{"id":33856,"date":"2026-06-16T08:13:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T08:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/dodgers-4-3-rays-jun-15-2026-game-recap\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T08:13:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T08:13:30","slug":"dodgers-4-3-rays-jun-15-2026-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/dodgers-4-3-rays-jun-15-2026-game-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers 4-3 Rays (Jun 15, 2026) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>LOS ANGELES &#8212; \u2014 Pinch-hitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/30791\/miguel-rojas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Miguel Rojas<\/a> launched a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/lad\/los-angeles-dodgers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> erased an early deficit to beat the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/tb\/tampa-bay-rays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tampa Bay Rays<\/a> 4-3 on Monday night in the opener of a six-game homestand.<\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/34967\/kyle-tucker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kyle Tucker<\/a> hit a three-run homer for the Dodgers and threw out a runner at the plate from right field. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4306800\/kyle-hurt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kyle Hurt<\/a> (2-1) earned the win with a scoreless inning of relief, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/35135\/tanner-scott\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tanner Scott<\/a> retired the side in order in the ninth for his eighth save.<\/p>\n<p>              Rojas batted for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4727589\/alex-freeland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex Freeland<\/a> with one out in the seventh and sent the first pitch he saw from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/33106\/steven-matz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steven Matz<\/a> (4-4) into the left-field stands to snap a 3-all tie. It was the Dodgers\u2019 first pinch-hit home run this season and the second of Rojas\u2019 career.<\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/39915\/eric-lauer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Lauer<\/a> allowed three runs over six innings for Los Angeles. He remains unbeaten in four starts since the Dodgers acquired him from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/tor\/toronto-blue-jays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> on May 17.<\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/40960\/ryan-vilade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryan Vilade<\/a> hit a two-run homer and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/40576\/taylor-walls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taylor Walls<\/a> executed a perfect safety squeeze for the Rays. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/33372\/nick-martinez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nick Martinez<\/a> gave up five hits and three runs over 5 1\/3 innings. He walked one and struck out six.<\/p>\n<p>              The Dodgers climbed out of a 3-0 hole to hand the Rays their fourth loss in five games. Vilade hit a towering homer in the first inning and Walls extended the lead with a safety squeeze to score <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/35265\/austin-slater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Austin Slater<\/a> in the second.<\/p>\n<p>              Tucker tied it with one swing in the bottom half, pulling a full-count changeup from Martinez over right-field fence.<\/p>\n<p>              <hl2>Up next<\/hl2>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>              Rays RHP <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/42584\/drew-rasmussen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drew Rasmussen<\/a> (6-2, 2.71 ERA) looks to extend his 14-inning scoreless streak Tuesday night. LHP <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4417203\/justin-wrobleski\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justin Wrobleski<\/a> (7-2, 2.95) starts for the Dodgers.<\/p>\n<p>              &#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>              AP MLB: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES &#8212; \u2014 Pinch-hitter Miguel Rojas launched a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_animmysite_disable_animation":false,"fifu_image_url":"http:\/\/s.espncdn.com\/stitcher\/sports\/baseball\/mlb\/events\/401815773.png?templateId=espn.com.share.1","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending-sports-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}