Dodgers vs. Royals Game Highlights (6/29/25) | MLB Highlights

And there's Chris Bubic who faces Shohei Ohtani to begin the ball game and again 10 quality starts for Chris in his 15th starts this season and that 218 ERA hud sixth best in all of baseball. No, he's certainly putting together a great season and it started from the get go. Day one. Dodgers lead off with a lefty who has faced Bubic before Shohei Ohtani. His three for four lifetime against the Kansas City starter. Two of those hits have gone for extra bases. The pitch is made and a high fly ball to left Mark Cano waiting for comes Mookie Betts. Mookie hitting 252. Fastball away. Swing and a miss. That's exactly the perfect spot that you could get him. The second payoff pitch from Bubic. It's in the dirt. Two out walk. So if anything, Dodgers making Bubic work. Two hitters who've seen a total of 15 pitches, eight Ohtani ended up flying out and then Teo seven pitches. Will Smith had the day off yesterday. 319 hitter. He started to swing and he went around. He couldn't save his swing. That pitch was in on him. So Bubic threw a lot of pitches but he records two strikeouts. New Trevino. 29th appearance of the season is ERA a tick above four. Good to see India back in the lineup. There was a little bit of cause for concern yesterday when India came out of the game in the ninth inning. Matt Quattro said that he exited due to some dizziness or maybe the heat was a factor but he also said he was fine just about 10 minutes after that. Little flare in the right and that's a leadoff single. So Jonathan India is now five for his last five. Way outside. Squirts away from Smith and India moves into scoring position. Now his 2-2 to Bobby Whipp. And there's a change up. And India scores easily. Bobby cruises to second. One nothing. Royals in the bottom of the first inning. Make it 29 doubles for Bobby Whipp Jr. The most in baseball. Junior will take it. Now same thing for Garcia. You'd like to see him move the runner. But look do the same thing as Junior. Trade places with him. He swings. Hits the ball toward the middle. Backhanded by Rojas to his feet. He'll throw to first and get the out. While Whipp advances to third. So one away. Runner at third. And now Pasquantino coming to the plate. Trevino's going to stay in and pitch to Pasquantino. Dodgers will bring the infield in on the grass. Swung on and popped up. Dodger infield was drawn in. So now they've got to run back. Mookie Betts on the grass underneath it. Whitt thinks about tagging. But Betts' throw is perfect. And so Whitt stays. Two down. Nice athletic play by Mookie. Ranging out to short right field. He gets it. And he's not even thinking anything other than turn. One hot throw home. One more out to get in the first. Salvador Perez. Swing and a miss. Strike three. Got him with a swing. Another strikeout for Trevino. But he gives up a run on two hits. The Royals leave a man. It's the Royals one. Dodgers nothing. Bubich set on the hill his 2-2 offer. On Bubich's ninth pitch. Pajes with a base hit into center field. What an at bat from Andy Pajes. The bat to ball skill is as good as anybody on the team. You can see he covers pitches that are out of the zone. In the zone. You know two fold right there. That's a nine pitch at bat. So you make the pitcher work. You end up on first. One on one out for Max Muncy. And a swing and a miss. Three K's for Chris. Nice sweeper up in the zone. They caught him. So two down. And the batter is Quique Hernandez. He's hitting 205. That's a fly ball. Left center field hit deep. It's back toward the wall. This ball's gone. Quique crushes a go ahead blast. 2-1 Dodgers in the second. Quique was one for one with a home run against Bubich. But you take it a step further. He also had three walks against Bubich. So you know that he sees the ball well against this left-hander. Saw it real well with two strikes there. Put it in the seats. Talked with our friend Rick Honeycutt the other day. A little bit about Justin Wroblewski. Honey, watched him in OKC and Dave Anderson. You highlighted in Robo's last outing in Colorado. The coaching staff did great work with Wroblewski. Made a big change to his setup. Strike three called on the inside corner. Goes with the slider right there. Paints the inner half. Really