SEOUL, South Korea — The Los Angeles Dodgers began their Shohei Ohtani period with a memorable win on an evening of firsts.
Ohtani’s RBI single capped a four-run eighth-inning rally in his Dodgers debut, and Los Angeles beat the San Diego Padres 5-2 in Wednesday evening’s opener, Main League Baseball’s first sport in South Korea.
“Only a good evening total for Shohei,” Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts stated. “The larger image it is important since you’ve obtained such a generational expertise that’s in your ballclub in an enormous market in Los Angeles. There’s much more eyeballs on the Dodgers and on Main League Baseball.”
The sport turned when a routine grounder went by means of the webbing of the glove of first baseman Jake Cronenworth because the go-ahead run scored.
Ohtani went 2 for five with an RBI in his first sport since leaving the Los Angeles Angels for a document $700 million, 10-year contract with the Dodgers. A crowd of 15,952 was available to observe on the Gocheok Sky Dome.
The 2-way star, restricted to batting following elbow surgical procedure, additionally had a psychological error that prompted the ultimate out of the eighth. He was known as out when he handed second base after which didn’t retouch the bag whereas retreating on Freddie Freeman’s flyout, inflicting an inning-ending double play.
A bomb risk didn’t appear to have an effect on pregame preparations. Police discovered no explosives and stated they acted on a tip that the risk was in opposition to Ohtani.
Padres pitchers walked 9 and hit a batter, and the Dodgers had seven hits, none for additional bases.
San Diego led 2-1 getting into the eighth when Max Muncy began with a stroll in opposition to Wandy Peralta. Teoscar Hernández, additionally making his Dodgers debut, singled off Jhony Brito (0-1), among the many gamers the Padres obtained within the commerce that despatched star Juan Soto to the New York Yankees.
James Outman walked and Kiké Hernández’s sacrifice fly tied the rating. Adrián Morejón relieved and Gavin Lux hit a chopper to Cronenworth that the two-time All-Star tried to backhand. The ball went by means of the webbing of the massive first baseman’s mitt.
“It may have gone by means of innings earlier than that. It simply occurred at that scenario and it sucks,” Cronenworth stated. “I believed it was a straightforward double play.”
Hernández got here dwelling for a 3-2 lead.
“That is a tricky error for Cro,” Roberts stated. “Lucky break for us. You bought to take them when you will get them.”
Betts and Ohtani adopted with RBI singles.
Betts, Ohtani and Freeman grew to become the primary MVPs to hit 1-2-3 in a batting order since Philadelphia’s Joe Morgan, Pete Rose and Mike Schmidt throughout 10 video games in 1983. The one different cases have been by Cincinnati’s Massive Purple Machine, with Rose, Morgan and George Foster on Could 13, 1978, and Rose, Morgan and Johnny Bench on Could 5, 1976.
Betts, moved to shortstop this season, mixed with Ohtani to go 4 for 9 on the prime of the order.
Daniel Hudson (1-0), the third of 5 Dodgers pitchers, threw a one-hit seventh. Evan Phillips pitched an ideal ninth for the save, ending a four-hitter that gave the Dodgers their sixth straight win over the Padres in an opener.
With new spouse Mamiko Tanaka watching from the strands, Ohtani obtained his first hit with the Dodgers in a 112.3 mph single to proper in opposition to Yu Darvish. Ohtani was on the plate within the first when Mookie Betts tried to steal second however was despatched again due to umpire interference by Lance Barksdale on Luis Campusano behind the plate.
Xander Bogaerts put the Padres forward within the third with a run-scoring single off Tyler Glasnow. Bogaerts grew to become the third participant with hits in 5 nations after Edgardo Alfonzo and Paul Goldschmidt, in response to the Elias Sports activities Bureau. Bogaerts additionally has hits within the U.S., Canada, Mexico and England.
Jason Heyward had a sacrifice fly within the fourth, and San Diego went again forward within the backside half when Campusano hit a run-scoring double-play grounder.
Glasnow gave up two runs, two hits and 4 walks over 5 innings, throwing 77 pitches. Los Angeles acquired him from Tampa Bay in December and signed the 30-year-old right-hander to a $136.5 million, five-year contract.
“The entire day was type of a grind,” Glasnow stated. “Loud — cool ambiance.”
Darvish allowed an unearned run and two hits in 3 2/3 innings.
Muncy had the primary hit of season, lining a single off the top of his bat within the second and into heart.
Beginning his twelfth season, Bogaerts made his first massive league look at second as Ha-Seong Kim moved to shortstop.
Within the first sport since MLB shortened the pitch clock with runners on base by two seconds to 18, Padres pitchers have been known as for 4 violations, together with two by Peralta and one every by Darvish and Yuki Matsui.
Matsui, the fourth of eight San Diego pitchers, obtained two outs within the sixth inning of his Padres. He agreed to a $28 million, five-year contract.
San Diego’s Ha-Seong Kim, enjoying in his native nation, was 0 for 3 with a stroll.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Dodgers: RHPs Walker Buehler (Tommy John surgical procedure), Brusdar Graterol (shoulder irritation), Blake Treinen (bruised lung) and Emmet Sheehan (proper forearm irritation) have been positioned on the 10-day IL. RHP Landon Knack was recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma Metropolis.
Padres: RHPs Glenn Otto (proper teres main pressure) and Luis Patiño (proper elbow irritation) have been positioned on the 15-day IL and INF Tucupita Marcano (proper knee ACL surgical procedure on Aug. 9) on the 10-day IL.
UP NEXT
RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto makes his main league debut after agreeing to a $325 million, 12-year contract with the Dodgers. He had an 8.38 ERA over 9 2/3 innings in three spring coaching outings. “I’m not likely involved in regards to the numbers,” he stated by means of a translator. … RHP Joe Musgrove begins for the Padres after going 10-3 with a 3.05 ERA in 17 begins final yr.
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