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04/11 22:56 CDT Shohei Ohtani's leadoff homer, Teoscar's 3-run shot propel
streaking Dodgers to 6-3 win over Rangers
Shohei Ohtani's leadoff homer, Teoscar's 3-run shot propel streaking Dodgers to
6-3 win over Rangers
By GREG BEACHAM
AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) --- Shohei Ohtani hit a leadoff homer and Teoscar Hernndez
followed with a three-run shot in the first inning of the Los Angeles Dodgers '
seventh victory in eight games, 6-3 over the Texas Rangers on Saturday night.
Emmet Sheehan (2-0) pitched six innings of four-hit ball with six strikeouts
for the defending World Series champion Dodgers, whose 11-3 start is the best
in the majors. Will Smith reached base four times and scored two runs.
Brandon Nimmo hit a leadoff homer, another two-run shot and a double for the
Rangers, who have lost six of nine with their back-to-back defeats at Dodger
Stadium. The rest of Texas' lineup managed just one hit, a sixth-inning single
by Josh Jung.
Sheehan excelled against almost every Texas hitter except Nimmo, who hammered
his second pitch 405 feet to dead center for the 15th leadoff homer of the
longtime Mets slugger's career.
Ohtani answered moments later with a blast to right for his first homer at
Chavez Ravine this season while also extending his on-base streak to 45 games.
The four-time MVP has four home runs in eight games after starting the season
in a six-game homer drought.
Five batters later, Hernndez brought home Smith and Freddie Freeman with a big
shot to left, his third of the season.
Jack Leiter (1-1) yielded five runs on five hits and four walks while failing
to get out of the fourth inning for Texas.
Nimmo's two-run shot in the sixth trimmed LA's lead to 5-3 and secured his
first multi-homer game for his new team.
Hernndez doubled and scored on Andy Pages' single in the eighth.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts didn't give the ninth inning to new closer Edwin
Diaz, who blew a three-run lead in Friday's victory. Blake Treinen allowed two
baserunners and got two outs before Alex Vesia struck out Danny Jansen to
secure his first save.
Up next RHP Jacob deGrom (0-0, 3.72 ERA) starts the series finale for Texas on Sunday against RHP Roki Sasaki (0-1, 7.00). ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB
Up next RHP Jacob deGrom (0-0, 3.72 ERA) starts the series finale for Texas on Sunday against RHP Roki Sasaki (0-1, 7.00). ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB
