Dodgers go back-to-back-to-back in seven-run 9th inning that powers them past Braves 9-2.
Mookie Betts had a tiebreaking RBI single with two outs in a seven-run ninth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 9-2.
Mookie Betts had a tiebreaking RBI single with two outs in a seven-run ninth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 9-2 on Sunday night.
The loss dropped the Braves into a tie with the Mets for the third wild-card spot in the National League with 13 games to play.
The Dodgers hold a two-game lead on the Brewers in their pursuit of the National League’s No. 2 seed and first-round bye in the playoffs. They lead the Padres by four games in the N.L. West.
“I don’t want to say it was the biggest win of the year, but it felt big considering what we’ve been going through,” said Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, whose team had lost six of nine entering Sunday.
Shohei Ohtani was 2 for 4 with two doubles, an RBI and a run scored, but he did not homer or steal a base in his pursuit of MLB’s first 50-50 season. He has 47 home runs and 48 stolen bases.
Shohei for the tie! pic.twitter.com/DQA7V5uSRF.
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 16, 2024
Teoscar Hernández, Tommy Edman and Max Muncy hit consecutive home runs during the ninth-inning outburst, which started against Braves closer Raisel Iglesias (5-2). He had not allowed an earned run in 35 1/3 innings entering the game, but was charged with the first five runs of the inning — which all came with two outs.
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“I wouldn’t pitch to him, either,” Betts said. “Fortunately, i was able to come through.”
Roberts said there are probably two players he would walk in order to face Betts.
“One plays in New York,” he said, referring to Aaron Judge. “And the other is in our clubhouse.”
Freddie Freeman followed Betts’ go-ahead hit with a two-run single before the home runs.
Dodgers reliever Michael Kopech (6-8) earned the win after escaping a two-on, no-out jam in the eighth inning by getting Travis d’Arnaud to fly out and striking out Orlando Arcia and Jarred Kelenic.
