Los Angeles Dodgers at Kansas City Royals

· Major League Baseball

Los Angeles Dodgers

52-31, 22-17 Away

Final
5 - 4

Kansas City Royals

38-44, 19-23 Home

Ohtani hits 29th homer, adds RBI triple to lead Dodgers over Royals 5-4

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Kansas City Royals: Game Highlights

Ohtani hit his major league-leading eighth leadoff homer this season, a drive off off Noah Cameron (2-4), and Max Muncy hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer for a 3-1 lead in the second.

Bobby Witt Jr.'s two-run homer against Dustin May put Kansas City ahead 4-3 in the bottom half and gave the Royals their first lead since Sunday.

Ohtani tied the score in the fifth against Cameron (2-4) with his seventh triple of the season and scored on Mookie Betts' single off Steven Cruz.

Kansas City loaded the bases with one out in the ninth against Tanner Scott on singles by Mikael Garcia and Salvador Perez around Vinnie Pacquantino's walk.

Rookie Jac Caglianone grounded to second Tommy Edman, who made a backhand flip to Betts at second, and Betts bounced his throw to Freeman. The All-Star first baseman snagged the ball as he fell to the field, giving Scott his 18th save in 23 chances.

Kansas City has lost six straight overall and 11 home games in a row.

Lou Trivino (3-0) got five outs as five Dodgers relievers combined for shutout relief of Dustin May, who gave up four runs, six hits and three walks in four innings.

Cameron (2-4) allowed five runs, three hits and three walks in four-plus innings

Perez had a run-scoring single in the first. Kyle Isbel lined an RBI double just over the outstretched glove of right fielder Teoscar Hernandez in the three-run second for the Royals, who had scored on run during a three-game series against Tampa Bay.

Key Moment Freeman, who won a Gold Glove in 2018, made the outstanding defensive play that ended the game.

Key Stat Kansas City tied its record for consecutive home losses, set from Sept. 21, 2011, to April 23, 2012, and matched from May 6 to June 4, 2013.

Up Next Ohtani (0-0, 4.50 ERA) makes his third mound appearance since elbow surgery, facing RHP Seth Lugo (4-5, 2.93 ERA) on Saturday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Caglianone grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Perez out at second.
	9th Inning	Perez singled to right, Waters to second, Garcia to third.
	9th Inning	Waters ran for Pasquantino
	9th Inning	Pasquantino walked, Garcia to second.
	9th Inning	Garcia singled to right.
	9th Inning	Witt Jr. struck out looking.

Statistics

LAD		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
9	Ground Balls	8
9	Strikeouts	7
5	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	35
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	15
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	1
0	Doubles	4
14	Fly Balls	20
0	Caught Stealing	1
144	Pitches	159
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
12	Total Bases	18
36	Plate Appearances	42
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	5
2.8	Runs Created	7.4
.125	Batting Average	.314
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.375	Slugging Percentage	.514
.375	Secondary Average	.371
.222	On Base Percentage	.429
.597	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.943
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
2.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.7
32.5	Batter Rating	39.0
16.0	At Bats Per Home Run	35.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
4.00	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.79
.250	Isolated Power	.200
0.44	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.86
.111	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.143
.250	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.057
10.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.4
76.8	MLB Rating	90.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0