{"id":96487,"date":"2025-08-20T09:37:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T09:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/96487\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T09:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T09:37:08","slug":"alex-calls-gritty-approach-leads-the-dodgers-to-a-win-in-colorado-by-megan-garcia-aug-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/96487\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Calls\u2019 gritty approach leads the Dodgers to a win in Colorado | by Megan Garcia | Aug, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Megan<\/a>Press enter or click to view image in full size\"\"Alex Call\u2019s four hits on Tuesday were the most by the outfielder since he joined the Dodgers on July 31. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

by Megan Garcia<\/p>\n

Alex Call\u2019s offensive approach is to be a tough out.<\/p>\n

But the outfielder has been searching for the moment that showcases it for the Dodgers since he was acquired at the trade deadline on July 31.<\/p>\n

He got his moment with four hits \u2014 coming a triple shy of a cycle \u2014 against the Rockies in Tuesday\u2019s 11\u20134 win in Colorado. Call was one of six Dodger hitters with multiple hits in the second game of the series.<\/p>\n

An offensive barrage was needed after Monday\u2019s low-scoring, walk-off loss to the Rockies. With Call leading the charge, the Dodgers keep steady with a 2-game lead in National League West.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was good to see him fire on the first-pitch fastball, hit a homer to get his day started off the right way,\u201d Dave Roberts said. \u201cBut he just takes good at-bats and found a way to drive in some runs and get on base and almost hit for the cycle. That was exciting. Just a gritty ball player.\u201d<\/p>\n

The numbers show that Call can execute his tough-out approach. His 18.6% chase rate is in the 97th percentile of Major League Baseball. His 15.8% strikeout and 11.3% walk rates are in the top 20% across the league.<\/p>\n

Call\u2019s first home run with Los Angeles set the stage for a career night as a Dodger.<\/p>\n

He crushed a first-pitch fastball from starter Austin Gomber 453 feet to left field in the second inning. It was Call\u2019s farthest hit ball this season, as well as the farthest hit homer by a Dodger in 2025.<\/p>\n

The previous farthest-hit Dodger home run this season was by Shohei Ohtani, when he hit a 448-foot homer against the Rockies on April 16. On Tuesday, Ohtani hit his own, three at-bats after Call\u2019s home run. It was his 44th of the season.<\/p>\n

The homers extended the Dodgers\u2019 lead to 4\u20130. Freddie Freeman and Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez started the scoring with RBI doubles in the first.<\/p>\n

Call\u2019s second RBI hit was a single in the third. It jump-started the three-run frame that led to a 7\u20130 lead. Then the cycle watch was activated in the fifth with a double \u2014 his third hit in three plate appearances.<\/p>\n

He only needed a triple to complete the cycle. Call had four career triples entering Tuesday.<\/p>\n

But his last hit of the night \u2014 a single in the seventh \u2014 came up short of history. Call struck out swinging in the eighth, in his last chance to complete the cycle.<\/p>\n

Will Smith\u2019s three hits were the second most by a Dodger. Call, Smith and Ohtani led the lineup with two runs batted in on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Press enter or click to view image in full sizeAlex Call\u2019s four hits on Tuesday were the most…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99],"class_list":["post-96487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}