PITTSBURGH—Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, and Teoscar Hernandez hit home runs as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 11–7 on Thursday night to avoid being swept in a three-game series.
Freeman hit a three-run shot in the first for his eighth home run of the season. Betts added a three-run blast of his own during a six-run fifth inning as Los Angeles beat Pittsburgh for just the sixth time in their past 16 meetings despite a relatively quiet night from Shohei Ohtani, who went 1 for 6 with a run scored.
