Kansas City Royals at Los Angeles Dodgers

· Major League Baseball

Kansas City Royals

49-71, 20-41 Away

Final
5 - 6

Los Angeles Dodgers

71-48, 34-23 Home

Ohtani scores go-ahead run in 7th, Dodgers rally to beat Royals 6-5 in Tarik Skubal's home debut

Kansas City Royals vs. Los Angeles Dodgers: Game Highlights

Skubal allowed four hits and struck out six in the back-to-back Cy Young Award winner's second start for his new team since arriving from Detroit in the majors' biggest deadline trade. Jac Caglianone homered and drove in all three runs off the Dodgers' vaunted new left-hander, who left trailing 3-2.

Max Muncy hit a three-run double in the sixth on his bobblehead night for the Dodgers, but Kyle Isbel responded with a tying two-run homer in the seventh for Kansas City.

Ohtani then singled and stole his first base since May 16 before he scored on Freddie Freeman’s single, putting Los Angeles ahead to stay in this back-and-forth homestand opener.

Ohtani also had an early RBI double for the Dodgers, who improved to 8-12 since July 19.

High-priced Dodgers closer Edwin Diaz pitched a perfect ninth for his sixth save, rebounding from back-to-back blown saves in Arizona last weekend.

Noah Cameron pitched into the sixth for Kansas City, yielding six hits and four runs. The Royals have lost nine of 13.

After a warm pregame welcome from the Chavez Ravine crowd, Skubal yielded two soft singles and a run to Kansas City's first three batters, with Bobby Witt Jr. stealing second and scoring on Caglianone's dribbler.

Nick Loftin then doubled in the third before Caglianone smashed his 21st homer to right field, inducing grumbles from the Dodger Stadium stands.

Muncy cleared the bases in the sixth, but Isbel hit his first homer since April 22 off Jack Dreyer (5-1) moments later. The Royals outfielder grew up in the nearby Inland Empire.

Ohtani then catalyzed the winning rally against Alex Lange (1-7).

Up next Two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell (0-1, 12.00 ERA) makes only his second start of the season for the Dodgers. Michael Wacha (5-8, 3.44) pitches for the Royals.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Isbel grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Collins flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Massey struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Díaz relieved Scott
	8th Inning	Muncy struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Tucker flied out to shortstop.

Statistics

KC		LAD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	14
9	Strikeouts	4
5	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	10
2	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	6
2	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	32
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	5
11	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
147	Pitches	144
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
13	Total Bases	15
36	Plate Appearances	35
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	5
3.9	Runs Created	5.5
.194	Batting Average	.313
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.419	Slugging Percentage	.469
.419	Secondary Average	.281
.306	On Base Percentage	.371
.725	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.840
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
3.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.4
36.0	Batter Rating	45.0
15.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.08	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.11
.226	Isolated Power	.156
0.44	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.75
.111	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.086
.226	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.031
10.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
81.3	MLB Rating	90.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0