LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit a 473-foot home run and the Los Angeles Dodgers went deep six instances in a 9-6 victory over the Boston Crimson Sox on Sunday.
Freddie Freeman, Teoscar Hernández, Gavin Lux, Austin Barnes and Jason Heyward additionally related as Los Angeles swept the three-game sequence.
It was the twenty fifth time the Dodgers launched a minimum of six homers in a sport and first since 2022 towards Kansas Metropolis. 5 got here off Boston starter Kutter Crawford (6-8).
Jarren Duran, the MVP of final Tuesday’s All-Star Recreation, homered and drove in 4 runs for the Crimson Sox (53-45), who fell a sport behind the Royals (55-45) for the ultimate AL wild card.
James Paxton (8-2) allowed three runs on 4 hits and struck out seven in 5 innings. Boston rallied for 3 runs within the ninth, however Daniel Hudson got here in for his sixth save.
Barnes’ solo shot gave the Dodgers a 5-2 lead within the fifth, and Ohtani drove a cutter from Crawford 473 feet over the bleachers to turn out to be the primary NL participant with 30 homers this season. Aaron Decide leads the majors with 35.
In accordance with followers within the space, the ball sailed between the pavilion roof and an commercial sign up right-center subject, however it cleared the concourse and landed on the walkway within the ballpark plaza.
It’s the fourth straight season through which Ohtani has homered a minimum of 30 instances.
Crawford allowed six runs and 7 hits in five-plus innings.
Boston took a 2-0 lead three pitches into the sport. Romy Gonzalez led off with a double on the primary pitch earlier than Duran drove Paxton’s fastball into the bleachers in left-center.
The Dodgers tied it within the backside half on Freeman’s solo shot to right-center and Lux’s RBI double.
Hernández, the winner of final Monday’s House Run Derby, gave Los Angeles the lead when he related on a drive that simply obtained over the quick wall close to the right-field nook.
Lux had a solo shot within the fourth and Heyward, activated off the injured record earlier than the sport, hit a two-run drive off former Dodgers nearer Kenley Jansen within the eighth.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Crimson Sox: OF Rob Refsnyder was scratched from the lineup as a consequence of left shoulder soreness after making an attempt to make a diving catch on Saturday.
Dodgers: Heyward missed two weeks as a consequence of a left knee bone bruise.
UP NEXT
Crimson Sox: RHP Tanner Houck (8-6), fourth within the majors with a 2.54 ERA, will begin Monday’s sequence opener at Colorado.
Dodgers: RHP River Ryan is anticipated to be known as up for his massive league debut Monday towards San Francisco.
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