Ohtani reaches 30 homers for 5th straight season as Yamamoto and the
Dodgers beat the White Sox 6-1
[July 02, 2025]
By BETH HARRIS
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani reached 30 homers for
the fifth straight season, hitting a fourth-inning drive after fouling a
pitch off the plate umpire, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago
White Sox 6-1 on Tuesday night.
Ohtani fouled the ball off Alan Porter’s right knee in the fourth.
Ohtani checked on the umpire and stood by watching until Parker got up
under his own power. The three-time MVP then hit a 408-foot shot to
center, snapping an 0-for-6 skid and extending the lead to 6-1. |
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws against Chicago
White Sox during the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 1,
2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian) |
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Ohtani walked over and checked on Porter again
during the seventh-inning stretch before leading off.
Los Angeles scored its most runs this season in support of
Yoshinobu Yamamoto (8-6), staking the Japanese right-hander to a
4-0 lead in the first inning. The Dodgers won for the 13th time
in 16 games and opened a season-high, eight-game NL West lead.
Every run in the game was scored with two outs.
Yamamoto allowed one run and three hits in seven innings, struck
out eight and walked one.
White Sox rookie Shane Smith (3-6) got two quick outs in the
first before walking Will Smith and Max Muncy back-to-back.
Teoscar Hernández followed with a RBI single, Andy Pages hit a
run-scoring double and Michael Conforto a two-run single.
Chicago's lone run came on Lenyn Sosa's RBI single in the third.
Key moment
Ohtani joined Seattle's Cal Raleigh (33) and Aaron Judge of the
Yankees (30) as players with at least 30 homers by the All-Star
break.
Key stat
The Dodgers had been averaging just 2 1/2 runs of support for
Yamamoto.
Up next
White Sox RHP Sean Burke (4-7, 4.22 ERA) makes his first career
start against the Dodgers on Wednesday. Los Angeles LHP Clayton
Kershaw (4-0, 3.03) is three strikeouts from reaching 3,000 in
his 18-year career.
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