{"id":2334419,"date":"2026-03-18T05:18:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T05:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2334419"},"modified":"2026-03-18T05:18:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T05:18:19","slug":"roki-sasaki-erratic-again-as-dodgers-beat-royals-orange-county-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/roki-sasaki-erratic-again-as-dodgers-beat-royals-orange-county-register\/","title":{"rendered":"Roki Sasaki erratic again as Dodgers beat Royals \u2013 Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>THE GAME:<\/strong> Facing major-league hitters again after an outing on the minor-league fields last week, Roki Sasaki turned in an uneven 3\u2153 innings as the Dodgers beat the Kansas City Royals, 10-4, in a Cactus League game on Tuesday night at Surprise Stadium in Surprise, Ariz.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PITCHING REPORT:<\/strong> Sasaki retired seven of the first nine batters he faced, three on strikeouts. But he lost command in the third inning and walked the bases loaded. He re-entered the game in the fourth inning, struck out two batters but gave up a two-run home run to Elias Diaz. When he fell behind 3-and-0 to the Royals leadoff man Jonathan India, Manager Dave Roberts paid a visit to the mound with a trainer. Sasaki stayed in and got an inning-ending ground out. He went back out to start the fifth inning and gave up a leadoff double then was done for the night after 71 pitches. Sasaki\u2019s spring ERA \u2013 in Cactus League games only \u2013 is 13.50. \u2026 Nick Robertson replaced Sasaki with the bases loaded and one out in the third. He struck out Nick Loftin and Josh Rojas to escape. \u2026 Tanner Scott gave up two singles in his inning but struck out two and stranded both runners. \u2026 Alex Vesia gave up his first run of the spring on two singles wrapped around a stolen base. He has allowed just three hits to 23 batters faced.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HITTING REPORT:<\/strong> Dalton Rushing hit a solo home run, his third of the spring. \u2026 Andy Pages drove in two runs with a single. \u2026 Hyeseong Kim was on base three times with a single, a hit by pitch and catcher\u2019s interference. He also stole his fifth base of the spring. \u2026 Kyle Tucker was 1 for 3 with a double. He is 4 for 18 this spring. \u2026 Ryan Fitzgerald had an RBI double. \u2026 Jack Suwinski hit his second home run in as many games with the Dodgers. It came in the top of the ninth inning and broke a 4-4 tie. Seby Zavala also hit a grand slam in the Dodgers\u2019 six-run ninth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UP NEXT:<\/strong> Giants (LHP Landen Roupp) at Dodgers (RHP Shohei Ohtani), Wednesday, 1:05 p.m., Camelback Ranch, SportsNet LA, 570 AM<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related left\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.ocregister.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE GAME: Facing major-league hitters again after an outing on the minor-league fields last week, Roki Sasaki turned in an uneven 3\u2153 innings as the Dodgers beat the Kansas City Royals, 10-4, in a Cactus League game on Tuesday night at Surprise Stadium in Surprise, Ariz. 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