Shohei Ohtani homered in his fifth consecutive sport yesterday, tying the Dodgers’ franchise report, as Los Angeles defeated the Minnesota Twins 4-3.
“He’s bought 5 in a row now, which is fairly spectacular,” manager Dave Roberts said in a postgame press conference. “He continues to make use of the massive a part of the sphere and hit breaking balls, hit fastballs, in order that’s been actually good.”
In the underside of the primary inning, Shohei Ohtani hit a 441-foot dwelling run to present the Dodgers a 1-0 lead. With that swing of the bat, he tied the franchise report for consecutive video games with a house run, becoming a member of Max Muncy, Joc Pederson, Adrian Gonzalez, Matt Kemp, Shawn Green, and Roy Campanella.
Ohtani had one other probability to be the hero of the sport within the ninth inning with the Dodgers trailing 3-2, however Minnesota elected to deliberately stroll the three-time MVP.
“Yeah, I imply, it was the proper resolution,” Dave Roberts defined. “I wasn’t shocked. It was the proper resolution. Just didn’t work out.”
The intentional stroll got here again to chunk the Twins within the butt as a result of Ohtani ended up scoring the game-winning run within the ninth inning.
Two at-bats later, Freddie Freeman got here as much as the plate with an opportunity to win the sport. Down to his final strike, Freeman hit a two-run single to drive in Mookie Betts and Shohei Ohtani, securing the comeback victory for the Dodgers.
“I used to be pondering of what I used to be on the lookout for. He didn’t throw what I used to be on the lookout for the primary couple pitches, and I took the warmers just about down the center,” Freeman said following the win. “But, after these, I took the slider and I used to be like, ‘Okay, I bought to vary my plan right here.’ So, I simply form of modified it on the heater. But all credit score to all the fellows getting on base.”
“I believe that how we bought right here at the moment: exhibiting the battle, prepared ourselves to get Freddie at bat, Freddie to take most likely his greatest swing he has in a month, and to win a sport like that, I’d wish to suppose that that’s momentum constructing,” mentioned Dave Roberts. “I count on Emmet (Sheehan) on Friday to come back again and maintain that momentum going… after which that’s the place it begins.”
As for Shohei Ohtani, he’s solely 4 video games with dwelling runs away from breaking the all-time report. The present report of eight is held by Dale Long, Don Mattingly, and Ken Griffey Jr. With the Dodgers travelling to Boston for tomorrow’s sport, it’s attainable that Ohtani can maintain his streak alive.
“I do know that if he has the identical strategy that he’s had the final week, that Green Monster may be very brief. So, any fly ball that he hits can be a homer,” Roberts mentioned. “So, he’s simply bought to proceed to have that very same strategy after we go to Boston, after which we’ll see what occurs.”
The Dodgers are off at the moment however can be again in motion tomorrow as they start a three-game street journey towards the Boston Red Sox. The first pitch in that matchup is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. EDT.
