THE GAME: The Dodgers had a pair of three-run innings and eight pitchers gave up just three hits total, as they earned a 6-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Ariz.
PITCHING REPORT: Left-hander Jackson Ferris did not make his scheduled start because of adductor soreness. … Right-hander Ryder Ryan did not allow a hit over two innings with two walks and one strikeout, leaving him with a 2.57 ERA in seven Cactus League innings. Ryan made 15 of his 16 career major league appearances with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2024. … Right-hander Will Klein and left-hander Tanner Scott each had two strikeouts in a scoreless inning. Scott now has five strikeouts over three scoreless innings. … Edgardo Henriquez had a scoreless inning after allowing six earned runs in his first two innings of the spring.
HITTING REPORT: Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts and Teoscar Hernandez all drove in runs in the first inning as the Dodgers opened the game with four consecutive hits. … Miguel Rojas had hits in each of his first three at-bats out of the leadoff spot. … Freeman went 2 for 3 with three RBIs. … James Tibbs III, who was acquired from the Boston Red Sox in last season’s Dustin May trade, had two more hits and is now 9 for 27 (.333) in 12 Cactus League games.
DEFENSIVE REPORT: Second baseman Alex Freeland booted a ground ball by Peyton Wilson for a third-inning error. … Hernandez fought off the setting sun to catch a line drive in left field by Kameron Misner to open the game. … Second baseman Ryan Fitzgerald made a sliding stop on a ground ball from Jack Pineda in the eighth inning and threw to first for the out.
UP NEXT: Rockies (RHP Jimmy Herget) at Dodgers (RHP Landon Knack), Saturday, 7:05 p.m., Camelback Ranch, SportsNet LA
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