Dodgers bats come alive after tough weekend
“You don’t see many guys hitting the ball (to) that part of the ballpark that far. “Fortunately I played with one here,” skipper Dave Roberts said of home run king Barry Bonds. “That was pretty impressive. That’s Barry territory.”
Earl Heath
Contributing Sports Writer
Shohei Ohtani went to “RIP CITY” with a 446-foot drive that put the Dodgers on the board first in a 10-2 rout of San Francisco.
The ball landed above the brick facade in right-center for the longest home run at Oracle Park in nearly two years — since Christian Walker connected for a 461-foot drive against Alex Cobb on Aug. 15, 2022.
“You don’t see many guys hitting the ball (to) that part of the ballpark that far. “Fortunately I played with one here,” skipper Dave Roberts said of home run king Barry Bonds. “That was pretty impressive. That’s Barry territory.”
Ohtani came within a triple of a cycle- Mookie Betts collected a triple and a single as the ‘Men in Blue’ made it two in a row over the host Giants earlier this week.
Ohtani’s 12th homer highlighted a four-run fourth inning that was capped by Gavin Lux’s RBI triple. Teoscar Hernández doubled home a run and Max Muncy hit a sacrifice fly in the inning.
Before this game the Dodgers had four triples all season long- They produced three in this game as part of a season high nine extra base hits.
Gavin Stone (4-1) extended his unbeaten streak to six games with six innings of one-run ball, scattering 5 hits striking out 2 helping the Dodgers win for the 10th time in their last 12 games. The rookie has gone at least six innings in his last five starts.
“He’s dependable,” said Roberts in a post-game press conference. As a manager you want all your players to be dependable when they go out and play. He’s on a nice run right now and I think that’s who he is.
Before heading to San Francisco the DODGERS lost two of three to San Diego. In the win Teoscar Hernández hit a grand slam, James Paxton tossed six scoreless innings to remain undefeated and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Diego Padres 5-0.
Freddie Freeman hit a solo homer for the Dodgers, who have won eight of their last nine games.
Paxton (5-0) was masterful while allowing four hits with four strikeouts and no walks in the win.
“James was good again. All of his pitches were working,” Roberts said. “He was on the attack all night long. He kept them off balance.”
Los Angeles was 29-15 (at press time) have won 17 of the last 21 games and are 5-0 against the Giants. The Dodgers extended a franchise record by allowing four runs or fewer in 21 straight games.
ADD DODGERS: Jason Heyward (back) had three at-bats for Triple-A Oklahoma City at Sacramento and got through it healthy, according to Roberts. Heyward was hoping to get to the ballpark and check in with the club…. RHP Bobby Miller will throw two simulated innings in Arizona on Wednesday. He was placed on the 15-day injured list Saturday with shoulder inflammation.
