For the 11th consecutive time, Shohei Ohtani was on the losing end of a Freeway Series game.
Friday just happened to be his first defeat in the rivalry wearing Dodger blue.
Despite a mammoth two-run home run from Ohtani that opened the scoring in the fifth inning, the Dodgers couldn’t muster anything else offensively, falling to the Angels in an 3-2 extra innings defeat — one that felt eerily similar to losses Ohtani experienced during his six years in Anaheim.
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Playing without Mookie Betts (hand fracture) and Will Smith (planned day off) Friday night, the Dodgers’ lineup was entirely Ohtani-reliant.