LOS ANGELES — After not scoring at all against Diamondbacks starting pitchers in the first two games of the series, the Dodgers staved off a sweep with a hard-Pfaadt 5-4 win on Sunday afternoon to end the homestand on a high note, thanks to Will Smiith.

The Dodgers catcher didn’t even start on Sunday, after catching the first two games of the series. But he did end it, with a pinch-hit home run to lead off the ninth inning off John Curtiss.

Dating back to 1912, the Dodgers have 25 pinch-hit walk-off home runs. Smith leads the way with four of them, including 2019, 2021, and earlier this year on June 18 against the Padres.

Inconsistency was the talk Sunday pregame, after the Dodgers followed a four-game win streak by scoring once over the first two games against the Diamondbacks.

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