Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani hit a homerun for two consecutive days. However, Corey Seager, a key hitter with the Texas Rangers, scored a come-from-behind three-run homerun against his former Dodgers.
The Dodgers came from behind to defeat Texas 2-3 in the “2024 Major League” held at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California on the 13th (Korea time). The National League West’s leading Dodgers recorded 42 wins and 27 losses in the season, while the American League West’s second-ranked Texas Rangers recorded 32 wins and 35 losses in the season.
Ohtani displayed his stellar performance in June by posting four consecutive hits and two consecutive homeruns. Ohtani started as the second designated hitter and had one hit (one homer) and strikeout and one RBI from four times at bat. His batting average for this season now stands at 0.311. 토토사이트 추천
Seager became a free agent two years ago and signed a 10-year contract worth 325 million U.S. dollars with Texas, before leaving the Dodgers. Seager proved his value as a free agent by playing a leading role in Texas’ World Series championship last year, the second year of his transfer. Seager started as the second designated hitter and had one hit (one homer) and one walk, one strikeout and three RBIs from three times at bat, and his batting average for this season rose to 0.271.
Mookie Betts (striker), Otani (designated hitter), Freddie Freeman (first baseman), Will Smith (catcher), Teoscar Hernandez (left fielder), Gavin Lux (second baseman), Andy Page (center fielder), Jason Heyward (right fielder) and Cavan Biggio (third baseman) started the Dodgers. Walker Buehler started the game.
Before the game, Biggio, who was acquired in a trade with the Toronto Blue Jays, was immediately listed in the starting lineup, drawing attention. Biggio quickly reported his first hit in his Dodgers debut by recording one hit in three times at bat, but he has yet to perform a performance that will be applauded, making a defensive error that provides an excuse for a come-from-behind defeat.
Marcus Simian (second baseman), Corey Seager (designated hitter), Adolis Garcia (right fielder), John Smith (striker), Nathaniel Law (first baseman), Wyatt Langford (left fielder), Jonah Haim (catcher), Ezekiel Duran (third baseman) and Leody Taveras (center fielder) started for the Texas Rangers. John Gray started the game.
Ohtani hit a homerun for two consecutive days, giving Dodgers the first run. Ohtani hit his 17th homer of this season with a solo shot in the middle wall at his first at bat with one out in the bottom of the first inning. He rolled up Gray’s sixth slider at the full count, which hit the homer over the central fence. The speed of the homer was 105.2 miles (about 169 kilometers) and the flying distance was 424 feet (about 129 meters).
Buehler was beaten by his former teammate Seager in the top of the fifth inning while cruising smoothly. After getting a hit by Taveras with one out, he was shaken up, allowing even stealing a second base. He then got on base with one out and runners on the first and second bases due to third baseman Vizio’s grounder defense error. In a full-count fight with Seager, Buehler threw a 95.9 mph fastball to the center of the strike zone for the seventh time, and Seager hit the fence in right-center. It was his 14th homer of the season. The game turned upside down to 1-3 in an instant.
Buehler had seven hits (one homer) in five innings, one walk, two strikeouts and three runs (two earned runs), and took his fourth loss (one win) of the season. The Dodgers’ lineup had five hits, but failed to find a way to score other than Ohtani’s home run, and lost helplessly.
The Dodgers started its final chase in the bottom of the ninth inning. Smith, the leadoff hitter, got on base with a hit to the left, and two outs later, Paige’s walk made it to the first and second bases. Hayward then hit a timely hit to center field to keep up to 2-3 with even the first baseman Paige was tagged out, and the game ended intact.