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Dodgers Score Nine Runs in First Inning to Defeat Angels 9-2
Shohei Ohtani hit his 11th home run as the Dodgers scored nine times in the opening inning against the Angels at Uniqlo Field on June 6.
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The Dodgers scored nine runs in the first inning and defeated the Angels 9-2 at Uniqlo Field on June 6. Shohei Ohtani led off the inning with an infield hit and later hit a two-run home run, his 11th of the season. Andy Pages followed with a two-run home run.
Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts and Max Muncy hit consecutive singles. Ryan Ward, a 28-year-old rookie, doubled to score Freeman and Betts. Jack Kochanowicz retired only one of the eight batters he faced.
He struck out Alex Call but walked Dalton Rushing, prompting manager Kurt Suzuki to remove him during the inning. Suter entered and induced a grounder from Alex Freeland to shortstop. Zach Neto threw the ball into right field, allowing three runs to score.
Two additional runs scored on Ohtani's home run. Oswald Peraza hit a run-scoring triple for the Angels in the top of the first. Wade Meckler reached base on a two-out bunt single that inning. Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched eight innings and did not allow any runs or hits over the final seven frames after the first.
66 earned-run average over his last four starts. The Angels committed two errors. Donovan Walton made an errant throw in the second inning.
5-game lead over the Diamondbacks, who lost to the Nationals 6-1. The last time the Dodgers scored nine runs in an inning was July 2, 2021, in the seventh inning of a 10-5 win over the Nationals. 72 ERA).
