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- Dodgers snap 18-inning scoreless drought to beat Rays 3-0 and win the series</p>
<p>KRISTIE ACKERTAugust 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM</p>
<p>1 / 5Dodgers Rays BaseballLos Angeles Dodgers' Freddie Freeman (5) celebrates after scoring on a single by Andy Pages during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken)</p>
<p>TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Freddie Freeman scored one run and drove in another to snap Los Angeles' 18-inning scoreless drought and lead the Dodgers over the Tampa Bay Rays 3-0 on Sunday.</p>
<p>Andy Pages singled off Mason Englert (0-1) in the sixth to drive in Freddie Freeman, who extended his on-base streak to 18 games with a first-inning single and added another RBI single in the seventh to make it 2-0. He had three hits on the day and seven RBIs in the series, which the Dodgers won two games to one.</p>
<p>Shohei Ohtani doubled and scored on Mookie Betts' sacrifice fly in the ninth.</p>
<p>Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-7) held the Rays scoreless over 5 2/3 innings, scattering five hits and striking out six. Ben Casparius earned his second big-league save, coming in with the bases loaded in the ninth to get Yandy Diaz out.</p>
<p>Dodgers second baseman Tommy Edman left the game in the fifth with a right ankle sprain.</p>
<p>Tampa Bay starter Joe Boyle held the Dodgers scoreless for five innings, working around three hits and two walks. He struck out two.</p>
<p>Key moment</p>
<p>Ohtani beat out a chopper for a single in the seventh and then stole second and third to be in position to score on Freeman's RBI single.</p>
<p>Key stat</p>
<p>0-for-16. Mookie Betts went hitless in the series and is now hitless in four straight games. He was dropped out of the leadoff spot.</p>
<p>Up next</p>
<p>Monday night in Los Angeles, the Dodgers send Tyler Glasnow (1-1, 3.98 ERA) to the mound against the Cardinals. The Rays will debut Adrian Houser (6-2, 2.10) against the Angels.</p>
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<p>AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb</p>
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