THE ANGELS — – Corey Seager hit a go-ahead three-run homer Walker Buhler on his return to Dodger Stadium and the Texas Rangers defeated Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 on Wednesday night when Andy Pages He ran a stop sign and was ejected at the plate for the final out.
“It’s just a beautiful play with the game on the line,” said Rangers coach Bruce Bochy, whose 2,125th victory moved him into a tie with last New York Yankees manager Joe McCarthy in ninth place on the regular season career list.
“What an incredible career he had and the championships he won,” Bochy said. “It’s humbling to be in this class.”
Seager returned to the lineup as a designated hitter against his former team after missing four games with a hamstring issue, including the series opener. The 30-year-old shortstop went 1-for-3 with a strikeout. He was the 2016 National League Rookie of the Year and the 2020 National League and World Series MVP with the Dodgers, then left as a free agent after the 2021 season.
“It’s good to have Corey back. We saw what it means to us,” Bochy said. “We miss him.”
Shohei Ohtani He put the Dodgers ahead in the first with his 17th home run, a 424-foot shot.
Will Smith he singled leading off the ninth inning against the 37-year-old. Kirby Yates and Pages walked with two outs.
Jason Hayward doubled to center, scoring Smith, but the rookie Pages missed third base coach Dino Ebel’s stop sign and was thrown out at the plate by Jonas Heim.
“I didn’t see the stop sign. I saw the center fielder bounce the ball and I kept going,” Pages said through a translator. “I was going to try to score no matter what because I knew it was the tying run.”
The catcher took the second baseman. Marco SemienCenter fielder’s relief throw Leody Taveras and labeled the slider pages on the left side. A video review confirmed home plate umpire Marvin Hudson’s decision.
“Just a great play by a great player for probably most of the game,” Seager said of Semien’s shot. “It’s something we always counted on him to accomplish in those moments and he did it.”
Seager hit a 422-foot home run in the fifth off Buehler (1-4) after Tavares singled and stole second and Semien reached on a fielding error by the Dodgers’ new third baseman. Cavan Biggio.
“He mixed up speeds, he mixed up locations, he threw a bunch of different heaters at us,” Seager said. “He’s smart, man. It was a fun battle all night.”
Seager was applauded in his first at-bat, but was booed when he came up in the seventh before striking out.
“It kind of comes with the territory, I get it,” Seager said of the crowd’s reaction. “I do not blame them”.
Jacob Latz (2-1) pitched two scoreless innings in relief of jon gray. Yates earned his ninth save.
“What a job they did,” Bochy said.
Facing his Hall of Fame father Craig Biggio, the younger Biggio singled leading off the fifth inning for his first hit with the Dodgers. Biggio was designated for assignment by Toronto last week and was acquired Wednesday in a trade.
He started at third base and showed off his glove work early on. Biggio started a double play that got the first two outs of the first inning. He avoided a possible double in the future by Wyatt Langford in the second, making a long throw to first that Langford barely beat. Biggio made an error in the fifth when he missed a ball hit by Semien.
COACH ROOM
Rangers: LZ brock burke He was activated from 60-day IL after recovering from a right hand fracture.
UNTIL NEXT TIME
L.D. Michael Lorenz (3-3, 3.05 ERA) begins the series finale on Thursday.
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