Shohei Ohtani (LA Dodgers) appeared as the first designated hitter in the 2024 Major League against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri on the 17th and recorded no hits and two strikeouts in five at-bats.
Ohtani’s batting performance has declined since August. He had five home runs in 14 games in August, but has 10 hits, 10 RBIs, four walks, 13 strikeouts and a batting average of 0.164 OPS of 0.671. His batting average for this season also fell to 0.291 OPS of 0.984.
Meanwhile, the Dodgers won 7-6 after a series of turnovers.
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St. Louis: Macy Wynn (striker)-Wilson Contreras (designated hitter)-Tommy Pam (left fielder)-Nolan Arenado (third baseman)-Paul Goldschmidt (first baseman)-Brendan Donovan (second baseman)-Jordan Walker (right fielder)-Pedro Farz (catcher)-Victor Scott II (centre), starting pitcher Miles Mikolas.
Dodgers: Shohei Ohtani (designated hitter), Mookie Betts (right fielder), Freddie Freeman (first baseman), Teoscar Hernandez (left fielder), Gavin Lux (second baseman), Will Smith (catcher), Miguel Rojas (striker), Kevin Kiermaier (center fielder) – Kieke Hernandez (third baseman), starting pitcher Justin Roblesky.
Ohtani, who was the leadoff hitter in the top of the first inning, continued to stage a fierce battle with Mikolas up to the 11th pitch. However, he swung and missed the 87.2 mile slider and struck out.
The Dodgers got a head start in the top of the second inning. Lux, the leadoff hitter, hit Mikolas’ changeup at 87.3 miles (about 140.4 km/h) at the first pitch to hit the ball over the central fence. Scott II, the center fielder, extended his glove, but failed to catch it. He then scored another run with a Rojas double and a timely RBI single by Kiermaier. Ohtani came out with runners on second base with two outs. However, he failed to garner a hit as the ball that flew at the speed of 106.8 miles (about 171.8 km/h) went straight into second baseman Donovan’s glove.
St. Louis Cardinals’ first batter Arenado walked in the bottom of the second inning. Goldschmidt hit Roblesky’s two-pitch four-seam fastball to hit a 94.2 mile fastball to hit the ball over the right-center fence. The score tied the game 2-2.
He turned the tables in the bottom of the third inning. With one out and no runners on base, Win pulled Roblesky’s 85-mile-per-hour cutter to hit the left fence.
Ohtani came out in the top of the fifth inning with two outs and no runners, but he stepped down with a fly ball to left field.
The St. Louis Cardinals ran away with a home run once again. In the bottom of the fifth inning, leadoff hitter Pazs drew a solo arch by hitting an 82.6 mile curveball (about 132.9 kilometers per hour) that was driven into Roblesky’s two pitches.
In the top of the sixth inning, the Dodgers came from behind. Leadoff hitter Betts hit a one-run homer to narrow the gap to one. Freeman and Teoscar Hernandez then stepped down as blunders, but Lux and Smith had back-to-back hits. Rojas hit a timely RBI single off the changed pitcher Andrew Kittridge to tie the game. Keermaier continued to draw an upset three-run arch. Then, after Kique Hernandez hit a hit, Ohtani came to the plate, but he was grounded out to shortstop.
In the bottom of the sixth inning, St. Louis also hit back. The first batter Pam walked Michael Grove, a changed pitcher. After Arenado stepped down with a straight hit to the second base, Goldschmidt walked out. Anthony Banda took the mound in relief, and Donovan hit a timely RBI single. After Walker was struck out, he even hit a timely RBI single by Pargs, narrowing the gap to one point.토토사이트 모음
Ohtani came to the batter’s box in the top of the ninth inning with one out and no runners on base. The St. Louis Cardinals took the mound with JoJo Romero. Ohtani swung and missed on a slider at 7 pitches and 85.3 kilometers (about 137.2 kilometers per hour) at 3B2S and returned to the dugout.
The Dodgers put Michael Kopech on the mound in the bottom of the ninth inning. It was their first save since moving to Dodgers. Scott II struck out, Wynn grounded out to third, and Contreras struck out to end the game.