Would he have been so outraged even if another player was hit? Oh my god! Screaming → Roberts rushing → leaving, LAD won 4 consecutive games

Jun 18, 2025

Would he have been so outraged even if another player was hit? Oh my god! Screaming → Roberts rushing → leaving, LAD won 4 consecutive games
LA Dodgers Shohei Ohtani looks painful after being hit by a pitch in the bottom of the third inning against the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium on the 18th (Korea time). ImagesYonhap News



Would he have been so outraged even if another player was hit? Oh my god! Screaming → Roberts rushing → leaving, LAD won 4 consecutive games
Coach Dave Roberts is roughly protesting Marvin Hudson's second base and Trip Gibson's third base when Ohtani was hit by a dune and was in pain in the bottom of the third inning. AFP Yonhap News
LA Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was sent off after protesting against Shohei Ohtani's pitch.

Ohtani played as a leadoff designated hitter in a home game against the district's rival San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium on the 18th (Korea time) and had no hits and one out in four at-bats. The previous day, he resumed his pitching and hitting combined work for the first time in a year and 10 months, got on base once with a ball that hit his body, and struck out all four other at-bats.

Ohtani's pitch came out in his second at-bat after one out in the bottom of the third inning, trailing 2-3. In one ball, San Diego starter Randy Vazquez's second pitch, a 93.8-mile four-seam fastball, flew into Ohtani's body and hit his lower thigh.




Ohtani said "Ugh!"I went out to first base with a screaming, painful expression.

At this time, Roberts kicked out of the dugout and began to protest. Vazquez got it right on purpose. Third base umpire Trip Gibson immediately ordered Roberts to leave. The referee warned the dugout of both teams to calm down.

Roberts was even more enraged and rushed to Gibson's third base. Marvin Hudson, second baseman, stopped.




Would he have been so outraged even if another player was hit? Oh my god! Screaming → Roberts rushing → leaving, LAD won 4 consecutive games
Tani Shohei is in pain after bending his head back shortly after being hit in the right thigh by San Diego starter Randy Vazquez's fastball in the bottom of the third inning. AFP Yonhap News
Would he have been so outraged even if another player was hit? Oh my god! Screaming → Roberts rushing → leaving, LAD won 4 consecutive games
Coach Dave Roberts is kicking out of the dugout to protest Marvin Hudson's second base when Shohei Ohtani was hit by a pitch. ImagesYonhap News
Roberts saw Vazquez's pitches as intentional because Fernando Tatis was hit in the back by Dodgers right-hander bullpen Lou Trivino's fastball in the top of the third inning of San Diego. The argument was that 'Our sign batter was hit, so we hit the opponent's sign batter'

However, Tatis Jr. and Ohtani quietly walked to first base without any gestures or words stimulating the opponent immediately after dune. In particular, Ohtani smiled and exchanged a few words with first baseman Luis Arraez when he arrived at first base.

The tension between the two teams was due to what happened the day before between Dodgers' Andy Farggs and San Diego's starting Dylan Shees.




In his second at-bat in the bottom of the fourth inning of the previous day, Pazs stared at the mound immediately after being hit on the left arm by Siz's 98-mile fastball. It didn't go to the bench clearing stage, but Pazs stared at Siz with an expression that he got it right on purpose, and Siz denied it with open arms, saying he was nitpicking for no reason.

After the game, Pazs acknowledged that his actions were excessive, but insisted that Siz's dune contained intentions. In other words, San Diego misunderstood that he had hit a double in the bottom of the third inning, stole the signature and delivered it to the batter, and thought he had intentionally hit it.

San Diego's leader, Manny Machado, responded, `If we were determined to get it right, how many superstars are there in the Dodgers. There are many stars we can guess. This and that can happen in an overheated atmosphere between rivals"Pahes is having a very happy season. I'm rooting for him, but this is just part of the game. It doesn't mean much.

Coincidentally, Pazs responded to Machado's praise by hitting his 14th and 15th home runs of the season with consecutive at-bats in the second and fourth innings of the day.

Vazquez, who hit Ohtani after the game, said "Throwing the body ball was part of our pitching plan, and it was just that. It wasn't a ball with any intention on purpose."

Would he have been so outraged even if another player was hit? Oh my god! Screaming → Roberts rushing → leaving, LAD won 4 consecutive games
Roberts is protesting Marvin Hudson's second base. AP Yonhap News
On the other hand, Roberts said, `Otani was intentionally hit. "I will leave the judgment to Ohtani because I got Ohtani's leg right" but "I didn't throw it wrong. It definitely felt like I threw it on purpose. Of course it's part of the game. I understand."

It is the first time this season that Roberts has been sent off and the 13th in his career. It is very unusual to be sent off after protesting roughly over empty-ball dunes, not a referee's decision. This means that he cares about Ohtani that much.

After Roberts left the bench, the Dodgers turned the tables and won the game. The Dodgers, who tied the game 3-3 with a solo home run by Farggs in the bottom of the fourth inning, scored five points in a large number of six hits, including Will Smith's two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning, widening the gap to 8-3.

In the end, the Dodgers, which won 8-6, won four consecutive games, marking 45 wins and 29 losses, firmly maintaining their lead in the NL West.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.