Riding his best three-start stretch of the season, Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Jesus Luzardo will be put to the test Saturday in the middle game of a three-game road series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

After he delivered six scoreless innings in a 3-0 win against the San Diego Padres on Monday, Luzardo now faces the Dodgers, who are on a six-game winning streak and have hit a combined 12 home runs over their past three games.

Luzardo (4-4, 4.38 ERA) has allowed five home runs in 11 starts this season and none over the past three games when he fashioned a combined 1.00 ERA in outings against the Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds and Padres.

Lately Luzardo has been able to work around scoring threats, unlike earlier in the season when he had outings that included two starts with six runs allowed, one with five and another with nine.

“I feel like I’ve had a lot of outings this year where it’s felt pretty grindy, but I wouldn’t have it any other way,” he said. “You know, the easy outings are always fun, but when you have to really work for it, I think at the end of the day it kind of makes you feel better about it.”

The Phillies received a home run from Kyle Schwarber in the sixth inning Friday, which was also their first hit of the game. Philadelphia finished with just three hits during a 4-2 loss in the series opener that ended their three-game winning streak.

In his Phillies debut Friday, center fielder Steward Berroa drove in a run in three at-bats. Berroa was recalled while Otto Kemp was optioned to Triple-A Lehigh Valley and right-hander Nolan Hoffman was added to the bullpen.

The Dodgers received home runs from Freddie Freeman, Max Muncy, Shohei Ohtani and Will Smith as their power surge continued. Freeman has four home runs over the past nine games, while Ohtani has three in his past eight.

Los Angeles is 13-2 in games since May 13.

The Dodgers also made a collection of roster moves Friday with infielder/outfielder Ryan Ward recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma City and infielder Santiago Espinal re-signed after he was designated for assignment Monday.

The moves came as Enrique Hernandez (oblique) and Teoscar Hernandez (hamstring) went down with injuries this week.

“With a star-studded team, you also have to have guys that know their roles and (Espinal) is a guy that is good on the team, understands his value,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “He’s ready when called upon. I trust him defensively and I like him versus left-handed pitching. Just having him back is pretty seamless.”

The Dodgers will send right-hander Roki Sasaki to the mound as they chase what would be their first seven-game winning streak since April 26-May 3 last season.

Sasaki (3-3, 4.93) is coming off back-to-back wins for the first time this season. He dominated the Los Angeles Angels on May 17 then gave up three runs (two earned) on four hits over five innings Saturday at Milwaukee in an 11-3 win over the Brewers.

Sasaki gave up one run over four innings in a regular-season start against the Phillies last season. He then faced Philadelphia three times in relief during the playoffs, including three scoreless innings in Game 4 of the National League Division Series as Los Angeles advanced.

–Field Level Media

The Colorado Rockies can conclude a rough May with their first series win in more than a month as they continue their three-game series against the San Francisco Giants on Saturday in Denver.

On Friday, they rallied to an 8-6 win in the opener in dramatic fashion. Ezequiel Tovar capped the five-run ninth inning with a two-run homer after Hunter Goodman tied it with a three-run shot.

Colorado has not won consecutive games since May 8 but has a chance to do so on Saturday. The Rockies are 7-19 on the month and snapped a five-game losing streak with the win on Friday.

The Rockies are expected to activate Ryan Feltner (1-1, 6.30 ERA) from the injured list to make his sixth start while San Francisco will send fellow right-hander Adrian Houser (2-4, 5.30) to the mound.

Feltner will make his first start since April 23 against the San Diego Padres. He was placed on the injured list the next day with right ulnar nerve inflammation.

Feltner has faced the Giants five times in his career — all starts — and is 0-3 with a 4.34 ERA. His return will bolster a rotation that has been hit by more injuries in the last two weeks.

Chase Dollander landed on the 15-day IL on May 15 with a right elbow strain, and Jose Quintana was put on the 15-day IL on Monday and moved to the 60-day IL on Thursday with a left elbow strain.

Even with the injuries, Colorado’s front office is not planning on rushing any prospect who needs more time in the minors before facing major league hitters.

“We want to be patient with guys we have at the big league level,” said Paul DePodesta, president of baseball operations. “We’re not going to be reactive to a tough performance or a tough week or something like that.”

San Francisco also has been dealing with injuries but got two back Friday night – starting RHP Logan Webb (knee) and outfielder Jung Hoo Lee (back). However, right-hander Tyler Mahle went on the 15-day IL on Friday, retroactive to Wednesday, with a left hamstring strain.

