The Dodgers had too many enormous highlights to depend throughout 2025, however this one’s a great begin. Kicking off Dodgers Nation’s Prime 10 highlights this yr is Shohei Ohtani’s walk-off house run on his bobblehead night time, which gave the Dodgers an 8-0 begin to the common season.
LA received off to an electrical begin to the season, profitable each of their video games within the Tokyo Collection earlier than sweeping the Detroit Tigers in a three-game collection at house. They continued on to win the primary two video games of their subsequent collection in opposition to the Atlanta Braves, however bumped into some hassle within the last sport of the collection.
The Braves scored the primary couple runs of the sport, with Marcell Ozuna crossing the plate on an error from Max Muncy and Matt Olson scoring from a Nick Allen double within the high of the primary inning.
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After a quiet backside of the primary from the Dodgers, the Braves got here out within the high of the second and prolonged their result in 5.
Ozzie Albies doubled to make the rating 3-0, and an Olson double scored two extra.
After that, although, the Dodgers started their comeback.
Tommy Edman hit his fourth house run in eight video games to chop the rating to 5-2 within the backside of the second, and Michael Conforto hit a solo shot within the backside of the fourth to carry the Dodgers inside two.
Blake Snell posted two shutout innings after permitting the Braves’ 5 runs, and a mixture of Ben Casparius, Kirby Yates and Jack Dreyer stored the Braves quiet for the rest of the sport.
Max Muncy leveled the sport with a double of his personal within the backside of the eighth, and with one out within the backside of the ninth, the eventual MVP got here by means of for LA.
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Ohtani hammered a first-pitch changeup from Raisel Iglesias to middle, and the ball carried simply previous the outstretched glove of Michael Harris II and over the wall, giving the Dodgers a 6-5 win.
This win set the tone for the rest of the season, and gave the Dodgers the very best begin by a defending champion in MLB historical past.
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