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The Los Angeles Dodgers' opening winning streak has stopped. The mound that he believed was shaken and the batters had a residual party and drank the bitter cup of his first loss of the season on his home turf. Japanese starting pitcher Rocky Sasaki (25) lost for the first time this season, coincidentally.
The Dodgers lost 2-4 at home against the Cleveland Guardians of the "2026 Major League" at Uniqlo Field at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California on the 31st (Korea Standard Time). He showed helplessness by being dragged 0-4 until the top of the ninth inning.
With this loss, the Dodgers, who had won the opening three consecutive games, won three games and lost the season, while Cleveland recorded three wins and two losses.
The Dodgers operated a luxury starting lineup consisting of Shohei Ohtani (designated hitter), Kyle Tucker (right fielder), Mookie Betts (striker), Teoscar Hernandez (left fielder), Freddie Freeman (first baseman), Andy Farggs (center fielder), Max Muncy (third baseman), Miguel Rojas (second baseman), and Dalton Rushing (catcher), but they struggled because no follow-up hits occurred at every crisis.
The first point was Cleveland's. In the top of the third inning, Stephen Kwan took the lead with a timely double to the right, with one out and third base made by leadoff hitter Austin Hedges' double and sacrifice bunt.
Starting pitcher Sasaki took the mound in the top of the fifth inning, but was replaced immediately after allowing leadoff hitter Angel Martinez to hit a heavy ball. Tanner Scott took the mound instead of Sasaki and did not lose a point.
But he couldn't hold out in the top of the seventh inning. The decisive hit was that Justin Roblesky, the Dodgers' third pitcher, allowed Hedges, Martinez and Kwan three consecutive hits and loaded the bases with no outs. He caught it well with two outs, but allowed Rhys Hoskins to walk away, then made a two-run timely double to Daniel Schniman to reach 0-4.
The Dodgers chased after him late in the bottom of the ninth inning. Betts scored the first point with an RBI double that separated left-center in a scoring opportunity that tied the leadoff batter Tucker's infield hit and wild pitch. Freeman's infield grounder added one more point at the third base with one out to follow 2-4, but it was not enough to turn the game around. In the end, the Dodgers had nine hits, but ended up with only two runs.
Sasaki became a losing pitcher with four hits, two walks, four strikeouts and one run in four innings. Scott pitched one scoreless inning, but third pitcher Roblesky collapsed with four hits, one walk, two strikeouts and three runs in four innings. On the other hand, Cleveland left-hander Parker Messick won his first game of the season by allowing five hits, five strikeouts and no runs in six innings. In Cleveland's lineup, No. 1 hitter Stephen Kwan hit hard with three hits and one RBI in five at-bats.
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