It wasn't Betts for no reason! Ohtani's pious standing ovation 3 consecutive games sweep LAD, SD is no match for him
Aug 18, 2025
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The Los Angeles Dodgers swept three consecutive home games against the San Diego Padres, the biggest rival in the NL West lead fight.
The Dodgers won the game against San Diego at Dodger Stadium on the 18th (Korea time) thanks to Mookie Betts' winning home run.
I'm going to take all three games in a rowJuss had 71 wins and 53 losses and widened the gap with San Diego (69 wins and 55 losses), the second-ranked team in the world, to two games. Ahead of the three consecutive games, the team was in second place, trailing San Diego by one game due to its four consecutive losses.
In particular, the Dodgers continued to have an absolute advantage of 8 wins and 2 losses in 10 showdowns with San Diego this season. The two teams will face off for the last time this season at Petco Park from the 23rd to the 25th, and it is expected to be the last chance for San Diego to catch up with the Dodgers.
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Freddie Freeman hit a 95.5-mile four-seam fastball that flew into the middle of San Diego starter Darvish Yu's third pitch, leading to a three-run shot in the middle of the center, with one out and one on the first and second bases made by the lead, Shohei Ohtani's right-handed hit and Betts' walk. The ball, which flew at an angle of 31 degrees and 103.9 miles, fell 422 feet over the right fence from the center of Dodger Stadium. Freeman's 15th home run of the season.
The Dodgers then pulled a splitter that fell to the low course in Darvish's 5th 85.8 miles after Andy Paz hit two fouls in a row on the two-strike after one out and well over the left fence. With an angle of launch of 27 degrees, a batting speed of 101.6 miles and a driving distance of 385 feet, the 20th home run of the season by the Pazs.
But San Diego's chase was not easy. In the top of the third inning, trailing 0-4, Fernando Tanis Jr., a one-out third baseman, hit a double to right-center to recover one run.
In the fifth inning, leadoff hitter Ramon Lauriano shot a solo shot to the right-center to add one point, and Ryan Oh-heon scored a double to the right in the sixth inning with one out and second base to narrow the gap to 3-4.
San Diego tied the game in the top of the eighth inning by beating the Dodgers bullpen, which had increased anxiety. A one-out, second-and-third-base chance made by leading Xander Bogaerts' dune, a left-center double by Loriano after one. The Dodgers lowered Alexis Diaz and put closer Alex Bessia on the mound. However, Jose Iglesias brought in Bogaerts, the third baseman, with a groundout to shortstop to tie the score 4-4.
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It is the first time in nine days that Betts hit a home run since his two-run shot to left in the bottom of the fifth inning against Max Scherzer, trailing 0-1 against the Toronto Blue Jays on the 9th. It was also the winning home run at the time.
Betts, who survived eight consecutive hits from the St. Louis Cardinals on the 6th to the Los Angeles Angels on the 14th, was silent in the first two games of the three consecutive games against San Diego, but he revived his hitting sense by hitting a decisive cannon on the day.
When Betts' ball flew wide, Shohei Ohtani, who was watching the game at the end of the third base dugout, jumped up, defended his right hand and was sure of a home run, and when the ball went over the fence, he reverently applauded Betts around the base and expressed his delight.
After hitting the right-handed hit in his first at-bat in the bottom of the first inning, Ohtani homered on Freeman's home run and scored one hit and one run from four times at bat, helping him win. 118 points for the season.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
