Shohei Ohtani hits walk-off homer to beat Braves 6-5 on his bobblehead evening – NBC Los Angeles
Shohei Ohtani hit a tiebreaking house run within the ninth inning on his bobblehead evening, lifting the unbeaten Los Angeles Dodgers over the winless Atlanta Braves 6-5 on Wednesday.
The Dodgers improved to 8-0, the perfect begin ever by a defending World Sequence champion.
Max Muncy tied the sport with a two-run double within the eighth off Atlanta reliever Raisel Iglesias (0-1) after the third baseman’s two errors led to 5 unearned runs for the Braves early.
Atlanta is 0-7 for the primary time since opening 0-9 in 2016.
Followers waited hours in line exterior the stadium and site visitors was snarled for the primary of 4 Ohtani bobblehead giveaways this season. This one options him holding his 2024 NL MVP award.
Trailing 5-0, the Dodgers clawed again on a two-run homer from Tommy Edman within the second inning and a solo shot by Michael Conforto within the fourth.
Jack Dreyer (1-0) bought the win in aid.
Key stat
Six of the Dodgers’ eight wins have been by way of comeback.
Up subsequent
Braves RHP Spencer Schwellenbach (0-0, 0.00 ERA) begins the staff’s house opener Friday towards Miami.
Dodgers RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1-0, 2.70) begins Friday at Philadelphia to open a six-game journey.
