Guardians vs Dodgers game highlights (9-8-24) mlb highlights

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In the game between the Cleveland Guardians and Los Angeles Dodgers on September 8, 2024, the Dodgers secured a 4-0 victory. Shohei Ohtani was the standout performer for the Dodgers, delivering a strong pitching performance and limiting the Guardians' offense. Tanner Bibee started for Cleveland but struggled to keep up with the Dodgers' bats.  Captain's dominant pitching, combined with timely hits from the Dodgers' lineup, contributed to the shutout, allowing them to control the game from start to finish. Key moments included several defensive stops that kept the Guardians from capitalizing on their limited scoring opportunities.

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00:00It's a Sunday matinee under the scorching sun at Dodgers Stadium the rubber game between

00:11the Dodgers and the Cleveland Guardians two of the very best teams in all of major league

00:16baseball playing under triple digit temperatures 25th start of the season 7th as a Dodger for

00:23Jack Flaherty ZRA on the air 3.01 as a Dodger 3.18 coming off a win against the Diamondbacks

00:32last week in Arizona leading things off for the Guardians it's Will Brennan today Stephen

00:36Kwan with a day off his first pitch to Will Brennan is in the air to left field Andy Pajas

00:41battling the sun using his glove and making the catch one pitch one out for Jack Flaherty

00:47to one flight high in the air right center field Kiermaier and Betts they're on the track and KK

00:53takes out number two a six-time all-star and Jose Ramirez this one's popped up and in play behind

00:59second base Edmund going out backpedaling settling under it makes the catch for out number three

01:06a one two three top of the first inning for Jack Flaherty here's the right hander Tanner Bybee

01:1328th start of the season it's moved up a day in the wake of the Alex Cobb scratching yesterday

01:18Shohei Otani with a home run here on Friday night hit one nine miles foul to start the game last

01:24night and he's having some kind of season swung on and there's a high fly ball left field settling

01:31under it is Will Brennan and he makes the catch that was medium left yeah but the fans here every

01:37time he puts one in play a fly ball they think it's going and it's fun swung on ground ball

01:42first base diving stop Naylor to his feet runs to the bag and he's there ahead of Betts in time

01:48for the out nice play by Josh Naylor swung on line to first caught by Naylor in foul territory

01:56for the third out in the inning no score top half of the second inning Josh Naylor leads things off

02:02three one a little bouncer to Freddie Freeman it backs him up long overhand toss to Flaherty

02:08covering and that's the out three one to put out one away for the guardians Lane Thomas the batter

02:13and Thomas pops it up to shallow left center sinking fast and it gets down it's a base hit

02:19bobbled out there in the outfield Thomas refires heads to second and he's in safely costly error

02:25on what should have been routine and now you've got a runner in scoring position now the curveball

02:29tapped right back to Flaherty he'll play the hop throws it on to first base runner holds at second

02:35even though Flaherty never did look at the runner hopped him up Will Smith tosses the mask

02:42Jack Flaherty strands Thomas on the bases two scoreless gone off the plate and ball four lead

02:49off walk for Muncie Muncie leads at first right handed batting Smith hitting 242 at the plate

02:55swing and a miss strike three got him with the slider that time Smith down on strikes Muncie

03:02remains at first base one on and that's lined to center right there Tyler Freeman makes the catch

03:08two down in the inning Gavin Lux will bat swung on bouncing ball to the third baseman Schneeman

03:13he'll throw to first in time for the out and the side is retired Kevin Kiermaier steps in

03:19left-handed batter high ball center field hit well back goes Freeman on to the track

03:25he runs it down Kiermaier gave it a ride for that's out number two now here comes Shohei

03:31with two down bases empty no score Tani fights it to center field for a two-out single

03:38this is where Shohei's so good because they're playing him at the warning track because

03:43the power the capability everything that Shohei just his swings show you then he misses one and

03:48what would normally probably be a fly out ends up dropping it easily because the respect that

03:53he gets from the defense to play him deep keep an eye on Otani he has 46 stolen bases he's only

04:00been caught four times throw to first he dives back in they got him Bybee picks off Otani at

04:07first base side retired that counts two and two on Josh with Jose Ramirez at first base that's

04:15poked into the glove of Muncie get up Max and they throws across to double up Ramirez oh baby what a

