Watch Video: Shohei Ohtani’s Dodgers Entry Not Going As Expected, Lost To Cardinals On Saturday

In his first at-bat for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani blasted a line shot to right field and raced past second base, sure he could leg out a triple to wow his new fans.

Watch Video: Shohei Ohtani’s Dodgers Entry Not Going As Expected, Lost To Cardinals On Saturday

It was too late for the $700 million slugger to escape getting caught out on the basepaths when he saw that Mookie Betts had been halted in front of him at third.

Manager Dave Roberts grinned and added, “He can run very fast, but he’s got to understand that there’s a guy in front of him, too.”

When Betts, Ohtani, and Freddie Freeman are in the top three in the lineup, there’s another player behind Ohtani.

Those three former MVPs offered Los Angeles a tantalizing preview. Thursday at what these loaded Dodgers hope to do to opponents all summer long.

After a hit batter, catcher interference, and a balk, the Cardinals scored five runs in the seventh inning and took a 5-3 lead in the ninth.

Max Muncy’s game-winning single with two outs and a home run by Mookie Betts with one out were the Dodgers’ two runs in against Ryan Helsley (1-0). Betts has struck out four times in a row.

In his home debut, Los Angeles’ right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched five shutout innings while pitching on both sides of what seemed to be the first rain delay at Dodger Stadium since April 2017.

In the opening game of the Dodger Stadium season, Los Angeles defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 7-1 on Thursday. Ohtani reached base three times, while Betts and Freeman both hit home runs in the third inning.

In front of an enthusiastic 52,667 spectators, Tyler Glasnow tossed six innings of two-hit ball for the Dodgers, hoping to watch perfection from a team designed to dominate all season long.

After playing two games in South Korea to open the season, Los Angeles returned to work and showcased the whole range of its potential, led by those three superstar sluggers who combined for five hits, six runs, and four RBIs.

To keep the game tight early, Lynn put the first three Dodgers he faced on base before squeezing out of the jam.

“I loaded the bases up, you know, and waited to see if the old dog still had it,” the 36-year-old Lynn said of his first inning. “He still does, so it went all right. All in all, my stuff felt good. First start, you miss a little bit here and there and I was able to correct and not give up a big inning.”

In two and a third innings, Kyle Hurt (0-1) of the Dodgers allowed one run.

In his 86th game at Dodger Stadium, shortstop Brandon Crawford of the Cardinals, who spent 85 of those games with the San Francisco Giants, stated he could not remember a single one in which it rained.

Dodgers win Opening Day vs. Cardinals

The new-look Dodgers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 7-1 on Thursday in their home opener, and everything went as expected.

What day is opening day for the Dodgers?

On Opening Day in 2024, the Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals will play. Some information about the game. The Los Angeles Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals will play their first game on opening day. On Thursday, March 28, at 1:10 p.m., the first pitch will take place.

Who are the Cardinals biggest rival in baseball?

The National League (NL) rivalry between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs is known as the “Cardinals-Cubs rivalry,” also known as the “Route 66 rivalry” and the “I-55 rivalry,”

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