Dodgers vs. Giants Game Highlights (4/21/26) | MLB Highlights

Added: 2026-05-05

[00:00:01]This is game one of a three-game set with the Dodgers and uh it renews uh the greatest rivalry in sports in our humble opinion.

[00:00:10]>> The beauty of this rivalry is over the years most of the time both teams have been very very competitive.

[00:00:16]>> Certainly the Dodgers and the Giants is it's the real deal.

[00:00:20]>> Pitcher for the Giants is right-hander Landon Rubin. Really he's been the best Giants starting pitcher of the year.

[00:00:25]four starts, three-1 record, a 238 earned run average, and his last one out against the Cincinnati Reds in Cincinnati. He was just spectacular. So, RP is on the mound against this Dodgers team.

[00:00:36]>> THROWS HE STRUCK HIM OUT swinging and that was a change up. One away. Man, that was just nasty.

[00:00:44]>> Tucker at 256. He's got three home runs, 13 runs better. Center field. Gilbert racing in. Slows down. Two down. Well, Freddy Freeman makes his return to the Dodger lineup. And congratulations to Freddy and Chelsea and the Freeman family with the birth of London Rosemary as Kirstston told us about and it is a sinker that just misses inside. Ball four. Dodgers have their first base runner of the game. Tioscar Hernandez, powerful right-handed hitter. Now he swings, hits one off the end of the bat to center field over to his right a bit.

[00:01:18]Gilbert makes the catch. Inning over.

[00:01:20]Yoshino Yamamoto on the mound for the Dodgers in this three-game series against San Francisco. This is his fifth start of the year coming off a no decision against the Mets.

[00:01:30]>> One hopper to Kim.

[00:01:34]Kim just threw that one into Sonteo.

[00:01:36]Holy smokes. That ball was clobbered and he kind of dropped to his knees as he angled back onto the outfield grass to backhand the ball. jumped up on the wet grass and made a just a hilariously wild throw.

[00:01:51]>> A base hit with eyes. They'll stop us at third and the Giants are at the corners before Yamamoto's gotten the first out of the night.

[00:01:58]>> And now the bases are loaded with nobody out for Rafi De.

[00:02:02]>> A suboptimal start to be sure.

[00:02:04]>> SWINGING A LINE DRIVE OVER THE HEAD OF THE SECOND BASEMAN FREELAND. Adamus in to score easily from third and the Giants have a one- nothing lead. A hard hit. Base loaded single and an RBI there for Devers.

[00:02:17]>> Mark Prior with a little bit of a visit.

[00:02:19]Give him a blow at 15 pitches already.

[00:02:21]Hasn't recorded an out >> and a chance for a big inning against a guy who does not give up many of them.

[00:02:27]Yamamoto.

[00:02:28]>> Pop fly left center field. Task went back at first. Now comes on WITH CALL.

[00:02:33]THEY COLLIDE. COLE MAKES THE CATCH.

[00:02:36]THROW GOES TO THIRD. Run will score. And you hope that everybody's okay. call and Hernandez drilling one another there in the gap. Two to nothing on a set fly from Schmid.

[00:02:48]>> Now here is Jung Hu Lee. Runners at first and third. One out.

[00:02:52]>> He wraps one and it's going to BE TRAPPED. C PUT IT IN TO SCORE AS Chapman and it's three nothing.

[00:03:01]>> Junghu Lee first ball swinging knocks in the Giants third run of the inning.

[00:03:07]>> Statistically Giants offense lacking statistically. Yamamoto dominating gone at least six innings in every game. Had not given up more than two runs. He's given up three. Goes with a curve and it's launched to left. Hernandez to the corner. Yamamoto gets away with that.

[00:03:26]Two out. Every curveball that he has thrown has been kind of lazy. Even though they're strikes, they're just a pattern to them right out of his hand.

[00:03:34]>> Here's the pitch. Fly left center field.

[00:03:37]Call running after it and he's got room.

[00:03:40]makes the catch on the foot of the warning track and that retires the side in the first inning, but it's a crooked number for San Francisco. They score three runs.

[00:03:48]>> Here's Max Munying 303.

[00:03:51]>> Swings through strike three. Second K for Whoop. Two outs, bases empty in the second.

[00:03:57]>> Into center field. Gilbert paused at first, comes on and it cost him. Didn't get a great read off of the bat. Those can be the tough ones when they're headed right at you. Kim's got a base hit, first of the day for the Dodgers.

[00:04:07]Now here is Alex call >> on one hop and the throw to first in time and that'll end the inning.

[00:04:15]>> Shot out inning. Nicely handled by Ruth.

[00:04:18]>> Yoshino Yamamoto did not have any command and the Dodgers did not have command of their defensive faculties. I think would be fair to say.

[00:04:27]>> Swing and a miss. He's got his first strike out as he sits down and dominance. And he is so disciplined with the positions he goes through in his delivery that he can move the ball when locked in, which is a lot of time, inches depending on where the last pitch was. Rise smashes the ball in the air to right center field, but the wrong part of the wrong park to do that. And so Giants go down in order. One, two, three. No change in the score. Three nothing going to the third. Landed RP been given a three-run lead here and has worked through the first two innings.

[00:05:01]Only one hit allowed. Got it.

[00:05:03]>> That's a nice comeback for Landon R.

[00:05:06]Strike out number three down in that count. Usually saying here, hit this. I have a three nothing lead >> right now. Not even Aaron Judge in baseball elicits the reaction that Otani does when he comes to the plate. No matter where the Dodgers are playing, pitch on the way. Otani strikes out swinging on the big curve ball. Roups got him twice in two at bats. That's Landon RP's fourth strike out of the game. The 3-2 Tucker strikes out swinging and Landon RP ends up striking out the side. That was really impressive.

