- Top of the 1st — Ohtani opens with a 98.3 mph liner for a double, the perfect start
- Freeman homers twice, in the 1st and 6th, the driving force behind tying it up
- Top of the 9th — Pages' sacrifice fly puts us ahead, and we hold on to win on the road by one
Man, that was a thriller on the road — THIS is what I'm talking about
Whoaaa, did you all see that?! Shohei came out swinging in his very first at-bat in the top of the 1st! A 98.3 mph liner down the left-field line for a double — he didn't get fooled by that slider one bit, just turned and ripped it. Best possible way to kick things off, that first swing was perfect.
Then Freeman went deep right away, a 101.3 mph homer down the left-field line — 2-0 in the top of the 1st! Alright, this one's ours, I thought… and then in the bottom half, Machado got us. 108 mph, 404 ft to center — yeah, nothing you can do about that one, he absolutely crushed it. I literally screamed "you gotta be kidding me!"
Trading blows — what a grind
In the bottom of the 3rd, Arraez took one 106.6 mph down the left-field line for another homer, 2-4. Ugh… honestly I thought, man, this is getting heavy. But our guy Shohei — in the top of the 3rd he laid off the junk and worked a walk, only swung at that first-pitch knuckle curve and nothing else. That eye at the plate. That's our guy.
Top of the 5th, runner on third with nobody out, Shohei hits a grounder to right-center — 88.6 mph at a negative launch angle, so he beat it straight into the ground — but it brought the runner home from third for an RBI. 3-4. Even when it's not a homer, he gets the job done at the bare minimum, and that's huge, Shoheiiii!
Freeman went deep AGAIN, and then the 9th
Top of the 6th, Freeman — again?! This time 101.6 mph, 399 ft to right-center, and that knots it up at 4-4. Two homers for Freeman today — what a guy to lean on.
In the top of the 8th, Shohei laced a 95.7 mph liner down the right-field line for his SECOND double of the day. Getting on as the leadoff guy — somebody bring him home! I was yelling at the screen.
And then the top of the 9th, Pages with a sacrifice fly down the right-field line gave us the lead, 5-4. Only 84.6 mph off the bat, but if the outfield's playing deep, that's plenty. We held on to that one-run lead for the win — getting this one on the road, that's worth its weight in gold.
Shohei: 2 doubles and an RBI over 4 plate appearances, absolutely no complaints. Next time, give me one that lands in those stands!
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