Athletics at Los Angeles Dodgers

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Athletics

22-22, 14-9 Away

Final
2 - 19

Los Angeles Dodgers

29-15, 17-4 Home

Ohtani homers twice and drives in 6 runs on his bobblehead night in Dodgers' 19-2 rout of Athletics

Shohei Ohtani goes yard twice as Dodgers thrash A's

After losing the opener 11-1, the Dodgers outscored the Athletics 28-5 over the final two games while improving to 17-4 at home, best in the majors. The 19 runs are their most ever against an American League opponent.

The Dodgers batted around in the third, when Hyeseong Kim singled in a run, Ohtani went deep to left-center and Andy Pages added a 416-foot, three-run shot with two outs for a 13-2 lead.

Ohtani tied Aaron Judge and Kyle Schwarber for the major league home run lead with his 15th in the fourth, a two-run, 418-foot blast to center for the 20th multi-homer game of his career.

Ohtani drove in one of the Dodgers' three runs with a sacrifice fly in the second. They scored three runs in the first, highlighted by Max Muncy's two-run homer. They tacked on another three runs in the eighth.

Kim reached base five times, twice via walk, and scored three runs.

Justin Wrobleski (1-1) got the win.

The Athletics had just three hits, including Max Schuemann's homer, and only one after the second inning.

Key moment Ohtani struck out swinging on an 89-mph fastball from A's backup catcher Jhonny Pereda in the eighth. The A's saved the ball for Pereda, who was pitching for the third time this season.

Key stats Ohtani has nine homers in his last 15 games and he leads the majors with 48 runs. ... Every Dodgers starter had at least one hit.

Up next LH JP Sears (4-2, 2.80 ERA) starts for the Athletics on Friday at San Francisco. RH Dustin May (1-3, 4.13) starts the Dodgers' series opener against the Los Angeles Angels.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Pereda grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Brown grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Soderstrom struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Taylor grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Rojas out at third.
	8th Inning	Muncy hit sacrifice fly to center, Kim scored.
	8th Inning	E. Hernández walked, Rojas to second.

Statistics

ATH		LAD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	12
7	Strikeouts	6
2	Runs Batted In	19
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
3	Hits	18
0	Stolen Bases	2
3	Walks	8
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	19
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	2
28	At Bats	40
1	Home Runs	5
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
7	Fly Balls	24
0	Caught Stealing	0
127	Pitches	192
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
7	Total Bases	35
31	Plate Appearances	50
162.0	Projected Home Runs	810.0
2	Extra Base Hits	7
0.4	Runs Created	16.4
.107	Batting Average	.450
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.250	Slugging Percentage	.875
.250	Secondary Average	.675
.194	On Base Percentage	.520
.444	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.395
2.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
0.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	18.4
16.0	Batter Rating	115.0
28.0	At Bats Per Home Run	8.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.10	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.84
.143	Isolated Power	.425
0.43	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.33
.097	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.160
.143	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.225
4.0	Runs Produced	38.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.9
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.4
65.8	MLB Rating	146.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0