Ohtani started as the first designated hitter in an away game against the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2024 Major League Baseball held at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California on the 7th (Korea time), and remained silent with no hits in four times at bat. His batting average for this season fell further from 309 to 306.
Dodgers lost 2-6. Kershaw pitched four ⅔ innings with five strikeouts and one run, securing his second loss in this season. Since undergoing shoulder surgery, Dodgers has failed to secure victory in three consecutive games this year.
Kershaw, who pitched four strikeouts and no runs until the fourth inning, lost a point in the fifth inning. With no runners on base with one out, Kershaw gave up a double to Austin Hays and allowed Brandon Marsh to hit the ball. He struck out Sosa, but lost his timely hit to Schwarber with two outs and runners on the first and second bases. He then handed over the mound to Joe Kelly with one out left.
On this day, the Dodgers set up batting order in the order of Shohei Ohtani (designated hitter), Theosca Hernandez (left fielder), Freddie Freeman (first baseman), Will Smith (catcher), Ahmed Rosario (second baseman), Kike Hernandez (third baseman), Andy Farz (right fielder), Nick Ahmed (striker) and Kevin Kiermaier (midfielder).
Ohtani grounded out in front of the second baseman in his first at-bat in the first inning. At his second at-bat in the third inning, he ended up hitting a fly ball to the left field with no outs and a first baseman. At his third at-bat in the fifth inning, Ohtani was caught hitting a straight line at second base with two outs and a first baseman.
When his team was losing 1-4, Ohtani was out after hitting a fly ball to the right field with two outs and runners on the first and second bases in the seventh inning. Ohtani, who led his team to three consecutive wins by playing two hits (one homer) and two RBIs in the previous day’s game, remained silent until the end.
The Dodgers moved the bullpen after Kershaw allowed one run in the fourth inning. Joe Kelly passed the fifth inning without additional runs.
However, the Dodgers lost three more runs in the sixth inning as its bullpen was shaky. Hernandez hit a double as the leadoff batter in the bottom of the sixth inning, and Freeman grounded out to the first base.토토사이트 순위
With runners on the third base and one out, Smith hit a ground ball towards the third base to score a run. In the eighth inning, Hernandez hit a solo home run again as the leadoff hitter. However, the chase ended there.
The Dodgers lost two more runs in the top of the ninth inning, failing to make a four-game winning streak. The game ended with James Hayward striking out and James Outman catching a fly ball.