Los Angeles Dodgers at Detroit Tigers

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Los Angeles Dodgers

56-41, 28-22 Away

Final
3 - 4

Detroit Tigers

47-50, 24-24 Home

Betts hits winning 3-run homer in 10th as Dodgers beat Tigers 8-5 for first 4-0 start since 1981

The Dodgers are 4-0 to start the season for the first time since 1981, when they also won the World Series.

Betts went deep to left off Beau Brieske (0-1), scoring pinch-hitter Will Smith and Shohei Ohtani.

Betts hit a two-out solo shot that put the Dodgers ahead 3-2 in the eighth before Detroit tied it in the ninth on Manuel Margot’s RBI single.

Dillon Dingler homered and tripled in the 10th to give Detroit a 5-3 lead in the top of the 10th.

Tied at 3, left fielder Michael Conforto came up short trying to catch the ball hit by Dingler, allowing Riley Greene, who began the inning at second, and Zach McKinstry, who was intentionally walked by Luis Garcia (1-0), to score.

The Dodgers got a run back in the bottom of the 10th to trail 5-4 on Conforto's ground-rule double before Betts' heroics.

Dingler homered in the second off Yoshinobu Yamamoto to give Detroit a 1-0 lead.

The Dodgers tied the game at 2 on Freddie Freeman's two-run homer off Detroit starter Jack Flaherty.

The Dodgers began the night walking a blue carpet to an infield stage where they received blue boxes containing glittering rings to mark their World Series win over the New York Yankees last year.

The crowd of 52,029 gave Flaherty a standing ovation when he left in the sixth, their thank you to the Burbank, California, native who started Game 1 of the National League Championship Series and Game 1 of the World Series, both at Dodger Stadium.

Flaherty will get his World Series ring before Saturday’s series finale.

Key moment A safe call at home in the ninth was overturned, denying the Tigers a chance to take the lead after Margot was thrown out at the plate.

Key stat Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto had a career-high 10 strikeouts.

Up next RH Reese Olson makes his season debut for the Tigers on Saturday. RH Roki Sasaki (0-0, 3.00 ERA) starts for the first time at Dodger Stadium in the series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Pérez grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, Malloy scored on throwing error by pitcher Ramírez, Vilade to second.
	9th Inning	Vilade sacrificed, Vilade to first on fielding error by pitcher Ramírez, Malloy to second.
	9th Inning	Malloy singled to center, McKinstry scored.
	9th Inning	Malloy hit for Ibáñez
	9th Inning	McKinstry tripled to right.
	9th Inning	Taylor struck out swinging.

Statistics

LAD		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	10
11	Strikeouts	5
2	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
7	Hits	9
2	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
32	At Bats	32
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
10	Fly Balls	19
2	Caught Stealing	0
166	Pitches	139
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
9	Total Bases	12
35	Plate Appearances	37
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
2.3	Runs Created	4.3
.219	Batting Average	.281
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.281	Slugging Percentage	.375
.156	Secondary Average	.219
.286	On Base Percentage	.333
.567	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.708
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
2.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.4
23.0	Batter Rating	28.5
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.74	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.76
.063	Isolated Power	.094
0.27	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.60
.086	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.081
-.063	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.063
5.0	Runs Produced	7.0
0.7	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
71.8	MLB Rating	81.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0