The game was settled early and finished emphatically. Justin Wrobleski kept the Minnesota Twins at bay for seven innings, and the Los Angeles Dodgers offense did the rest, capping a 12-3 win with a five-run ninth that turned a comfortable lead into a statement.
Wrobleski allowed 2 runs on 5 hits over 7.0 innings, walking 2 and striking out 3 on 92 pitches. He picked up his ninth win against two losses, carrying a 2.71 ERA. The Dodgers' offense backed him with 17 hits, spreading the damage across nearly every inning.
Los Angeles took the lead for good in the fourth. From a 2-2 tie, Shohei Ohtani's sacrifice fly brought Alex Call home to put the Dodgers ahead 3-2. The inning continued: Call scored on Ohtani's fly, then Freddie Freeman singled to center to score Robinson, and Mookie Betts followed with a single to center that scored Pages, pushing the lead to 5-2. Freeman finished 3-for-5 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI. Pages crossed the plate three times and drove in 1 run, going 3-for-5. Call went 2-for-4 with a walk, scored 3 runs, and added a solo home run to left in the ninth. The ninth inning itself became a showcase: after Call's homer, Rojas doubled to score Freeland, Pages singled to score Rojas, and Muncy's double to right scored both Pages and Betts, accounting for all five runs in the frame.
Austin Voth absorbed the loss in his first defeat of the season, allowing 6 runs — 5 earned — on 11 hits over 4.0 innings, walking 1 and striking out 2 on 96 pitches. His ERA: 11.25. Minnesota managed only 7 hits on the night. Victor Caratini homered to left center in the second to tie the game, and Brooks Lee added a solo shot to right in the ninth, but the Twins could not sustain any momentum against Wrobleski or the Dodgers' bullpen.
Miguel Rojas reached 200 career doubles in this game, a milestone he crossed with his double in the ninth inning. Mookie Betts is one home run away from 300 for his career. Byron Buxton is 8 doubles shy of 200 career doubles. Los Angeles improved to 50-29, holding first place in their division. Minnesota fell to 38-42, third in theirs.