Tommy Edman's walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th inning gave the Dodgers a 5-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday, Aug. 21, but the celebration at Dodger Stadium was tempered by a costly injury: center fielder Andy Pages fractured the back of his left hand after being hit by a 100-mph fastball and will miss four to five weeks.

Pages, 25, was struck by Pirates starter Bubba Chandler's heater in the third inning. He returned to center field for the fourth inning before exiting. The Dodgers initially called it a contusion, but post-game X-rays revealed the fracture.

Pages stood in the clubhouse afterward with a massive wrap on his hand. Asked what prompted him to leave, he said in Spanish: "A fastball at 99."

The loss is significant. Pages entered Friday hitting .272 with 21 home runs, 80 RBIs and a career-best .797 OPS in his first All-Star season. His plus-18 defensive runs saved ranked fifth-best in the majors at any position, and his 5.6 bWAR was second on the team, according to The Athletic.

Manager Dave Roberts said the four-to-five-week timeline holds whether or not Pages needs surgery, and he expects Pages back for the postseason.

"I would expect him back, knowing him, on the earlier side," Roberts said. "But I feel for him because he was having such a good year and he likes to play. But yeah, we've got to move on and hold down the fort until he's back."

Roberts named Kiké Hernández and Edman as options to fill the center-field void. The New York Post reported that Triple-A outfielder Alek Thomas, a five-year MLB veteran acquired from Arizona earlier this season, is also a candidate. Thomas has hit .297 in 54 games at Triple-A Oklahoma City. Hernández has played only 16 games this season due to injuries and is 4-for-30 since returning from the injured list.

"The main thing is locking down center field," Roberts said.

No roster move had been announced as of Saturday morning.

The walk-off

Yoshinobu Yamamoto set the tone with nine strikeouts over 6⅓ innings, allowing two runs on five hits. Max Muncy launched a two-run homer in the first, and Mookie Betts added a two-RBI single in the third for a 4-2 lead.

Pittsburgh's Oneil Cruz tied it with a two-run shot off reliever Kyle Hurt in the eighth. In the top of the 10th, closer Evan Phillips escaped a bases-loaded, one-out jam by inducing a 6-4-3 double play from Henry Davis.

That set the stage for Edman. With two outs in the bottom of the 10th, Hernández on third and Kyle Tucker on first, Edman lined a single off Gregory Soto to end it. He had been 0-for-3 on the night.

"We've kind of been struggling a little bit in those clutch situations, myself included, so it felt really good to come through," Edman told reporters, per the Los Angeles Times.

The win moved the Dodgers to 78-51, two games behind Milwaukee for the NL's top seed and three ahead of Atlanta for the third spot. It was their fourth straight victory after a 5-11 stretch.

The series continues Saturday, Aug. 22, at 4:15 p.m. at Dodger Stadium with Tarik Skubal on the mound for Los Angeles.