LOS ANGELES (AP) Yainer Diaz homered, Josh Hader obtained the final 4 outs for his main league-leading twenty fifth save, and the Houston Astros spoiled Shohei Ohtani’s thirty first birthday, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 on Saturday.
Ohtani made his fourth mound begin of the season, pitching two scoreless innings as he continues to work his means again from elbow surgical procedure. He struck out the facet within the second.
Justin Wrobleski (4-3) relieved Ohtani to begin the third, and that’s when the Dodgers’ issues began. Zack Quick hit a two-run double as Houston scored 4 instances within the inning. Diaz went deep main off the fourth, his eleventh of the season.
Mookie Betts hit his eleventh homer for the Dodgers within the first, and Miguel Rojas’ two-run shot within the fourth pulled LA inside 5-4.
Jose Altuve led off the seventh with a triple and scored on a sacrifice fly.
Hader entered with two on and two out within the eighth and struck out pinch-hitter Esteury Ruiz. Within the ninth, he allowed a leadoff single to Ohtani however retired Betts, Will Smith and Freddie Freeman to finish it.
Framber Valdez (10-4) struck out seven and allowed 4 runs in six innings.
Key second
The Dodgers despatched Michael Conforto to the plate to pinch-hit with two out within the eighth, and the Astros introduced in Hader. Supervisor Dave Roberts changed Conforto with Ruiz, who fanned on Hader’s slider.
Key stat
The Astros have scored 24 runs within the first two video games of the sequence. On Friday night time, they handed the Dodgers their worst loss within the historical past of Dodger Stadium, 18-1.
Up subsequent
Astros RHP Ryan Gusto (5-3, 4.90 ERA) will face the Dodgers’ Emmet Sheehan (0-0, 2.25) for Sundays sequence finale.
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