Dodgers Week 7: Hitting malaise & cracks in pitching armor

Batter of the week

**Andy Pages** was the standout thanks in part to his three-homer game (see below), but even if you remove that game he still would have led the team in hits for the week. Honorable mention goes to Kyle Tucker, who doubled twice, homered, and led the team with five walks.

Pitcher of the week

**Shohei Ohtani** struck out eight in a season-high seven innings on Tuesday in Houston. He allowed only two runs, on the first two home runs he has allowed this season, but suffered the tough-luck loss thanks to the aforementioned offensive struggles. We are seven weeks into the season, and Ohtani has won pitcher of the week more times (twice) than he has batter of the week (once).

Week 7 results

3-3 record 28 runs scored (4.67 per game) 22 runs allowed (3.67 per game) .609 pythagorean win percentage

Year to date

24-16 record 203 runs scored (5.08 per game) 134 runs allowed (3.35 per game) .681 pythagorean win percentage (27-13)

Miscellany

**Triple double**: Center fielder **Andy Pages** hit three home runs in Wednesday’s series finale in Houston, his first career three-homer game. Pages joined **Max Muncy**, who hit three home runs on April 10 as Dodgers to reach the trifecta this season, after not having any three-homer games in 2025. The franchise record for most games with at least three home runs is four, in 1950. That year, Gil Hodges hit four home runs for Brooklyn on August 31, along with three-homer games by Duke Snider (May 30), Roy Campanella (August 26), and left fielder Tommy Brown (September 18). **Century mark**: First baseman **Freddie Freeman** started using a slightly different stance at the plate, turning his front foot inward to help his stance stay closed and keep his right hip from flying open during his swing. It paid off this week with three extra-base hits, including on Friday the first home run by a left-handed batter off Chris Sale since last May 23. That home run on Friday — “I would have taken a broken-bat bloop against Chris,” Freeman quipped — was Freeman’s first since April 6, snapping a 114-plate-appearance drought that’s the fourth-longest of his career. That Friday home run was also Freeman’s 100th with the Dodgers, the 37th player in franchise history to hit triple-digit homers. Freeman also ended the week with 299 extra-base hits for the team — 190 doubles, 100 home runs, nine triples — just one shy of joining the group of 32 others with 300 extra-base hits for the Dodgers. **Throwback outing**: **Justin Wrobleski’s** errant throw prevented a sure inning-ending double play in what became a four-run second inning that decided Sunday’s game. But after that, Wrobleski retired 16 in a row to get through seven innings on only 80 pitches. After heavy bullpen usage over the previous three days, Wrobleski’s role at this point shifted to soaking up as many outs as he could, so he remained in while trailing. He allowed home runs in the eighth and ninth innings and three more runs, but still only needed 100 pitches to record 26 outs, finally removed after hitting Mike Yastrzemski in the head with a pitch. Wrobleski’s final line of 8 2/3 innings and seven runs allowed was a combination only seen one other time by a Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher — Rick Sutcliffe allowed eight runs in 8 2/3 innings *in a win* on July 25, 1979. Wrobleski now leads the Dodgers with 44 2/3 innings this season **Welcome back**: After Wrobleski departed, **Wyatt Mills** got the final out in the top of the ninth inning on Sunday, after allowing two hits of his own. It was the first major league outing since 2022 with the Kansas City Royals for Mills, who was called up earlier in the day.

Transactions

**Wednesday**: After missing the first 36 games of the season, **Brock Stewart** was activated off the injured list, with left-hander **Jake Eder** optioned to Triple-A. **Friday**: Starter **Tyler Glasnow** was placed on the injured list with back spasms two days after leaving his start in Houston before the second inning. Taller right-hander **Paul Gervase** was recalled from Oklahoma City. **Saturday**: Left-hander **Charlie Barnes** was claimed off waivers from the Chicago Cubs, and sent to Oklahoma City. **Tommy Edman** was moved to the 60-day injured list. **Saturday**: Southpaw **Blake Snell** was activated off the injured list to make his season debut, but **Stewart** landed back on the IL with a bone spur in his left foot. Stewart is expected to miss at least three weeks this time around. **Sunday**: The fresh arm express started revving up, with **Wyatt Mills** called up to replace **Gervase**, who took down three innings in relief the night before. Edwin Díaz was moved to the 60-day IL to make room on the 40-man roster.

Game results

• Monday: Dodgers 8, Astros 3
• Tuesday: Astros 2, Dodgers 1
• Wednesday: Dodgers 12, Astros 2
• Friday: Dodgers 3, Braves 1
• Saturday: Braves 7, Dodgers 2
• Sunday: Braves 7, Dodgers 2 | Player | PA | R | H | 2B | HR | RBI | BB | BA/OBP/SLG | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Pages | 25 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | .417/.440/.917 | | Tucker | 23 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .333/.478/.611 | | Freeland | 20 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .250/.400/.438 | | Call | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250/.333/.500 | | Freeman | 24 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .238/.333/.476 | | Smith | 17 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250/.294/.375 | | Ohtani | 22 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .211/.318/.263 | | Kim | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .188/.235/.313 | | Muncy | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .111/.238/.278 | | Hernández | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167/.250/.167 | | Rushing | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154/.154/.154 | | Espinal | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143/.143/.143 | | Rojas | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000/.000/.000 | | Offense | 226 | 28 | 46 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 23 | .228/.310/.401 | | Pitcher | Record | IP | H | R | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Sheehan | 0-0 | 4.7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1.93 | 1.500 | | Ohtani | 0-1 | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2.57 | 0.571 | | Yamamoto | 1-0 | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4.50 | 1.000 | | Wrobleski | 0-1 | 8.7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 7.27 | 0.923 | | Glasnow | 0-0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9.00 | 1.000 | | Snell | 0-1 | 3.0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12.00 | 2.667 | | Starters | 1-3 | 30.3 | 29 | 19 | 5 | 37 | 5.34 | 1.121 | | Dreyer | 1-0 | 4.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 0.692 | | Hurt | 0-0 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.00 | 1.000 | | Stewart | 0-0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.00 | 0.500 | | Scott | 0-0, Sv | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.000 | | Vesia | 1-0 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.000 | | Klein | 0-0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 2.000 | | Mills | 0-0 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.001 | | Henriquez | 0-0 | 3.7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.45 | 0.818 | | Gervase | 0-0 | 3.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3.00 | 1.667 | | Treinen | 0-0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4.50 | 1.000 | | Bullpen | 2-0, Sv | 22.7 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 1.19 | 0.926 | | Totals | 3-3 | 53.0 | 45 | 22 | 10 | 61 | 3.57 | 1.038 | **Previous reviews**: Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6

Up next

The Dodgers have a full week running the Greg Minton gauntlet, finishing off the homestand with four games against the San Francisco Giants, before traversing down Interstate 5 to play the Angels in Anaheim. The Angels broadcasts of the weekend games in Anaheim will also be simulcast to over-the-air television, with Friday’s game on KTTV channel 11, then Saturday and Sunday each on KCOP channel 13.