'Confident of winning 2 consecutive home runs' First cannon explosion in July, Ohtani '180.2km-132m'27th cannon, 3 hits-2 RBIs-2 runs...LAD 6-5 ARI
Jul 03, 2024
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In a home game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium on the 3rd (Korea time), Ohtani hit three hits, two RBIs and two runs in five at-bats, including a home run. The Dodgers won 6-5 in the ninth inning after exchanging reversals and reversals.
Ohtani batted .320 (105 hits in 328 at-bats), 27 homers, 64 RBIs, 69 runs, 16 steals, a 0.402 on-base percentage, a 0.654 slugging percentage, 1.048 OPS, 51 long hits, and 212 hits. His batting average, home run, scoring, slugging percentage, OPS, slugging and Ruta are still No. 1 in the National League.
Ohtani hit a home run in the bottom of the seventh inning, trailing 2-3. The lead, Gavin Lux, got on base with a walk and hit first base with no outs. Ohtani pulled an 89.7-mile high slider from the second pitch on the one ball against right-hander Justin Martinez and fired an upset two-run shot that went well over the right fence.
He hit his 27th home run of the season with a 37 degree launch angle, 112 miles (180.2 kilometers) and a flying distance of 433 feet (132 meters). It is the first time in three days that Ohtani hit a home run since an away game against the San Francisco Giants on the 30th of last month. In the local time, he reported his first home run in his first game in July.
Ohtani, who was silent for a while with no hits in five at-bats against San Francisco on the 1st, took a day off on the 2nd and started the cannon again on the same day, further raising the possibility of winning his first season home run title since moving to the Dodgers.
He widened the gap with Marcell Ozuna (21), the second-ranked Atlanta Braves in the National League home run category, to six. Ohtani hit 44 home runs last year for the Los Angeles Angels in the American League (AL) to become the first home run king of his career. Ohtani can hit 51 home runs if he keeps his current pace.
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With two outs, Ohtani scored the first run by turning around the third base and digging home when Teoscar Hernandez hit a sharp double that fell on the right-wing line.
Ohtani then went out as the leadoff hitter in the third inning with a 1-0 lead and struck out by misplaying his bat on right-hander Line Nelson's 95.7-mile high fastball on the sixth pitch at the ball count 2B2S.
However, he made another hit after one out in the top of the fifth inning when the score was 2-2. Ohtani, who entered the batter's box for the third time, hit Nelson's fourth 90.5-mile body cutter with a ball count of 2B1S to lead to a hit that fell in front of center field. It didn't fit well, but the direction was good. The batting speed was only 72 miles. However, Will Smith and Freddie Freeman failed to get a point by stepping down as bums.
Ohtani struck out swinging in the final at-bat of the ninth inning.
The Dodgers, which turned the tide 4-3 with Ohtani's two-run homer in the seventh inning, allowed the tie in the top of the eighth inning when right-hander Blake Trinen caught Jake McCarthy's bunt with no outs and threw a hardball to first base. In the top of the ninth inning, Evan Phillips was hit by a superior solo shot by Jak Pederson, allowing him to turn around again.
However, the Dodgers showed an unbelievable background after two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning. After two outs, Will Smith's double and Freddie Freeman's double tied the score at 5-5, Teoscar Hernandez beat right-hander Paul Sewald with a left-handed walk-off single to win 6-5.
jhno@sportschosun.com
