Tony Gonsolin combined with four pitchers on a four-hitter in his major league-tying 16th victory, and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 10-1 on Tuesday night.
Trayce Thompson blasted a three-run homer in the second and drove in another run as part of a 2 for 3 performance. Freddie Freeman went 3 for 5 with four RBI in helping the Dodgers bounce back after being shut out at home for the first time this season in a 4-0 loss in the series opener Monday.
Gonsolin (16-1) tied Houston’s Justin Verlander, who earned his 16th win earlier Tuesday.
Gonsolin, the majors’ ERA leader at 2.10, outdueled current NL Cy Young Award winner Corbin Burnes in a first-time matchup of former Saint Mary’s College teammates.
Gonsolin allowed one run and three hits, struck out three and walked two. Evan Phillips, David Price, Chris Martin and infielder Hanser Alberto combined to allow only one hit over the final four innings.
Burnes (9-6) got tagged for seven runs and six hits in 3 2/3 innings, equaling his shortest outing of the season. The right-hander struck out a season-low three and walked three.
Burnes walked Joey Gallo and Cody Bellinger to set up Thompson’s 423-foot shot to the left-field pavilion with two outs, extending the lead to 4-0.
The Dodgers struck again with two outs in the fourth when they sent eight batters to the plate and tacked on three runs. Thompson and Trea Turner had RBI singles to chase Burnes. He was replaced by Brent Suter, who gave up Freeman’s RBI single that made it 7-0.
Freeman’s RBI single gave the Dodgers a 1-0 lead in the first.
Milwaukee’s only run came on Jonathan Davis’ RBI single in the fifth.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Brewers: INF Mike Brosseau placed on IL with right oblique strain.
Dodgers: RHP Walker Buehler underwent Tommy John surgery and had his flexor tendon repaired. He’s likely to miss next season while rehabilitating.
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The Brewers had backup catcher Victor Caratini pitch the eighth. He averaged in the mid-60s when he wasn’t walking Thompson and hitting Mookie Betts, who arrived at first base smiling. Trea Turner and Freeman had RBI doubles that made it 10-1.
The Dodgers went with Alberto in the ninth. He entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the fifth and doubled. On the mound, he retired the side on flyouts.
DEFENSIVE GEMS
Right fielder Betts made a stellar catch on a drive hit by Luis Urías before bouncing off the wall to end the second. Cody Bellinger robbed Rowdy Tellez at the center-field wall in a 1-2-3 sixth. Milwaukee’s Andrew McCutchen made a diving catch on Cody Bellinger to end the seventh.
Right fielder Mookie Betts #50 of the Los Angeles Dodgers makes a leaping catch on a drive by Luis Urias (not pictured) of the Milwaukee Brewers in the second inning of a MLB baseball game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Tuesday, August 23, 2022. (Photo by Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)
UP NEXT
Brewers: RHP Adrian Houser (4-8, 4.72 ERA) returns to the rotation after being sidelined with a strained forearm flexor since early June.
Dodgers: LHP Andrew Heaney (1-1, 1.77) makes his ninth start of the season in the series finale. He is coming off a loss at Milwaukee last week.
