The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Boston Red Sox 7-6 at the end of the 11th inning of overtime in the 2024 Major League Baseball's home game held at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California on Monday (local time). It maintained the top spot in the National League West with 58 wins and 41 losses. Boston ranks third in the American League wild-card race with 53 wins and 44 losses.
Ohtani has had five consecutive hits since an away game against the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday. He started as the first designated hitter and scored one run from four times at bat. He faced Boston right-handed starter Brian Bello at the bottom of the first inning when his batting average was 0.315.0-0 for this season.
Ohtani had a ball count of 1S and a two-pitch 86.8-mile slider in the middle, but he grounded out to the first base. The Dodgers scored first in the bottom of the second inning with Gavin Lux' solo shot to right-center field. Ohtani was then fouled out to the third base in the bottom of the third inning due to a change-up that fell outside the 1B1S with one out.
Boston turned the game around in the top of the fifth inning. After Sedene Raffaela's hit to the left and Rob Refsnyder's infield hit to the third base, Jaren Duran scored an upset two-run double. Then, the Dodgers turned the game around in the bottom of the sixth inning. Leading hitter Ohtani hit Bello with a slider of 87.9 miles on four pitches in 2B1S, and singled a left double. Freeman's walk gave Ohtani a chance to score a tie with one out and runners on the first and second bases. Andy Fargs' sacrifice fly to the center field turned the game around.
After Duran's walk with one out in the top of the seventh inning, Tyler O'Neill hit a two-run shot to return to left. Then, in the bottom of the seventh inning, Ohtani, a chancellor with two outs and a first base, touched a high ball 95.6 miles outside the left-hander Cam Boozer and turned to the third baseman's fly ball.
The Dodgers put the game to square one in the bottom of the ninth inning. Leading hitter Kiké Hernández singled to Boston closer Canley Jansen for a tiebreaking left-handed solo shot. With one out, Chris Taylor singled to left, and Ohtani got on base with an automatic pitch. However, he missed a chance to hit the first and second bases with one out. Jansen took the mound at Dodger Stadium for the first time since his transfer to Boston, but made a blon save.토토사이트 순위
He shook the game to Boston in the top of the 10th inning. Duran went to second base, and O'Neill hit a two-run shot in consecutive at-bats. The Dodgers had an RBI double in the bottom of the 10th inning when Andy Pazs hit over the left field. With two outs, Kiké Hernández hit an RBI single that tied the game. Then, he was out at second base and headed to the 11th inning.
The Dodgers shut out the game in the bottom of the 11th inning after allowing no runs in the top of the 11th inning. Kevan Vizio succeeded in a sacrifice bunt and had a chance with one out and a runner on third. Taylor drew a walk. With one out, the team reached first and third bases loaded with one out. Then Boston skipped Shohei Ohtani and faced Smith with one out. Also, an outfielder came into the infield. Smith ended the game with a walk-off RBI, left-handed hit.