LOS ANGELES — The Arizona Diamondbacks played a more competitive game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday than on Opening Day, but outs on the bases and walks proved costly in a 5-4 loss.
The Diamondbacks hung with the Dodgers for seven innings, taking a 2-0 leading, falling behind 4-2 and tying the game all within the first four innings.
Arizona pitchers retired 14 Dodgers hitters at one point, but the Diamondbacks made two outs on the bases that helped keep the game tied until the Dodgers came up to bat in the eighth inning.
Dodgers prized free agent addition Kyle Tucker hit a go-ahead single off reliever Kevin Ginkel, and fellow big-ticket free agent signee Edwin Diaz closed it down in the ninth.
The Diamondbacks doubled the Dodgers’ hit total, 8-4, but they could not afford to make mistakes against this caliber of opponent or finish 2-for-9 with runners in scoring position.
1 bad inning for Ryne Nelson
D-backs starter Ryne Nelson came out hot in the first inning, throwing up to 98.9 mph while striking out Shohei Ohtani and Tucker to start the game.
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After two scoreless innings, however, Nelson got run over with four runs allowed in the third, starting with an Alex Freeland home run. Nelson then walked Ohtani and Tucker before Mookie Betts drove a three-run shot to right field to take a 4-2 lead.
Nelson responded well, however, retiring his final seven batters to somewhat salvage an ugly score line (4.2 IP, 4 ER, 3 BB, 4 Ks). He drew seven whiffs with the fastball and three more on the slider.
Impressive debut from Jonathan Loaisiga
Reliever Jonathan Loaisiga made his D-backs debut after spending eight years on the New York Yankees. Loaisiga retired all four batters he faced (Tucker, Betts, Freddie Freeman and Will Smith) with a strikeout, two ground outs and a pop-up. He only needed 14 pitches.
More outs on the bases for Diamondbacks
The Diamondbacks ran into multiple outs on the bases for a second straight game.
It started with an ill-advised send from new third base coach J.R. House, which led to Pavin Smith getting hosed at home plate on an Alek Thomas RBI double. That ended the inning with a runner in scoring position.
Two innings later, House had a similar chance with Smith moving from first to third but wisely threw up the stop sign. Thomas paid that decision off with a two-run, game-tying double, although Thomas over slid third base and was tagged out.
Oh, the irony
The home plate umpire on Friday was Cory Blaser, the same umpire who rung up Geraldo Perdomo on a low strike to end the Dominican Republic’s run in the World Baseball Classic earlier this month against Team USA.
The Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System was not implemented in the WBC, so Perdomo could not challenge.
In Perdomo’s first at-bat, he greeted Blaser and worked a 2-2 count. Blaser called a changeup up a ball, but Dodgers catcher Will Smith challenged it. The call was overturned.
Home plate umpire Cory Blaser was trying to repay Geraldo Perdomo for the bad call in the WBC but the Dodgers had other plans pic.twitter.com/bsAGNLQjkO
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) March 28, 2026
In Perdomo’s third at-bat, Blaser called ball four on a 3-1 pitch, and Smith challenged again. Another call was overturned, and Perdomo ended up flying out.
The same umpire who rang Geraldo Perdomo up in the World Baseball Classic will be behind the plate tonight.
“That’s alright … everybody’s human.” pic.twitter.com/X3n2TEJ3pZ
— Arizona Sports (@AZSports) March 28, 2026
Diamondbacks’ next game
The series concludes Saturday night at 6:10 p.m. MST.
Eduardo Rodriguez will pitch for Arizona, with right-hander Tyler Glasnow going for Los Angeles.
Catch the game on 98.7 and the Arizona Sports app.
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