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05/05 20:42 CDT Ohtani and Freeman homer off Alcntara as Dodgers beat Marlins
7-4
Ohtani and Freeman homer off Alcntara as Dodgers beat Marlins 7-4
MIAMI (AP) --- Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman homered and the Los Angeles
Dodgers roughed up Sandy Alcntara again for a 7-4 win over the Miami Marlins
on Monday night.
Mookie Betts and Teoscar Hernndez each had two hits for the Dodgers, who have
won eight of nine and began a 10-game road trip. Hernndez left in the fourth
because of tightness in his left hamstring.
In his first major league start, Los Angeles' Hyeseong Kim had two hits and
drove in a run.
Alcntara (2-4) gave up five runs and six hits in five innings six days after
the 2022 NL Cy Young Award winner was tagged for seven runs and seven hits in 2
2/3 innings against the defending World Series champions.
The Dodgers struck quickly against Alcntara on Hernndez's RBI double in the
first.
Freeman made it 3-0 with a two-run drive in the third. The 402-foot blast over
the wall in center was Freeman's 41st career homer against Miami, tying him for
first by a Marlins opponent with Ryan Howard and Ryan Zimmerman.
Ohtani padded the lead with his two-run blast over the wall in right-center
that had an exit velocity of 117.9 mph.
Ben Casparius (4-0) relieved Dodgers opener Jack Dreyer with one out in the
second and scattered one run over four innings for the win.
Rookie Agustin Ramirez hit a three-run homer off Dodgers' reliever Yoendrys
Gmez in the eighth that cut the Marlins' deficit to 7-4. Tanner Scott relieved
Gmez and got the last two outs in the eighth before Kirby Yates closed for his
first save.
Key moment Kim singled to lead off the fifth for his first major league hit and scored on Ohtani's homer.
Key stat Ohtani tied Hernndez for the club lead in homers with nine. He now has gone deep four times at loanDepot Park in his last two games, following his three-homer performance last Sept. 19, when the star slugger became the first player to reach 50 home runs and 50 steals in a season.
Up next
RHP Tony Gonsolin (1-0, 4.50 ERA) will start for the Dodgers on Tuesday, while the Marlins will go with RHP Cal Quantrill (2-3, 8.10). --- AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
Key moment Kim singled to lead off the fifth for his first major league hit and scored on Ohtani's homer.
Key stat Ohtani tied Hernndez for the club lead in homers with nine. He now has gone deep four times at loanDepot Park in his last two games, following his three-homer performance last Sept. 19, when the star slugger became the first player to reach 50 home runs and 50 steals in a season.
Up next
RHP Tony Gonsolin (1-0, 4.50 ERA) will start for the Dodgers on Tuesday, while the Marlins will go with RHP Cal Quantrill (2-3, 8.10). --- AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
