LOS ANGELES — Gavin Stone struck out a career-high 10 over seven innings, Gavin Lux and Max Muncy homered in the seventh, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Seattle Mariners 3-0 on Monday night.
The Dodgers have won seven in a row overall and eight straight at home against the Mariners since 2015.
Stone (11-5), a 25-year-old right-hander, recorded eight strikeouts through four innings. He allowed singles to Julio Rodriguez and former Dodger Justin Turner, who returned to Dodger Stadium for the first time since his memorable nine-year run with the team ended in 2022. He went 1 for 3.
“Felt good with everything pretty much and Will (Smith) did a great job calling pitches,” Stone said. “They’re a team that swings a lot so getting ahead was huge.”
Evan Phillips retired the side in the ninth to earn his 16th save.
Lux homered off Bryan Woo (5-2) with one out in the seventh. The 24-year-old right-hander left one batter later after hitting Will Smith.
Muncy followed with a two-run shot off former Dodger Yimi Garcia for his first homer since May 7.
“It’s just a relentless lineup,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “When you got Max Muncy hitting seventh, that’s saying something. For Max to come up in a big spot and homer gave us some breathing room.”
The third baseman came off the injured list on Monday after being out since May 17 with an oblique strain.
“It’s a little bit of a relief,” Muncy said. “The mechanics feel really good. Obviously the timing isn’t where I want it to be.”
Muncy endured a couple months where his injury couldn’t be pinpointed. He got numerous chiropractic adjustments, as well as scans, MRIs and an injection.
“Once we finally got it fixed, it felt like I wasn’t even injured,” he said.
Woo gave up two runs and two hits in 6 1/3 innings. He struck out five and walked two.
The Dodgers had been limited to an opposite-field single by Shohei Ohtani in the first before their big rally in the seventh. With two outs, they loaded the bases on Tommy Edman’s first single as a Dodger and back-to-back walks to Ohtani and Mookie Betts. Freddie Freeman lined to second to end the inning.
Freeman played with a hairline fracture on his right middle finger. He deftly caught a liner by Josh Rojas and stepped on first to double Turner off and end the fifth.
Freeman robbed Cal Raleigh of a hit in the sixth, leaping fully extended to grab a liner that ended the inning.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Dodgers: Activated INF-OF Edman (offseason wrist surgery) and INF Muncy (right oblique strain) from the IL. … Placed C Austin Barnes (left big toe fracture) on the IL. … Transferred RHP River Ryan (right elbow UCL strain) to the 60-day IL.
UP NEXT
Mariners: RHP Bryce Miller (9-7, 3.29 ERA) is coming off a gem against Detroit in which he allowed two hits over seven scoreless innings and struck out nine.
Dodgers: RHP Walker Buehler (1-4, 5.68 ERA) makes his second start since coming off the IL. He needs to improve after giving up four runs and three hits over 3 1/3 innings against Milwaukee.
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DODGERS 3, MARINERS 0
| Seattle |
AB |
R |
H |
BI |
BB |
SO |
Avg. |
| Robles cf |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
.273 |
| Arozarena lf |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
.229 |
| Raleigh c |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.209 |
| Rodríguez dh |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.265 |
| Polanco 2b |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
.217 |
| Raley rf |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
.234 |
| Turner 1b |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.196 |
| J.Rojas 3b |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.231 |
| Moore ss |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
.197 |
| a-Canzone ph |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.206 |
| Rivas ss |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.225 |
| Totals |
28 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
12 |
|
| Los Angeles |
AB |
R |
H |
BI |
BB |
SO |
Avg. |
| Ohtani dh |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.290 |
| Betts rf |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
.307 |
| Freeman 1b |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.289 |
| T.Hernández lf |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
.263 |
| Lux 2b |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
.254 |
| Smith c |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
.247 |
| Muncy 3b |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
.224 |
| M.Rojas ss |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.283 |
| Edman cf |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.333 |
| Totals |
28 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
|
| Seattle |
000 |
000 |
000—0 |
2 |
0 |
| Los Angeles |
000 |
000 |
30x—3 |
4 |
1 |
a-struck out for Moore in the 8th.
E—Muncy (3). LOB—Seattle 3, Los Angeles 7. HR—Lux (9), off Woo; Muncy (10), off García. RBI—Lux (44), Muncy 2 (30). SB—Arozarena (1), Edman (1).
Runners left in scoring position—Seattle 1 (Raleigh); Los Angeles 2 (Freeman 2). RISP—Seattle 0 for 1; Los Angeles 0 for 1.
LIDP—J.Rojas. GIDP—Polanco.
DP—Los Angeles 2 (Freeman; M.Rojas, Freeman).
| IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
NP |
ERA |
| 6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
87 |
2.12 |
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
6.00 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
15 |
4.02 |
| 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
13 |
4.42 |
| IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
NP |
ERA |
| 7 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
90 |
3.44 |
| 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
4.88 |
| 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
3.40 |
Inherited runners-scored—García 1-1, Saucedo 1-0. HBP—Woo (Smith).
Umpires—Home, Dan Iassogna; First, CB Bucknor; Second, Jeremy Riggs; Third, Adam Beck.
T—2:15. A—51,348 (56,000).
