On Thursday, it looked like the Dodgers were doomed to be swept by, all of teams, the Pittsburgh Pirates. Paul Skenes absolutely blanked LA through six innings — he only allowed three baserunners on a walk, and single, and a double. Blake Snell wasn't doing too poorly either, at least until the bottom of the fifth. He'd kept Pittsburgh to just one run up to that point, but then he just lost his stuff.
Three consecutive singles gave the Pirates their second run, and then the Dodgers paid for intentionally walking Andrew McCutchen when rookie Nick Yorke doubled in two more.