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.
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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)
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)
BEIJING (AP) — Breaking with the United States, Canada has agreed to cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday.
Carney made the announcement after two days of meetings with Chinese leaders. He said there would be an initial cap of 49,000 vehicles on Chinese EV exports to Canada, growing to 70,000 over five years. China will reduce its tariff on canola seeds, a major Canadian export, from about 84% to about 15%, he told reporters.
“It has been a historic and productive two days,” Carney said, speaking outside against the backdrop of a traditional pavilion and a frozen pond at a Beijing park. “We have to understand the differences between Canada and other countries, and focus our efforts to work together where we’re aligned.”
Earlier Friday, he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping pledged to improve relations between their two nations after years of acrimony.
Xi told Carney in a meeting at the Great Hall of the People that he is willing to continue working to improve ties, noting that talks have been underway on restoring and restarting cooperation since the two held an initial meeting in October on the sidelines of a regional economic conference in South Korea.
“It can be said that our meeting last year opened a new chapter in turning China–Canada relations toward improvement,” China's top leader said.
Carney, the first Canadian prime minister to visit China in eight years, said better relations would help improve a global governance system that he described as “under great strain.”
He called for a new relationship “adapted to new global realities” and cooperation in agriculture, energy and finance.
Those new realities reflect in large part the so-called America-first approach of U.S. President Donald Trump. The tariffs he has imposed have hit both the Canadian and Chinese economies. Carney, who has met with several leading Chinese companies in Beijing, said ahead of his trip that his government is focused on building an economy less reliant on the U.S. at what he called “a time of global trade disruption.”
A Canadian business owner in China called Carney's visit game-changing, saying it re-establishes dialogue, respect and a framework between the two nations.
“These three things we didn’t have,” said Jacob Cooke, the CEO of WPIC Marketing + Technologies, which helps exporters navigate the Chinese market. “The parties were not talking for years.”
Canada had followed the U.S. in putting tariffs of 100% on EVs from China and 25% on steel and aluminum under former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Carney’s predecessor.
China responded by imposing duties of 100% on Canadian canola oil and meal and 25% on pork and seafood. It added a 75.8% tariff on canola seeds last August. Collectively, the import taxes effectively closed the Chinese market to Canadian canola, an industry group has said. Overall, China's imports from Canada fell 10.4% last year to $41.7 billion, according to Chinese trade data.
China is hoping Trump’s pressure tactics on allies such as Canada will drive them to pursue a foreign policy that is less aligned with the United States. The U.S. president has suggested Canada could become America's 51st state.
Carney departs China on Saturday and visits Qatar on Sunday before attending the annual gathering of the World Economic Forum in Switzerland next week. He will meet business leaders and investors in Qatar to promote trade and investment, his office said.
Associated Press business writer Chan Ho-him in Hong Kong contributed to this report.
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, speaks to the media at Ritan Park in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, leaves after speaking to the media at Ritan Park in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Chinese President Xi Jinping, centre, reacts during a meeting with Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney (not in the picture), at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, Pool)
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, speaks to the media at Ritan Park in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, center, arrives to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, Pool)
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)
