second base.
00:57He got a one-year $15 million contract.
01:002-2 beaten into the ground.
01:02Second baseman is Miguel Rojas.
01:05Torres retired.
01:06That brings up Riley Green.
01:08The 2-2.
01:09Swung on and missed strike three.
01:11Green is done, and so are the Tigers.
01:14After the first half of the first, Tigers nothing.
01:16Dodgers coming up next.
01:18Now the Dodgers get ready to face the 28-year-old native of Hayward, California, grew up in Arizona, Tarek Skubal.
01:25Tarek Skubal won the triple crown of pitching last year.
01:28Shohei Otani at the plate.
01:29You'd love this matchup.
01:31First pitch for a swing.
01:33Two hopper fielding cleanly by Keith and just like that.
01:36First two hitters each team swung at the first one.
01:38The Dodgers, three of their players, have not faced Skubal in the past and one of them is coming to the plate right now.
01:44By the name of Mookie Betts.
01:463-1.
01:47Betts hits this one to left.
01:49It sends Green back.
01:50He stops and he's there as Mookie Betts hit it hard.
01:53But there is now two outs.
01:55Six pitches, two outs for Tarek Skubal.
01:57Here is Teoscar Hernandez, the right fielder.
01:591-1 check swing and it is fielded in fair territory.
02:04Keith will retreat.
02:05Step on the back.
02:06Another solid inning for Tarek Skubal.
02:08Spencer Torkelson will lead off second inning.
02:103-1.
02:11They'll appeal.
02:12That's a walk.
02:13Blake Snell's first to the game.
02:14The first base runner.
02:15Here is recently acquired Manuel Margot.
02:18He got jammed but that's going to fall in front of Teoscar Hernandez.
02:22Torkelson heads to third.
02:24Here's the throw cut off by Betts.
02:26First and third here in the second.
02:28Manuel Margot pays off early and here is the first baseman Colt Keith.
02:33A slow one right in front of the plate.
02:36Now they got the runner at third.
02:38Torkelson in a rundown.
02:39He's tagged out.
02:40And a mistake there by the Tigers on a tough, tough ball.
02:44Hit slowly back to the pitcher and the catcher.
02:47You would think that the strikeout would be the best scenario.
02:50But that actually is the best scenario for Blake Snell and the L.A. Dodgers.
02:55Now you have runners up first and second.
02:56Trail runner does not and cannot advance.
02:58And now you have runners up first and second with one out.
03:01Javier Baez the shortstop bats now.
03:05On the ground of third.
03:06Muncie went to second and he double pumped it.
03:10Realized that got to go to first to get the out.
03:12And the runners advanced.
03:13They were two down.
03:14And now it's up to Jake Rodgers to try to get those runners home.
03:18As well hammered left field.
03:20Paez back.
03:21Wall.
03:22He's there.
03:23It died on the track.
03:24And Jake Rodgers spin for a three-run homer.
03:27Denied.
03:28Tarek Skubel gets a chance to see Freddie Freeman.
03:31Freeman swings at the first one.
03:33Left center field and heading back towards the track.
03:36A nice running catch.
03:38Riley Green.
03:39They're being very aggressive against Tarek Skubel.
03:41Freeman is retiring.
03:42Now Tommy Edmund set to step in.
03:44I think this is going to be an interesting matchup.
03:46Tommy Edmund better from the right side than the left side.
03:48He's a switch hitter.
03:49But he's a high ball fastball guy.
03:51And Skubel is a high ball fastball pitcher.
03:53This one is smoked to left field.
03:55Good call Eddie Perez.
03:57They got a sinker and he hammered it.
04:00Tommy Edmund a home run to left.
04:03The Dodgers lead it one to nothing.
04:05Just where he left off last year in the postseason.
04:08Just where he left off in Japan as well.
04:10And oh my he has not missed those hitters.
04:13Two up and two down.
04:15Hit that one hard.
04:16Off the glove of the second baseman Glaber Torres.
04:19That was a rocket off the bat of Otani.
04:21Who by the way in just one year plus now three games has the twelve hardest hit balls in the stat cast error for the Dodgers.
04:29He's got all twelve.
04:30And now Mookie.
04:31One one to Mookie.
04:32Back up the middle.
04:33Off Skubel.
04:34Torres slipped.
04:35He won't be able to get it.
04:36A bad break for Skubel.
04:38It's first and third for the Dodgers with two down.
