LOS ANGELES — Max Muncy not solely hit his nineteenth homer of the season Monday night time, he was the primary to congratulate Dave Roberts for his 700th win because the Dodgers’ supervisor after Los Angeles‘ 5-2 in over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Even if it took a pair minutes for Roberts to appreciate it.

“Muncy and a couple people came through the line and said congratulations. I had no idea what they were talking about until I got to the office,” Roberts mentioned. “Just happy to win a baseball game tonight. You have good player and a great organization.”

Roberts is 700-416 in his eighth season as LA’s skipper that features three journeys to the World Series and a title in 2020.

Jason Heyward and Miguel Rojas had RBI doubles to assist the Dodgers bounce again after dropping the final two video games in a weekend collection at Kansas City.

Muncy went deep for the primary time since June 2. He has struggled on the plate since hitting 11 house runs in April.

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Muncy missed 11 video games final month with a left hamstring pressure and was 3 for 21 since coming off the injured listing.

He led off the second with a solo shot to middle on a full-count fastball up within the zone from Mitch Keller (9-4) that tied the sport at 1.

“No doubt it’s been a grind for me,” mentioned Muncy, who's hitting .195. “I’ve had a lot of home runs, but I haven’t been anywhere close to the hitter I know I can be. I’m still just trying to make some adjustments to get back to doing that.”

Caleb Ferguson (5-3), the second of six Los Angeles pitchers, acquired the win. Michael Grove, who was referred to as up earlier than the sport when Clayton Kershaw went on the injured listing, acquired the beginning and went 4 innings.

Evan Phillips labored the ninth for his twelfth save

The Pirates have dropped three straight as they left 9 on base and have been 2 for 9 with runners in scoring place.

“Mitch wasn’t sharp, we didn’t play sharp defensively. Overall, we didn’t play a sharp game,” supervisor Derek Shelton mentioned.

Pittsburgh acquired on the board within the second inning when Nick Gonzales scored after Jared Triolo lined a base hit into proper discipline.

The Dodgers answered again with two within the house half. Two batters after Muncy’s homer, David Peralta doubled to left-center and scored when Heyward’s sharp grounder ricocheted off the glove of Pirates first baseman Carlos Santana into shallow proper discipline for what was scored a double.

Los Angeles added a run within the fourth. Miguel Vargas acquired aboard with two out after he was hit by pitch after which scored on Rojas’ double off the wall in left-center.

The Dodgers prolonged their result in 5-1 within the fifth on Peralta’s RBI base hit and when Will Smith scored after Santana was unable to discipline Heyward’s grounder.

The Pirates acquired one again within the sixth when Henry Davis got here house on Austin Hedges’ sacrifice fly.

A LOADED SECOND

Both groups had the bases loaded with two outs within the second however have been unable to transform.

Dodgers’ first baseman Freddie Freeman had a hand in each.

He ended the Pirates‘ inning after fielding Josh Palacios’ grounder. Then, because the eighth batter up within the Dodgers’ half, Freeman was unable to increase their lead by grounding out to 3rd baseman Triolo.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Pirates: 3B Ke’Bryan Hayes (low again irritation) took batting follow and fielded grounders earlier than the sport. Manager Derek Shelton is optimistic that Hayes could possibly be again on Wednesday or shortly after, when he's eligible to come back off the injured listing.

UP NEXT

Pirates: RHP Luis Ortiz (2-3, 4.11 ERA) faces Los Angeles for the primary time.

Dodgers: RHP Emmet Sheehan (2-0, 2.65 ERA) makes his fourth begin since being referred to as up from Double-A Tulsa on June 16.

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