'Frustrated Ohtani' He handed over 73% of the chances, the Dodgers lost two consecutive games after their defense collapsed...LAD 5-6 SD
Oct 09, 2024
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San Diego won 6-5 after a close game with the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 of the National League Division Series (NLDS) at Petco Park on the 9th (Korea time).
San Diego, which won the second game 10-2 after losing the first game 5-7 at Dodger Stadium, overturned the entire series to 2-1 when it came home to grab Game 3.
Among the previous division series, 58 out of 79 times have advanced to the league championship series with a 2-1 lead until Game 3, with a 73.4% probability. More specifically, after dividing the first and second games by one win and one loss, winning the third game to make it 2-1 and passing the series, 36 times out of 49 times, or 73.5%. In either case, the historical probability that San Diego will beat the Dodgers in this DS is 73%.
In Game 2 on the 7th, Dodgers starter Jack Fleherty hit San Diego Fernando Tatis Jr. in the thigh, and immediately after that, Manny Machado threw the ball he had been practicing for an inning toward Dodgers dugout manager Dave Roberts, where the two players engaged in a fierce war of nerves. It was Game 3 that took place shortly after that.
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The Dodgers took the lead with Mookie Betts' solo home run after one out in the top of the first inning. Betts pulled an 83.3-mile sweeper that flowed outside King's sixth pitch on a full count and edged it over the left fence with a parabolic hit. San Diego left fielder Jurix Profar extended his glove over the low fence, but fell out of the crowd after touching it slightly. Betts' first home run of the postseason.
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Leader Manny Machado opened the scoring with a heavy hit. Then, first baseman Freddie Freeman, who caught Jackson Merrill's ground ball, threw it to second base to catch the front runner, hit Machado's back and made an error that flowed backward, leading to a chance to first and third bases with no outs.
Shortstop Miguel Rojas, who caught Xander Bogaerts' ground ball, then stepped on second base and threw it to first base, but all the runners were safe. a fielder's choice without a mistake. In the meantime, Machado, the third baseman, homered and tied 1-1.
San Diego, which turned the tide 3-1 with David Peralta's double on the right-field line, continued its opportunity with Jake Cronenworth hitting an infield hit to the shortstop and no outs on the first and third bases. San Diego, which then ran away 4-1 due to Kyle Higashioka's sacrifice fly to center field, widened the gap to 6-1 as Fernando Tatis Jr., a two-run shot to left, continued with two outs and a runner on the first base.
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Since then, both teams' attacks have continued to lull until the middle. San Diego failed to take advantage of its chances at first and second bases with one out in the bottom of the fourth inning and two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning. After four consecutive innings of three-and-out from the fourth to the seventh inning, Freeman went out with a heavy hit after two outs in the top of the eighth inning, but there was no follow-up hit.
In the top of the ninth inning, San Diego led 6-5, Robert Suarez was put in to keep the victory intact.
Ohtani, who showed his presence by hitting a tying three-run home run in the first game, was silent with no hits in four at-bats in the second game, and was not satisfied with one hit and one score in four at-bats. In the eighth inning, he struck out on left-hander Tanner Scott's outer slider and looked at the center's face to express regret.
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