48th home run, finally exploding! Ohtani Choo Shin-soo crossed, and if he adds two each, he will achieve 50-50...LAD 9-11 MIA
Sep 18, 2024
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Ohtani scored one hit, two RBIs and one run in five at-bats against the Miami Marlins at Rondipo Park on the 18th (Korea time).
Ohtani, who added a home run without stealing, marked 48 home runs and 48 steals, leaving the long-awaited 50-50 two home runs and two steals, respectively. The Dodgers fell to their knees 9 to 11 when the mound collapsed.
Ohtani failed to add a home run and a stolen base in the previous four consecutive away games against the Atlanta Braves. He only went 2 for 14 with four RBIs, two runs scored, three walks and seven strikeouts in four games. In September, the sense of hitting got worse. On this day, Ohtani struck out three times in the remaining four at-bats except for home runs and grounded out once. The sense of hit should still be considered to be at the bottom.
Ohtani, who has a batting average of 0.287 (169 hits in 588 at-bats), 48 home runs, 110 RBIs, 119 runs, 77 walks, 48 steals, a on-base percentage of 0.372, a slugging percentage of 0.611, an OPS of 0.983, 87 hits, and 359 hits, calculates that he can record 51.5 home runs and stolen bases if he applies his pace so far. This means that 50-50 is still likely to be achieved.
He struck out in his first at-bat in the top of the first inning when he played as a designated hitter for leadoff. He struck out against Miami right-hander Darren McCagan on a 90-mile sinker, his sixth pitch low, on the full count. However, Ohtani fired a long-awaited home run in his second at-bat.
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It is the first time in six days and five games that Ohtani hit a home run against the Chicago Cubs on the 12th since his solo shot to right-center in the bottom of the first inning. As a result, Ohtani overtook Choo Shin-soo as the main character of the most home runs in Asia with 219 home runs, and tied for second with Adrian Beltre in 2004 in the Dodgers' most home runs in a season.
The Dodgers, which followed 2-4, tied the game 4-4 when Max Muncy hit a double in left-center with two outs and runners on first and second bases.
However, Ohtani was unable to add a hit or walk in his three subsequent at-bats. After two outs in the top of the fourth inning when the score was 5-5, he struck out swinging by Anthony Veneciano, a changed left-hander. He also bowed his head with a swing and miss strikeout in the fourth at-bat with two outs and runners on first and third bases in the sixth inning, trailing 6-7. At two strikes, right-hander Lake Batcher's 87.1 mile outside changeup tricked the bat.
In the top of the ninth inning, when the gap widened to 7-11, he left as the leadoff hitter and grounded out to the first base.
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In the end, Miami was able to win by tying the remaining four at-bats tightly except for giving Ohtani a two-run home run.
The Dodgers had a difficult game from the beginning as starter Bobby Miller allowed seven hits and four runs in two innings and second pitcher Michael Grove allowed three hits and three runs in one ⅔.
Miami widened the score to 7-5 in the bottom of the fourth inning with no outs, second baseman Jesus Sanchez's right line drive double and Kyle Starworth's right triple, and added two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning with Jake Berger's grounder to shortstop on the second and third bases with no outs and Starworth's double to right-center with two outs and two outs, widening the gap to 9-6. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Berger's two-run shot was used to decide the game.
The Dodgers, which lost the first of three consecutive away games against Miami, the lowest-ranked team in the NL, marked 89 wins and 62 losses.
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