The Dodgers continue to get outstanding starting pitching.  After, Yoshi Yamamoto and Tyler Glasnow flirted with no hitters, on the 60^th anniversary of Sandy Koufax’s perfecto,  Emmet Sheehan pitched 5.0 perfect innings before Kyle Karros wrecked it with a leadoff single in the 6^th.  Yanquiel Fernández followed with a single that dropped just in front of Michael Conforto.  Sure it fell between Conforto, Muncy, and Betts, but it was Conforto’s ball and he needed to take charge.  A flair single from Tyler Freeman plated Karros  and broke up the shutout.  Emmet got out of the 6^th without any further runs, and pitched a scoreless 7^th, walking 1, but striking out the side.

If you're an outfielder, you can't pull up on this. That's a brutal play for a third baseman. pic.twitter.com/TSVbqR0pWq

— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) September 10, 2025

Emmet Sheehan's last 4 starts:

24.2 IP
32 K
72 whiffs ‼️

Untouchable pic.twitter.com/6Va7asZ8GO

— Blake Harris (@BlakeHHarris) September 10, 2025

For the 7.0 innings he pitched on the night, Sheehan allowed the 1 run, on 3 hits, 1 BB, and 9 Ks.

Alex Vesia pitched a perfect 8^th inning with 2 Ks in his return from the IL.  Kirby Yates gave up his inevitable HR and double in the 9^th.  He is certainly running out of time to make the playoff roster, if he hasn’t already run out of said time.

The offense got huge help from Teoscar Hernández with a pair of solo HRs (24) and a single.  Mookie Betts continued to shine with his 4^th consecutive 2 RBI night.  He had a 2-run HR and ad double.  His OPS is now up to .721.  In his last 31 games, 137 PA, and 123 AB, Mookie is  slashing .333/.394/.537/.931, 6 HR, 5 doubles, and 1 triple.  He had more BB (12) than K (8).

The Dodgers got a 4^th HR from Freddie.  They are still very reliant on the HR, so I am not going to get overly excited about a win over Germán Márquez and the lowly Colorado Rockies.

The Dodgers 1^st run came on a Will Smith double, he moved to 3^rd on a Max Muncy deep fly to CF, and scored on a WP.  In the 5^th, the Dodgers used an Andy Pages single, move to 2^nd on a Miggy Ro fly out, and scored on a Shohei Ohtani single.  The Dodgers scored 5 on the long ball, 1 on a WP, and manufactured a run.

The Dodgers 6 man rotation:

• Yoshinobu Yamamoto – 2.72 ERA
• Blake Snell – 3.19 ERA
• Tyler Glasnow – 3.21 ERA
• Clayton Kershaw – 3.27 ERA
• Emmet Sheehan – 3.32 ERA
• Shohei Ohtani – 3.75 ERA

Dodgers starting pitchers over the last 5 games:

Shohei Ohtani: 3.2 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 5 K
Yoshinobu Yamamoto: 8.2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 10 K
Clayton Kershaw: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 8 K
Tyler Glasnow: 7 IP, 0 H, 1 ER, 11 K
Emmet Sheehan: 7 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 9 K

That's a combined ERA of 1.41.

— Noah Camras (@noahcamras) September 10, 2025

The Dodgers look for the sweep when they send Blake Snell out to face Kyle Freeland in the season finale with Colorado.

Injury updates:

Dave Roberts said Tommy Edman is set to be activated tomorrow.

Dalton Rushing will go on a rehab assignment tomorrow. They plan on activating him sometime next week.

Brock Stewart is scheduled for a live bullpen session on Friday before beginning a rehab…

— Dodgers Tailgate (@DodgersTailgate) September 10, 2025

MiLB GAME SUMMARY REPORTS

Sacramento River Cats (San Francisco) 6 – OKC Comets 4

Roki Sasaki showed more of what he is capable of in this game.  In his first four innings, he allowed one hit, and 2 walks, but did not give up a run.  He struck out 8 River Cats.  His 4-seamer hit 100 and was consistently 99+.  In the 5^th, he ran out of gas.  Walk, single, walk, ground out, sac fly, double, HBP, and Nick Frasso came in to relieve Roki.  Frasso struck out Marco Luciano to end the inning.

Roki Sasaki finishes with 8 strikeouts in 4.2 innings tonight! pic.twitter.com/45BtWXxzgO

— Oklahoma City Comets (@OKC_comets) September 10, 2025

Roki Sasaki has thrown 5 pitches so far over 100 MPH Tonight:

100.6 MPH
100.4 MPH
100.2 MPH
100.0 MPH
100.0 MPHpic.twitter.com/rMpwPbwkFm

— Running From The OPS (@OPS_BASEBALL) September 9, 2025

OKC jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the 1^st inning with an Esteury Ruiz single and a José Ramos HR (5).

Luken Baker hit a solo HR (4) in the 3rd.  In the 4th, the 4th run scored when Frank Rodriguez drew a BB, and scored on an Esteury Ruiz triple (4) for a 4-0 lead.

