DENVER — Shohei Ohtani had two hits and raised his common to .310 in his bid to overhaul batting chief Luis Arráez and grow to be the Nationwide League’s first Triple Crown winner since 1937, serving to the playoff-bound Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 13-2 on Saturday night time.
Ohtani went 2-for-5 and closed to inside 4 factors of Arráez, who had an evening off from the San Diego Padres lineup and is hitting .314 going into the common season’s last day.
Ohtani leads the NL with 54 homers and 130 RBIs. The final NL Triple Crown winner was Joe Medwick of the 1937 St. Louis Cardinals. The final to realize the feat within the main leagues was Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera in 2012.
“It is most unlikely, however I’d anticipate Arráez to play tomorrow,” supervisor Dave Roberts stated of Ohtani overtaking Arráez. “We’ll see if Shohei can throw out one other large day.”
As well as, Ohtani stole his 58th base of a season after turning into the primary 50/50 participant earlier this month.
Teoscar Hernandez and Enrique Hernandez every hit three-run homers for Los Angeles, which had 18 hits and has scored not less than 11 runs in consecutive video games for the primary time since July 21-22 final yr at Texas. Teoscar Hernandez has 99 RBIs.
Teoscar Hernandez and Ohtani can attain milestones Sunday.
“Hopefully he can get six hits like in Miami so he can not less than compete and battle for the batting title and a Triple Crown,” Hernandez stated, pondering again to Ohtani’s three-homer, 10-RBI recreation on Sept. 19. “For me, if I get the chance I will strive my greatest, not just for the 100 RBIs however for the run for the staff.”
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Yoshinobu Yamamato (7-2) gave up two runs and 4 hits over 5 innings whereas placing out six to earn his first win since beating the Rockies on June 1. Yamamoto was making his fourth begin after sitting out three months due to a strained rotator cuff.
The Dodgers (97-64) clinched the majors’ greatest document and home-field benefit all through the postseason when the Philadelphia Phillies misplaced on the Washington Nationals earlier Saturday.
“That was essential for us, and that is why we performed laborious,” Hernandez stated.
Ohtani singled within the first, grounded out within the second, walked and scored within the fifth and singled within the sixth. He flied out within the seventh and grounded out within the ninth.
Enrique Hernandez, who completed with three hits, hit a 430-foot homer to heart within the second inning off Antonio Senzatela (0-1) for a 4-1 lead. Teoscar Hernandez’s career-high thirty third homer within the fifth made it 8-2.
Ezequiel Tovar hit his team-leading twenty sixth dwelling run for Colorado (61-100), which reached the century mark in losses for the second straight season.
“It’s bothersome, whether or not it is loss No. 1, loss No. 50, you do not like them,” supervisor Bud Black stated. “You have to take a look at perspective, the place we’re with our staff and the place we’re going. That is the larger image all through all this.”
Charlie Blackmon, who will retire Sunday after 14 years within the majors, all with the Rockies, was 1-for-4 and scored a run.
