- Shohei Ohtani's heartbreaking fly out in the 6th — 97.3 mph exit velocity, 372 feet of distance, just short
- Eli White and d'Arnaud's back-to-back RBI hits in the top of the 2nd put us in a 4-run hole early
- Max Muncy's pride-fueled solo homer in the bottom of the 8th got us on the board
Man, the Braves got us good
2-7. Just looking at the score it seems like a blowout, but honestly the content was rough too... Top of the 2nd, Eli White got it started with an RBI, then Drake Baldwin — wait, no, d'Arnaud's 2-run double and BOOM, 0-4 just like that. Four runs that early? That's a heavy hole right there.
Shohei's 4 ABs just didn't quite click today
Bottom 1st, I was sitting there expecting a bomb right out of the gate, and he battled to a full count only to swing through a 94 mph heater for strike three... That was rare for Shohei to be that late on a fastball. Was he sitting slider maybe? Well, first AB and all, I let it slide.
Bottom 3rd, after a walk got things going, he laid off some junk and waited for a hittable pitch — drove a liner. Exit velo only 76 mph so it was kind of off the end, but a liner RIGHT AT the shortstop... ugh! I literally said out loud "I thought he got that one — RIGHT AT HIM?!"
Bottom 6th was a 97 mph exit velo, 372-foot fly out. Few more degrees of launch angle and that's GONE, no question. Honestly that was his best contact of the day, just turned into a tall fly ball instead. So close.
And then bottom 7th, 2 outs, runners on 1st and 2nd, Shohei up — perfect spot. One swing changes the whole game, and I was sitting there cross-legged glued to the screen, but Suarez got him with a changeup, grounder... exit velo 66 mph, projected distance 7 feet! Ahhh, totally got fooled in the biggest spot... but it's okay Shohei, next time, next time!
Muncy showed some pride with that bomb
Top of the 8th Baldwin took us deep for 0-5, and right after that in the bottom half, Muncy went and crushed one out, man. When it was 2-5, I was like "wait, could this be the start of something?" — half-expecting the classic Dodgers comeback mode to kick in.
But then top of the 9th Olson took one out too, and Mateo added an RBI to make it 2-7... yeah, that was the closing bell ringing on this one.
Time to flip the page
This was a game we lost entirely in that top of the 2nd. Shohei's content actually wasn't bad — that 97 mph shot in the 6th especially felt like something to build on. Let's reset tomorrow and get back into that winning streak mode, Dodgers! Man though, the Braves' power was no joke today...
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