Teoscar Hernandez homered and matched his career high with six RBIs and the Los Angeles Dodgers’ bullpen extended its scoreless streak to a franchise-record 36 innings to preserve an 11-3 victory over the host Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday to even the series between division leaders.

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Dodgers starter Roki Sasaki (3-3) allowed three runs in the first, but left after five innings with a 4-3 lead. Relievers Alex Vesia, Kyle Hurt, Tanner Scott and Jonathan Hernandez each followed with a scoreless inning to extend the bullpen’s scoreless streak to 36 innings, the team’s longest in the modern era, surpassing the previous franchise record of 33 innings set in 1998.

The Dodgers erased a 3-0 deficit with four runs in the fourth off Robert Gasser (0-1), capped by Hernandez’s three-run homer. Freddie Freeman and Andy Pages opened with back-to-back doubles to make it 3-1. Kyle Tucker drew a one-out walk and Hernandez then sent an 0-2 pitch 357 feet to left for his seventh homer.

The Dodgers added three runs in the eighth on RBI singles by Will Smith and Hernandez followed by a safety-squeeze bunt by Miguel Rojas to make it 7-3.

Hernandez added a two-run single the following frame to trigger a four-run ninth.

Sasaki allowed three runs, two earned, on four hits in five innings, striking out four and walking two in an 87-pitch outing.

Gasser allowed four runs on four hits in 4 1/3 innings, striking out four and walking four. Brewers pitchers walked 11, including Freeman four times.

The Dodgers, who lead the National League West, swept the Brewers in the National League Championship Series last season, but had lost nine consecutive regular-season games to Milwaukee.

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The Brewers, who lead the NL Central, lost for just the third time in their last 15 games.

Royals’ Kolek fires 4-hit
CG shutout vs. Mariners

Stephen Kolek threw a complete-game shutout to lead the host Kansas City Royals to a 5-0 win over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday.

Kolek (3-0), who threw his first complete-game shutout last May with the San Diego Padres, struck out two and limited the Mariners to four hits and one walk to notch the Royals’ first complete-game shutout since Sep. 13, 2020.

Bobby Witt Jr. had two hits and two runs and Michael Massey contributed two hits. Carter Jensen was 1-for-2 with a run and two RBIs as the Royals picked up their first win on a nine-game homestand which had started with four straight losses.

Luke Raley was 3-for-3 with a double for Seattle.

The Royals collected three hits and jumped out to a 3-0 first-inning lead.

Maikel Garcia lined a leadoff double to the left field wall and Witt reached on an infield single on a slow roller to third. With runners on first and third, Mariners second baseman Cole Young fielded Vinnie Pasquantino’s grounder but his flip to second was bobbled and Garcia scored on the error.

Pasquantino and Witt executed a double steal, moving both into scoring position. Jensen’s RBI groundout scored Witt, and Pasquantino came home on Jac Caglianone’s single to right field.

With runners on the corners in the Seattle second, Pasquantino snared Dominic Canzone’s sharp grounder, stepped on first and threw home, where Raley was caught in a rundown and eventually tagged out heading back to third to end the inning.

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Witt and Pasquantino opened the third with back-to-back singles to center field.