Manager Tony Vitello was happy with the play of Webb and Lee on Friday. The bullpen? Not as much.

Webb gave up one run on three hits and three walks in 4 1/3 innings and departed the game with a 3-1 lead. Relievers gave up seven earned runs in the final two innings.

“The last inning is a bitter pill, unfortunately, one that we’ve experienced before,” Vitello said about his team’s fifth walk-off loss. “It shows you how good Webby is.”

For the Giants, Houser is slated to make his 11th start of the season and is looking to build on his recent outings. He began the year going 0-3 with a 7.12 ERA in his first six starts but is 2-1 with a 2.82 ERA over his past four outings.

He has faced the Rockies seven times — six starts — in his career and is 2-0 with a 4.37 ERA against them. He has fared well at Coors Field where he holds a 2.35 ERA in four career starts.

Houser’s most recent appearance in Denver was July 4, 2025, while pitching for the Chicago White Sox, and it was his best. He allowed two unearned runs while striking out six over eight innings.

–Field Level Media

J.P. Crawford’s contract will be up after this season, and the young phenom expected to take his spot — Colt Emerson — already has arrived in the major leagues for the Seattle Mariners.

But that hasn’t bothered Crawford. The veteran hit two home runs Friday night — the first multi-homer game of his career — made a potential game-saving defensive play, and scored the winning run as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks 7-6 in 10 innings.

“That’s J.P. He comes up big in the big moments,” Mariners manager Dan Wilson said.

The three-game interleague series will continue Saturday night in Seattle. The Mariners have won four straight games to get to .500 for the first time since April 29 while the Diamondbacks had their five-game winning streak snapped on Friday.

It’s been an interesting couple of weeks for Crawford, the Mariners’ longtime shortstop. Emerson, widely presumed to be the team’s future at the position, was called up from Triple-A Tacoma on May 17 to fill in for injured third baseman Brendan Donovan.

When the 20-year-old Emerson homered in his second big-league game, it was Crawford who greeted him at the dugout and handed him the celebratory trident.

And it was Crawford who went into Wilson’s office that same weekend and volunteered to start taking grounders at third base in anticipation of Emerson eventually taking over at shortstop.

“I want to be a Mariner for life,” said Crawford, in the final season of a five-year, $51 million deal. “And I think that’s the best way to do it.”

Crawford, 31, has also unselfishly helped mentor 22-year-old second baseman Cole Young and Emerson. Crawford and first baseman Josh Naylor took Emerson shopping when the team was in Kansas City last week, helping him buy a suit.

“It means everything,” Crawford said of his mentorship role. “When I came up (in Philadelphia), I really didn’t have anyone to show me the ropes until I got over here, and Dee Gordon and Kyle Seager took me under their wing. And I made a promise to myself to be like them.”

Crawford homered leading off the bottom of the first inning Friday and added a two-run shot in the fifth, giving the Mariners a 5-1 lead. In the top of the 10th, with one out and the automatic runner at third and the infield drawn in, Crawford made a diving stop of a one-hopper hit up the middle by Corbin Carroll. Crawford checked the runner at third and threw out the runner at first.

After the Mariners got out of the inning unscathed, Crawford was the automatic runner at second and scored on Randy Arozarena’s one-out double.

“They’re good hitters … between Crawford, (Julio) Rodriguez and (Josh) Naylor, they’re top customers, and they put it on us,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said.

Arizona’s Nolan Arenado was hit in the left elbow by a pitch in the ninth inning and immediately retreated to the clubhouse in obvious pain.

“There’s a certain nerve in that elbow, as I’m learning … and it just crumbles you. The whole arm goes numb,” Lovullo said. “But he’s going to be in the lineup (Saturday). I’ve already made that decision, and if he can’t make it (Saturday), we will know around midday, but for right now, he wants to play, and I’m going to put him in there.”

Saturday’s game will pit a pair of right-handers in the Diamondbacks’ Ryne Nelson (2-3, 4.65 ERA) against the Mariners’ Bryan Woo (4-3, 3.82).

Nelson beat visiting Colorado 9-1 on Sunday as he allowed one run on six hits over eight innings. The former University of Oregon standout will face the Mariners for the first time in his career.

Woo had won three straight starts before an 8-6 loss Sunday in Kansas City in which he allowed four runs on six hits in 4 2/3 innings. He is 0-1 with a 6.55 ERA in two previous starts against Arizona.

–Field Level Media