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The biggest news out of the Dodgers–Rockies series is the National Anthem standoff between Landon Knack and Kyle Freeland, which the Dodgers lost. A shame!
Landon Knack caved first, with some nudging from home-plate umpire Chad Fairchild.
— Fabian Ardaya (@FabianArdaya) September 28, 2024
Well that and Shohei Ohtani chasing history, which he definitely continued today, totaling another huge day in an easy 11-4 victory.
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The scoring started in the 1st with a Teoscar Hernandez moonshot to left (32nd) that drove in himself and Gavin Lux for a pair.
A moonshot from Teoscar! pic.twitter.com/3j6p2qYOwc
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 28, 2024
They continued to add on in the 2nd, notching three singles, two walks, and a double steal that led to three more runs. Chris Taylor and Ohtani had RBI singles, and Shohei stole his 57th that scored the other run.
Shohei with stolen base No. 57! pic.twitter.com/PCJD7rleHX
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 28, 2024
Shohei Ohtani now owns the single-season record for most stolen bases by a Japanese-born Major Leaguer with 57.
— Dodger Insider (@DodgerInsider) September 28, 2024
Another milestone in an incredible season.
Andy Pages added on by homering again in the 4th (13th), his third in the last five games.
¿Par de juegos consecutivos con cuadrangular? Andy sigue con el bate encendido. pic.twitter.com/4xZ9LWZmm5
— Los Dodgers (@LosDodgers) September 28, 2024
The 6th was also eventful, as Taylor doubled and Austin Barnes singled to start the inning, and then Shohei absolutely unloaded on his 54th homer of the year for three more runs to make it nine.
SHOHEI TO THE UPPER DECK. ? pic.twitter.com/7dfQ8EQ0xF
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 28, 2024
Following a double and walk later in the inning, they eventually got a 10th run on a Tommy Edman sac fly. The main highlight the rest of the way was Shohei doubling, putting him within striking distance of the Triple Crown. He scored later on a Kevin Kiermaier single to make it 11.
Shohei Ohtani has 24 hits in his last 34 at-bats
— MLB (@MLB) September 28, 2024
That's a .706 batting average ? pic.twitter.com/Bm6bTCR2sZ
Shohei is 4-for-5 and is hitting .309. This is becoming … plausible.
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) September 28, 2024
For the Dodgers, the pen game started with Ryan Brasier as the opener. He gave up a run on a walk and triple, but then surprisingly was able to limit the damage to just that.
Afterward, Ben Casparius basically had a start and he looked impressive. He gave up a run on an error in the 5th and gave up three hits in a row in the 6th as he looked to be tiring, but was otherwise impressive.
Ben Casparius rpm percentiles
— Josh Thomas (@jokeylocomotive) September 28, 2024
Four seam: 80th
Curve: 94th
Slider: 100th (aka highest in MLB)
Wish he got a look earlier, as the stuff looks legit: 4.1 IP, 6 H, 2 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 7 K, 85 Pitches.
Joe Kelly took over and actually got four outs without mess, then Edgardo Henriquez entered and got four outs of his own, but did give up a run on a walk, wild pitch, and single off a glove sequence to make it 11-4.
Daniel Hudson then closed things out in the 9th without much fuss.
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More history, as Ohtani has set a runs scored record for a Dodger.
Shohei Ohtani’s homer gives him 132 runs scored. That’s a new Los Angeles Dodgers record.
— Dodger Insider (@DodgerInsider) September 28, 2024
Freddie Freeman held the record for one year. He scored 131 times in 2023.
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| NL | RECORD |
|---|---|
| Dodgers | 96-64 |
| Phillies | 94-66 (2 GB) |
Same teams, same place, and same time tomorrow at 2:10 PM HT/5:10 PM PT/8:10 PM ET. It’ll be an important one as Yoshinobu Yamamoto looks to build up his innings against Antonio Senzatela.
