Los Angeles Dodgers at Cleveland Guardians

· Major League Baseball

Los Angeles Dodgers

33-21, 14-13 Away

Final
7 - 2

Cleveland Guardians

29-24, 14-9 Home

Shohei Ohtani's leadoff homer powers Dodgers to 7-2 win over Guardians

Freddie Freeman drives in an insurance run for Dodgers

Will Smith also went deep for the Dodgers, who bounced back after dropping two of three games in New York to the Mets.

Los Angeles' first five hitters accounted for seven of its eight hits.

Ohtani didn't waste any time in hitting his major league-leading 19th homer of the season. He drove a low, inside fastball from Gavin Williams (4-3) on the first pitch into the right-field stands. It was the second time this year he went deep on the first pitch.

It was Ohtani’s fifth leadoff homer this season and 17th since arriving in the majors from Japan in 2018. It is the first time he has had 19 home runs in the majors before June 1.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto (6-3) allowed two runs in six innings and struck out seven. The Japanese right-hander has a 1.97 ERA, which ranks sixth in the majors.

Key moment The Dodgers got a pair of insurance runs in the fifth on Teoscar Hernández's RBI single and Max Muncy's sacrifice fly.

Key stat Cleveland's José Ramírez extended his hitting streak to a career-high 19 games with a pair of doubles. He is batting .387 (29 for 75) with 12 extra-base hits and 11 RBI during that span.

Up next Los Angeles RHP Dustin May (2-4, 4.09 ERA) faces Cleveland RHP Tanner Bibee (4-4, 3.57 ERA) in the middle game of the series.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Jones grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Arias to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Jones hit for Wilson
	9th Inning	Martínez popped out to second.
	9th Inning	Arias reached on infield single to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Schneemann lined out to shortstop.

Statistics

LAD		CLE
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	11
8	Strikeouts	8
7	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
8	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	0
8	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	32
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	3
18	Fly Balls	14
1	Caught Stealing	0
177	Pitches	145
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
14	Total Bases	9
42	Plate Appearances	36
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
5.8	Runs Created	2.0
.242	Batting Average	.188
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.424	Slugging Percentage	.281
.394	Secondary Average	.188
.381	On Base Percentage	.257
.805	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.538
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
5.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.9
42.0	Batter Rating	20.0
16.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.21	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.03
.182	Isolated Power	.094
1.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.38
.190	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.083
.152	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
14.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
88.8	MLB Rating	70.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0