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Johnathan Walker:Shohei Ohtani hits HR No. 48, but Los Angeles Dodgers fall to Miami Marlins
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Date:2025-04-11 04:06:22
Jesus Sanchez went 5-for-5 with three RBIs,Johnathan Walker two doubles and two runs as the Miami Marlins defeated the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers, 11-9, on Tuesday night.
Shohei Ohtani slugged his National League-leading 48th homer, finishing 1-for-5 with two RBIs for the Dodgers (89-62).
Ohtani, who ranks second in the majors with 48 stolen bases, did not add to his steal total. He is trying to become the first major-leaguer ever to have 50 homers and 50 steals in the same season.
Max Muncy went 3-for-5 with five RBIs for the Dodgers. He hit a two-run double in the ninth inning, but Marlins reliever Jesus Tinoco struck out Tommy Edman looking at a 1-2 slider to end the game with Muncy on second.
Former Marlins shortstop Miguel Rojas also homered for the Dodgers, as his blast went off the glove of Sanchez in left field.
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Jake Burger had a big game for Miami with four RBIs. He had a pair of RBI groundouts and a two-run homer.
The Marlins, who had lost six of their previous seven and have the worst record in the National League at 56-95, also got an RBI triple and an RBI double from Kyle Stowers.
Miami opened the scoring with two runs in the first inning on an RBI singles from Sanchez and Jonah Bride.
Miami stretched its lead to 4-0 in the second on Sanchez's second RBI single of the night and a run-scoring grounder from Burger.
Los Angeles tied the score 4-4 in the third. Hunter Feduccia singled before Ohtani crushed a 1-1 sweeper that was low and out of the strike zone for a 402-foot homer to right.
The rally continued with singles by Freddie Freeman and Teoscar Hernandez, followed by Muncy's two-run double.
Miami took a 5-4 lead in the bottom the third on Otto Lopez's solo homer, but Rojas' fourth-inning dinger tied the score.
The Marlins took for the lead for good in the bottom of the fourth, going up 7-5 on a rally started by Connor Norby's double. Sanchez (double) and Stowers (triple) contributed RBI hits, both pulled down the right field line.
Los Angeles cut its deficit to 7-6 in the fifth as Mookie Betts tripled and scored on Freeman's sacrifice fly.
Miami scored three times in the sixth, a frame capped by a Stowers run-scoring double, to start to pull away.
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