The Dodgers build a four-run lead by the end of the third inning via four homers, including the 175th of Ohtani’s MLB career, tying him with Hideki Matsui for the most by a player born in Japan, bu…
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani hits a solo home run during the first inning of their game against the San Diego Padres on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. It was the 175th homer of Ohtani’s MLB career, tying Hideki Matsui for the most by a player born in Japan. LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani let the first pitch he saw from San Diego Padres right-hander Michael King sail past him for a ball in the first inning on Friday night at Dodger Stadium.
It would have been an added bonus if it was a prelude to a hard-hitting Dodgers’ victory, but it wasn’t to be as the Padres stormed back to win 8-7 on Jackson Merrill’s RBI single off reliever Alex Vesia with two outs in the 11th inning. Padres closer Robert Saurez blanked the Dodgers in the 11th for the win.
As a cool, breezy afternoon turned into a cool, breezy evening, it didn’t seem the conditions were ideal for a home run-hitting contest. But in this era, all things seem possible and so it was that the ball rocketed to the outer reaches of Dodger Stadium right from the first inning Friday. Yamamoto did not get a decision, though, as the Padres rallied to tie it 7-7 against the Dodgers’ bullpen. Fernando Tatis Jr’s two-run homer off reliever Ryan Brasier in the seventh brought San Diego all the way back from a four-run deficit, capping a three-run inning.Betts’ three-run homer gave the Dodgers a 5-3 lead in the second inning, coming to the plate only after an inning-extending error by San Diego second baseman Xander Bogaerts on Gavin Lux’s grounder.
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