# Dodgers rally past Pirates in 10th inning but lose Andy Pages to injury **By:** Bill Plunkett **Published:** 2026-08-22T05:49:03Z **Source:** [Orange County Register](https://www.ocregister.com/2026/08/21/dodgers-keep-winning-streak-going-with-10th-inning-rally) --- Los Angeles Dodgers | Dodgers rally past Pirates in 10th inning but… Tommy Edman drives in the decisive run for a 5-4 walk-off win, but Pages suffers a fractured left hand after being hit by a 100 mph fastball. He is likely to miss much of the rest of the regular season. The Dodgers’ Tommy Edman, center, celebrates with teammates Kiké Hernández, left, and Dalton Rushing after hitting a walk-off single during the 10th inning for a 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) The Dodgers' Andy Pages, left, walks to first base with Manager Dave Roberts after being hit in the left hand by a pitch during the third inning of a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. X-rays revealed a fracture, and Pages will miss four to five weeks. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) LOS ANGELES — A three-day Coors Field glow-up can only do so much. The Dodgers returned from their restorative visit to baseball’s day spa for sagging offenses with just enough sparkle left to retrieve a 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night with Tommy Edman’s walk-off single in the 10th inning. Friday’s victory could be costly, though. Center fielder Andy Pages was hit on the outside of the left hand by a 100 mph fastball from Pirates starter Bubba Chandler during the third inning. He stayed in the game for an inning before being replaced by Kiké Hernandez. X-rays showed a fracture and Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said he expects Pages to miss four to five weeks, which would bring him back just before the start of the postseason. “Well, it’s just really unfortunate, obviously,” Roberts said. “It’s not season-ending, because obviously things like that is four or five weeks. So I would expect him back, knowing him, on the earlier side. “There’s still time in the season for him to be back, but I feel for him because he was having such a good year and he likes to play. But yeah, we’ve got to move on and hold down the fort until he’s back.” How they hold down center field in Pages’ absence was still being discussed Friday night, Roberts said. The primary focus of that decision will be defense. “We’re going to huddle up tonight and see who we bring,” Roberts said. “You’ve got to be mindful of the defense, certainly in center field. Somebody that can handle center field. We’ll piece it together. I’m not sure right now, but I do think that the main thing is locking down center field.” The obvious candidate from the Triple-A Oklahoma City roster is Alek Thomas. Thomas was the Arizona Diamondbacks’ primary center fielder for most of the past four seasons before losing his job earlier this year and being designated for assignment then traded to the Dodgers in May. He has started 40 games in center field for OKC (while batting .297 overall). Tommy Edman and Hernandez could also figure into the replacement picture, though Edman has played just 10 innings in center field since returning from ankle surgery this season. “We’re going to toy with some kind of scenarios,” Roberts said. Despite the loss of Pages, the Dodgers walked away with the momentum of their three-game sweep of the Colorado Rockies still intact – though barely. Yoshinobu Yamamoto took one of his more uneven routes to a quality start. Five of the Pirates’ first 13 batters reached base against him on four hits and one hit batter. The traffic resulted in single runs in the first and third innings. But Yamamoto struck out the side in the second inning and settled in after Nick Gonzales’ RBI single in the third inning. He retired 10 of the next 11 batters before running into trouble again in the seventh and coming out of the game with one out and runners at first and second. Brock Stewart shut down that situation. Yamamoto struck out nine, but his 6⅓ innings required 107 pitches. The Dodgers’ offense doubled up each time the Pirates put a run on the board against Yamamoto. In the first inning, it was Max Muncy turning on a 100.7 mph fastball from Chandler and sending it 392 feet into the right field pavilion for a two-run homer. In the third, Hunter Feduccia led off with a double and went to third on a single by Shohei Ohtani. After a fly out, Pages was hit by the pitch to load the bases with one out. Muncy struck out but Mookie Betts got a first-pitch fastball from Chandler – another of his 20 pitches in four innings to hit 100.1 mph or higher – and stroked it into center field to drive in two runs. The Dodgers left the bases loaded that inning and didn’t get another runner past first base until Pirates reliever Lake Bachar walked the bases loaded with two outs in the seventh inning. That brought up Kyle Tucker, who received a loud ovation from fans before his first at-bat – a coordinated effort to offer a daily affirmation in hopes it would shake him from his home slump. He flew out to center field. That left the Dodgers’ lead within reach of Oneil Cruz. When Kyle Hurt shook off the changeup called by catcher Hunter Feduccia and instead served up a 99.8 mph a full-count fastball in the eighth inning, Cruz crushed it, sending it 424 feet into the night for a game-tying two-run homer. After Betts’ third-inning single, the Dodgers went 1 for their next 20 with nine strikeouts through nine innings. Edman had that hit, a sixth-inning single, mixed in with his three strikeouts. The game went to the 10th. Evan Phillips got a double-play ball to escape a bases-loaded situation in the top of the inning and Edman cashed in the Dodgers’ free runner when he flipped an 0-and-2 sweeper below the strike zone into left field. “We’ve kind of been struggling a little bit in those clutch situations, myself included, so it felt really good to come through,” said Edman, who shortened up his swing with two outs against Pirates reliever Gregory Soto. “Yeah, for sure. I’m not trying to hit anything super hard. Just try to get something to the outfield. He’s a sinker-slider guy so a lot of stuff goes into the ground. Just trying to get something onto the outfield grass.” While the Dodgers make a brief suitcase swap out mini-homestand this weekend, the Milwaukee Brewers and Atlanta Braves are facing off against each other. The Brewers (80-49) won Friday, maintaining their two-game advantage over the Dodgers (78-51) for the top spot in the National League while the Braves (75-54) have faded three games behind the Dodgers into the third seed. “I personally felt like today’s game is very important,” Yamamoto said through his interpreter. “We’re going to have (Tarik) Skubal starting tomorrow, and I just wanted to maintain the momentum, which started in Colorado.”