The Los Angeles Dodgers reached the 10-win plateau in exhibition play thanks to Shohei Ohtani (30). Yoshinobu Yamamoto (26), who is expected to be an ace this season, got a taste of what major league hitters fear.
The Dodgers defeated the Chicago White Sox 12-9 in an exhibition game on Sunday at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona, USA. The Dodgers improved to 10-3 in exhibition games.
The Dodgers started the game with the following lineup: Mookie Betts (second base), Shohei Ohtani (designated hitter), Freddie Freeman (first base), Chris Taylor (left field), Max Muncy (third base), James Outman (center field), Gavin Lux (shortstop), Austin Barnes (catcher), and Andy Fajes (right field). Ohtani went 2-for-2 with a double, one RBI, one run scored and one walk. 안전놀이터 Fajes and Andre Lipsius also had multi-hit games, while Freeman showed off his power, going 2-for-1 with a grand slam, one home run, five RBIs and one run scored.
Starter Yamamoto had a rough outing,
Allowing five runs on six hits with three walks and four strikeouts in three innings. The bullpen of Ryan Braazer (1 inning, 2 runs), Joe Kelly (1 inning, no runs), Goose Burland (1 inning, no runs), T.J. McFarland (1 inning, no runs), and Danielson Ramet (1 inning, no runs) minimized the damage to preserve the win.
The Dodgers got on the board in the top of the first when Mookie Betts led off with a walk and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Ohtani took a second pitch from White Sox Michael Kopeck for a single to put runners on first and third, and Freeman followed with an RBI sacrifice fly to center field.
After a leadoff walk to Andrew Benintendi in the top of the first inning, Yamamoto walked Yoan Moncada to put runners on first and second with no outs. Luis Robert Jr. flied out to right field, but Eloy Jimenez walked to load the bases and Andrew Vaughn singled to tie the game. Dominic Fletcher followed with an RBI single and Paul DeJong with an RBI single to put the game out of reach. Max Stassi ended the inning with a line drive to left field.
In the top of the second inning, after the White Sox took a 3-1 lead, the Dodgers put runners on first and second with a walk to Barnes and a hit by pitch to Fajes. Ohtani then took advantage of Kopeck’s first pitch for an RBI single and stole second. A throwing error by the catcher allowed Fajes to come home to tie the game at 3-3.
Yamamoto walked leadoff hitter Nicky Lopez again in the bottom of the inning with the Dodgers tied 3-3.
But this time, he retired both Benintendi and Moncada on strikeouts and got Robert Jr. to fly out to right field to end the threat.
But in the third inning, they were in trouble again. Yamamoto gave up a leadoff single to Jimenez and Vaughn grounded out to short. After Fletcher singled to put runners on first and second, Yamamoto gave up a two-RBI double to DeJong to retake the lead. Stacy struck out to end the threat and Lopez grounded out to shortstop to end the inning.
Ohtani came to bat for the third time in the fourth inning when the White Sox regained the lead, 5-3, with runners on first and second after singles by Fajes and Betts. Facing reliever Tookie Toussaint, Ohtani drew a straightaway walk to load the bases. Freeman followed with a walk-off home run, scoring Ohtani.
After Freeman’s grand slam made it 7-5, the Dodgers tied the game with two runs in the bottom of the fourth, but scored three runs in the fifth and two in the eighth to take the lead for good. The White Sox scored two late runs in the bottom of the ninth, but couldn’t put the game away.
Ohtani, who reached base in every at-bat,
Continued his hot hitting in the exhibition games, going 5-for-8 (7-for-12) with one home run, six RBI, four runs scored, one stolen base, and a 1.667 OPS in five games. After pitching impressively in his first start, Yamamoto struggled mightily today, dropping his ERA to 9.00 in two games (five innings).
Ohtani, who is batting .248 (681-for-2483) with 171 home runs, 437 RBIs and a .922 OPS in 716 career major league games as a hitter and 38-19 with a 3.01 ERA in 86 games (481⅔ innings) as a pitcher, is one of the biggest stars in baseball and was a hot commodity when he became a free agent after last season. He ended up signing a 10-year, $700 million contract with the Dodgers, sending baseball fans into a frenzy. It is the largest contract in the history of professional sports beyond the major leagues.
After posting a career record of 70-29 with a 1.82 ERA and 922 strikeouts in 172 games (897 innings) in Nippon Professional Baseball, Yamamoto went 16-6 with a 1.23 ERA and 169 strikeouts in 23 games (164 innings) last season, becoming the first pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball history to win four pitching titles (wins, ERA, strikeouts, and winning percentage) in three consecutive years while also winning the Sawamura Award and Pacific League MVP for the third consecutive year. After finishing as the runner-up in last year’s Japan Series, Yamamoto made the jump to the majors via free agency, signing a 12-year, $325 million contract with the Dodgers, surpassing Gerrit Cole (Yankees, 9 years, $324 million) as the largest contract for a pitcher in Major League Baseball history.
He is expected to be the Dodgers’ No. 1 starter this season.
Ohtani and Yamamoto will likely make their Dodger debuts and Major League debuts in the opening two games of the season against San Diego at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on April 20 and 21, respectively. This will be the first time a major league regular season game will be played in South Korea. It’s even more significant because it’s the opening game. 카지노사이트 추천 If the Seoul series is successful, South Korea will become the 12th country to host a Major League Baseball game. Seoul will be the fifth time in history that a Major League Baseball regular season opener has been held overseas, joining Monterrey, Mexico; Tokyo, Japan; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Sydney, Australia.
Fans are eager to see how Ohtani and Yamamoto will perform in the first-ever Korean Major League Baseball opener.