Corey Seager made a comeback to Dodger Stadium by hitting a three-run homer off Walker Buehler, giving his team the lead. However, despite this, the Texas Rangers managed to secure a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers, thanks to a crucial play where Andy Pages disregarded a stop sign and got tagged out at home for the game’s final out.
In his return to Dodger Stadium, Corey Seager delivered a crucial go-ahead, three-run home run off Walker Buehler. Despite Seager’s impressive hit, the Texas Rangers managed to secure a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night. The game concluded with a pivotal moment when Andy Pages ignored a stop sign and was thrown out at home for the final out.
Seager, who had been sidelined for four games due to a hamstring issue, made his comeback as the designated hitter against his former team. The 30-year-old shortstop, renowned for his contributions to the Dodgers including being the 2016 NL Rookie of the Year and the 2020 NL and World Series MVP, went 1 for 3 with a strikeout. Following the 2021 season, Seager became a free agent and departed from the Dodgers.
The game’s scoring began with Shohei Ohtani’s 17th homer, a towering 424-foot shot, which put the Dodgers ahead in the first inning.
Will Smith singled to start the ninth inning against the 37-year-old pitcher Kirby Yates, while Pages drew a walk with two outs.
Jason Heyward hit a double to center field, bringing Smith home. However, despite the scoring opportunity, Pages disregarded the stop sign signaled by third-base coach Dino Ebel and attempted to score. Unfortunately, Pages was tagged out at home plate by Jonah Heim, the catcher, after receiving a relay throw from center fielder Leody Taveras to second baseman Marcus Semien. The tag was applied to Pages on his left side. Following a video review, the call made by plate umpire Marvin Hudson was upheld.
Seager hit a 422-foot homer in the fifth off Buehler (1-4) after Tavares singled and stole second and Semien reached on a fielding error by new Dodgers third baseman Cavan Biggio. Seager was applauded in his first at-bat, but got booed when he came up in the seventh before striking out.
Jacob Latz (2-1) threw two shutout innings in relief of Jon Gray. Yates secured his ninth save.
In the presence of his father, Hall of Famer Craig Biggio, the younger Biggio singled at the start of the fifth inning, marking his first hit with the Dodgers. Biggio, who was recently designated for assignment by Toronto and acquired by the Dodgers in a trade on Wednesday, began the game at third base and showcased his defensive skills early on. He initiated a double play that recorded the first two outs of the opening inning and prevented a potential extra-base hit by Wyatt Langford in the second inning with a lengthy throw to first, narrowly missing the out. However, Biggio was charged with an error in the fifth inning after mishandling a ground ball hit by Semien.