'Wasteful foul home run' Ohtani, one-inning, two-out humiliation...4-hit, no-hit shutout, Dodgers win
Shohei Ohtani (30-LA Dodgers), who is chasing the first 50-homer, 50-double season in Major League Baseball history, was disappointed by a foul ball in his first at-bat. He went hitless in the inning, drawing a walk with two outs.
Ohtani, who had blasted his 45th home run of the season the previous day (July 7) against Cleveland, was silent today, dropping his season batting average from 2-for-9 to 2-for-8 (160 hits in 553 at-bats). His OPS also dropped from .993 to .986.
With 20 games left in the Dodgers' season, Ohtani is on pace for 51 homers and 52 steals.
Facing Cleveland right-hander Gavin Williams in his first at-bat in the bottom of the first inning, Ohtani hit the first pitch he saw for a huge foul ball that just cleared the right-field foul pole. He then hit a 99.3 mph (159.8 km/h) four-seam fastball five pitches outside on a 2B-2S pitch count, but it was grounded out to the shortstop.
The Dodgers bats had scored six runs in the bottom of the first inning, and when Ohtani came to bat for the second time in the inning, the Cleveland pitching staff had changed. Against right-hander Pedro Avila, Ohtani worked a full count and grounded out to second base. He took Avila's seventh pitch, a low, 91-mph (146.5-kilometer) four-seam fastball, and hit it hard, but it was a grounder in front of the second baseman.
With two outs in the inning, Ohtani struck out swinging in his third at-bat in the top of the fourth. In a seven-pitch battle with right-hander Scott Barlow, he swung at an 81.3 mph (130.8 km/h) slider that was low and away from his body.
His fourth at-bat in the bottom of the sixth was wasted. He drove a two-seam high slider from left-hander Erik Sabroski well outside the zone, but it was caught in front of the left-field fence. The ball traveled 348 feet (106.1 meters) at 101.2 mph (162.9 km/h).
The Dodgers won the game 7-2.
The Dodgers broke the game open with a six-run first inning, highlighted by Tommy Edmon's two-run double to left, Gavin Lux's sacrifice fly to left field, Miguel Rojas' RBI single to right and Andy Fajardo's 10th mid-month home run of the season. Cleveland starter Williams was pulled early after allowing five runs on two hits and three walks in ⅔ of an inning, dropping to 8-3 on the season.
Mookie Betts hit his 16th solo home run of the season in the bottom of the fourth inning, and the Dodgers used a bullpen day to combine for two runs in nine innings from seven pitchers, including starter Ryan Braazer (one inning), Michael Grove (two runs in one inning), Justin Robleski (two runs in two innings), Blake Treinen (one run in one inning), Alex Vecchia (one run in one inning), Michael Kopeck (one run in one inning) and Brent Honeywell Jr.
With their second straight win, the National League West-leading Dodgers improved to 85-57 (.599 winning percentage). The American League (AL) Central Division-leading Cleveland improved to 81-61 (.570 winning percentage).
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