Key Moments of the Game
Home runs, go-ahead hits, and Japanese-vs-Japanese duels in order
- Home RunBot 2Score 0-4Trea TurnervsEmmet SheehanHome Run2 RBI101.1 mph404 ft
- Home RunBot 6Score 3-5Brandon MarshvsEmmet SheehanHome Run1 RBI100.7 mph396 ft
- Home RunBot 6Score 3-8Trea TurnervsAlex VesiaHome Run3 RBI95.2 mph346 ft
- Home RunTop 7Score 4-8Mookie BettsvsJonathan BowlanHome Run1 RBI100.6 mph401 ft
- Home RunBot 7Score 4-9Bryce HarpervsLandon KnackHome Run1 RBI104.0 mph407 ft
- Home RunBot 8Score 4-10Derek HillvsLandon KnackHome Run1 RBI105.7 mph424 ft
- Betts goes off for TWO home runs, capping it with a 104+ mph bomb in the 9th for a gritty comeback push
- Ohtani was quieter at the plate through 5 at-bats, but closed it out with a scorching 100.8 mph groundout
- Back-to-back homers from Marsh and Turner in the bottom of the 6th swing the game wide open
Early Game
Man, this one turned into a straight-up slugfest! Final score 7-10, Dodgers lose, but the content was worth the watch.
Key Moments
Let's start with Ohtani — honestly, tough day for him. Strikeout right out of the gate in the top of the 1st, totally thrown off by Sanchez's sinker and slider. Ground ball in the 3rd too, jammed at 88.2 mph... just seemed like a bad matchup against Sanchez today. Strikeout again in the 5th, watched a sinker go by... c'mon Shohei, what's going on! I literally yelled at the TV. But the 6th? Intentional walk, baby! When the other bench gets scared and refuses to pitch to you, that tells you exactly how much they fear you. Groundout to short in the 8th too, but a 100.8 mph exit velo on that ball is straight-up monstrous even as an out. No results today, but with exit velos like that, the next one's coming for sure. Don't sweat it Shohei, flip the switch and let's go!
The lineup, though — that thing EXPLODED. Down 0-4 right away in the bottom of the 2nd and I'm like "uh oh, rough day ahead," but then the Dodgers started clawing back. Hernandez's double play brought one home in the 4th, then Muncy's double and Pages' RBI single in the 6th chipped it down to 3-4. Right there I thought the momentum had flipped...
Ken-chan's Take
Bottom of the 6th was brutal though. Marsh went deep to make it 3-5, then Turner went deep too and it's 3-8... I was legit like "whoa" out loud. But Betts answered back with a homer in the 7th to make it 4-8, and suddenly there was a "we're not done yet" vibe in the air. Then Harper takes one deep in the bottom half, Hill gives up a bomb in the 8th too, and it's 4-10... rough, rough day for the pitching staff. Even so, Betts hit his SECOND homer of the game in the 9th, back-to-back-with-himself 104+ mph blasts, and I was fired up watching that. Clawing it back to 7-10 right there — that's grit, pure grit.
Ended up a loss in the box score, but Betts' two bombs and a lineup that fought right down to the wire made for a game full of highlights. Ohtani was a little quiet today, but with exit velos like that, tomorrow he's absolutely coming for it. Pitching staff needs to regroup — fix it up next game, Dodgers, let's go!
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