Dodgers smack 4 homers, coast to victory over A's
May 15 - Shohei Ohtani, Andy Pages, Hyeseong Kim and Max Muncy each hit home runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers evened a three-game series against the visiting Athletics with a 9-3 victory Wednesday.
Miguel Rojas delivered a go-ahead RBI double in the sixth inning, while right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto (5-3) gave up three runs on four hits in six innings with two walks and six strikeouts.
With the victory, the reigning World Series-champion Dodgers are just 5-5 since a seven-game winning streak ended May 4.
Tyler Soderstrom hit a home run for the A's, who are 14-8 in road games even after the loss. Right-hander Gunnar Hoglund (1-1) gave up four runs on seven hits over 5 1/3 innings of his third career start. He added three walks and five strikeouts.
After scoring their lone run against the A's on Tuesday on an error, the Dodgers generated offense early. Ohtani hit his 13th home run of the season leading off the bottom of the first inning, the 15th leadoff homer of his career.
The Dodgers made it 2-0 in the second inning when Pages hit his own leadoff home run, his seventh of the season.
After hitting five home runs in an 11-1 victory over the Dodgers on Tuesday, the A's tied it in the third inning when Soderstrom hit a two-run shot to center, his 10th of the season. It was the fifth home run allowed by Yamamoto, who entered with a 1.80 ERA.
The A's grabbed a 3-2 lead in the fourth inning when Shea Langeliers walked and Miguel Andujar hit a one-out RBI double.
The Dodgers pulled even at 4-4 in the fifth when Kim, their No. 9 hitter, hit the first home run of his career just over the wall in right-center in his first career start at home.
The No. 9 spot came through for the Dodgers again in the sixth, when Rojas pinch-hit for Kim and hit a two-out RBI double to right-center that scored Michael Conforto from first base for a 4-3 lead.
Mookie Betts gave the Dodgers some breathing room in the eighth inning with a two-run double against right-hander Tyler Ferguson. Muncy followed three batters later with a three-run home run, his second of the year.
--Field Level Media
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