Baseball: Ohtani hits 34th home run but Dodgers suffer another loss
Ohtani's opposite-field, two-run shot off Jose Quintana, his 34th home run of the season, pushed the home team's lead to 3-0 in the third inning. The Dodgers, however, ended up losing for the 10th time in 12 games.
The two-way Japanese star is now second in the National League home run race behind Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Eugenio Suarez, who homered twice in Sunday's 5-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals to push his tally to 35.
Ohtani, batting second for the first time this year with Mookie Betts leading off, went 1-for-3 with the two RBIs and a walk at Dodger Stadium.
The Brewers turned the game around by scoring three runs each in the fourth and sixth innings on their way to sweeping the three-game series.
A pair of run-scoring errors by the Dodgers came after two outs in the fourth, leading to Clayton Kershaw's earlier-than-expected exit from the mound.
The game ended when Betts lined out to center with the bases loaded after the Dodgers scored a run in the ninth.
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