Kyle Hurt (1.2 IP) and Will Klein (1.1 IP) threw 3.0 scoreless innings.  OKC went into the 9th with a 4-3 lead and asked Bobby Miller to preserve the victory.  Miller gave up 3 runs on 3 hits and 2 BB, for the blown save and loss.

Kyle Hurt just turned in another successful rehab outing for AAA OKC.
1.2IP | 1H | 0R | 3Ks | 1BB

Tonight was Hurt's 3rd rehab outing, and he's given up 1 run, which happened in his 1st outing. Hurt touched 98.5, and did a good job throwing strikes with his fastball, and his… pic.twitter.com/Ar6aE7kpQJ

— Dodgers Daily (@dodger_daily) September 10, 2025

Bobby Miller had another rough outing for AAA OKC. He came in the top of the 9th in a save situation with the Comets leading 4-3 and gave up 3 runs on 3 hits and 2 walks.

Gotta feel for the dude at this point, it's tough to watch. Rootin' for this guy to get things squared… pic.twitter.com/4qukEe3rG2

— Dodgers Daily (@dodger_daily) September 10, 2025

• Esteury Ruiz – 4-5, 1 run, 1 RBI
• Alex Freeland – 2-4

Esteury Ruiz stealing bases and records! 🏃

Ruiz etches his name in history setting the single-season stolen base record during the Bricktown era! pic.twitter.com/m7y1JhRygl

— Oklahoma City Comets (@OKC_comets) September 10, 2025

Box Score

Tulsa Drillers 4 –   Arkansas Travelers (Seattle) 3  – 13 innings

Roque Gutierrez started for Tulsa in a crucial final week series against the Arkansas Travelers.  He allowed a 3^rd inning solo HR in 4.2 IP.  He allowed 6 hits, but only 1 BB to go with 3 K.

Three relievers followed and shut down Arkansas into the 9^th.

Tulsa was shut out until James Tibbs III got a lead off HR in the 8^th tying the score at 1-1.

Entering today, in 30 games since being acquired: .241/.386/.420, 5 HR, and a whopping 17 BB% (would lead the Texas League if qualified). His 133 wRC+ is just about at the 135 mark (and will likely reach it after tonight) he had at High-A before being in the Devers trade. https://t.co/C3msKRojlZ

— Future Dodgers (@FutureDodgers) September 10, 2025

With Christian Suarez on the bump in the 9^th, he got two quick outs.  He followed that with 3 successive BB and the third walk included a WP on ball 4 allowing the go-ahead run to score.

Tulsa scored the tying run in the 9^th after Taylor Young singled, and moved to 3^rd on an errant pick off throw.  He scored on a WP and the game went into extra innings.

Neither team scored in the 10^th and 11^th, and both teams scored in the 12^th.  Carson Hobbs pitched two scoreless innings, and gave way to Jorge Benitez in the 12^th.  With a placed runner on 2^nd, Benitez proceeded to walk the bases loaded with nobody out.  He gave up the go ahead single for 1.  He got a 3-2-3 DP and a pop out to end the inning.

Zach Ehrhard was the placed runner on 2^nd.  Josue De Paula and JT III struck out, but Chris Newell singled to score Ehrhard for the tying run.

Kelvin Bautista pitched a scoreless 13^th, setting the stage for a walk off win. With Griffin Lockwood-Powell the placed runner at 2^nd, Kole Myers was HBP to put 2 runners on.  Taylor Young hit into a force out, and Tulsa had runners on 1^st and 3^rd.  Sean McLain hit a one out single to score GLP for the walk off win.

The win kept Tulsa 2.0 games up on the Wichita Wind Surge (Minnesota) with 5 games to play for the final playoff spot.

In his first AA game, Josue De Paula went 0-5 with a BB and 2 K.

• Yeiner Fernandez – 3-6
• James Tibbs III – 2-5, 1 BB, 1 run, 1 RBI, HR (6)
• Taylor Young – 2-6, 1 run, double (21), SB (40)
• Kole Myers – double (5)

Box Score

Inland Empire 66ers (LAA) 5 – Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 4

Thanks to a 41-25 1^st half record, Rancho finished ahead of Visalia by 6.0 games to win the first half and guarantee a spot in the playoffs.  The Quakes were not nearly as good in the 2^nd half (29-37).  Going into the playoffs, the Quakes certainly have their share of prospects:  Emil Morales, SS (No. 7); Ching-Hsien Ko, OF (No. 10); Chase Harlan, 3B (No. 19); Hyun-Seok Jang, RHP (No. 22); Jakob Wright, LHP (No. 29).

20 year old RHSP, Marlon Nieves started the game.  He allowed 3 singles and 2 doubles in the 2^nd inning for 3 runs.

Niko Perez hit a grand slam HR in the 3^rd for a brief 4-3 lead.

In the 4^th, Nieves allowed a single and triple for the tying run.

IE scored the go-ahead run in the 7^th.  A BB, SB, and single scored the eventual winning run.

RC had 5 hits with the Perez HR the sole run producer.  Oswaldo Osorio had a double (1).  No RC hitter had more than 1 hit.  The Quakes also got 8 BB, but the team was 1-9 wRISP.

RC will try to tie up the series on Thursday at home.  They will play a 3^rd game if necessary on Friday, also at home.

Box Score