A.J. Pollock slugged his first home run with the Los Angeles Dodgers, but it came in a 7-5 loss to the Kansas City Royals. Having previously defeated by the Dodgers, 8-2, at Surprise Stadium, the Royals completed a Spring Training sweep.
Although Pollock spent his initial Cactus League games batting leadoff, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts recently dropped him to fifth, and had his center fielder batting cleanup on Friday night. Pollock’s home run gave the Dodgers a 2-0 lead with two outs in the bottom of the first.
That was his lone hit, though Pollock also drew walks in each of his two plate appearances that came on the night.