Pages Powers Dodgers with Two Homers in Statement Win
The Dodgers opened their series against the Reds in commanding fashion, and the spotlight belonged to Andy Pages and Emmet Sheehan. On Monday night in Los Angeles, Pages launched two home runs while Sheehan delivered his best outing yet, guiding the Dodgers to a convincing 7-0 victory. The win, combined with a Padres loss to the Mariners, moved the Dodgers into sole possession of first place in the NL West.
It felt like one of those games where everything clicked. The bats were alive, the pitching was dominant, and the defense showed up with highlight-reel plays. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts summed it up by saying this was probably one of the most complete games the team had played in months. And really, the way both Pages and Sheehan set the tone made all the difference.
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Pages got the Dodgers on the board early, sending a solo homer into the left-field seats off Hunter Greene in the third inning. Then, just two innings later, he struck again. This time, with Michael Conforto standing on second base, Pages connected for his second blast of the night, marking his second career multi-homer game. Ironically, the first came just a couple of months earlier, in June. And it’s worth noting—each time he’s faced Greene in the big leagues, he’s gone deep.
But Pages wasn’t done. In the sixth inning, with the bases loaded and two outs, he hit a sharp grounder that shortstop Elly De La Cruz couldn’t handle, bringing home two more runs. Then, in the eighth, a sacrifice fly added his fourth RBI of the night, tying a personal best. By the end of the evening, he had been directly responsible for most of the Dodgers’ offense.
On the other side, Sheehan was simply locked in. He tossed seven scoreless innings—the first time he’s gone that deep in a big-league game—and struck out 10 Reds hitters. His slider was especially nasty, generating 10 whiffs on its own. Only two hits and a walk were allowed, with the lone blemish on defense being a throwing error at third base. Reds manager Terry Francona even admitted Sheehan was on his “A-game,” with both fastball and offspeed pitches working in perfect rhythm.
The defense behind Sheehan was sharp too. Conforto and Teoscar Hernández both made standout catches in the outfield to erase scoring chances before they could develop. It was a reminder that when the Dodgers play crisp baseball in all phases, they’re an incredibly tough team to beat.
Roberts has been stressing a team-first mindset, and games like this show what that looks like in practice. Every hitter in the lineup worked strong at-bats, the defense stayed engaged, and the pitching shut the door completely. As Conforto put it afterward, the Dodgers know they’re in a sprint now. Every win matters. And with performances like the ones Pages and Sheehan turned in, Los Angeles is showing it’s ready to finish this race on top.
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