Mookie Betts’ three-run residence run capped a four-run tenth inning that helped the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday evening in Anaheim, California.
Two-time American League MVP Shohei Ohtani performed his first common season sport at Angel Stadium since leaving the Angels for the Dodgers final offseason. He went 1-for-4 with one RBI, two runs and a stroll.
Within the tenth inning, automated runner Tommy Edman reached third on a groundout, then scored on a single by Miguel Rojas, giving the Dodgers a 3-2 lead.
Kevin Kiermaier pinch-ran for Rojas and went to second on a groundout. With first base open, Ohtani was deliberately misplaced, however Betts made the Angels pay along with his three-run shot off right-hander Roansy Contreras (2-4).
Michael Kopech (5-8) earned the win after pitching a 1-2-3 ninth inning.
The Dodgers had simply three hits in 9 innings earlier than mounting their rally within the tenth. They discovered themselves in a gap early, when Logan O’Hoppe hit a solo shot within the second inning to offer the Angels a 1-0 lead.
Ohtani made certain the Dodgers wasted little time in erasing that deficit, driving in Rojas thrice within the prime of the third. The Angels challenged the play, claiming the ball had gotten caught between the wall and the padding in proper area, however the name stood.
Betts adopted with a single to herald Ohtani and make it 2-1.
Taylor Ward tied the rating at 2-2 with a solo homerun within the fifth inning.
Neither starter performed a job within the resolution, however each thrived. Walker Buehler gave up two runs on 5 hits in 5 innings for the Dodgers, walked two and struck out six. Reid Detmers of the Angels lasted six innings, gave up two runs and three hits. He walked two and struck out 10.
Angels reliever Ben Joyce struck out Edman with a 105.5-mph fastball within the ninth, the quickest pitch ever recorded within the pitch-tracking period, which started in 2008.
Betts and Freddie Freeman every completed with two hits for the Dodgers. Zach Neto had a pair of singles for the Angels.
–Discipline Degree Media