LOS ANGELES — Taylor Ward singled within the go-ahead run within the tenth inning, lifting the Los Angeles Angels over the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 on Friday night time in Shohei Ohtani’s first recreation towards his outdated workforce.
The Angels gained in additional innings for the primary time this season, after dropping three earlier instances.
“It is superior,” Ward stated. “You simply by no means know with us. Simply received to maintain preventing.”
Ohtani hit a two-run homer with two outs within the fifth that put the Dodgers forward. He was 2-for-2 with two walks however received caught stealing to finish the eighth. The Dodgers managed simply three different hits.
“I simply made a foul pitch,” Angels reliever Matt Moore stated. “The fellows got here again actually good, so I simply washed it away. It’s totally exhausting to win right here. Our workforce did a extremely good job of enjoying all the best way to the top.”
Ohtani left Anaheim for the Dodgers final December, signing a file $700 million, 10-year deal. He has homered in 4 of his previous six video games and has scored a run and pushed in a run in six straight video games, a workforce finest.
“He is enjoying actually good baseball and tonight we simply could not help him,” Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts stated.
Most of the younger Angels within the lineup did not play with Ohtani earlier than he departed, and a number of the veterans who did, similar to Mike Trout and Anthony Rendon, are injured.
“Everyone knows who Shohei is — celebrity,” Angels supervisor Ron Washington stated earlier than the sport. “That is the Dodgers and whenever you play towards the Dodgers you bought one factor in your thoughts — you wish to win as a result of then it would put you on the map.”
Jo Adell began the tenth at second base and was sacrificed to 3rd by Nolan Schanuel. Dodgers nearer Evan Phillips (0-1) got here in and retired Luis Rengifo on a groundout earlier than Ward singled to left.
The Dodgers could not produce within the backside of the inning. Cavan Biggio began at second and took third on Jason Heyward’s groundout, however Carlos Estévez struck out Enrique Hernández and Gavin Lux to finish the sport and earn his 14th save.
Luis GarcÃa (2-0) received the win with two innings of reduction.
Ohtani’s 455-foot shot — his Nationwide League-leading twenty second homer of the season — into right-center off Moore scored Austin Barnes and snapped a scoreless tie. It was Ohtani’s seventh homer in his previous 11 video games. It additionally marked his fifth homer of no less than 450 ft this season, breaking a tie with New York Yankees slugger Aaron Choose for essentially the most in MLB, in accordance with ESPN Stats & Info.
“Finest participant on the planet,” Estévez stated. “Nonetheless wonderful to see how exhausting he can hit the ball.”
Dodgers relievers hit 4 batters in two innings. Ryan Yarbrough turned the membership’s first pitcher to plunk three in a single inning — a profession worst for him — since Carl Doyle on June 8, 1940.
The Angels tied the rating within the sixth, when Yarbrough hit Rengifo main off. Ward singled earlier than Logan O’Hoppe received hit to load the bases. Yarbrough then plunked Zach Neto to pressure in a run. Mickey Moniak adopted with a groundout to second that scored Ward and tied the sport, 2-2.
“He is a man that sometimes we depend on for command,” Roberts stated of Yarbrough. “He simply did not have command. He simply wasn’t sharp.”
Angels starter Patrick Sandoval departed with left forearm tightness after strolling Ohtani within the third. He may have a MRI on Saturday.
“Actually painful,” he stated. “One thing I by no means actually felt earlier than.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.