Ohtani boosts Dodgers in victory against Minnesota

Shohei Ohtani hit a pair of doubles and a home run, his third in five games, to lift the Los Angeles Dodgers past the Minnesota Twins 4-2 on Monday night.

James Outman hit the go-ahead homer in the seventh inning while Freddie Freeman and Will Smith drove in runs to give the Dodgers another win for newcomer James Paxton (2-0).

Manny Margot hit a two-run homer against his former team to put the Twins ahead in the third inning, but the Dodgers’ powerful lineup was too much for Minnesota’s depleted bullpen after starter Bailey Ober deftly worked away. with one run allowed in five innings.

Ohtani doubled on Steven Okert’s first pitch of the sixth and scored the tying run on Smith’s single. Byron Buxton, who caught Freeman’s sacrifice fly against the wall to limit the Dodgers to one run in the first inning, made a leaping catch on Teoscar Hernandez’s sinking line drive to limit the damage to Okert.

But Outman sent a full-count slider from Jay Jackson (0-1) over the right field fence to start the pivotal seventh inning. Ohtani then took a 2-1 slider with two outs and took it into the left field stands for his third home run in five games.

For the Dodgers, Dominican Teoscar Hernández went 1 for 4

For the Twins, Dominican Manuel Margot went 2-for-3 with one run scored and two RBIs.