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Dodgers' walk-off stuns Orioles as Dalton Rushing helps cap wild comeback Dalton Rushing's clutch single in the ninth allows Alex Call to score before Ryan Ward scores on a Baltimore throwing error in a 6-5 Dodgers walk-off win.
Dalton Rushing, center, celebrates with teammates after hitting a walk-off single in a 6-5 comeback win over the Baltimore Orioles at Dodger Stadium on Friday night.had been frustrated for much of the game, a fact he hadnt hidden on his trips back to the dugout.
But when it mattered the most, he came up clutch.
Down to his last strike in the bottom of the ninth inning, Rushing lined a single into right field to drive in Alex Call for the tying run.Then, an errant throw by Baltimore right fielder Tyler ONeill allowed Ryan Ward to score and seal the DodgersDodgers star Shohei Ohtani is away from the team ahead of its series start against the Baltimore Orioles for the birth of his second child.had faced just one over the minimum through five innings, allowing the Dodgers to jump out to a 3-0 lead, when the Orioles finally figured him out the third time through the order.
With two outs and a runner on, Sasaki threw a splitter on the inside edge of the strike zone to Gunnar Henderson, who homered to right field.Pete Alonso followed suit, blasting an inside fastball about belt high to left-center field to tie the score.
The Orioles pulled ahead against the Dodgers bullpen.
Will Klein surrendered a seventh-inning single to Jackson that sent two baserunners, including one inherited from Dodgers left-hander Jack Dreyer, across the plate.
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The Dodgers hadnt scored since the second inning.
In the ninth, shortstop Mookie Betts trimmed the Orioles lead to one with a solo homer.
Call entered as a pinch-runner for Max Muncy after he drew a walk, and Ward also walked before Rushing stepped up and delivered.Maddie Lee covers the Dodgers for the Los Angeles Times.
She joined the paper in March 2026 after six years in Chicago, where she was a Cubs beat writer for the Chicago Sun-Times and NBC Sports Chicago.
Her previous stops include the Oklahoman, the Clarion-Ledger, the Salt Lake Tribune and the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer..