Ohtani homers and has 2 steals in Dodgers' 6-4 win over Orioles. He and his sankbankdog handle first pitch

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August 29, 2024 at 14:10 JST

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Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani congratulates his dog Decoy after Decoy delivered the ceremonial first pitch prior to a baseball game between the Dodgers and the Baltimore Orioles, Aug. 28, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo)

LOS ANGELES--Teoscar Hernández hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the third inning, Shohei Ohtani went deep leading off the game on his second bobblehead night and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-4 on Wednesday night.

Ohtani singled and scored in the third and scored again in the fifth, giving the Japanese superstar a career-high 104 runs this season, bettering his mark of 103 set in 2021 with the Los Angeles Angels.

Ohtani blasted his 42nd homer off Corbin Burnes (12-7) and stole his 41st and 42nd bases in pursuit of becoming the first major leaguer in history with 50 homers and 50 stolen bases in a season.

He and beloved dog Decoy — who appear together on the bobblehead — handled the ceremonial first pitch in front of a sellout crowd of 53,290. Upon Ohtani’s signal at home plate, the dog carried the ball in his mouth from the mound to the plate, where he and his owner shared a high five.

Trailing 3-1, the Dodgers rallied to score four runs and take a 5-3 lead in the third. Mookie Betts had a RBI single and Hernández belted his 28th homer with two outs.

Baltimore trimmed its deficit to 5-4 on Ryan O’Hearn’s RBI double into the right-field corner that chased Dodgers starter Walker Buehler in the fifth.

Anthony Banda (2-2) pitched 1 1/3 innings of relief to get the victory. Michael Kopech retired the side in the ninth for his 12th save.

The Orioles led 3-1 in the second on miscues by the Dodgers. A one-out error by third baseman Max Muncy put O’Hearn on first. Catcher Will Smith’s dropped third strike allowed Cedric Mullins to reach first and moved O’Hearn to second. They scored on Ramón Urías’ double to right. James McCann’s bloop single to left brought Urías home.

Buehler got to the dugout and fired his glove on the bench in frustration. He allowed four runs — two earned — and five hits in 4 2/3 innings. The right-hander struck out four and walked one.

Burnes gave up six runs — one earned — and five hits in five innings while striking out four.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Orioles: 2B-SS Jorge Mateo had elbow surgery in Texas and is done for the season.

Dodgers: RHP Jack Flaherty has a sore wrist with minimal swelling after taking a comebacker off it on Tuesday. ... RHP Tyler Glasnow (elbow) will travel with the team to Phoenix and resume throwing Friday. ... RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (tricep) will make a three-inning rehab start next week and could possibly rejoin the team. ... RHP Brusdar Graterol (hamstring) threw a 30-pitch bullpen session and will make a rehab start soon.

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Orioles: LHP Cade Povich (1-6, 6.10) gave up five runs on a career-high eight hits, including two homers, against Houston last week.

Dodgers: RHP Bobby Miller (1-3, 7.49) struck out nine over six innings in his last start against Tampa Bay.

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