Pinch-hitter Will Smith homered leading off the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 5-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday that prevented a three-game sweep.<\/p>\n
Los Angeles took a two-game lead in the NL West over rival San Diego,\u00a0which lost 7-2 at Minnesota.<\/a><\/p>\n Smith sent the second pitch he saw from reliever John Curtiss (2-1) a projected 420 feet into the left-center stands. His 17th home run of the season saved the Dodgers after they blew a late lead.<\/p>\n Corbin Carroll tied it 4-all by launching a three-run homer off Tanner Scott with two outs in the eighth.<\/p>\n Scott, who is tied for second in the majors with eight blown saves this season, admitted he made a bad pitch with a fastball down the middle to Caroll. <\/p>\n Blake Treinen (1-2) pitched a perfect inning for the win.<\/p>\n Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one run in seven innings and matched his career high with 10 strikeouts for the Dodgers. He retired his first 10 batters before Ketel Marte bunted for a single.<\/p>\n Yoshinobu Yamamoto on his start today, and why he\u2019s been so effective this late into the season, despite the fact this is the most starts he\u2019s made in a single season in his entire career. pic.twitter.com\/lr6tEadf3d<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Michael J. Duarte (@michaeljduarte) August 31, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Carroll, Marte and Adrian Del Castillo each had two hits for the Diamondbacks. Brandon Pfaadt permitted eight hits and four runs over 4 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n Andy Pages drove in two runs for the Dodgers. Freddie Freeman had an early RBI double and Miguel Rojas added a run-scoring single.<\/p>\n Miguel Rojas discusses his hot streak at the plate, Yamamoto\u2019s start, what\u2019s he\u2019s seen from the team lately, and calls out all the mistakes and errors his team has made lately and how to fix them moving forward. pic.twitter.com\/7BeXQ6h6Jg<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Michael J. Duarte (@michaeljduarte) August 31, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Key moment<\/p>\n Smith had the day off before being called upon to bat for Dalton Rushing in the ninth. Smith fouled back the first pitch before jumping on Curtiss\u2019 96.4 mph fastball over the heart of the plate and driving it 10 rows up into the bleachers.<\/p>\n Will Smith on his walk-off homer, his recent struggles at the plate, overall takeaways of the team lately, and being number 2 all-time in pinch-hit, walk-off homers pic.twitter.com\/44x10KkxqS<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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