Minnesota Twins at Los Angeles Dodgers

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Minnesota Twins

48-52, 20-32 Away

Final
2 - 5

Los Angeles Dodgers

59-42, 34-20 Home

Ohtani's big homer and Smith's 2 blasts help Dodgers end home woes with 5-2 win over Twins

The NL West leaders snapped a six-game skid at home, their longest such streak at Dodger Stadium since September 2017. They were swept in three games by the Milwaukee Brewers over the weekend.

Buxton sent Ohtani's second pitch of the game halfway up the left field pavilion. After Mookie Betts walked, Ohtani answered with a 441-foot blast to center that put the Dodgers in front, 2-1. The two-way Japanese superstar has homered in three straight games.

Smith went deep twice off David Festa (3-4). Smith led off the fourth with a two-strike homer to center and followed with a 435-foot shot to left that made it 4-1.

Andy Pages added a solo shot off reliever Cole Sands.

Dustin May (6-6) took over from Ohtani, who allowed one run, four hits and struck out three in three innings. May gave up five hits in 4 2/3 innings, struck out four and walked three. Kirby Yates earned his third save.

Freddie Freeman was in the lineup a day after being hit by a pitch on his left wrist in Sunday's 6-5 loss to Milwaukee. He was 1 for 4 with a strikeout.

Key moment Minnesota shortstop Carlos Correa went 0 for 5, getting booed heavily in every at-bat by Dodgers fans still angry about the 2017 World Series, when Correa played for Houston. He was robbed of a potential game-tying homer by James Outman at the center field wall in the ninth.

Key stat Ohtani is the first pitcher to give up a homer and hit a homer in the first inning of the same game since Philadelphia's Randy Lerch in a 23-22 win over the Chicago Cubs on May 17, 1979.

Up next Twins RHP Simeon Woods Richardson (5-4, 3.95 ERA) starts Tuesday against Dodgers RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (8-7, 2.59).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Correa flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Clemens hit sacrifice fly to center, Buxton scored.
	9th Inning	Jeffers walked, Lee to second, Buxton to third.
	9th Inning	Yates relieved May
	9th Inning	Lee hit by pitch, Buxton to second.
	9th Inning	Lee hit for Larnach

Statistics

MIN		LAD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	8
7	Strikeouts	8
2	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
9	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	5
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	30
1	Home Runs	4
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
19	Runners Left On Base	3
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
17	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
177	Pitches	116
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
14	Total Bases	21
42	Plate Appearances	32
162.0	Projected Home Runs	648.0
3	Extra Base Hits	6
5.9	Runs Created	5.8
.265	Batting Average	.233
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.412	Slugging Percentage	.700
.353	Secondary Average	.500
.381	On Base Percentage	.258
.793	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.958
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
5.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.5
25.0	Batter Rating	43.0
34.0	At Bats Per Home Run	7.5
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.21	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.63
.147	Isolated Power	.467
0.86	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.13
.143	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.031
.088	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.267
4.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
80.3	MLB Rating	89.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0