Shohei Ohtani had two hits and raised his common to .310 as he tried to surpass batting chief Luis Arraez and turn into the National League’s first Triple Crown winner since 1937, serving to the playoff-bound Los Angeles Dodgers to beat the Colorado Rockies 13-2 on Saturday night time.
Ohtani went 2-for-5 and completed 4 runs behind Arraez, who had an off night time from San Diego and is hitting .314 on the ultimate day of the common season.
Ohtani leads the NL with 54 homers and 130 RBI. The final winner of the NL Triple Crown was Joe Medwick of the 1937 St. Louis Cardinals. The final to perform the feat within the main leagues was Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera in 2012.
Additionally, Ohtani stole his 58th base in a season wherein he grew to become the primary 50-50 participant.
Teoscar Hernández and Kike Hernández every hit three homers for Los Angeles, which scored not less than 11 runs in consecutive video games for the primary time since July 21-22 final yr in Texas. Teoscar Hernández has 99 RBI.
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Yoshinobu Yamamato (7-2) allowed two runs and 4 hits in 5 innings, putting out six, for his first win since beating the Rockies on June 1. Yamamoto was making his fourth begin after lacking three months with a rotator cuff pressure.
The Dodgers (97-64) captured the majors’ finest report and home-field benefit all postseason when Philadelphia misplaced at Washington final Saturday.
Ohtani singled within the first, grounded out within the second, walked and scored within the fifth and singled within the fifth. He flew out within the seventh and grounded out within the ninth.
Kike Hernández, who completed with three hits, hit a 430-foot homer within the second inning off Antonio Senzatela (0-1) for a 4-1 lead. Teoscar Hernández’s career-high thirty third homer within the fifth made it 8-2.
Ezequiel Tovar hit his team-leading twenty sixth dwelling run for Colorado (61-100), which reached the century mark in losses for the second straight season.
Charlie Blackmon, who will retire Sunday after 14 years within the majors, all with the Rockies, was 1-for-4 and scored one run.
