{"id":758554,"date":"2026-04-28T08:32:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T08:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/758554\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T08:32:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T08:32:23","slug":"kyle-tuckers-walk-off-single-lifts-dodgers-to-win-over-marlins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/758554\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Tucker’s walk-off single lifts Dodgers to win over Marlins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For a moment, Kyle Tucker<\/a> worried he had the score wrong.<\/p>\n

The line drive he snuck through the middle of the infield should have been enough to secure the walk-off victory, giving Dalton Rushing<\/a> and Shohei Ohtani<\/a> plenty of time to cross the plate. But as he rounded first, the cheers had only moderately swelled.<\/p>\n

Tucker slowed and turned back toward the base, a subdued reaction even from him.<\/p>\n

Then came the second surge from the crowd, as Ohtani slid across home plate and the Dodgers spilled from their dugout.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was like, \u2018OK, sweet, this is sick,\u2019\u201d Tucker said after the Dodgers\u2019 5-4 victory<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Freddie Freeman reached Tucker first, enveloping him in a hug.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was a huge moment right there,\u201d Tucker said.<\/p>\n

Just as the ninth inning built to that moment, with a pair of walks and an RBI double from Ohtani, Tucker\u2019s own performance had been building over the past week.<\/p>\n

After his slow start at the plate, manager Dave Roberts<\/a> moved Tucker down from the No. 2 spot in the batting order.<\/p>\n

\u201cMoving him allowed the game to come to him a little bit slower,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cAnd I think that has been a benefit, I do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tucker hit doubles in three of the next four games, and was robbed of at least another extra-base hit, if not a home run, by Cubs right fielder Seiya Suzuki over the weekend.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHit the ball decently well, just didn\u2019t get knocks on it,\u201d Tucker said. \u201cThat happens sometimes. There\u2019s some good defenders in this league. Had a couple barrels tonight. I was just able to get that last one there.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was the Dodgers<\/a>\u2019 last shot to make up for the seven-inning offensive lull that followed Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez<\/a>\u2019s two-run single in the first inning.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just really didn\u2019t threaten or create any opportunities,\u201d Roberts said.<\/p>\n

The Marlins (13-16) pulled ahead against Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto<\/a>, who had his shortest outing of the season.<\/p>\n

In five innings, he allowed four runs (three earned). He issued four walks, doubling his previous season high, and was at 87 pitches when Alex Vesia<\/a> relieved him.<\/p>\n

Vesia and Tanner Scott<\/a>, both high-leverage arms, each threw hitless innings, buying time for their offense to mount a comeback. But the Dodgers (20-9) squandered a bases-loaded opportunity in the seventh inning, stranding all three runners.<\/p>\n

Roberts called in Edgardo Henriquez<\/a> next, and he retired the side. Left-hander Jake Eder<\/a> then faced the minimum in the ninth thanks to an inning-ending double play, setting himself up for his first major-league win.<\/p>\n

\"Kyle <\/p>\n

Kyle Tucker hits a two-run single in the ninth inning to lift the Dodgers to a 5-4 win over the Miami Marlins on Monday.<\/p>\n

(Ronaldo Bolanos \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n

\u201cThey did a fantastic job,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cAnd we needed every bit of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the ninth, Ohtani\u2019s RBI double into the right-field corner cut the Marlins\u2019 lead to one run.<\/p>\n

After Marlins closer Pete Fairbanks intentionally walked Freeman after a 3-0 count, he left the game with a thumb injury.<\/p>\n

Right-hander Tyler Phillips replaced Fairbanks and struck out catcher Will Smith, who returned to the lineup after sitting out for two games with back tightness.<\/p>\n

With the bases loaded and two outs, Tucker fouled off the first splitter he saw, at the bottom of the strike zone. He was on time for the second in almost the same spot.<\/p>\n

\u201cDid he smile?\u201d Roberts quipped after Tucker\u2019s postgame interview.<\/p>\n

Even-keel Tucker actually did.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was great,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cHe needed it. He needed a win.\u201d<\/p>\n

D\u00edaz on the mend after surgery \"Dodgers <\/p>\n

Dodgers closer Edwin D\u00edaz, center, speaks to reporters in the dugout before a game between the Dodgers and Miami Marlins at Dodger Stadium on Monday.<\/p>\n

(Ryan Sun \/ Associated Press)<\/p>\n

Dodgers closer Edwin D\u00edaz<\/a> said he\u2019s known about the loose bodies in his right elbow \u2014 five fragments of bone or cartilage that were removed in an operation Wednesday \u2014 since 2012, his first year of pro ball.<\/p>\n

Last week in Colorado was the first time it affected him. He gave up three runs without recording an out on April 19. And the next day, he told the team his arm felt \u201cweird.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Monday, he described the feeling as \u201ctired and tight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before his arm started giving him problems, D\u00edaz was unavailable for four straight games because of fatigue in his knee. His legs felt \u201cgood\u201d in Colorado, D\u00edaz said.<\/p>\n

Results from an MRI scan suggested that the loose bodies in his elbow were to blame for the discomfort in his arm. D\u00edaz said he was confident the operation would resolve the problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe tightness and the soreness was where the loose body was,\u201d D\u00edaz said. \u201cSo that\u2019s why we ended up getting the surgery because it was in the same spot I\u2019ve always had them.\u201d<\/p>\n

He\u2019s hoping to return after the All-Star break. So, the Dodgers will have to come up with an alternate ninth-inning plan for the next two-and-a-half months.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat sucks to miss the first half with the team,\u201d D\u00edaz said. \u201cI\u2019m new with this team. But that\u2019s something I can\u2019t control. Everyone here is supporting me. All of my teammates they\u2019re supporting me, they\u2019re happy that I\u2019m doing way better than before. They just can\u2019t wait to see me on the mound in the second half.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey say, take your time, we need you in October. But I want to come back as soon as possible and help this team to win games.\u201d<\/p>\n

D\u00edaz is still waiting to have his stitches removed, but he expects to start playing catch in a couple weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy arm is feeling way better than it did on Sunday,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s a good sign. Right now, just a couple days after surgery, I can move my arm really good. My range of motion is coming back to normal. So that\u2019s something I like, and just get stronger and be ready for the second half.\u201d<\/p>\n

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