The Los Angeles Dodgers are coming off of a tough week during which they misplaced 4 of their six video games throughout sequence towards the Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves. The Dodgers nonetheless maintain a 3.5-game lead within the Nationwide League West, however are hoping to rebound off of a tricky stretch.
Listed here are the Dodgers’ prime 10 moments from the previous week:
Honorable Mentions: Max Muncy’s Daughter Throws Out First Pitch
When Decoy threw out the primary pitch on Shohei Ohtani’s bobblehead night time, it was onerous to think about a cuter first pitch. Muncy’s daughter stepped as much as the problem, adorably trying to throw the baseball to her dad earlier than the sport.
HM: Freddie Freeman Receives Standing Ovation In Atlanta
Freeman returned to Atlanta this weekend, the place he spent his total profession earlier than becoming a member of the Dodgers. With the Braves, Freeman was a Nationwide League MVP and World Sequence champion.
10. Max Muncy Completes Double Play
Going through the Chicago Cubs, Muncy tried to make a leaping catch on a baseball flying above his head. The ball bounced off his glove, however Muncy managed to nonetheless haul it in for the catch. He then ran over to 3rd base, sealing the double play.
9. Tommy Edman’s Run-Saving Catch On the Wall
With runners on second and third base, Ramón Laureano hit Landon Knack’s pitch deep towards heart subject. Edman jumped to make the catch on the wall. Although the ball wouldn’t have gone over the house run for the wall, the Braves would probably have earned one other run.
8. CT3 Residence Run Theft
Edman didn’t save a house run, however Chris Taylor did. At the back of proper subject towards the Atlanta Braves, Taylor climbed over the wall to avoid wasting a would-be house run. The save didn’t make a lot of a distinction because the Dodgers already trailed 10-1, however it made the loss barely much less lopsided.
7. Shohei Ohtani’s Recreation-Tying Double
With the Dodgers trailing 2-1 to the Braves, Ohtani hit a double deep into left subject to provide the Dodgers one other run. The Dodgers went on to win 9-2, their lone win of the sequence.
6. Yoshinobu Yamamoto Returning From IL
Yamamoto made his much-awaited return to the Dodgers final Tuesday following a prolonged stint on the injured checklist with a sprained rotator cuff. He pitched 4 innings, permitting no earned runs or walks whereas placing out eight. With the quantity of accidents to the Dodgers’ rotation, Yamamoto couldn’t have returned at a greater time.
5. Dodgers Hit 4 Residence Runs within the First Inning
After shedding the primary two video games of the sequence towards the Chicago Cubs, the Dodgers rebounded with a 10-8 win within the third recreation of the sequence. Los Angeles received off to a scorching begin, hitting 4 house runs and recording 5 whole runs within the first inning. Ohtani, Edman, Muncy, and Will Smith every hit house runs.
4. Michael Kopech Escapes Late-Inning Jam
Throughout the backside of the eighth inning with the sport towards the Braves tied 2-2, Kopech used his fastball to earn back-to-back strikeouts towards the Braves. The Dodgers went on to earn the win within the ninth inning, after they hit seven runs to seal the victory.
3. Shohei Ohtani 50/50 Watch: 47 HR, 48 Stolen Bases
Ohtani continues to inch nearer and nearer what could be a historic 50/50 season. He’s already the primary participant to report 47 house runs and stolen bases in a season, after hitting one house run and two stolen bases this week.
2. Tommy Edman Hits 5 Residence Runs in Six Video games
The Dodgers may need had a down week, however Tommy Edman didn’t get the memo. Edman hit 5 runs over the Dodgers’ six video games, together with two video games with two house runs. These had been Edman’s first 5 house runs as a Dodger.
1. Dodgers Explode For 7 Runs within the Ninth Inning
The Dodgers closed out a tough week on a excessive word, by rallying within the ninth inning of Sunday’s recreation with seven runs to earn a win over the Braves.
Photograph Credit score: Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Photographs
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