"You've got to kind of change locations, you've got to use the front to back. I thought his curveball was as good as I've seen it. But you have to have these guys honor the fastball. They hunt locations, they hunt velocities. And you've got to keep them guessing. You just can't be predictable. I thought yesterday we did a fantastic job of not being predictable. And I thought Tyler did the same thing."
"We mirror one another. Speaking on the offensive side, I think that when teams, pitchers nibble and get behind, try to be too fine, that's where offenses like ours and theirs feast. You've got to go at these guys and attack them in the strike zone. Once they get count leverage, they get better, even better than most hitters do. So, yeah, I think if you look at last night, first-pitch strike, whether it's the breaking ball, fastball,"
Shohei Ohtani tossed six innings, allowing three runs on three hits with nine strikeouts and one walk. A defensive mistake by Teoscar Hernández contributed to additional runs that could have been limited to one or two. The Dodgers held Trea Turner, Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper to a combined 1-for-11 with a single and a walk, and those three were 0-for-9 against Ohtani. Dave Roberts praised Ohtani's ability to move the ball and the quality of his curveball, emphasizing unpredictability. Blake Snell and Yoshinobu Yamamoto are scheduled for Games 2 and 3. Roberts stressed attacking the strike zone to avoid giving hitters count leverage.
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