LOS ANGELES (Interstat) — Andy Pages homered and drove in two runs, Eric Lauer pitched six strong innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Seattle Mariners 4-2 on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium.

The Dodgers earned a split of the two-game series after losing the opener 7-6 on Tuesday. Los Angeles improved to 68-40, while Seattle dropped to 53-56.

Pages, the Dodgers’ center fielder, went 3 for 4 with a solo home run in the first inning and an RBI single in the fourth. Freddie Freeman had two hits and drove in a run, and Shohei Ohtani doubled and scored a run for Los Angeles.

Lauer (6-5) allowed one hit and struck out four over six scoreless innings. He walked one and threw 74 pitches. The left-hander retired the first 10 batters he faced before Cole Young singled with two outs in the third inning. Lauer then picked Young off second base to end the inning.

Emerson Hancock (6-5) took the loss for Seattle. He gave up four runs on eight hits over 5 1/3 innings, walking two and striking out three.

Edwin Díaz pitched the ninth inning for his fifth save, allowing two runs on two hits.

The Dodgers took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Pages hit a 1-1 pitch from Hancock over the left-field wall for his 18th home run. Freeman followed with a single, but Hancock struck out Max Muncy and Tommy Edman to end the inning.

Los Angeles added a run in the third. Ohtani singled and Pages singled him to third. Freeman then grounded a single to third baseman Weston Wilson, scoring Ohtani and sending Pages to second. Hancock escaped further damage by getting Muncy to line out and Edman to ground out.

The Dodgers made it 3-0 in the fourth. Mookie Betts singled and Teoscar Hernández doubled, putting runners at second and third. After Dalton Rushing struck out, Hancock intentionally walked Ohtani. Pages singled to shortstop, deflected by Wilson, scoring Betts and loading the bases. Freeman popped out to end the inning.

Seattle’s offense struggled against Lauer, who faced the minimum through three innings. The Mariners managed only one hit off him, Young’s single in the third, and Lauer erased it with the pickoff. Seattle went down in order in the second, fifth and sixth innings, and Lauer induced a double play in the sixth.

The Dodgers extended the lead to 4-0 in the sixth. With two outs, Rushing singled off Hancock. Ohtani doubled to center field, scoring Rushing.

Seattle finally broke through in the eighth against reliever Tanner Scott. Wilson doubled to center field with one out. After Mitch Garver flied out, Young singled to center, scoring Wilson.

The Mariners mounted a threat in the ninth against Díaz. Dominic Canzone led off with a ground-rule double down the left-field line. Cal Raleigh flied out to right, moving Canzone to third. Josh Naylor doubled to right, scoring Canzone and making it 4-2. Luke Raley then lined out to first baseman Freeman to end the game.

Los Angeles outhit Seattle 11-5. The Dodgers got two hits each from Pages, Freeman and Ohtani. Seattle’s hits were scattered among Young, Wilson, Naylor and Canzone, with Canzone also reaching on a hit-by-pitch.

The game lasted 2 hours, 31 minutes in front of an announced crowd of 46,065.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Seattle Mariners 4. Interstat’s ELO system had projected the Dodgers with a 66.20 percent probability to win. Los Angeles had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total score of 6 went over the over/under line of 9.