Smith's pinch-hit homer in 9th inning gives Dodgers a 5-4 win over Diamondbacks

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pinch-hitter Will Smith homered leading off the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 5-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday that prevented a three-game sweep.

Los Angeles took a two-game lead in the NL West over rival San Diego, which lost 7-2 at Minnesota.

Smith sent the second pitch he saw from reliever John Curtiss (2-1) a projected 420 feet into the left-center stands. His 17th home run of the season saved the Dodgers after they blew a late lead.

Corbin Carroll tied it 4-all by launching a three-run homer off Tanner Scott with two outs in the eighth.

Blake Treinen (1-2) pitched a perfect inning for the win.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one run in seven innings and matched his career high with 10 strikeouts for the Dodgers. He retired his first 10 batters before Ketel Marte bunted for a single.

Carroll, Marte and Adrian Del Castillo each had two hits for the Diamondbacks. Brandon Pfaadt permitted eight hits and four runs over 4 1/3 innings.

Andy Pages drove in two runs for the Dodgers. Freddie Freeman had an early RBI double and Miguel Rojas added a run-scoring single.

Smith had the day off before being called upon to bat for Dalton Rushing in the ninth. Smith fouled back the first pitch before jumping on Curtiss’ 96.4 mph fastball over the heart of the plate and driving it 10 rows up into the bleachers.

Yamamoto has completed at least seven innings in five of his last 10 starts. He previously completed seven innings only three times in his first 34 career starts.

Diamondbacks RHP Ryne Nelson (7-3, 3.53 ERA) pitches Monday against Texas.

Dodgers LHP Clayton Kershaw (9-2, 3.06) opens a three-game series at Pittsburgh on Tuesday.

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Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani tracks his fly ball during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Los Angeles, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Mookie Betts is greeted in the dugout after scoring on an RBI groundout by Andy Pages during the first inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Los Angeles, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Los Angeles, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Will Smith, left, celebrates after his walkoff solo home run with first base coach Chris Woodward, right, during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Los Angeles, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Will Smith (16) celebrates after his walkoff solo home run with teammates during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Los Angeles, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal officers in the Minneapolis area participating in its largest recent U.S. immigration enforcement operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters who aren't obstructing authorities, including when these people are observing the agents, a judge in Minnesota ruled Friday.

U.S. District Judge Kate Menendez's ruling addresses a case filed in December on behalf of six Minnesota activists. The six are among the thousands who have been observing the activities of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol officers enforcing the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area since last month.

Federal agents and demonstrators have repeatedly clashed since the crackdown began. The confrontations escalated after an immigration agent fatally shot Renee Good in the head on Jan. 7 as she drove away from a scene in Minneapolis, an incident that was captured on video from several angles. Agents have arrested or briefly detained many people in the Twin Cities.

The activists in the case are represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota, which says government officers are violating the constitutional rights of Twin Cities residents.

After the ruling, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin issued a statement saying her agency was taking “appropriate and constitutional measures to uphold the rule of law and protect our officers and the public from dangerous rioters.”

She said people have assaulted officers, vandalized their vehicles and federal property, and attempted to impede officers from doing their work.

“We remind the public that rioting is dangerous — obstructing law enforcement is a federal crime and assaulting law enforcement is a felony,” McLaughlin said.

The ACLU didn't immediately respond to requests for comment Friday night.

The ruling prohibits the officers from detaining drivers and passengers in vehicles when there is no reasonable suspicion they are obstructing or interfering with the officers.

Safely following agents “at an appropriate distance does not, by itself, create reasonable suspicion to justify a vehicle stop,” the ruling said.

Menendez said the agents would not be allowed to arrest people without probable cause or reasonable suspicion the person has committed a crime or was obstructing or interfering with the activities of officers.

Menendez is also presiding over a lawsuit filed Monday by the state of Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul seeking to suspend the enforcement crackdown, and some of the legal issues are similar. She declined at a hearing Wednesday to grant the state’s request for an immediate temporary restraining order in that case.

“What we need most of all right now is a pause. The temperature needs to be lowered,” state Assistant Attorney General Brian Carter told her.

Menendez said the issues raised by the state and cities in that case are “enormously important.” But she said it raises high-level constitutional and other legal issues, and for some of those issues there are few on-point precedents. So she ordered both sides to file more briefs next week.

McAvoy reported from Honolulu. Associated Press writer Hallie Golden in Seattle contributed to this report.

A woman covers her face from tear gas as federal immigration officers confront protesters outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

Tear gas surrounds federal law enforcement officers as they leave a scene after a shooting on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

People cover tear gas deployed by federal immigration officers outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

Federal immigration officers stand outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building as tear gas is deployed Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

An FBI officer works the scene during operations on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)