THE GAME: Dalton Rushing’s walk-off double drove in two runs and lifted the Dodgers to a 6-5 victory over the Angles on Friday night at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona.
HITTING REPORT: Trailing 5-4 in the bottom of the ninth inning, Josue DePaula’s single started the Dodgers’ rally. Ryan Ward walked and Rushing delivered the game-winning hit. … Shohei Ohtani went 1 for 3 with a home run in his first Cactus League at-bat this spring. … Tommy Edman was 2 for 3 with a single in the first inning and a solo home run in the fifth. … Mookie Betts singled in the first inning, went to third on Edman’s single and scored on a sacrifice fly by Max Muncy. … Kiké Hernandez doubled and scored on Miguel Rojas’ RBI single in the fourth.
PITCHING REPORT: Dustin May retired the side in order with two strikeouts in the first inning, but he got off track in the second inning and didn’t retire a batter. May walked two and an error by third baseman Max Muncy loaded the bases. Jo Adell hit a full-count sinker that stayed up for a grand slam. … One of the Dodgers’ top pitching prospects, left-hander Jackson Ferris, made his first Cactus League appearance. He walked a batter and struck out one in a scoreless fifth inning. … Added to the 40-man roster for the first time last fall, left-hander Jack Dreyer struck out the side in the eighth inning.
DEFENSE REPORT: Right-hander Justin Jarvis made the play of the game in the sixth inning when he grabbed Tim Anderson’s 93.1-mph line drive back to the mound, protecting himself as he fell to the ground then starting a double play.
UP NEXT: Giants (RHP Carson Seymour) at Dodgers (RHP Matt Sauer), Saturday, 12:05 p.m. PT, at Camelback Ranch, SportsNet LA, 570 AM