DODGERS vs. TWINS Full Game Highlights (6/22/26) | MLB Highlights

Test here tonight for Zebby against an outstanding lineup and it begins right away with some big names at the top for the Dodgers for Ohtani to ninety seven is average to start action tonight. Sixteen home runs tied for the club lead with Max Munson and he drills this ball. What a shot and what a start for the Dodgers one that I think like that that was a blur. I'm still putting on my headset. I haven't even said one hundred twelve hundred thirteen coming right off the bat got his headset on so I couldn't hear the ball leave the bat slice to right in the sunshine coming in reaching down and making the play is Cody Clemens Freddie Freeman last couple of weeks not as good but you zoom out he's sitting above three hundred over the last month the pitch there and Matthews ninety six strikes out Freeman swinging to down and the O2 to bats a swing and a fly ball center field in the sunshine Buxton with room no sunglasses for Buck who make the play to end the inning but the Dodgers get one on the leadoff homer from Shohei Ohtani will Klein making his second start of the season first one was in a bullpen game this is as an opener figures to go one inning here easing the start of the game for tonight's starter and bull guy at this point Eric Lauer very first pitch Dalton Russian reminded how fun it is to play catcher his 10 pitch is swung on and miss as he back foots that breaking ball winning this marathon for the first out if Byron can match Ohtani his first inning heroics again Byron has five leadoff homers this year no longer in that leadoff spot has always played well against the Dodgers he's reached in ten straight games against L.A. to one pitch a swing and a high fly ball left center field a deep this one carrying back to the track to the wall has no play Byron Buxton with a first inning home run and it's a one one game well the stars are here and both stars with a first inning impactful swing that's what the fans came to see this is why you buy a ticket you buy a ticket to see show how tiny hit you buy a ticket to see Byron Buxton hit down on this high fastball to gone in the first he'll take his base passing the baton now to Royce Lewis if he can get in on the act and a two to pitch looped into left field and that will land for a base it so Bell will stop at second base and the twins have two on two out for Victor Caratini line home with the one to pitch Caratini grounds it up the middle bounces off of the mound the Mookie Betts is the mom like a ramp and the twins strand a couple but they tie it up Matthews back to work against Max Muncie twenty seventeen about a month later side with the Dodgers and he's been an incredible player curve ball there for Matthews strikes out Muncie ball for Tucker draws the wall Tommy Edmund coming up here's the payoff line drive base hit right field Tommy Edmund in his first five games he's back six out of his first fourteen Dave Roberts has said hold on he said was wrong with that and he's going to take him off of the field and so Alex call is going to go out there as the pinch runner not even a visit from the trainer to discussion Dave Roberts saw enough where he said that's it when we saw Kyle Tucker exit the game in the second inning the Dodgers have now announced that he is dealing with a lower back spasm so we'll understand more as to what that means after the game guys Eric Lauer takes over Lauer and close to a 70 hour ERA pitching for the Toronto Blue Jays and they cut him loose has come to the Dodgers and three twenty two ERA Dodgers have won all four games where he spins and right away Brooks Lee swings grounds it to short Mookie Betts make it one pitch one out for Lauer swung on ground ball to short two hops for Betts one hands it sidearms to first got him to down finally puts it in play down the left field line maybe let's see Betts is over there yeah has room in foul ground and ends a one two three start to the day for Eric Lauer Ohtani one for one with a lead off home run the twenty fourth one he's had with the Dodgers his thirtieth career Zevi off the glove he'll pick it up and makes the play on Ohtani and one down here in the third inning base is empty for Andy Pajas as he sends it high and deep to left field Larnik back to the track to the wall makes the play up against the Penter side lofted his center and Buxton coming in Kreidler called off and Byron at the end there said to Kreidler move get out the way Chuckie Robinson has replaced Dalton rushing behind the plate so rushing in the very first pitch of the game take that foul tip off of the mask. I wonder if that had something to do with it. How Tucker and now they've lost Dalton rushing as well swung on ground ball to Betts it's short right there fires on the first low dugout by Freeman for the three out there to go. Grounded a second easy one Tommy Edmond and six up six down on five ground outs for Eric Lauer top half of the fourth check swing see if he went. Yes they said he did. So Mookie Betts that little little league walk back to the dugout right now upset first at bat today for Alex call off of the bench for the injured Kyle Tucker and call