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Los Angeles Dodgers at Colorado Rockies

· Major League Baseball
Los Angeles Dodgers
97-64, 45-35 Away
Final
13 - 2
Colorado Rockies
61-100, 37-43 Home

Ohtani has 2 hits to close on batting leader Arraez in Triple Crown bid as Dodgers beat Rockies 13-2

Ohtani went 2 for 5 and closed within four points of Arraez, who got a night off from San Diego and is hitting .314 going into the regular season’s final day.

Ohtani leads the NL with 54 homers and 130 RBI. The last NL Triple Crown winner was Joe Medwick of the 1937 St. Louis Cardinals. The last to achieve the feat in the major leagues was Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera in 2012.

“It’s very unlikely but I would expect Arraez to play tomorrow,” manager Dave Roberts said of Ohtani overtaking Arraez. “We’ll see if Shohei can throw out another big day.”

In addition, Ohtani stole his 58th base of a season in which he became the first 50-50 player.

Teoscar Hernández and Kike Hernández each hit three-run homers for Los Angeles, which had 18 hits and has scored at least 11 runs in consecutive games for the first time since July 21-22 last year at Texas. Teoscar Hernández has 99 RBI.

Teoscar Hernández and Ohtani can reach milestones Sunday.

“Hopefully he can get six hits like in Miami so he can at least compete and battle for the batting title and a Triple Crown,” Hernández said, thinking back to Ohtani's three-homer, 10-RBI game on Sept. 19. “For me if I get the opportunity I’m going to try my best, not only for the 100 RBI but for the run for the team.”

Yoshinobu Yamamato (7-2) allowed two runs and four hits over five innings while striking out six, earning his first win since beating the Rockies on June 1. Yamamoto was making his fourth start after missing three months with a strained rotator cuff.

The Dodgers (97-64) clinched the majors’ best record and home-field advantage throughout the postseason when Philadelphia lost at Washington earlier Saturday.

“That was important for us, and that’s why we played hard,” Hernández said.

Ohtani singled in the first, grounded out in the second, walked and scored in the fifth and singled in the fifth. He flied out in the seventh and grounded out in the ninth.

Kike Hernández, who finished with three hits, hit a 430-foot homer to center in the second inning off of Antonio Senzatela (0-1) for a 4-1 lead. Teoscar Hernández’s career-high 33rd homer in the fifth made it 8-2.

Ezequiel Tovar hit his team-leading 26th home for Colorado (61-100), which reached the century mark in losses for the second straight season.

“It is bothersome, whether it’s loss No. 1, loss No. 50, you don’t like them,” manager Bud Black said. “You’ve got to look at perspective, where we are with our team and where we’re going. That’s the bigger picture throughout all this.”

Charlie Blackmon, who will retire Sunday after 14 years in the majors, all with the Rockies, was 1 for 4 and scored a run.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Dodgers: OF Kevin Kiermaier dislocated his left ring finger while sliding into second base. The training staff popped the finger back in place, Roberts said, adding “now it's just sore.” ... 1B Freddie Freeman felt “much better,” according to Roberts. Freeman sprained his right ankle in the seventh inning of the NL West Division clincher against San Diego on Thursday night.

Rockies: OF Brenton Doyle was out of the lineup due to right knee tendinitis.

UP NEXT

Dodgers RHP Landon Knack (2-5, 3.74) starts against Rockies RHP Ryan Feltner (3-10, 4.66) in Sunday’s regular-season finale.

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Matchup Prediction

Rockies: 33.1%
Dodgers: 66.9%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning Jones struck out swinging.
9th Inning Toglia walked.
9th Inning Beck grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Tovar out at second.
9th Inning Beck hit for McMahon
9th Inning Tovar singled to right.
9th Inning E. Hernández grounded out to third.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
2 Hit By Pitch 0
0 Ground Balls 0
8 Strikeouts 10
12 Runs Batted In 2
0 Sacrifice Hit 1
18 Hits 6
3 Stolen Bases 0
9 Walks 2
0 Catcher Interference 0
13 Runs 2
0 Ground Into Double Play 3
0 Sacrifice Flies 1
42 At Bats 28
2 Home Runs 1
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
31 Runners Left On Base 8
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
4 Doubles 0
0 Fly Balls 0
0 Caught Stealing 0
200 Pitches 120
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 0
28 Total Bases 9
53 Plate Appearances 32
324.0 Projected Home Runs 162.0
6 Extra Base Hits 1
15.0 Runs Created 1.4
.429 Batting Average .214
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.667 Slugging Percentage .321
.524 Secondary Average .179
.547 On Base Percentage .258
1.214 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .579
0.0 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.0
16.9 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 1.4
85.0 Batter Rating 17.0
21.0 At Bats Per Home Run 28.0
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.77 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.75
.238 Isolated Power .107
1.13 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.20
.170 Walks Per Plate Appearance .063
.095 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average -.036
25.0 Runs Produced 4.0
0.9 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.8 Patience Ratio 0.4
0.5 Balls In Play Average 0.3
125.5 MLB Rating 71.0
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Coors Field

Location: Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 48,395 | Capacity:

2024 National League West Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Los Angeles 98 64 .605 - W5
San Diego 93 69 .574 5 L1
Arizona 89 73 .549 9 W1
San Francisco 80 82 .494 18 L1
Colorado 61 101 .377 37 L3
Full Standings