00:01About Shohei Ohtani, as you mentioned, he is under the weather with a bit of a chest cold right now.
00:05Good news that he's been able to stay in the game as the DH, whether it was yesterday as well
00:09as today.
00:10But just the fact that he's going to be feeling better hopefully in the next few days and be available
00:13for that start is great news.
00:15One at 9-7, Braxton Ashcraft makes his 22nd appearance, his 6th start, and his 5th consecutive game in which
00:24he has started.
00:24While Ohtani will be the DH, he's not going to start the game.
00:29It's going to be Emmett Sheehan on the mound.
00:31That has to feel so good for Ashcraft.
00:33He strikes out Ohtani to start his night.
00:36That dropped the curveball on him.
00:39Line right at the third baseman, Devaney.
00:41A couple quick steps and was there.
00:43Here's Will Smith, the Dodgers catcher, 1-1, swinging a soft bouncer to third.
00:48Devaney comes up to get it, flips it on the first to get the out.
00:51Nice quick 1-2-3 inning for Braxton Ashcraft.
00:54For Emmett Sheehan, game number 11, start number 9.
00:58Going on eight days rest for the last time we saw him, he was sensational.
01:03Strikes out, swinging the high heat from Sheehan.
01:06Change up away, off the plate, and then fastball up.
01:10Well, Emmett's already gotten four swings and misses.
01:12He had 20 in that outing against Cincinnati.
01:14He's looking for one here instead of this.
01:18Accentuating Reynolds, accentuating his pitch count.
01:21Pitch number 12, upcoming another 3-2, swing, fly ball out to deep right field.
01:27Hernandez turns around, there it goes!
01:30On the 12th pitch of the at-bat, Brian Reynolds homers above the Clemente wall.
01:371-0 Pirates.
01:40What an at-bat.
01:42That's one heck of an at-bat for Brian Reynolds.
01:44Yeah, this changeup was right there.
01:47Instead of a 1-2-3 scoreless first, Sheehan had to throw five more pitches and ultimately gave up the
01:53first run.
01:54And here is where you really need to take advantage of this gift.
01:57So, this is an interesting scenario because, A, okay, you've got a single and back-to-back walks.
02:03You're down 1-0.
02:04Andy Pius is the hitter.
02:06And he gets a chase on the slider.
02:09Thank you very much.
02:11He's faced five hitters this inning.
02:13Every one of them has gone to 3-2.
02:15And he strikes him out looking with a slider.
02:18Back-darted.
02:19I mean, he had to throw it to that side of the plate.
02:22This would be one of the great escapes of the year right here.
02:24Could Ashcraft pull off this Houdini act?
02:27And in the air to right field.
02:29He is going to get out of it.
02:31Wow!
02:33Laborious second, but they don't score against Braxton Ashcraft.
02:37A squander, a bases loaded, no-out situation.
02:40Andrew McCutcheon on base three times last night.
02:43Had the line drive RBI single off of Kershaw's glove in the first inning.
02:47Later walked his last two drive to left field.
02:50He turned on that.
02:51Andrew McCutcheon cleared the deck.
02:54Big cannonball toward the rotunda.
02:57His 13th, and it's 2-0 Pirates.
03:00Well, Sheehan could not finish off Reynolds with the 3-2 pitch.
03:05Fouled off three different pitches, then got one to his liking, hit the home run.
03:08He had McCutcheon down one ball and two strikes.
03:11Could not finish him off.
03:12Sheehan's 2-2.
03:13Swing and a miss.
03:14Strike three.
03:15One gone here in the second inning.
03:16And Sheehan kicks and fires, and did he check it?
03:20He could not check it.
03:22They went down for an appeal.
03:23He's out on strikes.
03:24Well, Sheehan thought that was the third out.
03:26He was headed to the dugout.
03:28Bart at 2-40, a couple of the home runs.
03:30And this ball ball, oh, off the foot, deflects towards short, and Betts will just eat it.
03:35Bart will get credit for an infield hit.
03:37Off the heel.
03:37Well, it wasn't a kick save in Butte, but it was an attempt at a kick save.
03:42Devaney, see if he can't pick up his first big league hit here.
03:46And there it is.
03:48Cam Devaney, his first big league hit.
03:51He turns around a slider from Emmett Sheehan of the Dodgers and lines a single in the left field.
03:56He's a big leaguer with a major league hit.
03:59And he fires home the 1-0.
04:01And Triolo hits it up in the air to center field.
04:04Playable for Pajas.
04:05Backs up a few steps.
04:06He'll settle under it, make the catch.
04:08And so, instead of Will Smith, it is Dalton rushing.
04:12Will Smith has exited the game after he was hit on his right hand.
