Baltimore came to Dodger Stadium and left with a 3-2 victory, built almost entirely on one dominant pitching performance. Trevor Rogers held the Dodgers to a single hit over seven innings, and the Orioles' early runs proved just enough to survive a ninth-inning scare.
Rogers was the story. He threw 96 pitches across seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit, walking two, and striking out six. His ERA: 5.30. It was the kind of start that wins games, and on this night it did. Yennier Cano followed with two-thirds of an inning, earning his first save of the season.
Baltimore built its lead quietly. In the second inning, Taveras scored on a fielder's choice grounder by Mayo, putting the Orioles ahead 1-0. The margin widened in the fourth when Blaze Alexander doubled to left, scoring both Taveras and Cowser to make it 3-0. Those three runs were all Baltimore would need.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto absorbed the loss, falling to 7-5. He allowed 3 runs on 6 hits over 6 innings, striking out 6 and walking 2 across 102 pitches, with a 2.65 ERA. Los Angeles managed only 4 hits on the night. The Dodgers stirred in the ninth — Shohei Ohtani launched a solo home run to center, 413 feet, and Freeman scored on a Taveras fielding error to pull the game to 3-2 — but the rally ended there.
Ohtani's homer was his 16th of the season, and he now sits 4 away from 300 career home runs. Mookie Betts, who went 1-for-3, is one away from the same milestone. Despite the loss, Los Angeles remains atop its division at 49-27. Baltimore fell to 35-42.