Shohei Ohtani homered for the second time in as many games before exiting due to left knee inflammation in the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers\u2019 8-6 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Santiago Espinal came on as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning in place of Ohtani, who had two hits and reached base four times as Los Angeles\u2019 designated hitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, Dodgers starting pitcher Justin Wrobleski took a comebacker off his leg and collided with Bryan Reynolds on the latter\u2019s infield single in the fifth inning. Wrobleski left the game after that play with what the team called a right hamstring contusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kyle Tucker ripped a two-run single, Miguel Rojas drove in two runs and Andy Pages and Dalton Rushing each scored on a wild pitch for the Dodgers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Los Angeles reliever Jack Dreyer (3-1) struck out two batters in one scoreless inning. The Dodgers won twice in the three-game series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pittsburgh rookie Rafael Flores Jr. hit his first career homer and joined Jake Mangum with an RBI double apiece in the eighth inning, trimming Los Angeles\u2019 lead to 8-6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tanner Scott induced Brandon Lowe to fly out to end the eighth inning, then struck out the side in the ninth to secure his seventh save.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lowe earlier had a two-run shot, his team-leading 16th homer, as the Pirates lost for the fifth time in six games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ohtani opened the scoring in the third inning, depositing a 3-2 sweeper from Mitch Keller (5-4) over the wall in right-center field. The homer was the 13th of the season for Ohtani, who launched a two-run shot in the Dodgers\u2019 9-8 loss to the Pirates on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Later in the third, Tucker\u2019s bloop single to left field plated a pair. Los Angeles tacked on two more runs in the fourth, courtesy of Freddie Freeman\u2019s RBI single and Pages scoring on a wild pitch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Keller permitted five runs on seven hits in four innings. He has yielded 18 runs on 24 hits in 12 2\/3 innings over his past three games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Flores sent a 1-1 slider from Wrobleski over the center field wall in the fifth. Lowe stepped up three batters later and crushed a 2-2 slider over the fence in right field to trim Los Angeles\u2019 advantage to 5-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Pirates pulled closer on Spencer Horwitz\u2019s RBI single later in the fifth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dodgers added a pair of runs in the seventh. Alex Call raced home on contact on a fielder\u2019s-choice grounder, and Rushing scored on a wild pitch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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