Ohtani homers in third straight game to fuel surging Dodgers past Marlins
Shohei Ohtani hit a home run for the third consecutive game and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the visiting Miami Marlins 6-3 on Monday for their fifth straight win.
Freddie Freeman, James Outman and Teoscar Hernandez also hit homers as the Dodgers improved to 4-0 on a six-game homestand. Los Angeles has 12 homers over its past three games and Ohtani has four in that span.
Dodgers right-hander Walker Buehler made his first appearance since June 2022 after undergoing elbow surgery and he showed some rust. He gave up three runs on six hits over four innings with no walks and four strikeouts.
Nick Gordon hit his fifth home run of the year for the Marlins. Right-hander Roddery Munoz (1-1) was touched for six runs on seven hits with four walks in 4 2⁄3 innings, his worst outing of his three career starts.
The Marlins, who had won four of their past six games, wasted little time getting to Buehler in the first inning. Bryan De La Cruz and Jesus Sanchez each had RBI singles to give Miami a 2-0 lead.
The Dodgers answered just as quickly. Mookie Betts led off the bottom of the first with a walk and
Ohtani followed with his 11th home run of the season. Freeman made it back-to-back shots with his third of the season to give Los Angeles a 3-2 lead.
Gordon added to Buehler’s rough outing with a home run to lead off the second inning and tie the score 3-3.
The Dodgers moved back ahead for good in the bottom of the second inning. Outman hit a two-run blast — his third on the season and first since April 9 — to put Los Angeles back in front. Hernandez hit his ninth homer of the season, a solo homer that increased the Dodgers’ lead to 6-3 in the third inning.
Despite losing late-inning relievers Evan Phillips and Joe Kelly to injuries in a span of two days, the
Dodgers’ bullpen held the Marlins scoreless over the last five innings. Lefthander Ryan Yarbrough followed Buehler with three scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out two.
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Miami AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Chisholm Jr. cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .242 B.De La Cruz dh 4 1 1 1 0 0 .264 Burger 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .213 Bell 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .199 J.Sanchez rf 3 0 2 1 0 0 .233 D.Myers ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .375 Ti.Anderson ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Gordon lf 3 1 1 1 0 1 .212 Rivera ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .203 Brujan 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .276 Fortes c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .134
Totals 33 3 7 3 0 8 LA Dodgers AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Betts ss 4 1 2 0 1 0 .356 Ohtani dh 3 1 2 2 1 1 .370 F.Freeman 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .292 W.Smith c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .336 Muncy 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .255 T.Hernandez lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .259 Pages rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .319 Lux 2b 3 1 0 0 1 2 .186 Outman cf 4 1 1 2 0 1 .169
Totals 32 6 9 6 5 6
Miami 210 000 000 — 3 7 0 LA Dodgers 321 000 00x — 6 9 1
E—Buehler (1).LOB—Miami 4, LA
Dodgers 7.2B—Chisholm Jr. (6).HR— F.Freeman (3), off R.Munoz, T.Hernandez (9), off R.Munoz, Ohtani (11), off R.Munoz, Outman (3), off R.Munoz, Gordon (5), off Buehler.RBIs—B.De La Cruz (19), F.Freeman (21), Gordon (16), T.Hernandez (26), Ohtani 2 (27), Outman 2 (10), J.Sanchez (15).SB—Ohtani 2 (9), Chisholm Jr. (8).CS—Brujan (2).
GIDP—Fortes, Pages. DP—Miami 1 (Ti.Anderson, Brujan, Bell); LA Dodgers 1 (Lux, Betts, F.Freeman).
Runners left in scoring position—Miami
2 (B.De La Cruz, Gordon); LA Dodgers 4 (W.Smith 4).
Miami IP H RERBBSO NP ERA R.Munoz 42⁄3 7 6 6 4 5104 5.17 L,1-1
Villalobos 11⁄3 1 0 0 1 1 22 0.00 Cronin 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 1.59 A.Maldonado 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.00
LA Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Buehler 4 6 3 3 0 4 77 6.75 Yarbrough 3 1 0 0 0 2 26 2.70 W,3-1
Treinen H,2 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 0.00 Vesia S,1-1 1 0 0 0 0 1 13 1.56
Inherited runners-scored—Villalobos 1-0.HBP—by Buehler (Brujan).
Umpires—Home, Mark Ripperger; First, Roberto Ortiz; Second, Alfonso Marquez; Third, Lance Barrett.
T—2:19.A—44,970 (57,099). reliever Tyler Matzek, who has struggled since his return from Tommy John surgery, was placed on the 15-day injured list because of inflammation in his throwing elbow.