May 9th, 2025
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Freddie Freeman's prodigious offensive display, featuring a brace of singles and a bases-clearing triple, underpinned the Los Angeles Dodgers' emphatic 10-1 vanquishing of the Miami Marlins on Wednesday.
Freeman, instrumental in driving in four runs and prolonging his hitting streak to a notable twelve games, spearheaded the MLB-leading Dodgers (25-12) to claim their fourth consecutive series triumph, securing two out of three encounters in Miami, a performance underpinned by his formidable series statistics of 8 for 13 with six RBIs and a pair of home runs.
On Wednesday, Shohei Ohtani showcased his exceptional plate discipline and power, not only lacing a triple but also drawing three walks, including a deliberate intentional pass conceded during a decisive six-run seventh inning against the beleaguered reliever Lake Bachar.
Supernumerary batter James Outman augmented the Dodgers' advantage with a triadic round-tripper in the denouement.
Landon Knack (2-0), having been summoned earlier Wednesday from Triple-A Oklahoma City, yielded four hits and no runs while fanning five; Matt Sauer, likewise recalled, superseded Knack and hurled the ultimate four frames for his maiden career save.
Miami's starting hurler, Valente Bellozo, proved a formidable presence on the mound, yielding a solitary hit and fanning seven batters over a masterful 5 1/3 frames of shutout baseball. He was subsequently relieved by Cade Gibson after confronting the initial batter of the sixth inning, thereby circumventing a third confrontation with Ohtani. Ohtani, however, promptly tattooed a triple off Gibson (0-1) in the ensuing plate appearance.
The neophyte backstop, Augustin Ramirez, distinguished himself with both a single and a double for the Marlins (14-22), a club now mired in a protracted slump, having capitulated in nine of their most recent eleven contests.
Jesús Sánchez's solitary sixth-inning base hit and subsequent ninth-inning sacrifice fly collectively accounted for Miami's entire offensive output.
In a seventh-inning denouement, the Dodgers catalysed a decisive advantage against Bachar, whose entrance was immediately met with a sequence of a walk, a single, and a run-scoring single; with first base left unguarded, Bachar strategically issued an intentional walk to Ohtani before a subsequent walk to Mookie Betts loaded the bases, a tableau that preceded Freeman's bases-clearing triple and a further augmentative run-scoring single.
Facing Bellozo, the Dodgers' offense remained largely dormant through the initial five frames, registering but a solitary hit before unleashing an eleven-hit onslaught against Miami's quartet of relief pitchers.
The Dodgers are set to inaugurate a quadrennial series in Arizona this Thursday, featuring RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-2, 0.90) as the starting pitcher. Concurrently, the Marlins have a scheduled off-day on Thursday prior to RHP Max Meyer (2-3, 3.92) taking the mound for the commencement of a tripartite series against the Chicago White Sox on Friday.
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