- Shohei Ohtani reached base in three straight at-bats — double, walk, and an RBI single — on pace for a three-hit night
- Andy Pages exploded for three home runs to power the Dodgers offense
- The lineup put up 12 runs to crush the Astros
Man, tonight was just too good
Seriously, I'm already on my third beer. A 12-2 blowout on the road against the Astros — THIS is what I'm talking about! Shohei went multi-hit and was on pace for a three-hit game, and the lineup just kept the rally going. Can't wait to watch the recording back.
Shohei: From a first-inning K to a full comeback
In the first, he couldn't lay off McCullers' knuckle curve and went down swinging. "Ohhh man..." slipped right out of my mouth. That curve is nasty — even when you know it's coming, you still chase it.
But Shohei is Shohei. Top of the 3rd, he ripped a low sweeper on a full count for a line-drive double! Exit velocity 95.7 mph, a clean piece of hitting. "YES, THAT'S IT!" I yelled at the TV. Shohei always pays back what he owes.
Top of the 4th he drew a walk. On a full count, he calmly laid off a pitch just off the middle of the plate. Even with a 6-1 lead, he doesn't take a single pitch off — that's what I love about this guy.
Then in the top of the 5th, an insurance RBI single! Exit velocity 96.3 mph, a liner off a cutter after falling behind in the count. Up nine runs and he's still swinging — that's Shohei's style. Three straight times on base, he was locked in.
In the 7th he hit into a force out, so no three-hit game. "Ohhh man..." came out again, but hey, at least it wasn't a double play. On to the next one!
Pages is unreal — TWO bombs, no, THREE
The other guy I gotta mention tonight is Andy Pages. Solo shot in the 3rd to open the scoring, another in the 5th, AND one more in the 9th — THREE homers? You gotta be kidding me. Dude is fully in beast mode. When the bottom of the order produces like that, of course you put up 12 runs.
Freeman added an RBI double in the 4th, Freeland came through with a clutch hit in the 7th — everyone was hitting. Twelve runs hung on the Astros' staff, on the road at Minute Maid. Doesn't get much sweeter than that.
Don't even worry about Houston's first-inning lead
They did get my heart racing when Brice Matthews led off the bottom of the 1st with a homer, but we tied it up and took the lead right back. After that it was pretty much one-sided — final score 12-2. No complaints about how this one was managed at all.
Let's win again tomorrow and take the series! Shohei, tomorrow's the day — give me a homer, buddy!
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