The top of the third inning got weird fast. Dodgers pitcher Bobby Miller was pitching well, mixing sliders and curveballs that looked almost identical. Then everything paused. Players and umpires looked toward the outfield thinking something serious was happening. Turned out it was just a bubble floating by. James Outman signaled it was all clear and the game resumed.
After the bubble delay, things unraveled a bit. Miller missed the zone and walked a batter, maybe still thrown off mentally. Then he hit McKinstry, and tempers started to rise. Both dugouts barked at each other. McKinstry laughed it off, but made it clear this was the second time he’d been hit in the series. The inning looked like it could blow up with the bases loaded. Miller hit 100 mph on the gun, but Outman saved the day again with a full sprint catch in center, limiting the damage to just one run. The inning ended on a groundout, and the Dodgers escaped trouble. A bubble, a hit-by-pitch standoff, and a near blow-up all crammed into one inning.