In Los Angeles, the Dodgers defeated the National League-leading Milwaukee Brewers 3-1. This victory brought the team within one game of the league leader, as reported by infohub.kz.
Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out nine in six innings, allowing only one run. This was his third game this season with nine or more strikeouts. Andy Pages and Tommy Edman homered to secure the win.
In the ninth inning, Edwin Diaz loaded the bases but managed to record his seventh save, securing the team's victory. Earlier, on Thursday, he had taken the loss after allowing three runs.
Milwaukee pitcher Robert Gasser allowed three runs on eight hits over 6 1/3 innings. The Brewers had surged to the top of the National League at the start of August. Joey Ortiz drove in the only run for Milwaukee.
The Dodgers opened the scoring in the first inning with three consecutive hits. Mookie Betts drove in Pages, who had returned to the second spot in the order with Freddie Freeman getting a planned day off.
In the fifth inning, the Brewers tied the game: Luis Lara scored from third on Ortiz's fly ball. Lara had led off the inning with a double.
Pages hit his 20th home run of the season in the bottom of the fifth to put the Dodgers ahead. The next inning, Edman homered to left-center to make it 3-1. This was his fourth home run of the season.
In the ninth, Diaz hit Andrew Vaughn to lead off, then walked William Contreras and David Hamilton before Ortiz grounded out to Betts at shortstop to end the game.
The next game is scheduled for Saturday. Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski (11-5, 1.76 ERA) is set to face Dodgers pitcher Justin Wrobleski (11-4, 3.44).