04:16And a foul tip from Nick Gonzalez the last half inning.
04:20Well, now the bases are loaded for the Dodgers.
04:22First time around, they had it with nobody out, and Nashcraft got out of it here.
04:27Two men are out, and Alex Cole is coming up.
04:32Jack Swing, comebacker, and he'll be fielded by Bard, and he'll throw a strike on the first.
04:37And again, Ashcraft gets out of it, making a big pitch when he needed to.
04:42The Dodgers for the second straight inning.
04:44Strand, the bases loaded.
04:46And coming on in relief for the Pirates, it's right-headed rookie Mike Burroughs.
04:50And as you surmise, Rock, the pitch count just getting up for Ashcraft.
04:5571 pitches in three innings.
04:56He walked four, tying a career-most.
05:002-2 to Kike Hernandez.
05:01Swung through and missed.
05:02Struck about on a change-up.
05:04And a nice 1-2-3 inning for Mike Burroughs.
05:08Ohtani now facing Mike Burroughs, who had a 1-2-3-4 in relief of Braxton Ashcraft.
05:14Ohtani scalds the 0-2 pitch toward the right center field gap.
05:18That finds the warning track and the wall.
05:22Another extra base hit for Ohtani in this series.
05:26All four of his hits.
05:28Battling a cold.
05:29He is still doing this at the plate.
05:32Tying run to the plate in the form of Mookie Betts.
05:35The Dodgers are 2-14 in this series with runners in scoring position.
05:404-pitch walk.
05:41That's the fifth Dodger walk of the game.
05:44Tonight, the Dodgers have yet to push home one of their free passes.
05:48That's hit hard to right.
05:51And a great jump by Reynolds to track that one down.
05:56What a smash by rushing.
05:58But he's out.
05:59Boy, the Pirates have had him played nicely.
06:03Off the bat, I thought, wow, that's extra bases.
06:06We're in trouble.
06:06Dodgers' first run 90 feet away.
06:09Reddy Freeman has reached twice.
06:11Ground ball.
06:12Nice.
06:13Six.
06:14Three.
06:15Double play.
06:16The Dodgers strand another runner.
06:19They're 2-for-16 with risk in the series.
06:21And they remain off the scoreboard.
06:23We go to the bottom of the sixth inning.
06:25And the Pirates lead 2-0.
06:26And a base hit for Nick Gonzalez.
06:29His first hit tonight.
06:30A one-out single to right.
06:31Here's O'Neal Cruz.
06:33See if we can get him around.
06:34We can use another run.
06:35Bounced off the plate toward third.
06:36Charging Hernandez.
06:37Exchanging and throwing out Cruz.
06:40Gonzalez to second.
06:41Two men are gone.
06:42This would be a big two-out RBI.
06:44And Joey Bart this year has been better with men on base.
06:47Bart on 1-0.
06:49A swing and a fly ball out to deep right field.
06:51Hernandez back.
06:52He'll play it off the wall.
06:53That'll bring in Gonzalez.
06:54Bart heading to second.
06:55And he'll get in with a two-out RBI double.
06:58The Pirates head on.
07:003-0 Pirates here in the sixth.
07:02Have a night.
07:03Joey Bart.
07:04This one stayed up.
07:05Was on the outside corner though.
07:07Bart able to stay on it.
07:09It's the 11th appearance for Sisk.
07:11Here's Shohei Ohtani.
07:131-for-3 tonight with a double.
07:15Had a leadoff double in the fifth.
07:16This is a bounce at the left side.
07:18Picked up at third by Devaney.
07:19On the run.
07:20Not in time.
07:22Well, Ohtani legs out an infield base hit.
07:25Pittsburgh will look at it.
07:26But we'll take a look also.
07:28Shohei looks like the foot is over the bag.
07:31He's got a battle in a full count.
07:32The payoff pitch is in the dirt.
07:35Ball four.
07:36And so Freddie Freeman will have a chance.
07:40It's the sixth walk for the Dodger offense.
07:43They still have a zero on the board.
07:45And a pop-up.
07:47And a shallow right.
07:49And Reynolds is there.
07:51And again, a Pirates pitcher escapes.
07:54Dodgers on the verge of getting shut out.
07:57Can they rally in the top of the ninth?
07:59Trailing the Pirates 3-0.
08:01Old friend Dennis Santana for a second straight night.
08:04So now the Dodger offense tonight.
08:06Shohei Ohtani.
08:07Two for four.
08:08Everybody else.
08:09Three for 26.
08:10Oh, raise it.
08:12Dennis Santana.
08:14His 13th save.
08:17A 1-2-3 night.
08:19The Pirates shut out the Dodgers.
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