LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani set a significant league document by homering and stealing a base in the identical sport for the 14th time and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied to beat the last-place Colorado Rockies 6-4 on Friday night time.
The win lowered the Nationwide League West-leading Dodgers’ magic quantity to 4 to clinch the division. Los Angeles is already assured of a postseason berth.
Ohtani’s 52nd homer and 52nd stolen base allowed him to interrupt the earlier season mark of 13 video games with a minimum of considered one of every set by Rickey Henderson in 1986 with the New York Yankees.
“He is lights out clearly,” Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts mentioned. “I believe he is ramped up his focus.”
Teoscar Hernández hit a go-ahead homer — his thirtieth — main off the sixth inning that gave the Dodgers a 4-3 lead. He and Ohtani have homered in the identical sport 11 instances.
“It is nice being a teammate with Shohei, particularly due to the issues he is been doing this 12 months,” Hernández mentioned.
The Dodgers tacked on two runs within the seventh. Pinch hitter Tommy Edman scored on Mookie Betts‘ sacrifice fly. Ohtani legged out an infield single to first base after which stole second. He was protected at third on a throwing error by middle fielder Sam Hilliard and scored on Hernández’s infield single.
Ohtani had a go-ahead homer with two outs within the fifth after Andy Pages led off the inning with a solo shot. It was Ohtani’s twenty seventh homer at Dodger Stadium, tying Cody Bellinger for essentially the most at dwelling in a single season.
“To have the ability to cowl that ball on the high of the zone, above the zone, go to the massive a part of the sphere, it is fairly spectacular,” Roberts mentioned.
Ohtani singled within the third and completed along with his eleventh three-hit efficiency of the season.
He gave the group of 49,073 some thrills after the house followers needed to watch lengthy distance Thursday night time when he turned the primary participant in main league historical past to hit 50 homers and steal 50 bases in a season at Miami.
The Rockies obtained dwelling runs by Charlie Blackmon, Hilliard and Michael Toglia.
Alex Vesia (4-4) earned the victory with one inning of reduction. Michael Kopech pitched the ninth for his 14th save.
Colorado’s Kyle Freeland (5-8) took the loss, giving up 4 runs and 7 hits in six innings. He struck out two and did not stroll a batter for the fourth time this season.
Ryan Brasier pitched the primary inning to open the bullpen sport for the Dodgers.
