If there was a doubt how much 14-11 victory on Friday evening was for the Dodgers of Los Angeles on Arizona Diamondbacks,, Shohei OhtaniThe reaction to hit a three -point Homer was clearly clearly.
Through all the impressive exploits that Ohtani has accomplished during his eight MLB seasons – recruit of the year of the American league, three MVP prizes, hitting and successfully tanning, the first season of the 50-50 baseball – he was a humble superstar. He showed little emotion after great moments, apart from recognizing and celebrating with his teammates.
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However, as soon as he contacted a low -thrown separator and inside Ryan ThompsonLaunching the ball in the right field seats, Ohtani turned his bat and lifted his two arms into jubilation. He knew it was a great moment and showed it.
“Sho continues to put yourself in these places that you expect from the incredible, and he rarely disappoints,” Max MUNCY said after the match, via mlb.com. “And it's no different there.”
Shohei Ohtani celebrates his three-point home run that gave the Los Angeles Dodgers an advance of 14-11 on the Diamondbacks of Arizona on May 9, 2025, in Phoenix. (Photo / Darryl webb)
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The D-Backs could have walked Ohtani to load the bases, but the manager Torey Lovullo has chosen to launch him instead. After the game, he criticized the choice of pitch rather than the strategy.
While Ohtani rounds up the basics, he hit his hands and pumped his fist after hitting the major blow in a wild game that presented four sleeves with four or more marked points. The D-Backs took an advance of 3-1 in the first round, but the Dodgers scored five in third to go to the top, 8-3. Arizona equaled the match at 8-8 with four points in the fifth, then took an 11-8 advance in the eighth on the circuits from the Home Runs from Ketel Mars And Randal Grichuk.
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The Dodgers began their ninth rally with four consecutive strokes against Kevin Ginkelincluding the double RBI by Andy pages And Enrique HernándezFollowed by a simple RBI of Muncy which equaled the scoring at 11-11. Ginkel struck James OutmanBut hit Michael Comfort With a pitch to set up the heroism of Ohtani.
The Dodgers manager, Dave Roberts, tried to put Ohtani's talent in perspective, comparing him to a former teammate who was great of all time in baseball.
“Between him and Barry Bonds, these are the two best players I have ever seen,” Roberts said. “I played with Barry. But what Shohei does in the clutch – I have never seen anything as he does in the clutch.”
Tanner Scott launched a ninth 1-2-3 to close the victory of the Dodgers. With the victory, Los Angeles improved at 26-13 and stayed in first place in the NL West, a match in front of the San Diego Padres. The D-Backs fell to 20-19, six games behind the Dodgers for the fourth place in the division.
