Furious Ohtani 4748 gun consecutive at-bats explosion! A humiliating upset the day before, LAD 52 BAL
Sep 08, 2025
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Ohtani led the Baltimore Orioles to a 5-2 victory on the 8th (Korea Standard Time) by scoring two hits, three walks and two runs from two times at bat, including two home runs.
The Dodgers, which lost five consecutive games from the Pittsburgh Pirates match to the Baltimore match the day before on the 3rd, finished the six consecutive away games with 1 win and 5 losses and marked 79 wins and 64 losses. The Dodgers were shocked by the 3-4 walk-off loss against Baltimore the previous day after Yoshinobu Yamamoto continued his no-hitter pitching until the second out in the ninth inning and went down with a home run by Jackson Holiday.
The Dodgers plan to meet the Colorado Rockies, the lowest overall, at Dodger Stadium from the 9th to the 11th and make a last-minute spurt to go straight to the Division Series.
The Philadelphia Phillies (83-60), the No. 1 player in the NL East, knelt 4-5 against the Miami Marlins on the day, narrowing their gap with the No. 1 Dodgers in the NL West to four games. Among the top three teams in each district, the first and second places will go straight to the division series, with Milwaukee Brewers (89-55) and Philadelphia, the top players in the Central Division in the NL, currently leading the way.
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Kershaw pitched well without allowing a run until the fifth inning and was replaced by Gunner Henderson after two outs in the sixth inning with a 4-0 lead, and a double by Elmanuel Rivera. Eduardo Rodriguez, who took the mound, then gave up a double to Alex Jackson and was chased 2-4, increasing Kershaw's run to two.
Kershaw, who has posted double-digit wins in two years since 2023 (13 wins and five losses), added eight strikeouts to mark a career-high 3037 strikeouts, trailing John Smoltz (3084), ranked 19th in this category, with 47.
The Dodgers offense was Ohtani's 'one-man show'. Ohtani, who entered the batter's box for the first time as a designated hitter for the leadoff, hit a solo home run in the middle of the month and scored the first run.
Baltimore Japanese right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano hit a high 94.4-mile fastball on the second pitch to well over the middle fence. The ball, which flew to the line drive at an angle of 23 degrees and 109.8 miles, fell 411 feet into the middle of the right outfield seats.
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In the most leadoff home runs in a season, Ohtani tied for third with five others after Kyle Schwarber (15) of the Philadelphia Phillies in 2024 and Alfonso Soriano (13) of the New York Yankees in 2003.
Ohtani hit another home run as a leadoff hitter in the third inning with a 1-0 lead. This time, Sugano's second pitch, a 94.9-mile fastball, hit a two-ball to a place similar to a home run in the first inning. The shooting angle is 27 degrees, the batting speed is 108.2 miles, and the distance is 399 feet. The multi-homer game is Ohtani's fourth in this season and 23rd in his career.
Ohtani, who hit his 47th and 48th home runs of the season, trailed NL leader Schwarber (49) by one. Schwarber went 1 for 4 against Miami on the same day without a home run.
Ohtani has walked all three times since then, recording a 100% on-base percentage on the day. As a result, Ohtani ranked first in both leagues in points (127), long balls (76) and Ruta (331), and ranked first in NL in slugging percentage (0.612) and OPS (1.001).
Meanwhile, Kim Hye-sung started as second baseman at No. 7, recording one hit in four at-bats. In the top of the fourth inning, Kim Hye-sung hit an infield hit that hit Sugano's 84.7-mile outside sweeper with no outs, hitting the pitcher and running back, and the game was briefly suspended when a one-bound hit hit Sugano's right foot at 95.8 miles. In the end, Sugano was helped down the mound by a trainer. Sugano lost the game with seven hits and four runs in three innings, recording 10-8 losses and an ERA of 4.57.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
