Philadelphia Phillies’ Edmundo Sosa, right, hits a two-run home run as Dodgers pitcher Kyle Hurt, left, and catcher Will Smith watch during the eighth inning of a baseball game Saturday, May 30, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Dodgers’ Andy Pages, right, scores on a single by Mookie Betts under the tag of Philadelphia Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto during the seventhninning of a baseball game Saturday, May 30, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Dodgers pitcher Alex Vesia celebrates after finishing up the top of the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Saturday, May 30, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Dodgers’ Alex Call gestures after hitting a triple during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Saturday, May 30, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Philadelphia Phillies’ Alec Bohm, left, celebrates his solo home run with J.T. Realmuto, during the second inning of a baseball game against the Dodgers, Saturday, May 30, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Dodgers center fielder Andy Pages stands as a ball hit for a solo home run by Philadelphia Phillies’ Alec Bohm goes out during the second inning of a baseball game Saturday, May 30, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Dodgers starting pitcher Roki Sasaki throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Saturday, May 30, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Dodgers starting pitcher Roki Sasaki throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Saturday, May 30, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, left, and Shohei Ohtani greet each other during the first inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Saturday, May 30, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Jesús Luzardo throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Dodgers, Saturday, May 30, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
LOS ANGELES — It was a rerun from Tanner Scott’s nightmares.
Brought in to protect a two-run lead in the eighth inning, Scott gave up three runs, including two on a home run by Edmundo Sosa, erasing an excellent start from Roki Sasaki and ending the Dodgers’ six-game winning streak with a 4-3 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies Saturday night.
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Scott led the majors with 10 blown saves last season but this was his first of 2026. He converted all five of his save opportunities since Edwin Diaz went out with an elbow injury and had not given up a run in 12⅓ innings before Saturday.
One streak did continue – Sasaki extended his streak of positive steps forward to three.
It started with his career-high seven innings against the Angels two weeks ago. He followed that up with five solid innings in Milwaukee, bouncing back with four scoreless innings after a rough first.
With Saturday’s start, Sasaki has a 2.08 ERA over his past three, holding hitters to a .177 average with 19 strikeouts and just three walks in 17⅓ innings.
Against the Phillies, he allowed just one hit in the first five innings, retiring 15 of the first 17 batters he faced – but that hit went a long way. Alec Bohm sent a 1-and-0 fastball 406 feet over the wall.
Other than that, he looked as close to the dynamic young starter advertised during his winter leap from Japan to MLB. His fastball hit 100 mph for the first time this season, hit 99.1 mph or higher 12 times and averaged 98.5 mph (up from a season average of 97 mph) while producing eight swings-and-misses (of his 18).
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After striking him out in his first two at-bats, Sasaki gave up an infield single to Kyle Schwarber with one out in the sixth inning and another single to Trea Turner, ending his night.
The Dodgers had pushed across single runs in the second inning (on Alex Call’s RBI single) and again in the fourth when center fielder Justin Crawford dove for Call’s sinking liner and came up empty. The ball got past Crawford for a double and Call went to third when right fielder Adolis Garcia bobbled it. Santiago Espinal drove him in with a sacrifice fly.
Alex Vesia was called in to protect that 2-1 lead in the sixth inning and walked Bryce Harper to load the bases with one out. Vesia struck out pinch-hitter Edmundo Sosa and got Bohm to bounce to third.
The Dodgers gave the bullpen some breathing room after that. Andy Pages doubled off Phillies reliever Orion Kerkering – a matchup straight out of Philadelphia’s nightmares – and scored on Mookie Betts’ third hit of the night, a single to right field. Garcia’s throw made it a close play at the plate requiring an extended replay review – which didn’t clearly show Pages touching the plate or JT Realmuto tagging him so the safe call stood.
It wasn’t enough.
Justin Crawford led off the eighth inning with a single off Scott. A ground out and a fly out had Crawford on second and Scott nearly out of the inning. But Harper drove an RBI single into right field, making it a one-run game again.
Scott got ahead 1-and-2 against Sosa but a symptom of last year’s struggles resurfaced – he left a two-strike fastball over the plate and Sosa drove it into the left-field pavilion to give the Phillies the lead.
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