{"id":888720,"date":"2026-06-24T04:51:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T04:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/888720\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T04:51:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T04:51:19","slug":"dodgers-rout-twins-with-help-from-tommy-edman-and-chuckie-robinson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/888720\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers rout Twins with help from Tommy Edman and Chuckie Robinson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>MINNEAPOLIS\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The matchup began after a 28-minute rain delay, and the sky over Target Field darkened again in the sixth inning, but the clouds refrained from a second dousing.<\/p>\n<p>And through the gloom, <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/dodgers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Dodgers<\/a> claimed a series victory with <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/gameday\/dodgers-vs-twins\/2026\/06\/23\/823690\/final\/box\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a 12-3 win<\/a> against the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p> The Twins pitched a bullpen game, after pushing back right-hander Joe Ryan\u2019s start a day for illness.<\/p>\n<p>And against that churn of relievers, the Dodgers had 17 hits, 11 off right-hander Austin Voth.<\/p>\n<p>Before the game became a blowout, the Dodgers\u2019 offensive heroes included two more recent additions: utility player <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/e\/edmanto01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tommy Edman<\/a>, who made his season debut last week, and catcher <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/robinch04.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chuckie Robinson<\/a>, whom the Dodgers called up on June 11 when they put Will Smith on the IL with a neck injury.<\/p>\n<p>Edman only has played six games this season after spending the first two and a half months on the injured list, working back from offseason surgery on his right ankle. But he\u2019s already racked up eight hits and a .364 batting average.<\/p>\n<p>His eighth was a sharp grounder in the first inning Tuesday, up the middle and off the end of second baseman Luke Keaschall\u2019s glove, to drive in the Dodgers\u2019 first run.<\/p>\n<p>And he played a role in the Dodgers\u2019 second run, although he wasn\u2019t credited with an RBI. With a runner on second and two out in the third inning, Edman hit a blooper to the right side of the infield. It landed in front of Keaschall as he charged and scooped up the ball on a bounce. But his flip to first base went between first baseman Royce Lewis and Voth, who had both run over to cover the bag.<\/p>\n<p>As the ball rolled away, Freddie Freeman, whose three-hit night Tuesday included a pair of doubles, jogged across the plate.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson\u2019s first hit as a Dodger helped spur a three-run rally in the fourth inning. After Alex Call led off with an infield single, Robinson moved him to third with a shallow line drive into left-center field. That set up designated hitter Shohei Ohtani for a go-ahead sacrifice fly.<\/p>\n<p>            <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Shohei Ohtani rounds third base to score on a single by Tommy Edman in the first inning.\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782276679_191_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>Shohei Ohtani rounds third base to score on a single by Tommy Edman in the first inning.<\/p>\n<p>(Matt Krohn \/ Associated Press)<\/p>\n<p>Three consecutive singles \u2014 from Andy Pages, Freeman and Mookie Betts \u2014 later, the Dodgers (<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/standings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">51-29<\/a>) had expanded their lead to 4-2.<\/p>\n<p>Freeman tacked on another run in the sixth with an RBI double down the right-field line.<\/p>\n<p>And in the seventh, Robinson laid down a sacrifice bunt for the Dodgers\u2019 seventh run of the game.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers ran up the score in the ninth inning with a five-run rally that included a home run from Call, and doubles from Miguel Rojas and Max Muncy.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers only had to use three pitchers, thanks to starter Justin Wrobleski\u2019s seven-inning effort.<\/p>\n<p>He wavered only in the second and third innings, surrendering a home run to switch-hitter Victor Caratini and then giving up three straight hits after shortstop Betts\u2019 fielding error. But Wrobleski limited the Twins to two runs.<\/p>\n<p>Right-hander Edgardo Henriquez threw a clean eighth inning. And then right-hander Brock Stewart made his first appearance since being reinstated from the injured list (left foot bone spur) on Monday. Stewart surrendered a solo homer to Brooks Lee before getting out of the ninth.<\/p>\n<p>Update on Tucker and Rushing<\/p>\n<p>Dodgers manager Dave Roberts is planning for right fielder Kyle Tucker to be out for the rest of the series against the Minnesota Twins, after he left Monday\u2019s game with low back spasms.<\/p>\n<p>Roberts hopes to write Tucker into the lineup Friday, when the Dodgers open a three-game series in San Diego, after three days off, plus most of the game Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully he [can take] advantage of this, obviously to get right, but also kind of a mental reset,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cHopefully the four days will suffice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tucker, who said he felt a little better Tuesday but still sore, especially when rotating, is \u201cpretty confident\u201d that he\u2019ll be able to avoid the injured list. And if he can take swings on Wednesday, he\u2019ll probably be on track for that Friday return.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut if he doesn\u2019t, then we\u2019ll have probably a tougher decision on Friday,\u201d Roberts said.<\/p>\n<p>Tucker, who has a .707 on-base-plus-slugging-percentage this season, has had a slow offensive start to his Dodgers\u2019 tenure. He wasn\u2019t ready to make any declarations about the potential benefits of time off to reset.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ll see after I get back. We\u2019ll see how that goes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The news on catcher Dalton Rushing, who exited Monday\u2019s game to rule out a concussion, was more straightforward.<\/p>\n<p>Rushing hadn\u2019t yet gone through the second round of concussion testing needed to clear him to play when Roberts addressed the media Tuesday afternoon. But Rushing had told Roberts he was ready to play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat doesn\u2019t carry too much weight until I hear from the medical staff,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cBut it is good to know that he said he\u2019s good to go. My hope is that he\u2019ll be available off the bench in some capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MINNEAPOLIS\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The matchup began after a 28-minute rain delay, and the sky over Target Field darkened again in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":888721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,119698,183513,35123,2385,8329,2442,360380,1910,5605,2961,224,5337,360381,9548,26804,6166,360382,26820],"class_list":["post-888720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-clarity","tag-concussion","tag-dalton-rushing","tag-day","tag-dodger","tag-dodgers","tag-friday-return","tag-game","tag-kyle-tucker","tag-la","tag-los-angeles","tag-losangeles","tag-low-back-spasm","tag-monday","tag-roberts","tag-series","tag-tarped-field","tag-timeline"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116803292651137063","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=888720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/888721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=888720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=888720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=888720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}