WHAT A GAME!!Detroit Tigers’ ‘Remarkable Comeback’ Shocks Los Angeles Dodgers.What a game by the whole team,” said Urshela, who…
DETROIT — Gio Urshela hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning after the Detroit Tigers overcame a 9-4 deficit in the ninth to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-9 on Saturday.
Wenceel Perez bunted Ryan Vilade to third to start the 10th inning. The Dodgers deployed a five-man infield, but Urshela foiled the strategy with a homer to left off Yohan Ramirez (0-4).
“What a game! The whole team, fighting all game,” Urshela said during his on-field, postgame interview on Bally Sports. “It’s a great comeback for us.”
Shohei Ohtani hit his 200th homer and tripled, giving him 233 total bases—the eighth-highest total before the All-Star break since the game was first played in 1933.
Ricky Vanasco started the ninth for the Dodgers but didn’t retire any of the three batters he faced. It was 9-6 when Dodgers manager Dave Roberts brought in closer Evan Phillips.
Phillips retired the first two batters, but Carson Kelly hit an RBI single to make it 9-7 and Colt Keith tied the score with a homer to left.
“He’s been amazing, what a key for the team,” Urshela said of Keith. “We all feel really happy for him.”
The Dodgers saw it differently.
“With a five-run lead, especially the way we’ve been rolling, we have to win that game,” Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes said. “We went cutter up and in and (Keith) just got to it. We needed to close out that game sooner.”
Will Vest (2-3) got Freddie Freeman to hit into a bases-loaded double play to end the top of the 10th.
In the first inning, the Dodgers took a 1-0 lead when Ohtani led off with a triple and scored when Freeman grounded into a force at second.
Detroit scored two runs in the second, with Enrique Hernandez’s error setting up Keith’s two-run double, but the Dodgers tied it in the third. They loaded the bases on a walk and two singles. Montero struck out Andy Pages for the second out but walked Chris Taylor to make it 2-2.
