Dodgers Rally Past Diamondbacks 8-2 on Pages' Three-Run Homer

Andy Pages was hitting in the bottom third of the Dodgers' lineup Thursday night, buried behind Shohei Ohtani, Kyle Tucker, Mookie Betts, and Freddie Freeman. None of that mattered when it counted most.

Two singles and a three-run bomb by Pages turned a 2-0 deficit into a 3-2 lead for Los Angeles in the fifth inning, and the defending champions never looked back. The Dodgers rolled to an 8-2 Opening Day victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium, launching their bid for a third consecutive World Series title.

After three scoreless innings, Geraldo Perdomo got the Diamondbacks on the board with a 398-foot home run that left the bat at 102 mph. Perdomo, who finished fourth in NL MVP voting last year, gave Arizona a 2-0 lead with that fourth-inning shot off Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

It held until Pages arrived.

Pages' three-run homer brought in Max Muncy and Teoscar Hernandez, while a Will Smith infield single later in the same inning scored Miguel Rojas. Smith's RBI came off Juan Morillo after starter Zac Gallen was replaced. The Dodgers then exploded for four more runs in the seventh, a stretch highlighted by a home run from Will Smith, with the team totaling 12 baserunners across those two innings.

By game's end, the Dodgers had cranked out 10 hits, including an RBI double from newcomer Kyle Tucker, and seven of those hits came with two strikes.

Pages, who hit 27 homers last season, was slotted into the bottom third of the lineup as a reflection of just how deep Los Angeles's offense runs. On the mound, Yoshinobu Yamamoto made his second career Opening Day start after going 12-8 with a 2.49 ERA in 30 starts during the 2025 season.

For Arizona, the loss came with an already-depleted pitching staff. The Dodgers entered the night with an injury list that included starters Blake Snell and Gavin Stone, along with relievers Brock Stewart, Evan Phillips, and Brusdar Graterol, yet the offense encountered no meaningful resistance once it caught Gallen's number.

As the Diamondbacks learned on Opening Day, the Dodgers are the type of offense you can't hold down for long. Gallen managed it for four innings, allowing just two baserunners, before the lineup unraveled his night entirely.

The win came as Los Angeles begins its pursuit of a third consecutive World Series title. Manager Dave Roberts, who last year told his team to be the hunter rather than the hunted, has shifted his message this season to tuning out the noise that accompanies a three-peat bid, with a new metaphor: be a greyhound. On Opening Day at least, his team ran.