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The Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> got back in the win column on Saturday, downing the Milwaukee Brewers 11-3<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Starting pitcher Roki Sasaki<\/a> was rocked in the first inning, when the Brewers scored all three of their runs, but he quickly settled down and performed well for the rest of his start<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The bullpen also performed admirably, setting a franchise record with 36 straight scoreless innings<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"MayMay 14, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Dalton Rushing<\/a> (68) and pitcher Tanner Scott<\/a> (66) celebrate after defeating the San Francisco Giants<\/a> at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

The Boys in Blue are now aiming to take the series in the decisive third game, which begins at 11:10 a.m. PT.<\/p>\n

Manager Dave Roberts has tweaked the lineup from Saturday, giving catcher Will Smith the day off<\/a> that he\u2019d previously announced. Dalton Rushing will take his place.<\/p>\n

\"DaltonFeb 21, 2026; Tempe, Arizona, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Dalton Rushing against the Los Angeles Angels<\/a> during a spring training game at Tempe Diablo Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

In addition, Santiago Espinal<\/a> is out, with Miguel Rojas<\/a> moving from second to third to fill in that spot.<\/p>\n

Hyeseong Kim<\/a> will play second base.<\/p>\n

He also shifted around the batting order.<\/p>\n

The top three hitters remain the same, but he moved Kyle Tucker<\/a> up from sixth to fourth, dropping Andy Pages<\/a> from fourth to fifth in the process.<\/p>\n

In addition, Teoscar Hernandez<\/a>, who had a huge night against the Brewers, is up from the No. 7 spot to sixth.<\/p>\n

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Dodgers Lineup vs. Brewers<\/p>\n

1. Shohei Ohtani<\/a>, DH
2. Mookie Betts<\/a>, SS
3. Freddie Freeman<\/a>, 1B
4. Kyle Tucker, RF
5. Andy Pages, CF
6. Teoscar Hernandez, LF
7. Dalton Rushing, C
8. Hyeseong Kim, 2B
9. Miguel Rojas, 3B<\/p>\n

Who is pitching for the Dodgers today?<\/p>\n

World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto<\/a> is on the mound today.<\/p>\n

\"May<\/p>\n

May 12, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (18) throws a pitch against the San Francisco Giants during the first inning at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

He\u2019ll be looking to get his record back to .500 after falling to 3-4 with a 1-0 loss to the Padres on Monday.<\/p>\n

In his nine games so far this season, he has a 3.32 ERA and WHIP of 0.965 with 56 strikeouts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Dodgers got back in the win column on Saturday, downing the Milwaukee Brewers 11-3. Starting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2401],"tags":[1384,5,136,2178,10900,2196,815,1393,29,774,56,57,10498,8935,843,59,4280,4,1526,110,66,1552,468,1089,1528,1535,313],"class_list":["post-707614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-milwaukee-brewers","tag-andy-pages","tag-baseball","tag-brewers","tag-california","tag-dalton-rushing","tag-dodger-stadium","tag-freddie-freeman","tag-hyeseong-kim","tag-kyle-tucker","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-angels","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-mandatory-credit","tag-miguel-rojas","tag-milwaukee","tag-milwaukee-brewers","tag-milwaukeebrewers","tag-mlb","tag-mookie-betts","tag-roki-sasaki","tag-san-francisco-giants","tag-santiago-espinal","tag-shohei-ohtani","tag-tanner-scott","tag-teoscar-hernandez","tag-will-smith","tag-yoshinobu-yamamoto"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116630484947575280","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707614","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=707614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}