great location. What they did. Widened his base. A lengthy stride a couple years ago. He's coming in and out of his delivery a little too quick. It's just pitching now. Yep. On a 2-2. Witt strikes out swinging. Talk about India and Witt being 10 for their last 12. Wroblewski strikes both of them out. And now Garcia smacks one to right center. Waters takes the turn. And Hernandez's throw is not nearly in time. Runners on the corners for Vinny Pasquantino. Pasquantino ground ball behind second. Betts has it. Picks it up. Steps on the bag and gets the forced play. And the side is retired. The inning is over. The Royals are getting closer and closer to having to use the bullpen. Here's pitch number 72. And it's swung on and missed on a breaking ball down. And Bubich gets Edmond for his fourth strikeout. Pitch to Pajes is swung on and missed on a slider down and in. He swung right over it. And now Bubich has back-to-back strikeouts. And Muncy swings and drives it to center field. But Waters is right there for the out. And that is a four-pitch walk to the number nine hitter ahead of Shohei Otani. 0-2. Now the pitch. And a swing and a chopper over the mound. Bobby has it right on the bag at second. Fires to first for the double play. Great timing and a great result. Now the count is full. 3-2. Strike three. Pinpoint from Justin Wroblewski. Fourth strikeout for Wroblewski. Three of them have been looking. 0-2 pitch. Swings in. Puts a fly ball shallow right field. Going back is Rojas. And he makes a ridiculous catch. Mickey Rowe taking control. We've seen a lot of plays over in that area. Not necessarily there, but in that triangle where balls have dropped. Mickey Rowe, he's on this thing from the get-go. On a 2-2. Sits him down. For Wroblewski, that is strikeout number six in the ballgame. We're through five innings. Dodgers are getting out hit 4-3, but they lead 2-1. All three hits came in two strike counts. Will Smith finds himself in one of those. Fly ball straightaway center field. Waters hustling back. He is out over. Will Smith exits dead center. And the Dodgers double their lead. Center cut the upper part of the zone. Will gets on top of that thing. Goes to the deepest part of the ballpark. Give the Dodgers a little cushion. Dodgers 3, Royals 1. Andy Pajes to get things going in the 7th. Ground ball. It is fair and down the line. Garcia thinks it's foul. But Pajes is running to second. A double all the way. A leadoff double in the 7th. A pitching change for Kansas City. The Dodgers will have their second look at the left-hander Angel Zerba. Max Muncy is the first batter he faces on Sunday. And Muncy greets him with a fly ball to the left center field gap. Waters is going after it. And one hops off the wall. Andy Pajes hustling home. RBI double Max Muncy. A left-on-left menace in the month of June. Doesn't waste any time. Jumps on the very first pitch. Hit it right on the head now. He is just destroying left-handed pitching. Now a three-run lead for the Dodgers. Muncy in scoring position for Rojas. Who has reached twice today. Ground ball. Up the middle. It squeaks by. Muncy scores. Second hit of the ballgame for Rojas. And now a 5-1 lead. Mickey Rowe having a ballgame, right? Little defense. On base three times. Justin Wroblewski. I mean, he is anxious to pitch. And he's done a great job so far today. He starts his sixth inning of work here as we go to the bottom of the seventh. Popped up right to him on the mound. So good. That is right. So good. Unbothered by that. There's a swing and a miss. And Fermin is out. And that is a terrific inning for Justin Wroblewski. Wroblewski has thrown six innings of terrific baseball since entering in the second inning. A 5-1 lead. The Dodgers three outs away from a series win. Jack Dreier on the hill. Strike three. One gone in the ninth. Ninth Dodgers strikeout of the ballgame. Swing and a miss. Strike three. Battles back from 3-0 to strike out past Quintino. Two strikeouts swinging. One more out to go. Perez is 0-3 today. Struck out. Lined out. And grounded into a double play. The tenth pitch from Dreier to Perez. Popped him up. Muncy left of the line. That's a win for L.A. The Dodgers win the rubber game and take the series. They've won six straight series. And they do it on yet another comeback win.