Kyle Tucker delivered the kind of hit that turns a tense night into a lasting memory, lining a two-out single in the ninth inning on April 28, 2026, to lift the Dodgers past the Marlins 5-4. Los Angeles had trailed 4-2 before the comeback was complete, and the dugout erupted as the team shouted, “KYLE TUCKER WALKS IT OFF!”
The finish came against Pete Fairbanks, who walked the first two Dodgers hitters in the ninth before also walking Freddie Freeman. Miguel Rojas then popped out on a bunt attempt, Shohei Ohtani followed with a ground-rule double, and Freeman scored after Tyler Phillips entered with the bases loaded and one out. Will Smith struck out with the bases loaded after Phillips took over, but Tucker followed with the decisive swing that sent the Dodgers home with a 5-4 win.
The comeback also covered for a rough night from Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who allowed four runs in five innings against Miami. Liam Hicks hit a three-run home run off Yamamoto in the fifth inning, and the Marlins also scored in the third when Hyeseong Kim failed to throw out Javier Sanoja on a ground ball with the bases loaded. Yamamoto had issued four walks over five full innings before leaving, and the Dodgers had another chance to break the game open in the seventh when they loaded the bases against Andrew Nardi but did not score.
That made Tucker’s hit the signature moment of his early time in Los Angeles. The Dodgers needed every inch of the rally to erase a deficit they had carried much of the night, and Tucker’s two-out single was the play that finally finished it.
