Jack Flaherty struck out 10 in his Dodger Stadium debut, Shohei Ohtani's two-run homer highlighted a five-run third inning and Los Angeles beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-5.
Jack Flaherty struck out 10 in his Dodger Stadium debut, Shohei Ohtani 's two-run homer highlighted a five-run third inning and Los Angeles beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-5 on Friday night.It was a needed win for the NL West-leading Dodgers after San Diego and Arizona also won. The Dodgers' lead over the Padres is 2 1/2 games, their slimmest in months.'We're very aware of it,' Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. 'That just puts the onus on us to play good baseball.
Ohtani's 35 homers lead the NL and trail only Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees in baseball.'When it's in that hitting zone, he does things with the baseball that no one else can do. He just continues to amaze,' Roberts said of Ohtani. 'I played with Barry Bonds and the ball just didn't come off like it does from Shohei's bat.'Teoscar Hernández's two-out RBI single in the fourth made it 7-1.
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