Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Copyrighted by Sarah Morris, 2026

The Dodgers scored in three innings and survived a three-run seventh inning to earn the victory.

On Lou Gehrig’s Day at Chase Field, the Los Angeles Dodgers topped the Arizona Diamondbacks, 6–5.

Shohei Ohtani opened the game with a double and came home on Freddie Freeman’s home run.

In the second inning, Ohtani’s triple scored Dalton Rushing and Alex Freeland.

Eric Lauer made it through 4.2 innings despite not being able to land his curveball for a strike. Although he pitched in constant traffic, he prevented the Diamondbacks from getting the necessary hit to score. Corbin Carroll homered. Lauer allowed another run in the fifth inning. He struck out one while walking one.

Blake Treinen escaped from the fifth inning scorelessly.

Eduardo Henriquez pitched a solid sixth inning.

The Dodgers added two more runs on Andy Pages’ sacrifice fly and Mookie Betts’ single.

Although Kyle Hurt has been great this year, coming off Tommy John surgery, on Tuesday, he struggled with control. He was charged with two runs while getting two outs in the seventh inning.

Will Klein wasn’t sharp in the seventh inning, allowing one run, but Freeman’s defensive gem ended the troublesome inning. Klein pitched much better in the eighth inning.

After blowing a save on Saturday, Tanner Scott recovered and closed out the victory.

MLB decided to bring awareness to Lou Gehrig’s disease or ALS, starting in 2021. Gehrig was a Hall of Fame first baseman for the New York Yankees and played 2,150 consecutive games before benching himself because he was displaying early symptoms of the motor neuron disease. People with this disease become paralyzed, lose the ability to speak, and eventually lose the ability to breathe and swallow. They have all the mental capabilities. The average survival is from three to five years. Although it has been 85 years since Gehrig died, there is still no cure.

As many of my readers know, I have cerebral palsy that affects muscle control. I can’t walk, use my hands, or speak understandably. I use eye gaze technology to type my articles and communicate everything. This technology was originally developed for ALS and is expensive. If you can, please donate to Team Gleason that helps people with ALS to get the necessary equipment to live a little more enjoyable lives.

With Ohtani on the mound, the Dodgers will look to win the second game of the series against the Diamondbacks.