TAMPA -- The Dodgers dealt with humidity, heat and their own inconsistency, but they ensured that their longest road trip of the second half would end on a positive note.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out six across 5 2/3 scoreless innings, and the bullpen was able to make a pair of RBI singles from Andy Pages and Freddie Freeman and a sacrifice fly from Mookie Betts hold up in a 3-0 victory over the Rays on Sunday afternoon.
After dropping two of three last weekend in Boston, the Dodgers won their series in Cincinnati and Tampa to clinch a winning road trip.
Yamamoto did not falter on another sweltering day at George M. Steinbrenner Field, continuing a recent run of dominance. Following a midseason lull, the 26-year-old right-hander entered Sunday with a 2.27 ERA across his previous six starts.
For many of his outings, Yamamoto has not had much margin for error. The same was true on Sunday, when the Dodgers went into the game averaging 4.1 runs per game started by Yamamoto, tied with Tyler Glasnow for the lowest on the team.
From the sixth inning on Friday through the fifth on Sunday, the Dodgers had gone scoreless for 18 innings before Pages put his team on the board with an RBI knock to left in the sixth. One inning later, after Shohei Ohtani and Betts -- hitting first and second in the order -- pulled off a double steal to get in scoring position, Freeman padded L.A.'s lead by driving in Ohtani.
Betts contributed some additional insurance with a sacrifice fly to the edge of the outfield grass in left-center in the top of the ninth.