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Shohei Ohtani (32, LA Dodgers) showed off his presence by drawing his fifth arch of the season. Kim Hye-sung (27) was unfortunately silent with no hits in two at-bats, and was eventually replaced by a chancellor substitute.
The Los Angeles Dodgers lost 2-5 to the Texas Rangers at Uniqlo Field at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California on the 13th (Korea time).
Ohtani, who started as the first designated hitter on the day, hit a leadoff home run in the bottom of the first inning for two consecutive games. Ohtani's performance on the day was one hit in three at-bats (one home run), two walks, one RBI and one run.
After the game, Ohtani's batting performance this season was 0.286 (16 hits in 56 at-bats) with five home runs and a double, 10 RBIs and nine runs, 13 walks and 18 strikeouts, a .425 on-base percentage, a 0.571 on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) of 0.996 in 15 games.
Loki Sasaki took the mound as the starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The batting order was in the order of Shohei Ohtani (designated hitter), Kyle Tucker (right fielder), Andy Farggs (center fielder), Freddie Freeman (first baseman), Max Muncy (third baseman), Alex Freeland (second baseman), Dalton Rushing (catcher), Alex Cole (left fielder), and Kim Hye-sung (striker).
In response, Texas put Jacob deGrom (pitcher) as its starter. Brandon Nimmo (right fielder), Evan Carter (center fielder), Corey Seager (striker), Jake Berger (first baseman), Jak Pederson (designated hitter), Danny Jansen (catcher), Josh Smith (second baseman), Josh Young (third baseman), and Ezekiel Duran (left fielder).
Ohtani appeared as the leadoff hitter in the bottom of the first inning when both teams were 0-0 and drew a solo arch over the right fence through deGrom's first pitch. With this home run, Ohtani got on base for 46 consecutive games. Ohtani is walking toward another milestone.
Ohtani hit a home run in the first inning and walked in the third inning to succeed in multi-base hits. However, he swallowed his disappointment by stepping down with an infield fly ball in the seventh inning and a strikeout in the ninth inning, respectively.
Dodgers starter Sasaki shook in the third inning and allowed a turnaround. In the top of the third inning, Texas' leadoff hitter Carter hit a superior tying solo shot. Then, with two outs and two outs, Pederson's right-handed hit, wild pitch, and Jansen's straight walk gave him a chance to hit the first and second bases with no outs, and Smith hit a timely hit to the right.
Texas ran 3-1 in the top of the sixth inning when Nemo hit a ground ball to the first base with no outs and runners on the first and third bases.
The Dodgers recovered a run in the bottom of the seventh inning. After leadoff hitter Rushing got on base with a double on the right-field line, Cole stepped down with a fly ball to shortstop. Dodgers' bench hit Miguel Rojas as pinch hitter in the next Kim Hye-sung's at-bat. Rojas drew a straight walk. Ohtani then hit a fly ball to shortstop, but Tucker hit a timely hit to the right and chased again 3-2.
In the end, however, Texas added two more runs in the top of the eighth inning to seal the victory. After leading hitter Young's hit to the right and Duran's walk, Nemo scored a timely hit to the middle field after taking a chance on the first and second bases with no outs. Carter then stepped down with a straight hit to shortstop, but Duran, the third baseman, scored and ran away 5-2 taking advantage of the opponent's wild pitch during the subsequent Seager at-bat. In the end, the winner was Texas.
Kim Hye-sung struck out a rookie in the bottom of the third inning with no outs and no outs. At ball count 2-2, he couldn't get a bat on deGrom's low slider. Kim Hye-sung, who thought it was a ball, immediately applied for the challenge. However, the reading showed that it was over John, and he eventually struck out. In the fifth inning with one out and a runner on the first base, he also faced deGrom and hit a ground ball in front of the pitcher. Kim Hye-sung played 1 hit, 1 walk, and 1 stolen base in 3 at-bats in the game the previous day (12th), but unfortunately failed to continue the trend.
Kim Hye-sung has a batting average of 0.308 (4 hits in 13 at-bats) with one double, one RBI, three runs, five strikeouts on three walks, a on-base percentage of 0.412 and a slugging percentage of 0.385 and OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage) of 0.708 in six games this season.
Dodgers starter Sasaki took his second loss of the season, shaking with five hits (one homer) and five walks with six strikeouts and two runs in four innings. Sasaki has yet to win this season.
The Dodgers ended their winning streak at '2. The Dodgers maintained their lead in the National League West with 11 wins and 4 losses. The San Diego Padres (10 wins and 6 losses), who are ranked second in the same district, have 1.5 games out of 2.5 games. San Diego beat the Colorado Rockies again on the day, winning its fifth consecutive game. Now, the Dodgers will play a three-game series against the New York Mets from the 14th. Ohtani is scheduled to start on the 16th.
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