04:25play who says Max Muncie doesn't have hawks I mean talk about get up there's strike three

04:32first K for clarity for shutout behind him all right Mookie Betts will step in he homered last

04:39night part of that seven to two Los Angeles win and he is on some kind of tear right now after

04:45missing time due to a broken hand he has come back with a vengeance Mookie Betts on a line

04:51center field Freeman on the track at the wall can't make the catch crashes off the wall the

04:57ball bounces off of it Mookie rounding for third he has it standing up fourth triple of the season

05:05for Mookie Betts it went high off the center field wall and the Dodgers with a runner at third and

05:11nobody out he lets it go low ball four Max has walked twice now first and third and one out

05:17Will Smith the batter line drive base hit it Mookie comes home Muncie goes to third

05:23Will Smith gives the Dodgers the first lead of the day pitch middle away it was probably

05:28supposed to be elevated a little bit higher but a shortened swing from Will Smith he knows his job

05:32let's put this thing in the outfield get the Dodgers on the board two hits two walks a run

05:36in bases loaded one out Gavin Lux coming up swing and a miss right back struck him out with a really

05:43good change up came right back with a real good change up he knew he had him out in front the

05:46last pitch but he made a beautiful pitch there gets the strikeout his own second strikeout but

05:52boy did that come at the right time Pajas pushes it in the air to right field so the Dodgers get

06:00one run to take the lead but that's going to feel like a win for Tanner Biby

06:05Shohei one for two Johnny with a single in the third inning after flying out to left

06:10back in the first third time facing Biby Shohei swings and hammers one way down the right field

06:17line that ball's gone home run Shohei Ohtani number 46 oh what a monster blast over the

06:29visiting bullpen incredible as the show rolls on here at Dodger Stadium oh did he absolutely

06:37mash that 450 feet two nothing now a two nothing lead for Jack Flaherty nine hitter Brian Rocchio

06:45the shortstop facing Flaherty there's a fly ball left center slight left center back after it is

06:51Kiermaier he makes the catch and there's one down playing it in his strike three blow him away with

06:55a fastball two down four strikeouts for Flaherty meanwhile for Jack Flaherty maybe getting

07:01overlooked a little bit in this ballgame he's given up just three hits another three hits two

07:07of them that were bloopers in the air to left Pajas ranges over no problems for Jack Flaherty

07:14in the sixth either six shutout sixth strikeout and he retires the side in order for the third

07:23consecutive inning Jack Flaherty on a roll here this afternoon it is stretch time middle of the

07:29seventh the score the Dodgers two and the guardians nothing a phenomenal performance

07:35by Jack Flaherty and the fans here at Dodger Stadium are going to give him an ovation worthy

07:41I'd say the best in the Dodger uniform since coming over by far a great hitting guardians

07:47team and he kept them quiet Michael Kopech takes over for Jack Flaherty who's on the hook for Tyler

07:53Freeman the runner on first base struck him out with a hundred and one so Kopech bringing the

08:01heat on this Sunday afternoon Max Muncy has walked twice and popped up the second and Max it's a high

08:08fly ball left center and deep this ball heading back to the wall gone Maxwell swinging the silver

08:15hammer on a hot Sunday afternoon it's home run number 12 for him a solo shot and the Dodgers

08:22now lead it three to nothing Will Smith the batter Smith is two for three now Smith turns on

08:28a ball to left field long run for Brennan and he's not going to get it a three hit Sunday for Will

08:35Smith after his one out double in the eight Chris Taylor struck out with two on and one out in the

08:42sixth now comes up with a man at second base and two down Taylor in the air right field sinking

08:48fast that'll drop for a hit here comes Will he'll score without a play a crooked number in the eight

08:55and now a four zip lead with that double play ground out by Ramirez this is incredible the

09:01guardians are now 0 for 19 in the series with runners in scoring position first and third

09:09with two men out and Lane Thomas will come to the plate he had a base hit in the second inning

09:16strike three swinging the Dodgers take the last two games of the series to win the series against

09:23the guardians this one in shutout fashion terrific start from Jack Flaherty coming to this one

09:30getting into the eighth inning six k's no walks especially in a rubber map game against a tough

09:38AL team last time the Dodgers will face an American League team until October

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