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Yahoo
26-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Shohei Ohtani faces live batters for first time since 2023, then ties MLB lead with 18th homer
Shohei Ohtani faced live batters in a throwing session Sunday afternoon for the first time since his 2023 elbow surgery. Then he did the other thing he's good at, crushing a leadoff homer against the New York Mets. Facing countryman Kodai Senga, Ohtani cranked the ball 108.2 mph to the second deck at Citi Field, with Statcast projecting the distance at 411 feet. It was Ohtani's 18th homer of the year, tying him with Aaron Judge and Kyle Schwarber for the MLB lead. It was also only the second homer Senga had allowed all season. Shohei Ohtani goes YARD to start the game 💥(via @MLB) — Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) May 25, 2025 Prior to the game, Ohtani threw to teammates Hyeseong Kim and Dalton Rushing, in addition to game-planning and communication coach J.T. Watkins. He threw 22 pitches through five at-bats, getting two strikeouts and one walk. That checked off another important box in his path to returning to pitching and again becoming the two-way superstar who earned a $700 million contract in free agency. Kim made hard contact twice, including a comebacker to Ohtani, which he fielded on a hop, and a line drive to right field. Seeking assurance, Ohtani asked outfielder Teoscar Hernández if he would have caught the ball. Shohei Ohtani threw 22 pitches in live BP, facing Hyeseong Kim, Dalton Rushing and game planning coach J.T. Watkins. Here's the end of his first at-bat vs. Kim: — Sonja Chen (@SonjaMChen) May 25, 2025 Dodgers pitching coach Mark Prior told reporters that Ohtani mostly threw fastballs at 94-95 mph, but got up to 96-97. He also threw a splitter and a couple of sweepers in what Prior felt was an encouraging session. "It's a big step getting on a mound, facing hitters," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said on Saturday, via the New York Daily News. Roberts added that the next step would be amping up his velocity while also throwing his slider. Ohtani added breaking pitches during a session for the first time this week. Dodgers pitchers currently rank 11th in the NL (and 22rd in MLB) with a 4.14 ERA. Starters Tyler Glasnow, Blake Snell and Roki Sasaki are all on the injured list, along with relievers Blake Treinen, Evan Phillips and Kirby Yates. So Ohtani being able to contribute will be welcomed. The question is when that will be, and Ohtani isn't yet at the point where doctors, executives and coaches are ready to project any kind of timeline.
CBS News
25-05-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
Teoscar Hernández's 3-run homer off Corbin Burnes lifts Dodgers over D-backs 3-1
Teoscar Hernández hit a three-run homer off Corbin Burnes in the sixth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-1 on Wednesday night. Hernández drove a two-strike pitch 413 feet into dead center field, snapping Burnes' streak of 21 consecutive scoreless innings and giving the NL West-leading Dodgers their 18th come-from-behind win of the season. Burnes (3-2) retired his first 11 batters before Freddie Freeman ripped a two-out single to right in the fourth. That was the Dodgers' only hit until the sixth, when Miguel Rojas and Mookie Betts singled to set up Hernández. Dodgers starter Dustin May (2-4) allowed one run and five hits in six innings. The right-hander struck out eight in ending a three-game losing streak. Tanner Scott pitched the ninth to earn his 10th save. Burnes gave up three runs and four hits in seven innings. He struck out eight as his three-game winning streak ended. Arizona's run came on Ketel Marte's 425-foot homer leading off the fourth. Key moment Shohei Ohtani was hitless in four at-bats with two strikeouts, but his screaming foul hit a security guard as the man was jumping over the low wall in right in the eighth. Key stat The Dodgers improved to 19-9 at home, including 6-5 this month. Up next Arizona RHP Zac Gallen (3-5, 5-14 ERA) starts Friday at St. Louis. Dodgers LHP Clayton Kershaw (0-0, 11.25) makes his second start of the season Friday at the New York Mets.
Reuters
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Mets rally to force extras, but Dodgers prevail in 13
May 24 - Teoscar Hernandez led off the 13th inning with an RBI double for the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers, who outlasted the New York Mets 7-5 in the opener of a three-game series. The Dodgers, who relinquished a three-run lead in the ninth inning of the rematch of last year's National League Championship Series, have won three straight. The Mets have lost six of eight. The teams squandered numerous chances in extras before Hernandez greeted Huascar Brazoban (3-1) - the Mets' ninth pitcher - by doubling down the third base line to score automatic runner Will Smith. Hernandez went to third on a single by Hyeseong Kim and scored on a sacrifice fly by Andy Pages. Luis Garcia (2-0), the Dodgers' eighth pitcher, tossed 2 1/3 hitless innings. He wriggled out of a bases-loaded jam in the 12th. The game ended at 12:56 a.m. local time and lasted four hours and eight minutes - not counting a 98-minute rain delay in the third. The teams combined to use 40 players and stranded 24 runners, 12 apiece. It was the longest game for the Mets since the automatic runner rule was instituted in 2020 and the longest for the Dodgers since Aug. 25, 2021, when they beat the San Diego Padres 5-3 in 16 innings. Smith and Hernandez had consecutive RBI singles during the rain-delayed third, with Hernandez's hit driving in a pair. Muncy and Pages had back-to-back run-scoring singles in the fifth. Brett Baty hit a solo shot in the third for the Mets and Pete Alonso lofted a sacrifice fly in the fourth before New York rallied against Tanner Scott in the ninth, when Jeff McNeil laced a two-run triple and scored on Tyrone Taylor's single. Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw walked one and struck out one in two hitless innings in his second start of the season following offseason surgeries on his left toe and left foot. Mets starter Griffin Canning, who exited with a 3-1 count on Freddie Freeman when the rain delay began, allowed three runs on one hit and four walks while striking out one in 2 2/3 innings. --Field Level Media
Fox Sports
24-05-2025
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- Fox Sports
Hernández sends Dodgers past Mets 7-5 in 13 innings in wild and rainy NLCS rematch
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Teoscar Hernandez led off the 13th inning with an RBI double and the Los Angeles Dodgers outlasted the New York Mets 7-5 in a wild rematch of last year's National League Championship Series on a rainy Friday night at Citi Field. As the clock approached midnight, New York tied it with three runs in the ninth off closer Tanner Scott — handed his fourth blown save in 14 chances this season. Jeff McNeil laced a two-run triple with one out and Tyrone Taylor followed with an RBI single to make it 5-all, sending hardy fans left in a crowd of 40,449 into a frenzy after they waited out a 98-minute rain delay in the third. But the Mets squandered chance after chance to win it over the final five innings — sometimes with their best hitters at the plate — and Los Angeles finally broke through in the 13th against Huascar Brazoban (3-1), the ninth New York pitcher. ___ AP MLB: recommended
Washington Post
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Hernández sends Dodgers past Mets 7-5 in 13 innings in wild and rainy NLCS rematch
NEW YORK — Teoscar Hernández led off the 13th inning with an RBI double and the Los Angeles Dodgers outlasted the New York Mets 7-5 in a wild rematch of last year's National League Championship Series on a rainy Friday night at Citi Field. As the clock approached midnight, New York tied it with three runs in the ninth off closer Tanner Scott — handed his fourth blown save in 14 chances this season.
