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Dodgers Edge Brewers 3-1; Yamamoto Dominates in Loss for Milwaukee

Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out nine while the Dodgers used two home runs to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-1 on Saturday at Dodger Stadium.

Briar Keller

August 15, 20261 min read

Baseball victory - illustration, Jake Team LLC
Baseball victory - illustration, Jake Team LLC
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August 15, 2026

Dodgers Take the Win

The Milwaukee Brewers fell 1-3 to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday, August 15, 2026, at Dodger Stadium. The final score was 3-1 in favor of the home team. Los Angeles improved its record to 74-49, while Milwaukee dropped to 75-48. The game drew an attendance of 47,066.

Scoring Sequence

The Dodgers took an early lead in the first inning. Mookie Betts singled to left field, allowing Pages to score. The Brewers tied the game in the fifth inning when Ortiz hit a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring Lara.

Shortly after, Pages homered to left field, a shot that traveled 367 feet, to give the Dodgers a 2-1 lead. In the sixth inning, Edman homered to center field, a blast that carried 408 feet, extending the Dodgers' advantage to 3-1. There were exactly two home runs in the game.

Pitching Performance

Yoshinobu Yamamoto earned the win for the Dodgers. He pitched six innings, allowing four hits and one earned run while walking two batters and striking out nine. His record improves to 12-7.

Evan Phillips pitched one scoreless inning with no hits and one walk. Tanner Scott pitched one scoreless inning, allowing one hit and striking out two. Edwin Diaz recorded the save, pitching one scoreless inning, allowing no hits, walking two, and striking out one.

His save count increases to seven.

For the Brewers, Robert Gasser took the loss. He pitched 6.1 innings, allowing eight hits and three earned runs while walking one batter and striking out seven. His record falls to 3-5. Grant Anderson pitched 0.2 scoreless innings, allowing no hits and walking one. Bryse Wilson pitched one scoreless inning, allowing no hits, walking no one, and striking out three.

Sources

https://www.espn.com/mlb/game/_/gameId/401816530

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Briar Keller

Briar Keller covers Saratoga high school and area college sports.

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