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07/01 23:42 CDT Ohtani reaches 30 homers for 5th straight season as Yamamoto
and the Dodgers beat the White Sox 6-1
Ohtani reaches 30 homers for 5th straight season as Yamamoto and the Dodgers
beat the White Sox 6-1
By BETH HARRIS
AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) --- Shohei Ohtani reached 30 homers for the fifth straight
season, hitting a fourth-inning drive after fouling a pitch off the plate
umpire, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago White Sox 6-1 on Tuesday
night.
Ohtani fouled the ball off Alan Porter's right knee in the fourth. Ohtani
checked on the umpire and stood by watching until Parker got up under his own
power. The three-time MVP then hit a 408-foot shot to center, snapping an
0-for-6 skid and extending the lead to 6-1.
Ohtani walked over and checked on Porter again during the seventh-inning
stretch before leading off.
Los Angeles scored its most runs this season in support of Yoshinobu Yamamoto
(8-6), staking the Japanese right-hander to a 4-0 lead in the first inning. The
Dodgers won for the 13th time in 16 games and opened a season-high, eight-game
NL West lead.
Every run in the game was scored with two outs.
Yamamoto allowed one run and three hits in seven innings, struck out eight and
walked one.
White Sox rookie Shane Smith (3-6) got two quick outs in the first before
walking Will Smith and Max Muncy back-to-back. Teoscar Hernndez followed with
a RBI single, Andy Pages hit a run-scoring double and Michael Conforto a
two-run single.
Chicago's lone run came on Lenyn Sosa's RBI single in the third.
Key moment Ohtani joined Seattle's Cal Raleigh (33) and Aaron Judge of the Yankees (30) as players with at least 30 homers by the All-Star break.
Key stat The Dodgers had been averaging just 2 1/2 runs of support for Yamamoto.
Up next White Sox RHP Sean Burke (4-7, 4.22 ERA) makes his first career start against the Dodgers on Wednesday. Los Angeles LHP Clayton Kershaw (4-0, 3.03) is three strikeouts from reaching 3,000 in his 18-year career. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
Key moment Ohtani joined Seattle's Cal Raleigh (33) and Aaron Judge of the Yankees (30) as players with at least 30 homers by the All-Star break.
Key stat The Dodgers had been averaging just 2 1/2 runs of support for Yamamoto.
Up next White Sox RHP Sean Burke (4-7, 4.22 ERA) makes his first career start against the Dodgers on Wednesday. Los Angeles LHP Clayton Kershaw (4-0, 3.03) is three strikeouts from reaching 3,000 in his 18-year career. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
