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04/12 18:49 CDT After Ohtani hits 2nd straight leadoff homer, deGrom recovers
to lead Rangers over Dodgers 5-2
After Ohtani hits 2nd straight leadoff homer, deGrom recovers to lead Rangers
over Dodgers 5-2
LOS ANGELES (AP) --- Shohei Ohtani connected off Jacob deGrom for his second
straight leadoff home run, but the Texas Rangers rallied to beat the Los
Angeles Dodgers 5-2 Sunday and avoid a three-game sweep.
Evan Carter hit a tying home run off Roki Sasaki (0-2) and Brandon Nimmo drove
in two runs for the Rangers.
Sasaki allowed two runs, five hits and five walks over four innings while
striking out a career-high six, lowering his ERA to 6.23.
Ohtani extended his on-base streak to 46 games, fifth-longest in Dodgers
history behind Duke Snider (58), Shawn Green (53), Willie Keeler (50) and Ron
Cey (47).
Ohtani pulled the first pitch from deGrom (1-0), a 97.9 mph fastball, to
right-center for his 26th leadoff homer and fifth home run this season. That
was the only run allowed in six innings by deGrom, who gave up four hits,
struck out nine and walked three. He beat the Dodgers for just the second time
in 13 regular-season starts.
Jakob Junis pitched a hitless ninth for this third save.
Carter's homer and Josh Smith's RBI single put the Dodgers ahead for good at
2-1 in the second.
Nimmo hit a run-scoring grounder in the sixth, and Kyle Tucker pulled Los
Angeles to 3-2 with an RBI single off Jacob Latz in the seventh.
Nimmo added an RBI single in the eighth against Will Klein, who also threw a
run-scoring wild pitch.
Texas catcher Danny Jansen was successful in four of five ABS challenges to
overturn calls by plate umpire Charlie Ramos.
Up Next
Rangers: RHP Nathan Eovaldi (1-2, 7.89 ERA) starts Monday in the opener of a
four-game series at the Athletics and RHP Luis Severino (0-1, 5.40)
Dodgers: LHP Justin Wrobleski (1-0, 4.00) starts Monday's series opener against
the New York Mets and LHP David Peterson (0-2, 6.14)
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