Kansas City Royals at Los Angeles Dodgers

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Kansas City Royals

49-73, 20-43 Away

Final
2 - 4

Los Angeles Dodgers

73-48, 36-23 Home

Homers from Ohtani and Betts power Dodgers to a 4-2 victory and a sweep of the Royals

Shohei Ohtani's 27th HR puts Dodgers ahead

Freddie Freeman stayed in the game for LA after a scary moment in the eighth inning when he fell down the Royals’ dugout stairs while trying to catch Isaac Collins’ foul popup. Tommy Edman then pinch-hit for Freeman in the bottom of the eighth.

Eric Lauer pitched 6 1/3 innings of four-hit ball for the back-to-back defending World Series champions, who have won four of five after emerging from a seven-game skid that began around the trade deadline.

Ohtani’s two-run, go-ahead drive in the third was the four-time MVP’s 27th homer of the season and his first in a week. The formerly slumping Betts had two hits and a walk, giving him 11 hits in his past seven games.

Lauer (7-6) yielded one earned run and struck out six in his longest start of the season, throwing 112 pitches. The left-hander is expected to lose his rotation spot when Tyler Glasnow or Ohtani return to the mound soon, but he has revived his career after being dumped by Toronto in May.

Salvador Perez drove in an early run before leaving in the sixth with right elbow aggravation for the Royals, who have lost four straight and 10 of 13.

Daniel Lynch IV (4-4) didn't get through the third inning of his second turn in Kansas City's starting rotation, throwing just 39 pitches before getting chased by Ohtani's homer.

Feduccia's solo shot in the fifth was the catcher's third career homer and first since returning to the Dodgers from Tampa Bay at the trade deadline.

Landon Knack pitched the final 2 2/3 innings after being recalled from the minors earlier in the day, preserving the Dodgers’ taxed bullpen. He earned his third major league save and first this season.

Up next Seth Lugo (5-7, 4.41 ERA) pitches for the Royals on Friday in Anaheim to open a weekend series with the Angels.

Roki Sasaki (5-5, 4.54 ERA) takes the Chavez Ravine mound Thursday when the Dodgers open a spotlight four-game series with the MLB-leading Brewers.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Witt Jr. popped out to second.
	9th Inning	Loftin flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Rojas flied out to left.
	9th Inning	E. Hernández at first base.
	9th Inning	Edman at second base.
	8th Inning	Betts grounded into double play, second to first, Tucker out at second.

Statistics

KC		LAD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	8
8	Strikeouts	6
2	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	8
1	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	28
0	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
19	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	1
148	Pitches	123
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
7	Total Bases	18
38	Plate Appearances	32
0.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
1	Extra Base Hits	4
1.6	Runs Created	5.4
.171	Batting Average	.286
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.200	Slugging Percentage	.643
.114	Secondary Average	.464
.237	On Base Percentage	.375
.437	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.018
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
1.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.4
17.0	Batter Rating	35.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	9.3
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.89	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.84
.029	Isolated Power	.357
0.25	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.67
.053	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.125
-.057	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.179
4.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
67.8	MLB Rating	87.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0