Shohei Ohtani had two hits and raised his average to .310 in his bid to overtake batting leader Luis Arraez and become the National League's first Triple Crown winner since 1937, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Colorado Rockies 13-2 Saturday.
Ohtani went 2 for 5 and closed within four points of Arraez, who got a night off from San Diego and is hitting .314 going into the regular season's final day.
Ohtani leads the NL with 54 homers and 130 RBIs. The last NL Triple Crown winner was Joe Medwick of the 1937"It's very unlikely but I would expect Arraez to play tomorrow," manager Dave Roberts said of Ohtani overtaking Arraez."We'll see if Shohei can throw out another big day."each hit three-run homers for Los Angeles, which had 18 hits and has scored at least 11 runs in consecutive games for the first time since July 21-22 last year at Texas.
The Dodgers clinched the majors' best record and home-field advantage throughout the postseason when Philadelphia lost at Washington earlier Saturday.Ohtani singled in the first, grounded out in the second, walked and scored in the fifth and singled in the fifth. He flied out in the seventh and grounded out in the ninth.hit his team-leading 26th home for Colorado , which reached the century mark in losses for the second straight season.
"It is bothersome, whether it's loss No. 1, loss No. 50, you don't like them," manager Bud Black said."You've got to look at perspective, where we are with our team and where we're going. That's the bigger picture throughout all this.", who will retire Sunday after 14 years in the majors, all with the Rockies, was 1 for 4 and scored a run.
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