After hitting safely in two straight games, Los Angeles Dodgers Shohei Ohtani went silent on the final day of a three-game series against Arizona.
Ohtani went 0-for-3 with a walk in the leadoff spot in the lineup against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on Friday.
His season batting average dropped from 3.1-for-9 to 3.1-for-6. Ohtani was silent, and the Dodgers lost 3-9. The Dodgers had lost 4-12 the day before, scoring 21 runs in two days.
The Dodgers batted in the following order: Shohei Ohtani (designated hitter), Teoscar Hernandez (left fielder), Freddie Freeman (first baseman), Andy Fahser (center fielder), Jason Heyward (right fielder), Gavin Lux (second baseman), Chris Taylor (third baseman), Kike Hernandez (shortstop), and Austin Barnes (catcher).
Ohtani drew a leadoff walk in the first inning.
Hernandez singled to right-center and advanced to second. The Dodgers had a scoring opportunity. But Freeman struck out swinging, Fajardo fouled out, and Heyward grounded out to shortstop to end the inning. Ohtani stole third off Hayward, but was stranded at home on a wild pitch.
After giving up back-to-back homers to Zak Pederson and Christian Walker in the first inning, the Dodgers added two more runs in the third. Landon Knapp, who had allowed two home runs in the first inning, walked Peterson with the bases loaded and gave up a two-run homer to Walker.
The third inning, with the Dodgers trailing 4-0. 에볼루션 바카라사이트 Ohtani led off with a walk and was stranded on a wild pitch.
The Dodgers rallied with three runs in the fourth. With the bases loaded, Kike Hernandez hit an infield grounder that allowed Fajes to cross home plate. Barnes followed with an RBI double.
The score was one run.
Barnes stole second, putting runners at second and third with a chance to tie the game. Ohtani stepped to the plate, but he struck out against Arizona starter Zach Galen.
In the fifth inning, Nack walked with one out and brought up Anthony Banda. Banda gave up a single to Corbin Carroll and stole second. Ketel Marte gave up a single to make it 3-5.
He got out of the inning without further damage, but the Dodgers offense couldn’t get any more runs across. Ohtani came back to lead off the seventh and struck out swinging.
The Dodgers added four more runs in the ninth. Nick Ramirez, who pitched a scoreless eighth, fell to 3-9 in the ninth.
Meanwhile, Dodgers starter Nack suffered his second loss of the season, allowing four runs on four hits (three homers) and one walk while striking out six in 4 1/3 innings.