it's a Sunday mattina under the scorching Sun at Dodgers Stadium the rubber game between the Dodgers and the Cleveland Guardians two of the very best teams in all of mjor League Baseball playing under triple digit temperatures 25th start of the Season seventh as a Dodger for Jack flarity ER on the year 3.01 as a Dodger 3.18 cing on off a win against the Diamondbacks last week in Arizona leading things off for the Guardians it's will Brennan today Steven Quan with a day off his first pitch to will Brennan is in the air to left field Andy poz battling the sun using his glove and making the catch one pitch one out for Jack FL to one Flying high in the air right center field Kier and Bets they're on the track and KK takes out number two now a six-time Allstar in Jose Ramirez this one it's popped up and in play behind second base Edmund going out backpedaling settling under it makes the catch for out number three a one two three top of the first inning for Jack Flair here's the right-hander Tanner BBY 28th start of the Season moved up a day in the wake of the Alex Cobb scratching yesterday Jo Otani with a home run here on Friday night hit one nine miles fouled to start the game last night and he's having some kind of season swung on and there's a highfly ball left field settling under it is Will Brennan and he makes the catch that was medium left but the fans here every time he puts one in play a Fly ball they think it's going and it's fun swung on ground ball first base diving stop Naylor to his feet runs to the bag and he's there ahead of bets in time for the out nice play by Josh Naylor swung on lined to First caught by Naylor in foul territory for the third out in the inning no score top half of the second inning Josh Naylor leads things off 31 a little bouncer to Freddy Freeman it backs him up long overhand toss to flare de covering and that's the out 3-1 to put out one away for the Guardians Lane Thomas the batter and Thomas pops it up to shallow left Center sinking fast and it gets down it's a base hit bobbled out there in the Outfield Thomas refires heads to Second and he's in safely costly air on what should have been routine now you've got a runner in scoring position now the curveball right back to flarity he'll play The Hop throws it on to first base runner holds it second yeah even though flare never did look at the runner HED him up Will Smith tosses The Mask Jack FL strands Thomas on the bases to scoreless gone off the plate and ball four lead off walk for Muny Muny leads at first right-handed batting Smith hitting 242 at the plate swing and a miss strike three got him with the slider that time Smith down on strikes Muny remains at first base swung on and that's lined to center right there Tyler Freeman makes the catch two down in the inning Gavin Lux will bat swung on bouncing ball to the third baseman schneeman he'll throw to first in time for the out and the side is retired Kevin Kier me steps in left-handed patter high ball center field hit well back goes Freeman onto the track he runs it Down K me gave it a ride for that's out number two now here comes shohi with two down base is empty no score T fights it to center field for a two out single this is where show is so good because they're playing him with the warning track because the power the capability everything that sh just his swings show you then he misses one and what would normally probably be a fly out ends up dropping it easily because the respect that he gets from the defense to play him deep keep an eye on Otani he has 46 stolen bases he's only been caught four times throw to first he Dives back in they got him BBY picks off Otani at first base side retired the counts two and two on Josh with Jose Ramirez at first base that's poked into the glove of myy get up Max and he throws across the double up Ramirez oh baby what a play who says Max M doesn't have hofs I mean talk about get up there's strike three first k for flarity for shut out behind him all right Mookie Betts will step in he homered last night part of that 7-2 Los Angeles win and he is on some kind of tear right now after missing time due to a broken hand he has come back with a vengeance Rie bets on a line center field Freeman on the track at the wall can't make the catch crashes Off the Wall the bow bounces off of it rounding for third he has it standing up fourth triple of the season for mookie bats that went high off the center field wall and the Dodgers with a runner at third and nobody out he lets it go low Ball Four Max has walk twice now first and third and one out Will Smith the batter lra base hit mooki comes home Muny goes to third Will Smith gives the Dodgers the first lead of the day pitch middle away was probably supposed to be elevated a little bit High but a shorten swing from Will Smith he knows his job just put this thing in the Outfield get the Dodgers on the board two hits two walks a run in Bas is loaded one out Gavin Lux coming up swing and a miss struck him out with a really good change up came right back with a real good change up he knew he had him out in front the last pitch but he made a beautiful pitch there gets the strike out his second strike out but boy did that come at the right time bz pushes it in the air to right field so the Dodgers get one run to take a lead but that's going to feel like a win for Tanner byby so a one for two with a single in the third inning after flying out to left back in the first third time facing BBY and Sh swings and hammers one way down the right field line that Ball's gone home run sh OT number 46 oh what a monster blast over the visiting ball P incredible as the show rolls on here at Dodgers Stadium oh did he absolutely Mash that 450 ft two nothing now a two nothing lead for Jack flarity nine hitter Brian roio the short stop facing flare there's a Fly ball left Center slight left Center back after it is Kier he makes the catch and there's one down playing in a Miss strike three blew him away with a fast ball two down four strikeouts for flare meanwhile for Jack flare maybe getting overlooked a little bit in this ball game I mean he's given up just three hits another three hits two of them that were bloopers hit in the air to left pz rang is over no problems for Jack flarity in the sixth either six shut out sixth strike out and he retires the side in order for the third consecutive inning Jack flare on a roll here this afternoon it is stretch time middle of the seventh the score the Dodgers two and the Guardians nothing a phenomenal performance by Jack flarity and the fans here at Dodger Stadium are going to give him an ovation worthy I'd say the best in the Dodger uniform since coming over by far a great hitting Guardians team and he kept them quiet Michael copc takes over for Jack flarity who's on the hook for Tyler Freeman the runner on first base struck him out with 101 so copc bringing the heat on this Sunday afternoon Max Muny has walked twice and popped up to Second and Max h a high fly ball left Center and deep this ball heading back to the wall gone Maxwell swinging the silver hammer on a hot Sunday afternoon it's home run number 12 for him a solo shot and the Dodgers now lead it three to nothing Will Smith the batter Smith is two for three now Smith turns on B to left Feld long run for Brennan and he's not going to get it a three hit Sunday for Will Smith after his one out double in the eigh Chris Taylor he struck out with two on and one out in the sixth that comes up with man at second base and two down Taylor in the air right field sinking fast that'll drop for a hit Here Comes will he'll score without a play a crooked number on the eight and now a four zip lead with that double play ground out by Ramirez this is incredible the Guardians are now 0 for 19 in the series with runners in scoring position first and third with two men out Thomas and Lane Thomas will come to the plate he had a base hit in the second inning strike three swinging the Dodgers take the last two games of the series to win the series against the Guardians this one in shut out fashion terrific start from Jack flarity coming in this one getting into the eighth inning 6ks no walks especially in a rubber match game against a tough Al team the last time the Dodgers will face an American League team until October