Los Angeles won the National League pennant thanks to the Japanese; They need to define who goes for the American League in the Big Ten
By: Miguel Cebreros Cervantes
Again Shohei Ohtani was the hero of the Dodgers of Los Angeles, but in Thursday’s game to give him the 11th title in the last 12 Divisions of the National League West, eight of which, under the direction of the team, manager Dave Roberts. With the game tied at two runs, at the end of the sixth inning, the result of a home run by catcher Will Smith, with one on base, Ohtani followed in the seventh, with an RBI single to drive in the third run that put the ahead on the scoreboard (3-2) to the Dodgersan advantage that they never lost by making four more runs and thus they were able to achieve the final 7-2 victory over the San Diego Padres and, in the process, they won the pennant with a total of 95 successes in exchange for 64 losses, to continue leading said sector and the League too, when there are only three games left in the regular season… Ohtani, then, had another outstanding night with the bat, hitting three hits in five trips to the plate, with one run produced, the one in the championship, as well as 182 hits and 126 teammates sent to the register and leave their batting average at .305, with three games left to see action and it will be the Colorado Rockies, with whom yesterday they played the first of the series, today Saturday the second and Tomorrow the regular contest concludes… The celebration of the Dodgerslast Thursday, was big on the field of play, since even Ohtani’s dog was making mischief with the players’ gloves and caps… The Japanese was accompanied by his wife, as well as other women who went down to congratulate their respective husbands. “I couldn’t be more proud of these guys,” said Dave Roberts, manager of the blue team. They fought and fought and overcame adversity,” added Roberts, delighted with life, due to the suffering of not defining the division title sooner, until in the sixth inning, Will Smith, with his home run, tied the game with his home run and then in the seventh Ohtani responded with a RBI hit to head towards the division title, which is no small feat, since there are several teams that have not been able to win a Division since 1969, when the format was changed… The Dodgers They had not won the Divisional pennant at home since 2020, abbreviated by the pandemic, when the Californian team won the World Series and by coincidence, the Los Angeles Lakers were also monarchs, but in NBA basketball, considered the best in the world , the architect of that basketball title being none other than LeBron James, the player with the most points scored of all time and who belongs to the Lakers, whose 2024-2025 season will open activities at the end of the coming month. . Returning with the Dodgerswe will say that the superstar Shohei Ohtani He has had an exceptional season. The truth is, he has done more than many thought. In fact, he has been the great figure not only of the Dodgersbut of the Major Leaguessince he revolutionized baseball with the 50-50 and adding several brands of his offensive actions to his locker. So he has won the Most Valuable Player award of the National League, as well as Player of the Year, among others… Now the playoffs are missing, to see how the teams do. Dodgersbecause nothing can be guaranteed there, because they are series of three games to win two… What the teams did in the regular season does not count. “They have to make changes to that format, but now!,” commented a player from the Philadelphia Phillies, winners of one of the divisions of the old circuit and favorites to reach the Fall Classic… As for the Yankees of New York, they have a tight pitching staff and a very powerful offense, to such a degree that they could win the American League and sneak into the World Series. However, they have also had their bad streaks, despite having two hitters. who have already equaled the mark set by Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle in the 1961 season. This is Aaron Judge, who is the leader in home runs and apparently, no one will be able to surpass the 58 homers he has hit until yesterday, with 144 RBIs, although he has three games remaining, in which he could add 60 or 61 “for the street”, to match Maris Now, the other luxury hitter that the Manhattan Mules have is the Dominican Juan Soto, who, So far, (yesterday’s game is not included) he had hit a total of 41 full-lap hits and 108 RBIs. Soto, just 26 years old, has a great future with the New York team. To date, he has hit 201 four-corner hits in the Major Leagues. From the San Diego Padres he went to the Mules, signing a multi-year contract worth a lot of millions of dollars…
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