Shohei Ohtani hits a ground-rule double in the ninth inning, driving in Chris Taylor to lift the Dodgers to a 4-3 comeback win over the Detroit Tigers.
It wasn’t exactly the blueprint the Dodgers had in mind. An early deficit. A rookie reliever pitching in a tied game in the eighth. A couple end-of-bench bats taking key plate appearances in the ninth. But when it mattered most Friday night, in the Dodgers’ bid to end a four-game losing streak and build some momentum going into next week’s All-Star break, they had exactly who they wanted at the plate. In a 4-3 win over the Detroit Tigers, Shohei Ohtani delivered the decisive hit.
They got a poor performance from starting pitcher James Paxton, who gave up three runs in less than four innings while walking four batters and striking out just one. They managed little against Tigers ace and American League Cy Young frontrunner Tarik Skubal, scoring just two runs in his six innings to carry a one-run deficit late. And even as the team rallied to tie the game in the final couple frames, they did it in a rather unorthodox way.
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