{"id":12839,"date":"2026-06-06T05:31:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T05:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=12839"},"modified":"2026-06-06T05:31:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T05:31:26","slug":"freddie-freemans-walk-off-homer-gives-dodgers-a-1-0-victory-over-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=12839","title":{"rendered":"Freddie Freeman\u2019s walk-off homer gives Dodgers a 1-0 victory over Angels"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LOS ANGELES \u2014 Freddie Freeman welcomed Kirby Yates back to Dodger Stadium with a bang.<\/p>\n

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The Dodgers first baseman hit a homer against the Angels reliever to lead off the bottom of the ninth inning, lifting the Dodgers to a 1-0 victory on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Yates, who spent last season with the Dodgers before signing as a free agent with the Angels, threw a 92 mph fastball over the middle on a 3-and-2 count, and Freeman launched it into the bleachers in right-center field. His walk-off homer came a night after the Dodgers gave up a walk-off homer in Arizona.<\/p>\n

It was Freeman\u2019s sixth career regular season walk-off homer, plus two in the World Series.<\/p>\n

Yates was the one to finally blink in what had been a taut pitchers\u2019 duel between the Dodgers\u2019 Roki Sasaki and the Angels\u2019 Reid Detmers.<\/p>\n

Sasaki struck out a career-high 10 in seven innings, while Detmers struck out six in six innings. Each pitcher gave up two hits, none in the first three innings.<\/p>\n

Sasaki continued moving past the erratic performances that marked his first go-around in the majors. In his last four starts \u2013 beginning with a dominant performance against the Angels on May 17 in Anaheim \u2013 Sasaki has a 1.48 ERA with 29 strikeouts and five walks.<\/p>\n

His fastball velocity also continues climbing. He threw his hardest major league pitch to date, hitting 100.6 mph in the second inning. His 98.3 average fastball on Friday was 1.2 mph harder that his season average coming into the game.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe was tough, man,\u201d Angels manager Kurt Suzuki said of Sasaki. \u201cThe guy was sitting 98. I haven\u2019t seen him pitch like this ever. He was sitting 98, 99, 100 and with the nasty split and slider. And it looked like he was pretty much on the rails all night. Especially with two strikes, he was executing his pitches. Sometimes you just got to tip your hat to the other pitcher.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sasaki\u2019s defense turned two nice plays in the third inning.<\/p>\n

Second baseman Miguel Rojas bare-handed a ball that deflected off of Sasaki\u2019s glove and made an off-balance throw while moving to his right to barely get Nick Madrigal at first. Shortstop Mookie Betts then ranged over the middle to backhand a Zach Neto grounder. He made a quick flip to get the inning-ending force out at second.<\/p>\n

In the sixth, third baseman Santiago Espinal made a diving stop of a Jo Adell grounder, saving a run.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think they took a lot of hits away from us,\u201d Suzuki said. \u201cSome hard ones there. If we put a couple runs on the board, you never know what can happen. But credit to their defense. They played good for Sasaki tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Detmers also got an assist from his defense in the first, when Mike Trout made a catch of a Betts line drive on a full sprint toward left center.<\/p>\n

In the sixth, catcher Logan O\u2019Hoppe made a perfect throw to nail Andy Pages trying to steal second.<\/p>\n

Detmers bounced back from a sloppy outing last weekend in Tampa Bay, looking more like the pitcher who struck out 14 in a dominant game in his previous start.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought he was attacking good with his fastball,\u201d Suzuki said. \u201cThrowing strikes, making them swing the bat. I thought he was good the whole night. There wasn\u2019t a time where I felt like he was nibbling. He was attacking, pounding the zone with everything that he had. That was one of the best games I\u2019ve seen him pitch.\u201d<\/p>\n

Detmers\u2019 strikeout victims included Shohei Ohtani twice. Detmers also got Ohtani on a flyout, helping to end his 19-game on-base streak. Detmers also struck out Will Smith twice, once with two runners on and two outs in the fourth.<\/p>\n

Like Sasaki, Detmers also had a little extra juice for this matchup. His average fastball was also 1.2 mph harder than his season average coming into the game. Detmers also threw first-pitch strikes to 14 of the 21 hitters he faced, an excellent ratio.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the key key to the game,\u201d Detmers said. \u201cIf you get ahead, your life\u2019s gonna be a lot easier. It might not not always work out well, but it\u2019s gonna eventually work out in your favor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once the starters were done, the relievers were just as good. Edgardo Henriquez worked a scoreless eighth, including a strikeout of Trout on a 102.7 mph fastball. Left-hander Tanner Scott got the first two outs of the ninth, then right-hander Blake Treinen needed one pitch to get the third out.<\/p>\n

Angels right-handers Chase Silseth and Sam Bachman got through the seventh and eighth, respectively, each stranding one runner.<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t take long for Yates to make one mistake that was enough to spoil all the other good work of the Angels\u2019 pitchers.<\/p>\n

\u201cTried to get it in on him,\u201d Yates said. \u201cI didn\u2019t. Hey, Freddie\u2019s a Hall of Famer.\u201d<\/p>\n

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More to come on this story.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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