Shohei Ohtani drove in a season-high five runs and had a little-league home run in the eighth inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Los Angeles Angels 15-2, the report says. Ohtani went 2-for-4 with two walks and scored twice in the victory in Anaheim, the report says.
Manager Dave Roberts said the layoff helped. “We were hoping to get a reset with a couple days off,” Roberts said, “and I think that’s what happened,” the report says. The game was the second of the three-game Freeway Series and drew another large contingent of Dodgers fans, per the report.
Ohtani’s eighth-inning play began when he ripped a ball into the right-field corner and it took an awkward bounce off netting down the first-base line, the report says. Jo Adell did not play the ball and initially called for a ground-rule double; when no ruling was made, Adell’s throw into the infield was off target, allowing Ohtani to score on the error after what would be scored a two-run triple, the report says. The netting down both foul poles is a new addition to Angel Stadium this season, per the report.
Ohtani later delivered a double with the bases loaded in the ninth and drew “MVP” chants while recording his first five-RBI game since June 22, 2025, the report says. It was his third extra-base hit in two games after a double in the fifth inning Friday, following one extra-base hit in the first 12 games in May, per the report.
Angels manager Kurt Suzuki challenged the eighth-inning play hoping a fan had touched the ball when it hit the net, but the challenge was unsuccessful, the report says. Ohtani, speaking through an interpreter in a postgame television interview, said, “I just kept running,” and added he was happy to contribute in front of both Dodger and Angels fans, per the report.
