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Dodgers vs. Diamondbacks live updates: Two scoreless innings follow disastrous National Anthem as Dodgers take on NL rival 27%
By Ryan Kostecka0%
3/26/2026, 10:31:08 PM
Topics: Los Angeles Dodgers, Opening Day
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The Dodgers will begin the 2026 season trying to join the 1972-1974 Athletics and 1998-2000 Yankees as the only franchises in MLB’s expansion era (since 1961) to win three consecutive championships.
What’s terrifying for the rest of baseball is that this iteration of the team might be the most talented squad assembled during their historic run of three titles in six seasons.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto hurls a pitch for the Dodgers during Opening Day.
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Shohei Ohtani is the best player in baseball, and it’s not particularly close.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the reigning World Series MVP, is gunning for a Cy Young Award and takes the ball on Opening Day.
Kyle Tucker, a four-time All-Star, and Edwin Diaz, arguably the best closer in baseball, joined the “evil empire” this offseason.
Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts are primed for big seasons, Max Muncy and Will Smith are still the rocks of the organization, and Dave Roberts is still calling the shots.
The lineup is deep, the bullpen is nasty and the starting pitching, if healthy, might be the best in baseball.
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto's night on the mound is over
Yoshinobu Yamamoto's Opening Day start is officially over, with manager Dave Roberts going to his bullpen in the seventh.
Yamamoto pitched six strong innings, giving up two runs on five hits with six strikeouts and no walks, with his only real blemish that two-run blast he gave up to Perdomo.
Roberts turned to veteran reliever Blake Treinen, who got Moreno to fly out before giving up a single to right from Arenado.
He then got Santana to fly out to Pages and ended the inning with a strikeout to Lawler.
Arenado makes a dazzling play at third and Ryan Thompson shuts down the offense
Lovullo went deeper into his bullpen, bringing in Ryan Thompson for the top of the sixth, which began with a dazzling play by Arenado at the hot corner.
Hernandez hit a scorching grounder to the third baseman, who pulled off a difficult snag and threw to first for the putout, showcasing the skills that earned him 10 straight Gold Gloves to begin his career.
Arenado was put to work a batter later, as Pages popped out to him, with Thompson getting Rojas swinging to end the inning.
Yamamoto locks in and puts up another zero in the sixth
Manager Dave Roberts stuck with his ace Yamamoto heading into the sixth, despite his pitch count steadily inflating.
He made quick work of the top of the Diamondbacks order, setting down Marte and Carroll on consecutive groundouts and striking out Perdomo.
Yamamoto threw 15 pitches, bringing his pitch count up to 95 at the end of the inning.
Dodgers add one more in the fifth to go up 4-2
After Murillo took the mound, he induced a line-out by Kyle Tucker and a fly-out from Mookie Betts to get two quick outs, but the Dodgers weren't done yet.
Freeman walked to move Ohtani to second, and Will Smith hit a liner to deep first to score Miguel Rojas and make the score 4-2 in favor of the Dodgers.
Max Muncy struck out swinging to end the inning.
Dodgers run Gallen off the mound by threatening more runs in the fifth
Rojas kept the fifth inning going by singling to center, with Ohtani showing some discipline by drawing a walk, which was enough to get Diamondbacks manager Tory Lovullo to go to his bullpen.
Gallen gave up three runs on five hits through four-plus innings, throwing two strikeouts and giving up two walks as his night came to an end.
Lovullo turned to reliever Juan Morillo with two on and no outs in the bottom of the fifth.
Dodgers take the lead on a three-run blast from Andy Pages
Max Muncy started the bottom of the fifth by getting a laser line drive past Marte for a hit, with Hernandez showing off his legs by beating out a chopper to the mound.
Pages took a 1-2 knuckle-curve from Gallen and deposited it deep into the left-center field seats to give the Dodgers a 3-2 lead.
Yamamoto gets back on track with a scoreless fifth inning
After giving up a two-run blast in the fourth, Yamamoto settled in to make quick work out of the bottom of the Diamondbacks order.
The Japanese pitching sensation induced a ground-out from Lawler, a fly-out from Thomas and a strikeout from Tawa to keep the Dodgers in the game.
His pitch count is currently at 80 (53 strikes), and it remains to be seen how long of a leash manager Dave Roberts will give his ace on Opening Day.
Dodgers offense comes up short once again in the fourth
The Dodgers offense can't find their way out of first gear, as Diamondbacks starter Gallen continues to impress against the star-studded lineup.
Betts recorded the first out of the inning with a sharp grounder to Perdomo, though Freeman drove a ball deep to left-center, falling into Lawler's glove just shy of the warning track.
The inning came to a close as Smith hit a fly out to center fielder Thomas, with Gallen logging just 51 pitches through four innings of work.
Diamondbacks break through on Geraldo Perdomo's home run
The Diamondbacks drew first blood against the Dodgers, with shortstop Geraldo Perdomo taking Yamamomto deep with a home run to right field, just after Carroll singled.
The Diamondbacks lead 2-0 on the blast, as Yamamoto's pitch count is in the mid-60s .
He quickly recovered to strike out Moreno and Arenado, getting Santana to fly out to stop the bleeding in the fourth inning.
Ohtani just misses his first home run as the Dodgers put up another zero
Miguel Rojas grounded out sharply to Marte for the first out of the inning, bringing up Ohtani, who came just feet away from putting the first run on the board.
He took the first pitch from Gallen to deep left-center field to Lawler, falling just short of breaking through on the scoreboard.
The inning was over just two pitches later when Tucker grounded to Santana.
While both pitchers have put up zeros, Yamamoto has been taxed more than Gallen through the first three innings.
Gallen has thrown 38 pitches (23 strikes), much less than Yamamoto's 52 pitches (34 strikes).
Yamamoto puts up another zero in the third despite putting two runners on
Diamondbacks left fielder Jordan Lawler started off the top of the third inning with a ground rule double to left field that.
Center fielder Alek Thomas hit a pop out to shortstop Mookie Betts for the first out of the inning.
Designated hitter Tim Tawa shot a ground ball towards shortstop Mookie Betts, who slid to snag the ball but he couldn't get Lawler going back to second in time and both runners were safe.
The Dbacks lineup turned over with Ketel Marte stepping up to the plate for his second at-bat, lining out to Freeman at first, who threw to Betts to double off Lawler at second to end the inning.
Dodgers squander yet another baserunner and come up empty in the second
The bottom of the second inning started with catcher Will Smith grounding out to second baseman Ketel Marte, though there was some hope for the game's first run when third baseman Max Muncy walked.
The Dodgers could not capitalize on the traffic once again, as Teoscar Hernandez lined out to center fielder Alek Thomas and center fielder Andy Pages struck out swinging to end the second.
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