A couple of big hits from David Peralta, Max Muncy’s 18th home run of the season and a serviceable spot start from Michael Grove help fuel a 5-2 victory.
LOS ANGELES ― The Dodgers limped home Monday on the heels of back-to-back losses to the woebegone Kansas City Royals, having lost their best pitcher to a shoulder injury earlier in the day.
Grove allowed a wall-banging double to Carlos Santana to begin the second inning. The Dodgers’ infielders drew closer to home plate with Santana at third base and one out. Shortstop Miguel Rojas devoured a grounder by Nick Gonzales and threw quickly to home plate, in time to cut down Santana and keep the game scoreless.
The Dodgers rattled off five unanswered runs against right-hander Mitch Keller . Muncy broke open the scoring with his solo home run in the second inning. Later that inning, Peralta doubled and scored on a Jason Heyward grounder that got past Santana at first base. Freeman and Smith led off the fifth inning with a pair of singles, and another two-out rally led to two more runs. Peralta poked a single into left field to score Freeman. Heyward hit a soft line drive in Santana’s direction, but the first baseman simply missed it, allowing Smith to score.
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