Shohei Ohtani crushed a 409-foot, 45th home run in the ninth inning to cap the Dodgers' 8-2 victory over the San Diego Padres. He had been 0-for-10 with two walks in the series before the homer and detoured to high-five a heckler near the visiting dugout after the blast. Rookie Dalton Rushings hit a tiebreaking three-run shot in the seventh, with Freddie Freeman adding back-to-back clutch homers earlier. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts praised Ohtani's personality, and the win evened the NL West between the teams at 74-57 with 31 games remaining.
It was very out of character from Shohei, [but the heckler] was wearing him out the whole game, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. So it was good to see Shohei initiate a high-five from him. That was great. That was fun. It was good to see Shohei show his personality. Ohtani didn't speak to reporters after the game, but he didn't need the heckler to tell him that he was 0-for-10 with two walks in the series before his 409ft homer off Yuki Matsui.
His fellow Dodgers had already delivered by then, with rookie Dalton Rushings tiebreaking three-run shot in the seventh inning sandwiched between clutch homers in back-to-back innings by Freddie Freeman. He was just kind of talking to Shohei the whole game, so I'm glad Shohei was able to give him a little something else to cheer about, Freeman said with a grin.
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