Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw throws to the plate during the first inning of their game against the Cleveland Guardians on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. Kershaw pitched five innings in his first game on that mound since April.
Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw throws to the plate during the second inning of their game against the Cleveland Guardians on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger celebrates as he returns to the dugout after hitting a home run during the second inning of their game against the Cleveland Guardians on Friday night at Dodger Stadium.
Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw throws to the plate during the first inning of their game against the Cleveland Guardians on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman singles against the Cleveland Guardians in the fifth inning at Dodger Stadium on June 17, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.
Dodgers relief pitcher Brusdar Graterol throws to the plate during the seventh inning of their game against the Cleveland Guardians on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. Dodgers center fielder Cody Bellinger, left, makes a catch on a ball hit by the Cleveland Guardians’ Owen Miller as right fielder Chris Taylor backs him up during the ninth inning on Friday night at Dodger Stadium.
Cleveland Guardians relief pitcher Enyel De Los Santos throws to the plate during the 10th inning of their game against the Dodgers on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. One is when they become entrenched in a pitchers’ duel. The other is when they play into extra innings. Both happened Friday, and they lost to the Cleveland Guardians, 2-1, before an announced crowd of 48,361 at Dodger Stadium.
After the Guardians used an infield single and a sacrifice fly to score the winning run against Evan Phillips in the top of the 10th, the Dodgers had four chances to score with Trea Turner – their fastest baserunner – on second base in the bottom of the 10th. “The first four innings, I thought we had great at-bats,” Roberts said. “We barreled a lot of baseballs. We didn’t have anything to show for it. After that, we just couldn’t string anything together. There were some situational at-bats where we weren’t productive. That was the difference in the game.”