{"id":645748,"date":"2026-03-27T03:05:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T03:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/645748\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T03:05:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T03:05:04","slug":"dodgers-facing-diamondbacks-on-mlb-opening-day-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/645748\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers facing Diamondbacks on MLB Opening Day \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/tag\/los-angeles-dodgers\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"791553\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> are back on the calendar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/tag\/mlb\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"3849\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">MLB<\/a> regular-season action is getting underway for every team on Opening Day, with the reigning champions aiming to start 1-0.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles is hosting the Arizona Diamondbacks in an early NL West matchup. Geraldo Perdomo hit a two-run homer off Yoshinobu Yamamoto in the top of the fourth to seize a 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n<p>A busy fifth saw the Dodgers take control and frustrate Arizona&#8217;s pitchers. Andy Pages hit a three-run homer to bring in Max Muncy and Teoscar Hernandez, while a Will Smith infield single saw Miguel Rojas score. Smith&#8217;s RBI came off Juan Morillo after starter Zac Gallen was replaced. LA loaded the bases after in the same inning, but couldn&#8217;t deal more damage.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles added to its cushion in the eighth. Kyle Tucker got his Dodger debut off to a solid start, doubling to right that brought home Ohtani. Right after, Mookie Betts hit a deep single to center to allow Tucker to round home.<\/p>\n<p>After Freddie Freeman flied out to left, Smith hit a two-run homer to end Taylor Clarke&#8217;s night as a reliever. LA led 8-2 after the seventh.<\/p>\n<p>Yamamoto started on the mound for L.A., while Zac Gallen was Arizona&#8217;s first pitcher. Shohei Ohtani is leading the way at DH.<\/p>\n<p>The game is available to watch on NBC and Peacock.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story and will be updated as the game progresses.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThousands of fans began arriving at Dodger Stadium hours before the first game of the season. Eliana Moreno reports from NewsChopper4 at 4 p.m. on March 26, 2026.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Dodgers are back on the calendar. MLB regular-season action is getting underway for every team&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":645749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2404],"tags":[146,22,4314,5,38,57,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-645748","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-diamondbacks","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-arizona-diamondbacks","10":"tag-arizonadiamondbacks","11":"tag-baseball","12":"tag-diamondbacks","13":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","14":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116298932956158488","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}