Finale cannon to rival, now see you in fall baseball! Ohtani NL co-leader LAD 9 wins and 4 losses SD

Aug 25, 2025

Finale cannon to rival, now see you in fall baseball! Ohtani NL co-leader LAD 9 wins and 4 losses SD
LA Dodgers Shohei Ohtani hits a solo home run in the top of the ninth inning against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park on the 25th (Korea time). AP Yonhap News



Finale cannon to rival, now see you in fall baseball! Ohtani NL co-leader LAD 9 wins and 4 losses SD
Shohei Ohtani, who is circling the base with an orson raised after hitting his 45th home run of the season in the top of the ninth inning. AFP Yonhap News
Finale cannon to rival, now see you in fall baseball! Ohtani NL co-leader LAD 9 wins and 4 losses SD
Tani Shohei and Freddie Freeman are encouraging each other after winning. ImagesYonhap News
LA Dodgers Shohei Ohtani is back in the lead in home runs. The Dodgers also reemerged as a joint leader in the district by winning the final game of the season against their rivals.

Ohtani scored one hit, one walk, one RBI and two runs from four times at bat, including a home run, in the last of three consecutive away games against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park on the 25th (Korea time).

Ohtani marked 45 home runs this season and tied for first in the NL in this category. Philadelphia Phillies Kyle Schwarber went 0-for-2 without a home run against the Washington Nationals on the same day. Ohtani's home run came in his last at-bat.




Ohtani, who entered the fifth batter's box after one out in the top of the ninth inning with a 7-2 lead, pulled a 94.1 mile fastball that flew to the high center of the fifth pitch against left-hander Yuki Matsui on the ball count 1B2S and crossed the right-center fence well. The 45th arch of the season, 28 degrees of launch angle, 108.9 miles of batting speed and 408 feet of flying distance.

It is the first time in five days that Ohtani hit a home run since the Colorado Rockies match at Coors Field on the 20th. It is the first hit in the three consecutive games against San Diego and the first home run against Matsui in his 10th at-bat.

Finale cannon to rival, now see you in fall baseball! Ohtani NL co-leader LAD 9 wins and 4 losses SD
Tani Shohei hit his 45th home run of the season. Photo = MLB.TV Capture
On this day, Seattle Mariners Cal Raleigh, the leader in home runs in both leagues, hit his 48th and 49th cannons of the season in a row, setting a record for the most catchers in a season in Major League history. The gap with Ohtani widened to four.




With this, Ohtani recorded a batting average of 0.280 (139 hits in 496 at-bats), 45 homers, 84 RBIs, 122 runs, 87 walks, 154 strikeouts, 17 steals, 0.389 on-base percentage, 0.619 slugging percentage, and 1.008 OPS. Scoring and Ruta (307) are still No. 1 overall, tied for No. 1 in home runs in the NL, and No. 1 in slugging percentage and OPS.

This day's game is the final 13th game between the two teams this season. The Dodgers, who knelt on their knees for the past 23-24 days in a row, won 8-2 thanks to the explosive lineup, and tied San Diego for first place in the NL West with 74 wins and 57 losses. In addition, the Dodgers finished their showdown with San Diego this year with an overwhelming advantage of 9 wins and 4 losses, giving them priority when tying wins and losses, and they will have a home advantage if they meet in the postseason.

Finale cannon to rival, now see you in fall baseball! Ohtani NL co-leader LAD 9 wins and 4 losses SD
San Diego left-hander Yuki Matsui touches his hat after losing a home run to Ohtani in the ninth inning. ImagesYonhap News
Finale cannon to rival, now see you in fall baseball! Ohtani NL co-leader LAD 9 wins and 4 losses SD
LA Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitches strongly in the bottom of the first inning. AP Yonhap News
Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto became the winning pitcher by allowing four hits, two walks, six strikeouts and two runs in six innings. Yamamoto, who added a win in three games after the Tampa Bay Rays on the 4th, had an 11-8 record and a 2.90 ERA.

Freddie Freeman led the lineup with two hits, three RBIs and two runs in four at-bats, including two homers. Freeman is the hottest hitter with Ohtani in the Dodgers with a .325 batting average, seven homers, 19 RBIs, 14 runs scored and an OPS of 1.028 in 22 games in August.

The Dodgers scored the first run in the top of the first inning with a sacrifice fly by Teoscar Hernandez with no outs, but Yamamoto was overturned 1-2 in the bottom of the third inning when he was hit by San Diego's Elias Diaz with a two-run shot to the left.

However, Freeman hit a 94.2 mile fastball in the middle of San Diego starter Nick Pivetta with one out in the top of the sixth inning to tie the score 2-2. The Dodgers then sealed the game with Freeman's two-run shot with two outs and a runner on first and second bases with one out in the top of the seventh inning after Dalton Rushing fired a three-run shot to right-center to turn the tide 5-2.

Ohtani's home run in the ninth inning is the season finale cannon and postseason declaration to the San Diego Padres.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.