Key Moments of the Game
Home runs, go-ahead hits, and Japanese-vs-Japanese duels in order
- Home RunBot 1Score 2-0Mookie BettsvsKyle FreelandHome Run2 RBI100.7 mph404 ft
- Home RunTop 2Score 2-1Hunter GoodmanvsEric LauerHome Run1 RBI105.1 mph406 ft
- Home RunBot 3Score 3-1Enrique HernándezvsKyle FreelandHome Run1 RBI103.3 mph371 ft
- Home RunBot 3Score 4-1Andy PagesvsKyle FreelandHome Run1 RBI107.7 mph418 ft
- Home RunBot 6Score 13-1Mookie BettsvsZach AgnosHome Run3 RBI98.6 mph377 ft
- Home RunBot 6Score 15-1Will SmithvsZach AgnosHome Run2 RBI106.9 mph399 ft
- Ohtani's 1st-inning 111.5 mph liner hit RIGHT at a fielder — heartbreak
- Betts led the way with 2 home runs in the game (404 ft & 377 ft)
- Pages exploded with a 418 ft monster shot PLUS a bases-clearing double
Man, this was a full-on slugfest!
Woooo 15-6! How many runs are you gonna score, Dodgers offense?! Sure, it was against the Rockies, but it's been a while since we've had a game where we just teed off like this, right? I'm rewatching the recording with a beer in hand, and I had a grin plastered on my face from the first inning to the last.
Shohei — the contact was actually NOT bad!
First up, Shohei Ohtani. He finished 0-for-3 so the box score looks like "hmm," but check out that first AB. He laid off the first pitch, then absolutely crushed a hanging curveball — exit velocity 111.5 mph (about 180 km/h)!! And it screamed on a line right at the outfielder in right-center... seriously?! That's the most frustrating kind of out. A bullet liner at 9 degrees launch angle — if that gets through, it's a guaranteed double.
In the 3rd, Freeland's knuckle-curve messed up his timing and he hit a routine 62 mph grounder. Ahhh... but yeah, those breaking balls are tricky. Then in the 4th, he got HIT BY A PITCH. Hey, hey, don't be plunking him! But it ended up loading the bases and lit the fuse for the offensive explosion, so it worked out. Get 'em back next game, Shohei!
Betts and Pages were nasty
This is what I'm talking about! Bottom of the 1st, Betts immediately puts us on the board with a 2-run shot. Exit velo 100.7 mph, 26-degree angle, 404 feet — picture-perfect arc. And he added ANOTHER one to left-center in the 6th for a 2-homer game! He's locked in.
And today's hidden MVP has gotta be Pages. In the 3rd, he launched a monster 418-footer to left-center — 28 degrees, 107.7 mph, no question about that one. Then in the 4th, he ripped a bases-clearing double to left-center! Can't even stop this guy right now.
E. Hernandez's solo shot was clutch too, and in the 6th, Smith piled on with a 2-run dinger to center. Exit velo 106.9 mph — I'm reminded that this club has power even when it's not just Muncy doing it.
Kim Hye-seong's sac fly was sneaky-good!
Also, low-key, that sac fly from Kim Hye-seong. Exit velo 100.5 mph, drove it solid to left-center to bring in a run. Having guys who can move the line along like that is a huge help. With Rojas's double too, the whole lineup top-to-bottom was pounding the ball — couldn't ask for more.
The 3 runs in the 9th, we'll let that slide
Giving up 3 bombs in the 9th was a little annoying, but with that big of a lead, whatever. Lock it down tomorrow, fellas. And Shohei — counting on you next AB! Next one! NEXT ONE!
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