Ohtani's Strong Performance Boosts Dodgers Against Twins

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00:00Shohei Ohtani got the start yesterday, outing number six for LA, did allow a leadoff home run

00:07to Byron Buxton against the Minnesota Twins in the top of the first, but Ohtani still pretty

00:12strong on the bump. Three innings, only a single earned run, 46 pitches and three Ks. And this is

00:18the greatness of Shohei Ohtani. He allows a leadoff homer, but then in the home half of the

00:24first, directly after Ohtani hits a two-run shot, his 35th dinger of the year, and the

00:31Dodgers never looked back. They snapped their own slide as they were swept over the weekend

00:36by Milwaukee, beating the Twins 5-2. Yeah, we'll see if they can start to, you know, lengthen

00:42out Ohtani here, going three innings as you go to four, does he go to five? And what's

00:45that game plan? And when are you getting him set to be an actual starting pitcher, which

00:48means your expectations are five plus innings every time that you take the mound. But looking

00:53at yesterday, I was like, man, I don't like the Dodgers, catch them while they're down,

00:57Ohtani gives up the one run, but that's okay, one run over three here. And then they came

01:00in, which was the question mark, four and two-thirds innings, pitch five, no earned runs,

01:04four strikeouts and three walks. So he did his job coming in there behind him, and you only

01:08gave up that one run in the top of the ninth inning. So they were in complete control that

01:12entire game right after the first inning. It's a good win for the Dodgers. Worried about their

01:16lineup a little bit because they did get five runs, you like it, but only seven hits through

01:20those nine innings yesterday. We'll see if they turn up a little bit. Mookie Betts got

01:23a base hit, it's got to feel good. Ohtani, as we said again, hit a home run, which is

01:26great. Freddie Freeman returned to the lineup after getting hit with that pitch. He goes

01:30one for four. We'll see if this lineup does wake up, but you got to start in baby steps

01:33sometimes. And that's May with a good start after Ohtani opened the game, and you'll take

01:38that if you're a Dodger fan.