Will Smith hit a two-run home run in the first inning Saturday, his fourth consecutive at-bat with a homer. But the Dodgers needed Vargas and Ohtani to break a tie in the eighth.
Keeping Miguel Vargas out of the starting lineup is starting to look like a bad idea.
Vargas came off the bench to hit a go-ahead, pinch-hit home run in the eighth inning Saturday, helping to rescue a game that nearly got away from the Dodgers. Shohei Ohtani also homered in the eighth inning as the Dodgers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-3 Saturday afternoon.
The Dodgers led for most of the game after a three-run first inning, featuring Will Smith’s fourth consecutive home run. But Evan Phillips gave up a game-tying home run to Christian Yelich in the top of the eighth.
The Dodgers saw that eighth-inning homer and raised them one. In fact, they have hit seven home runs in the first two games of this series. Vargas has hit two of them and Smith four.
A Will Smith hasn’t had such a good weekend since Men In Black’ opened.
The Dodgers catcher made it home runs in four consecutive at-bats with his two-run home run in the first inning Saturday,
Smith had just two home runs in 99 plate appearances before Friday but hit three in the series opener against the Brewers then made it four in six plate appearances (he walked twice Friday) with another opposite-field shot in the first inning Saturday.