[00:05:39]>> Cam Roto looking for some swing and miss here tonight. Has not been up to par as far as what's normal for him. There's some swing and miss on the splitty.

[00:05:49]>> That's the Yamamoto right there. Not just because of of the strike out, the swing and the miss, the movement of the pitch. He just did not have that going for him. And the delivery seemed out of sync. Vicious rip and a miss right there. Back-to-back Ks for Yamamoto here in the third.

[00:06:06]>> Beats him with a four seamer after a good split. Slow him down, speed him up, get the punch out.

[00:06:13]>> Half-hearted swing and a roller to third. Muny will scrape it up and Casey Schmidt is out number three. Three walks in this inning against RP. They're loaded up for Kim. OUTSIDE BALL FOUR.

[00:06:25]Challenge from Bailey. Lead in the high leverage philosophy.

[00:06:29]>> This is edgy again. I think this one might be a strike.

[00:06:34]>> No.

[00:06:36]>> ABS powered by T-Mobile. The Dodgers on the board on the fourth walk of the fourth inning.

[00:06:42]>> So he walks in a f the first run. Landon RP was absolutely dealing and cruising through three innings. Gave up just two base runners. Otherwise had five strikeouts and three scoreless. The wheels have come off in the fourth. Call hits ground ball toward third. Chapman has it. He'll go to second one. ARISE TO FIRST. GOT HIM. DOUBLE PLAY. Somehow Landon Ro gives up only the one.

[00:07:07]>> Two outs on three pitches. Yamamoto stabilizing the outing now and giving his team a chance to get back in it.

[00:07:14]>> Here's Yamamoto. Got him swinging.

[00:07:16]Another dastardly splitter from the right-hander and another one, two, three inning. A shutdown inning. Freeland struck out his first time. The pitch on the way.

[00:07:27]Swank three called.

[00:07:29]>> If Alex Freeland had a little bit more time in the big leagues, he might have challenged that.

[00:07:35]>> I agree. And he would have won that challenge if he had.

[00:07:39]>> Brings his 52 game on base streak into tonight.

[00:07:41]>> Curve ball reached for lifted to right field and backing up a little bit but plenty of room to make the catch. Jung Vu Lee right Johnny was way off balance with that swing. It was all arms and upper body.

[00:07:55]>> Tucker is 0 FOR TWO. STRIKE THREE CAUGHT ON THE OUTSIDE CORNER. And I'm almost positive that'll be his final pitch of the night. But he finishes up very strongly. Rebounds beautifully after that nightmarish fourth inning. Sixth inning now at Oracle Park. And for the Giants, Ryan Bari, the left-hander has come into the game.

[00:08:16]>> Swings at that one down the line and it sneaks by Chapman into left field.

[00:08:20]Hernandez headed for second with a one out double.

[00:08:24]>> So two down. Here is Dalton rushing.

[00:08:25]Runner at second. swing and a high fly ball into medium deep left center back into his right now under it. Gilbert, he's got it. So, Bari gets all three of the lefties. Giants got all three runs in the first inning. They don't have a hit since. Who would have thought that Yamamoto would outlast RP in this game?

[00:08:43]>> Here's the one two Jung Lee >> and a base hit. He went down and dug out that splitter and drove it right over the head of Freeland, the second baseman. Elliot Ramos to the plate, 0 for two. Namoto getting the job done below two of his norms. Normally a lot of swing and miss and a lot of ground balls. Half pace tonight on both those categories. There he goes. Here it comes. Ramos scalds up on him to center field and backto back two out hits.

[00:09:16]Wow. Well, he's going TO TRY TO SCORE FREELAND TO THE PLATE. IT'S IN TIME. HE TAGS HIM OUT AND THE INNING IS OVER. The one they call the grandson of the wind tried to run like it, but a relay to the plate cuts him down and it stays three to one. Otani comes up as the tying run.

[00:09:33]Running out of chances to extend that on base streak. One shy of Shawn Green for the second longest streak in franchise history for the longest streak in LA Dodger history. grounds one left side.

[00:09:44]Backhand to Damis. Heaves it to the to THE CORNER AND IT'S NOT IN TIME. Otani extends the on base streak with an infield hit. He has tied Sha Green for the longest on base streak in LA Dodger history.

[00:09:59]>> In one of the most unlikely ways. Show Otani. One of his softest exit velocity hits of his career. I'm sure.

[00:10:06]>> Now the Dodgers have the tying run at first base. Kyle Tucker the hitter. He throws. Tucker strikes out swinging.

[00:10:15]Well, he blew him away. He had Tucker in between.

[00:10:18]>> Joe Shinobi Yamamoto prepares for a seventh inning of work. He gave up three runs in the first inning. Since then though, Mo just three base runners. HE FINISHES HIS NIGHT WITH A FLURRY AND HE STRIKES OUT THE side in the seven.

[00:10:33]Yamamoto strong through seven. Seven punch outs. He is giving his team a chance.

[00:10:39]>> Runner at second. Two down for Will Smith with the Giants ahead here in the eighth inning. THREE TO ONE. SPLITTER STRUCK OUT SWINGING. And once again, the Dodgers come up empty with a runner on base. 3-1 in the middle of the eighth.

[00:10:51]>> And right now it's Ryan Walker who comes in.

[00:10:54]>> Alex Freeland with Show Oani on deck.

[00:10:56]TWO DOWN THE PITCH. SWING AND A MISS. HE STRUCK HIM OUT. HE BLEW A FAST BALL BY HIM RIGHT DOWN the middle. So, game one in this three-game series goes to the Giants.