Ten-run seventh is more than enough for Dodgers in rout of Pirates

Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times on Jun 9, 2026

Published in Baseball

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PITTSBURGH — The Dodgers have taken their scoring sprees to a new level in recent days.

En route to a 12-3 win Tuesday against the Pirates, the Dodgers put together a 10-run seventh inning. It was the second time in three games that the Dodgers had scored nine or more runs in an inning, racking up nine against the Angels on Saturday.

It marked the first time the Dodgers had scored in the double digits in an inning since June 2, 2021 against the Cardinals, when they had an 11-run inning.

The Dodgers were only going to get so many chances against Pirates reigning Cy Young winner Paul Skenes. And when Skenes started the game by making quick work of the top of the order, and Dodgers starting pitcher Eric Lauer gave up back-to-back home runs to Bryan Reynolds and Ryan O’Hearn in the first inning, the game seemed to be falling apart. But eventually, the script flipped.

The Dodgers managed to tie the score against Skenes and then make it a blow out against the Pirates bullpen.

The Dodgers began chipping away in the second inning, with a leadoff double from Mookie Betts, a single from Max Muncy that moved him to third, and a sacrifice fly from Kyle Tucker to the edge of the warning track in center field.

In each of the next three innings, the Dodgers put a runner on with one or fewer out. They stranded all three of them, with an interference call on Dalton Rushing exacerbating the issue.

The Dodgers needed a little good fortune to tie the score in the sixth inning. Freddie Freeman was standing on third with two out, after doubling and then advancing on a ground out, when Muncy stepped up to the plate.

On a 2-2 count, Muncy recognized the change-up just in time to poke a spinning one-hopper to the right side of the infield. And the funky bounce tripped up second baseman Brandon Lowe, who couldn’t adjust quick enough to glove the ball that bounced over him and into shallow right field for a score-knotting single.

As the skies darkened, a swift downpour swept through the ballpark as both teams turned to their bullpens. Lauer gave up only one more hit after those first-inning homers, and he handed the ball over with two out in the sixth inning.

Against Skenes for six innings, the Dodgers logged six hits, two walks and seven strikeouts.

Facing the Pirates bullpen in the seventh, they more than doubled their hit total, with seven more. Andy Pages drove in three of the Dodgers runs that inning, with a two-run homer and a sacrifice fly. Freeman reached a career milestone with an RBI single, his 2,500th major league hit. And the Dodgers took advantage of two throwing errors to rack up their scoring.