04:41Dangerous to Oscar Hernandez steps to the plate.
04:44Hernandez waiting the 0-2.
04:46Swing and a miss.
04:47Got him with the beauty of a changeup.
04:49The pump of the fist from Tarek Skubel for the third out here in the third.
04:54Blake Snell has walked one.
04:56Full count to the cleanup hitter Torkelson who walked his first time up.
04:59And he will now walk again.
05:03Tigers have been one for seven so far tonight against Snell with men on base.
05:08One to one to Margot.
05:09This is the part of the order that had some success against him.
05:12And there they go again.
05:13Deja vu all over again.
05:14A walk and a single.
05:15So the Tigers now have runners at second and third two out.
05:18This is exactly where they were when Jake Rogers hit one hard to left field over the head of Pahez and left.
05:24Pahez went back and he made the catch.
05:27Three one ball four.
05:29Second walk of the inning for Blake Snell.
05:31So they are loaded for Ryan Cridley.
05:33That one did get away from Smith.
05:35Torkelson's going to score.
05:37And we are tied at one.
05:38He had no chance.
05:40Did his best to try to block it throwing that right shoulder up.
05:43But just could not.
05:44Way out in front.
05:46And he then gets some fishing on a changeup.
05:49Wild sequence.
05:51New ball game as we head to the bottom of the fourth.
05:53So we're tied at one each team with three hits.
05:56Fly ball right center.
05:57This one's deep.
05:58On the run.
05:59Cridler.
06:00He's going to reach out.
06:01And did he make the catch?
06:03He did.
06:04Onto the track and right center.
06:07What a play.
06:09Ryan Cridler.
06:10First start of the season in a position he has not played much at all.
06:16Makes as good a catch as you will see.
06:18That's a shot into right.
06:20That's going to get down off the bat of Will Smith.
06:22A couple of hard hit balls here in this inning from Ed Ben and now Smith.
06:26Now Max Muncy stepping in.
06:28The 2-2.
06:29Swing and a miss.
06:30Got him with a changeup.
06:31Second strikeout for Scoble ends the fourth inning.
06:34We head to the fifth.
06:35Now line drive into center.
06:37A base hit.
06:38Torres great consistency in his at bats in the spring.
06:42Three balls.
06:43Two strikes.
06:44Green hits this one at the end of the bat.
06:46It's going to drop in front of the right fielder Hernandez.
06:49He fires to third.
06:51Not in time.
06:52It's backed up by Snell but down to second base goes green.
06:55And once again the Tigers applying pressure on the Dodgers.
06:59Now a chance for Spencer Torkelson who has walked twice.
07:05No swing.
07:06Spencer Torkelson has been on base three times with three walks.
07:10Bases loaded for Manny Margot.
07:14Lifted high in the air.
07:16Deep to center field.
07:18Certainly deep enough to get the go ahead run.
07:20Home from third in Glaber Torres.
07:23And that's a really good job by Manny Margot.
07:26It's now 2-1 Tigers.
07:28Skubal the lefty on the right side of the rubber delivers.
07:32And a blue shot in the right travesa.
07:35Pies one for two at the single to right.
07:38Ohtani is one for two.
07:41He grounds one hard.
07:42Torres will go to second for one.
07:44They will not get Ohtani in his speed at first.
07:47But Skubal avoids an Ohtani mistake.
07:50There's no let up in this lineup right?
07:52You go from Shohei Ohtani to Mookie Betts.
07:543-0.
07:55He tried to go in there and missed.
07:57He walked on four pitches to bring up Teoscar Hernandez.
08:01He swings central high in the air.
08:03Deep to center field.
08:05Back is Kreidler.
08:06He will not get it.
08:08A three run home run for Teoscar Hernandez.
08:12On a first pitch four-seam fastball.
08:15The Dodgers back on top.
08:17He got the four-seam fastball and he did not miss.
08:20Teoscar Hernandez last year.
08:22Second in all baseball with runners on base.
08:25Taking advantage of it.
08:27Jumped all over this four-seam fastball.
08:29Did not wait.
08:30John Brevia takes over on the mound for the Tigers pitching change.
08:33The 0-2.
08:34Passball.
08:35Oh yeah.
08:36What a pitch to get the call third on Smith.
08:392-2.
08:40Swing and a miss.
08:41And a 1-2-3.
08:43Sixth inning for John Brevia in his Tigers debut.
