Dodgers rally past Phillies with four in ninth
LOS ANGELES -- Adrian Gonzalez hit a walk-off single after Los Angeles homered three consecutive times to open the ninth inning, lifting the Dodgers to a 6-5 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday night at Dodger Stadium.
Phillies Closer Hector Neris (0-1) entered the ninth with his club leading 5-2 before serving up consecutive home runs to Yasiel Puig and rookie Cody Bellinger, who hit the second of his first two major league homers. Justin Turner followed as a pinch hitter and delivered his first homer of the season, extending his hitting streak to a career-best 15 games and tying the score at 5.
After Neris gave up a base hit to pinch hitter Austin Barnes, Joely Rodriguez relieved him. Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager lined a single to left off Rodriguez before Gonzalez punched the game-winner off the glove of third baseman Maikel Franco and past shortstop Freddy Galvis to plate Barnes.
Grant Dayton (1-0) retired the side in the ninth for the win for the Dodgers (13-12).
Brook Stassi and Andrew Knapp homered for the Phillies (11-11), who dropped their second in a row.
Dodgers starter Brandon McCarthy allowed four runs on eight hits with three strikeouts and a walk in five innings, but did not figure into the decision.
Neither did Zach Eflin, who allowed two runs on four hits with four strikeouts and no walks in seven innings for Philadelphia.
Andrew Toles smoked the second pitch he saw from Eflin for a leadoff home run and a 1-0 lead. It was the second career leadoff homer for Toles, who has gone deep four times this season.
Stassi launched his three-run blast off McCarthy after singles by Maikel Franco and Michael Saunders with one out in the fourth for a 3-1 edge. It was his second homer this season.
In the fifth, an RBI single by Daniel Nava scored Odubel Herrera, who led off the inning with a double, to make it 4-1.
NOTES: Dodgers LHP Rich Hill (blister on his middle pitching finger), who has been on the disabled list since April 6, threw a bullpen session that manager Dave Roberts called successful. Hill is scheduled to make a rehab start Thursday with Class A Rancho Cucamonga. ... Phillies CF Odubel Herrera recorded the game's top defensive gem, robbing Dodgers RF Yasiel Puig of a base hit by diving and snagging a line drive in the fourth inning. ... The Dodgers reinstated LHP Grant Dayton (intercostal strain) from the 10-day disabled list and optioned RHP Josh Fields to Triple-A Oklahoma City. ... Phillies RHP Nick Pivetta (0-0, 0.00 ERA) makes his major league debut and opposes Dodgers LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu (0-4, 4.64) in Sunday's series finale.