Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani prepares to bat through the sixth inning of the staff’s MLB sport towards the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Washington. ( AP Picture/Alex Brandon)
WASHINGTON — Shohei Ohtani had three doubles to enhance his main league-leading batting common to .371, rookie Landon Knack bought his first victory and the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the Washington Nationals 11-2 within the MLB on Wednesday night time.
The Dodgers had a season-high 20 hits en path to their third straight victory, with Mookie Betts and Will Smith every having 4 hits and Andy Pages homering.
Nick Senzel homered for Washington. The Nationals didn’t have a baserunner after the second inning.
Ohtani went 3 for six, hitting RBI doubles within the eighth and ninth innings. He leads the majors in slugging proportion (.695), OPS (1.128), extra-base hits (21) and doubles (14). He’s hitting .429 throughout his nine-game hitting streak.
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“His common exit velocity on balls he places in play, he’s bought to be in a class by himself,” Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts stated. “The ball simply does various things when it comes off his bat.”
An evening after ripping a 118.7 mph solo shot within the ninth inning — the hardest-hit house run of his profession — Ohtani smashed a 115.6 mph double to right-center within the first inning off Jake Irvin (1-2). Ohtani got here round two batters in a while Smith’s single.
Betts pushed the result in 3-0 within the second on a two-run single towards a drawn-in infield.
Senzel led off the Nationals’ second with a homer into the bushes within the visiting bullpen in left. Washington then scored once more with out placing the ball in plan, sandwiching two walks round successful batsman earlier than Joey Meneses pushed in a run with a stroll.
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That was all of the Nationals managed towards Knack (1-1), who misplaced his debut towards Washington final week. Knack retired his final 13 batters and struck out 5 over six innings.
“I used to be simply form of lacking off the perimeters,” Knack stated about his second inning. “I’m a man who actually must be extra north and south with all the pieces, so it was principally simply attempting to get all the pieces again over as a substitute of attempting to be too excellent, particularly with the slider and changeup. It was simply attempting to determine it out and execute fast.”
Max Muncy hit an RBI single within the third and Lux chased Irvin with a two-out, two-run single within the fifth. Irvin allowed six runs on 12 hits in 4 2/3 innings whereas placing out three.
“He made some good pitches at instances,” Washington supervisor Dave Martinez stated. “He simply didn’t have any consistency as we speak. He fell behind, and that’s what bought him.”
Pages homered with one out within the eighth off Tanner Rainey, and Betts and Ohtani adopted with back-to-back doubles to attain one other run.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Dodgers: RHP Blake Treinen (bruised lung) allowed three runs whereas getting one out Tuesday in his first rehabilitation look for Triple-A Oklahoma Metropolis. … RHP Walker Buehler (elbow) allowed 5 runs (three earned) and struck out 5 in 4 innings Wednesday for Oklahoma Metropolis.
Nationals: Washington positioned OF Lane Thomas (sprained left MCL) on the 10-day injured checklist and recalled INF Trey Lipscomb from Triple-A Rochester. Thomas was injured stealing second base within the fifth inning Monday.
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NEXT MLB SCHEDULE
Los Angeles RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1-1, 4.50 ERA) was set to face Washington for the primary time Thursday, whereas the Nationals had been scheduled to start out LHP MacKenzie Gore (2-1, 3.60) within the finale of the three-game collection.
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