Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, Teoscar Hernández and Jason Heyward all went yard in the sixth inning on Tuesday night, making Los Angeles Dodgers history in the process.
by the time the sixth inning rolled around, but that didn't stop them from putting on a home run derby for their home crowd.
Leading 7-1 with one on and one out, designated hitter Shohei Ohtani delivered with a 433-foot rocket to right-center. It was Ohtani's 16th home run of the season, as well as the 24th home run of his career with an exit velocity over 114 miles per hour – second only to Giancarlo Stanton since 2019, per
First baseman Freddie Freeman then made it back-to-back homers with a 383-foot solo shot to left-center, giving him nine bombs so far in 2024.Teoscar Hernández, the reigning NL Player of the Week, blasted a two-run home run to left-center two batters later. To cap it off, Jason Heyward crushed a 415-foot fly ball to right that plated two more runs.That made it four home runs in the sixth inning, extending LA's lead from six to 13 in that frame alone.
Los Angeles' 15-2 win over the defending World Series champions lifted them to 42-26 on the season. The Dodgers own a 7.5-game lead over theSam Connon is a Staff Writer for Fastball on the Sports Illustrated/FanNation networks.
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