pokes it up the middle for a base hit. He took something off the swing just got the good part of the bad on it knocked it up the middle for a two on single good lead over at first as Edmond waits on this one pitch smacks it to left field base hit. He's two for two and back to back two out hits for the Dodgers. Chucky Robinson to 60 hitter in Triple-A this year to two struck came out with a slider. So Zevi strikes out two and a scoreless fourth as the Dodgers Strand to he takes ball for so he's walked twice and the first man to reach against Eric Lauer since Lauer came in on the second strike three caught on the inside corner Lauer gets Caratini his first K. Chopper to Muncie steps into a throw to second three scoreless for Eric Lauer. Here is Ohtani one for two with a home run 17th of the season Shohei getting his road trip off to a good start to the right side backhanded by Roy Sofi Zevi and there are two down. Line to right center field Buxton back and he'll track it down and Pahez lines out three up three down a quick bit for Zevi. Lauer steps back kicks fires swung on and missed strike three got him with a changeup and there's one out for the twins in the fifth getting kept alive with a walk to Martin and for the wrong guy Byron Buxton who's home run in the first inning is accounted for the scoring for the twins in this game kicks comes home and Buxton drills one to left field and Dave Ward going back toward the wall reaches up on the track. He makes the catch Ryan Ward with it the whole way takes down the fly ball from Byron Buxton and the twins come up empty in the fifth. I have the feeling something's going to give here pretty soon for the Dodger offense. Yeah I have the feeling it's going to be a loud sound sometime soon. Freeman swings it's a high drive center field Buxton looking up and this ball is gone a homerun right on cue. Freddie Freeman I rest my case Freeman gives the Dodgers a two to one lead and Freddie with his three hundred eighty career career home run was a loud sound it was just a feeling sometimes you look at a guy you see how he swing in the back the leg kick from Lauer and strike called and Clemens will challenge this will be close. Twins have been perfect so far and they remain perfect. Another one this is Keyshaw Eskew tonight. Look at that and again tenth of an inch Josh Bell to the plate take advantage now Josh Bell with a man aboard batting right hand and he swings and he lifts one high in the air shallow center Tommy Edmond the second baseman backpedaling he's called off by Alex call to use some late closing speed to make the catch so a couple of quick outs after the leadoff walk. Caratini goes after the first one pops it up down the line Freddie Freeman's over and he's got room a leadoff walk and then nothing doing. And Eric Lauer has fired five scoreless innings. Open goes to work for Minnesota. This is the veteran Taylor Rogers Rojas postseason hero game seven hero last year for the Dodgers off the bench here pinch hitting the lead off the seventh hitting a hard ground ball that's good Spiney. Twins defense has been miserable all year and it cracks the door open here with the top of the order now coming up. Rudolph man aboard and here's Ohtani for the fourth time he's one for three with a home run two balls and two strikes on Ohtani in a one run game. A rocket on the ground glove by Kishore second on the first and in time double play it hard twins had to be perfect defensively and they were Kishore Kreidler Lewis a four six three unreal double play. Eric Lauer has not given up a hit over five innings. He's been good since coming to the Dodgers but it's the best we've seen him coming in as the bulk innings guy after Will Klein was the opener swing and a fly ball center field can of corn for Andy Pahe six scoreless hitless innings from Lauer and it's still to one Dodgers bottom of the eighth inning. Kyle Hurt comes out of the bullpen and this one hit back up the middle and there is your base hit. Austin Martin breaks the seal and Byron Buxton now becomes the go ahead run strikes him out with the high he goes way up high Buston thinks he can catch up to those speedy hands but gets it by ninety seven miles an hour. Tapper to second Rojas goes to second and gets the lead runner to keep him out of scoring position. The confidence the conviction and the clock right there Josh Bell batting left handed walk twice tonight he swings and lines with the right field. Alex call a diving catch a sinking line drive over to his right and Alex call down to the grass hauls it in and it's a scoreless eight for Kyle Hurt. Here we go to the bottom of the ninth inning. Tanner Scott is on looking for the save. Tanner Scott has been as good as anyone you see and he's facing Royce Lewis Victor Caratini in Brooks Lee one to pitch. Fly to center field. Paez is there. One away in the night slap to right call drifts to his left to up and two down in the ninth inning. The twins are down to the final out and it's up to Brooks Lee over three here tonight. Down to third Muncie stabs it fires across the ball game a tidy to one win for the Dodgers to solo home runs and the pitching steamrollers a hot Minnesota offense.