Los Angeles Dodgers at Kansas City Royals

· Major League Baseball

Los Angeles Dodgers

52-32, 22-18 Away

Final
5 - 9

Kansas City Royals

39-44, 20-23 Home

Pasquantino's big day helps Royals beat Ohtani and Dodgers 9-5 to snap 11-game home skid

Shohei Ohtani's 101.7 mph pitch is the fastest of his career

Ohtani made his third start of the season and threw the fastest pitch of his career, a 101.7 mph fastball that induced an inning-ending double-play grounder by Pasquantino in the first.

The Dodgers' two-way superstar threw 27 pitches in two scoreless innings. He is working as an opener as he eases back into pitching following Tommy John surgery in 2023. Ohtani went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts as LA's leadoff batter.

Pasquantino’s 430-foot, three-run blast to right-center off Ben Casparius (6-2) capped a four-run fifth inning for the Royals, who won at Kaufmann Stadium for the first time since May 31. They ended a six-game skid overall.

Freddie Freeman went 3-for-3 with a homer for the Dodgers, whose five-game winning streak ended. Infielder Miguel Rojas pitched the eighth.

Seth Lugo (5-5) threw 5 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing four hits and five walks while striking out eight.

Casparius relieved Ohtani in the third and quickly allowed three hits and a pair of runs on Maikel Garcia’s two-out double off the left-field wall.

Bobby Witt Jr. hit an RBI single in the fifth before Pasquantino went deep. Pasquantino added a two-run double in the seventh.

Jonathan India and Witt each had four hits as the top four Royals batters finished with 11 hits and eight runs.

LA scored four runs in the ninth.

Key moment The Royals' four-run fifth was their biggest inning at home since they scored four in the eighth against the Chicago White Sox on May 8.

Key stat The Royals' 15 home-field home runs are the fewest in the majors.

Up next The Dodgers plan to use an opener for Sunday’s series finale against Royals LHP Kris Bubic (6-5, 2.16 ERA).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Conforto grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Pages to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Pages singled to right, Muncy scored, E. Hernández to third.
	9th Inning	E. Hernández to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	E. Hernández singled to center, Edman scored and Freeman scored, Muncy to third.
	9th Inning	Muncy singled to right, Kim scored, Freeman to second, Edman to third.

Statistics

LAD		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
7	Ground Balls	7
12	Strikeouts	6
5	Runs Batted In	9
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	14
1	Stolen Bases	1
6	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	9
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	36
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	5
18	Fly Balls	23
0	Caught Stealing	1
163	Pitches	150
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
14	Total Bases	22
43	Plate Appearances	39
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	6
5.9	Runs Created	8.3
.270	Batting Average	.389
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.378	Slugging Percentage	.611
.297	Secondary Average	.278
.372	On Base Percentage	.436
.750	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.047
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.3
5.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	9.3
36.0	Batter Rating	64.0
37.0	At Bats Per Home Run	36.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
3.79	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.85
.108	Isolated Power	.222
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.140	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.051
.027	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.111
10.0	Runs Produced	18.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.4
85.0	MLB Rating	106.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0