The LA Dodgers are ahead in their away game against Milwaukee with two 2-run homers. The MVPs are firing.
The Dodgers are leading 4-0 in their away game against the Milwaukee Brewers of the 2024 Major League Baseball held at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA on the 13th (Korean time).
The first to hit a 2-run homer was Mookie Betts, who started as the second right fielder. Betts is coming back from an injury today. He returned after a long time and showed his health with a home run.
Betts was injured in a home game against the Kansas City Royals on the 17th. At that time, he was hit in the left hand by a 97.9 mph (approximately 157.6 km) fastball thrown by Kansas City right-hander Dan Altavilla and was replaced. The examination results showed a fracture.
Betts made a hot comeback debut in his return game today.
In his first at-bat in the first inning, he struck out swinging. Then, in the third inning with the team tied 0-0 and a runner on third base, he hit a 96.5 mph fastball on the fourth pitch from Milwaukee starter Freddy Peralta for a two-run home run.
Betts, who had a batting average of .340, 10 home runs, and 40 RBIs before being excluded from the roster, showed that he was still healthy. 메이저사이트 He is also not having any problems playing the outfield corner defense, which he has been playing for a long time. Betts played shortstop until his injury this year, but he is now back in his familiar right field.
Betts played the most games in right field in his major league career, 978. He played 116 games as a second baseman, 223 games as a center fielder, 14 games as a designated hitter, and 81 games as a shortstop.
He is a four-time All-Star and four-time Gold Glove winner in the American League. Betts has won the Silver Slugger Award three times. He was the MVP in 2018. He won the Gold Glove twice and the Silver Slugger three times in the National League, and was selected as an All-Star four times.
With Betts’ return, the Dodgers have re-established the ‘MVP Trio’ batting order consisting of Shohei Ohtani (DH), Mookie Betts (Right Field), and Freddie Freeman (First Baseman).
After Betts, Ohtani hit.
Ohtani hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning with the team leading 2-0. He hit a 93.2 mph fastball on Peralta’s fourth pitch with no outs and a runner on first base to add to the two-run homer.
Ohtani hit a fly ball to center field in his first at-bat in the first inning, and in his second at-bat in the third inning, he hit a ground ball to the infield, making it his third at-bat homer for two consecutive days. Ohtani, who recorded 1 hit in 6 at-bats the previous day, added a home run for the first time in 3 games since the Pittsburgh game on the 10th. It was his 36th home run of the season.
Ohtani was the American League MVP in 2021 and 2023. Freeman was the National League MVP in 2020. Betts was the American League MVP in 2018.