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05/05 19:06 CDT Shohei Ohtani homers twice as Dodgers sweep Braves with 5-1 win
Shohei Ohtani homers twice as Dodgers sweep Braves with 5-1 win
By KYLE GLASER
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) --- Shohei Ohtani went 4 for 4 with two home runs, and the Los
Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves, 5-1, on Sunday afternoon to sweep the
three-game series.
Ohtani launched a hanging curveball from Braves started Max Fried 412 feet over
the center field fence for a two-run homer in the first inning. He added a pair
of singles in the third and the sixth before leading off the eighth inning with
a 464-foot blast off reliever A.J. Minter deep into the left center field
bleachers.
"He just keeps doing things that we just hadn't seen haven't seen before,"
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. "That's deep. People don't hit the ball out
there, whether you're left-handed or right-handed."
It was Ohtani's first multihomer game with the Dodgers and the 17th of his
career. His four hits also tied a career high. He is now tied for the major
league lead with 10 home runs this season.
"I just feel like we're overall playing really well," Ohtani said through
interpreter Will Ireton. "So that's really helping me have quality at-bats.
Just feeling good overall."
Teoscar Hernandez added a two-run homer and James Paxton took a shutout into
the seventh inning for the Dodgers. Paxton (4-0) finished with 6 2/3 innings
pitched, five hits and one run allowed, two walks and three strikeouts to
remain unbeaten on the season.
Paxton retired 16 of his first 18 batters to open the game and delivered his
longest start since June 30 with Boston.
"I felt great," Paxton said. "I finally felt some rhythm out there. I've been
working hard between games here trying to figure it out. Just feels good to
make some progress."
Marcell Ozuna homered for the Braves, who have lost five of their last six.
Fried (2-1) pitched seven innings, allowed four hits and four runs, walked
three and struck out seven.
The Braves have scored three runs or less in six of their last eight games.
They didn't advance a runner past first base until Ozuna's homer in the seventh.
"We're in a little bit of an offensive rut, that's all there is to it," Braves
manager Brian Snitker said. "It's one of those things where if we only go
through it one time this year, we'll be lucky."
Blake Treinen pitched a scoreless eighth inning for the Dodgers in his first
appearance since the 2022 postseason. Michael Grove retired the side in order
in the ninth to wrap up the sweep.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Dodgers: RHP Evan Phillips was placed on the 15-day injured list, retroactive
to Saturday, with a right hamstring strain. Treinen was activated from the
15-day IL after missing the start of the season with a bruised lung and
fractured ribs.
UP NEXT
Braves: RHP Reynaldo Lopez (2-1, 1.50 ERA) starts the opener of a two-game
series against Boston on Tuesday.
Dodgers: RHP Walker Buehler (0-0, 0.00) makes his first start since June 2022
in the opener of a three-game series against Miami on Monday.
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