Dodgers' Dramatic 8-0 Start Continues with Ohtani's Walk-off

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00:00The reigning World Series champs, the Dodgers,

00:02who entered this year as a very short favorite

00:05to go back-to-back, with a roster that looks

00:08like an all-star team, both in the starting staff

00:10and, of course, in the batting order, one through nine,

00:13living up to that expectation to begin DRS.

00:16Now, a perfect eight-and-oh start.

00:20But yesterday was some late-game drama

00:22and a rally to accomplish just that.

00:25Six to five, the victory for LA over the Atlanta Braves.

00:29The Dodgers were booked as nearly a $2.50 Moneyline

00:32favorite at home, but they got off to a 5-0 deficit.

00:36The Atlanta Braves had scored five runs in the first two

00:39innings to lead 5-zip.

00:41The Dodgers then started their rally,

00:43which led us to the bottom of the ninth,

00:45a tied game at 5-all.

00:47Shohei Otani at the dish and Shohei Otani over the wall.

00:51A walk-off home run to deliver the Dodgers a perfect start

00:55continuing now at eight-and-oh.

00:59Yeah, it's pretty incredible, and it's understandable

01:02because the excitement around the Dodgers

01:04was they're building a team that looks like

01:05you're not gonna be able to beat them

01:06on a day-to-day basis.

01:08Now they sit in an oh, and it's eight-and-oh,

01:10and it's starting to prove true.

01:11But also yesterday, these are the scary times.

01:13Like, for you, the Braves, you are just looking

01:15for any break that you can get

01:17knowing you're a quality baseball team.

01:19Let's just get that one win

01:20and we can move forward with our season.

01:22You jump out to a 5-0 lead where the Dodgers

01:25gave you that one error upon error upon error.

01:27Like, all right, 5-0.

01:29Maybe we tack on one or two late in this game

01:31and we'll walk away with a victory.

01:32Well, I see this a lot as the Philadelphia Phillies

01:35are the ultimate hot-and-cold lineup.

01:37Five runs in the first two innings,

01:38you don't play a single run the rest of the way

01:40against one of the best lineups in baseball,

01:42and they start to chip away at that

01:44and then finally get to your bullpen late,

01:46which included Shohei Otani hitting that walk-off home run,

01:49which I needed Mookie Betts to get to the plate

01:50and get a base hit.

01:51So when I saw that pop up on my icon,

01:53I'm like, you gotta be kidding me.

01:54And then you go, no, that makes sense.

01:56It's Shohei Otani, the best player in baseball,

01:57hitting a walk-off home run.

01:59He gets an absolute flamethrower closer in his own building

02:02to dead center field.

02:03It's just what he does.

02:04But from a perspective of the Dodgers going like,

02:06doesn't matter what the score is,

02:08what the inning is, what pitcher you have,

02:09we're always gonna be the best environment

02:11and the best team here.

02:12And then you take a look at the Braves again,

02:13just looking to get a single victory

02:15with a 5-0 lead.

02:16You can't have a more demoralizing loss than that.

02:18Because coming into the game, right,

02:19we got Elder on the mound,

02:21you got Snell, one of the best pitchers in baseball.

02:23Well, if we can hang around, maybe it's a moral victory.

02:25There are no moral victories

02:26when you have a 5-0 lead

02:28and you blow the five runs and lose six to five.

02:30It's almost like a double loss

02:32in the loss column for the Braves last night.

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