08:45Alex Vessia takes over on the mound for the Dodgers.
08:49Now the right handed hitting designated hitter Spencer Torkelson.
08:52The 1-2.
08:53Fly ball.
08:54Left field.
08:55Deep.
08:56Way.
08:57Back and gone.
08:58Spencer Torkelson gets it.
09:00Tigers two within one.
09:01First of the year.
09:024-3.
09:03Dodgers now in the seventh.
09:05Got another fastball.
09:06He had a good swing on a 92 mile an hour fastball.
09:09In the middle of the plate.
09:10Fouled it straight back.
09:11Vessia tried to go back in there.
09:12And he was unsuccessful.
09:14Torque smashes that ball out the left field.
09:16Bottom of the seventh inning.
09:174-3 Dodgers.
09:18Brennan Hanafi is the new pitcher.
09:20Hanafi is effective against right handed hitters.
09:23The first two.
09:24Now will he be effective against Shohei Ohtani.
09:27Here's the 3-2.
09:28Shohei hits this one to left.
09:31It's carrying over the wall.
09:34He delivers again.
09:36Ohtani a home run.
09:37Tom Hanks must have called it.
09:39Magic called it.
09:40And the Dodger fans are looking forward to seeing that for years to come.
09:45Shohei Ohtani with a solo home run.
09:47His second of the season.
09:49Of course he did in this home opener.
09:51A two out solo home run for Shohei Ohtani.
09:54It's now 5-3 Dodgers.
09:56Now on the mound.
09:57Tanner Scott.
09:58Remember he was the most sought after dude in the bullpens last year for Miami.
10:02And now he is a member of the Dodgers.
10:04McKinstry here in the eighth inning.
10:07That's hard hit.
10:08And that one is into the gap.
10:09Heading to second base.
10:10McKinstry good starters goes to the wall.
10:12He's taking three.
10:13And he will get there standing up.
10:15A rocket off the bat of Zach McKinstry.
10:18And it's an opportunity.
10:19He sits there at third after a triple.
10:21And that brings up Kerry Carpenter at a minimum.
10:23Get that runner home from third.
10:26This one is hit hard.
10:28And it's tracked down by Pajas in left.
10:31But it's going to bring in McKinstry.
10:33Good job by Carpenter to bring in the run.
10:35Again it pulls the Tigers within a run at 5-4.
10:38Our game goes to the ninth five floor L.A.
10:41The ball belongs to Blake Trinan for the top of the ninth inning.
10:44Trying to close out a home opening win for the Dodgers.
10:48But Glaber starts off with the single in the ninth pass.
10:52The dive of Rojas.
10:53And Glaber Torres has his second hit of the night.
10:56Tying run as a board.
10:57Now some real trouble.
10:58The most talented Tiger at the dish.
11:00Riley Green.
11:01Three.
11:02Call strike three.
11:04Nasty pitch from Blake Trinan.
11:07A strikeout of Riley Green.
11:09That's impressive.
11:10It's Spencer Torkelson.
11:12He has reached all four times today.
11:14Runner goes.
11:15Ball.
11:16Ball.
11:17Flights up and high.
11:18So Torkelson takes a pitch and no throw.
11:21The 3-2 again.
11:22Up and in.
11:23He walked in.
11:24Fourth walk of the day for Torkelson.
11:27It looks like the Tigers are going to bring in Trey Sweeney off the bench as a pinch hitter.
11:32Feel the anxiety here at the stadium.
11:35Got a filthy catch.
11:37A sweeper that went more down than it did it.
11:39Across.
11:40Hard to lay off of this pitch for any hitter.
11:42Bottom just drops out of it.
11:44Over the heart of the plate.
11:45Two on.
11:46Two outs.
11:47Ninth inning.
11:48What an opening day in Los Angeles.
11:49Keith is 0 for 4 today.
11:513-1.
11:52Champ shot.
11:53Freeman coming under it.
11:55Dodgers will win it.
11:57That cutter got in on the fingers of Keith.
12:01And L.A. celebrates a home opening win 5-4.
12:04He's got hit to the corner of the Lake chimes.
12:05If you need to try and touch.
12:06He is doing well.
12:07There's a good thing.
12:08He's in there.
12:09He is losing one.
12:1035-4.
12:11The precise thing about the fire, the fire.
12:12There's a good thing about the fire.
12:13The fire and the fire on the ground.
12:1424-4 way.
12:155-4.
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