Beat LA! Gabriel Moreno's slam leads Diamondbacks to 5-3 win over NL West rival Dodgers
- On Thursday night, May 8, 2025, at Chase Field in Phoenix, the Arizona Diamondbacks secured a 5-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
- The Diamondbacks secured the win when their catcher Gabriel Moreno launched a grand slam off Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who was considered a top Cy Young Award contender.
- Diamondbacks starter Brandon Pfaadt held the Dodgers scoreless for 6⅓ innings while allowing a season-high six hits, keeping the opposition's offense limited despite many hard-hit balls.
- Yamamoto allowed five runs, including Moreno's grand slam and a solo home run by Ketel Marte, doubling his ERA from 0.90 to 1.80 in what was his worst start this season.
- The win marked the Diamondbacks' 20th of the year and gave them an early series lead over their NL West rival, with Kevin Ginkel successfully closing the game.
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PHOENIX (AP) — Gabriel Moreno connected a grand slam against Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Brandon Pfaadt launched six innings and a third without tolerating annotation, and the Arizona Diamondbacks imposed themselves on Thursday 5-3 on the Los Angeles Dodgers, at the start of a series of four duels between rivals of the Western Division of the National League. Shohei Ohtani connected a lone home run in the ninth inning—his eleventh quadrangular of the se…
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