00:01Daytime baseball from Phoenix in Chase Field and the Dodgers with a chance to clinch the
00:06division today in the finale. Boy, what a wild series this has been these couple games. Dodgers
00:12winning an extras yesterday to drop the magic number to one for a 12th division title in 13
00:18years. The Diamondbacks lost a heartbreaker last night. Had they won that game, they would have
00:22been in pole position today to make the playoffs. Now they still need to be one game better than
00:28Cincinnati and New York, but they only have four games left to do it. Diamondbacks have pushed Zach
00:33Gallin back a day, so it's an opener today. Jalen Beeks, the left-hander, gets the start against the
00:38Dodgers. This is a common procedure against the Dodgers with Otani hitting first, Freddie Freeman
00:43hitting third, but Dave Roberts has adjusted his lineup a little bit today to try to counter the
00:48left-handed opener. Otani steps in against Beeks, Otani hitting 281, 53 homers. He drills this deep
00:55up to center. Had a leadoff triple out there last night. This one just shy of the track.
01:01They're both still traveling a long distance having been hit right off the end of the back.
01:04Mookie Betts batting next. Wing and a miss. Beeks comes up and in with that fastball. And he's got the
01:10first two.
01:11If you can elevate that four-seamer just a little above the zone, you get a lot of swings and
01:15misses.
01:16Two gone and Teoscar coming up. The right-handed batter batting third against the lefties.
01:21Teoscar Hernandez sends a moon ball high in the air. Shallow straightaway center field. Thomas hustling
01:27in. Makes the catch. It's Jalen Beeks who turns in a 10-pitch. 1-2-3. Top of the first.
01:35The ace of the top rotation in baseball has been very ace-like lately. Almost unhittable.
01:41Opponents three for their last 73 against Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
01:46It's three consecutive splitters to open the game from Yamamoto.
01:50Throws that pitch as much as anybody.
01:52That was the one that you heard about when he came over from Japan.
01:55Four consecutive splitters to strike him out.
01:58Perdomo's got to be sitting up there thinking
02:00there's no way that he throws four in a row to start the game, right?
02:04Wrong.
02:04To two-pitch. Grounded to Freddie Freeman at first. He'll grab it.
02:07Underhand toss to Yamamoto. Covering. And there are two away.
02:11So here comes Carroll. Carroll had two hits and two walks yesterday.
02:16Swing and a miss. Strike three. The splitter got him.
02:19One, two, three. Go the Diamondbacks. And Yamamoto strikes out two of them.
02:23Freddie Freeman starts his second for the Dodgers. Jalen Beeks stays in.
02:27We'll see if Beeks gets two full innings here. If it's just Freeman.
02:30Freeman hitting 291. 21 home runs. He's driven in 85.
02:33Freeman gets into this ball. Deep to right field. It's gone.
02:38Freddie Freeman's home run starts the scoring.
02:41And on a day where the magic number is one. On the scoreboard, there's one.
02:46Freddie Freeman with his 22nd homer. Gets the Dodgers on the board.
02:50It is 1-0. A line drive that just kept on carrying up.
02:55And over the right field fence. And Freddie Freeman gets the Dodgers in front.
03:01And that is going to chase Jalen Beeks out of the ball game.
03:03If he had gotten Freeman, he would have gotten the inning.
03:05If Freeman reached, he was going to come out. And obviously we know how that ended.
03:09Here, replacing the left hand throwing Jalen Beeks is the righty Nabil.
03:12Chris Matt, who will try to give them some length here.
03:14Paez homered in last night's game.
03:17He had a home run in the fourth inning. A two-run shot.
03:19Broke a 1-1 tie.
03:20And a drive to left field.
03:22He went down and got it with two strikes.
03:25And golfed it to the seats.
03:27Freeman and Paez go back to back.
03:30And it's 2-0.
03:31Back to back home runs for the Dodgers.
03:34They lead 2-0 for Andy Paez.
03:37His 27th home run.
03:39And he absolutely annihilated that up into the left field bleachers.
03:43Here at Chase Field.
03:44What a shot by Paez.
03:46Back to back home runs off two different pitchers.
03:49Yeah, the D-backs seriously cannot get out of their own way here in this second.
03:53They've given up two homers a walk.
03:54A misplay on a fielder's choice by rushing.
03:58And the bases are loaded for Ohtani.
03:59Who could just drop an anvil on the Diamondbacks right now.
04:02Got him!
04:04There's that Chris Mack changeup.
04:06And that's an enormous outpour in the field.
04:08I hesitate to say it, but Ohtani just hasn't looked like himself in this series.
04:12He's chased a lot of bad pitches.
04:15Dive bombing out of the strike zone low and away.
04:18No rest for the weary.
04:19Here comes Mookie Betts.
04:21Base is still full of Dodgers and two outs.
04:23Lined into left field and he takes advantage.
04:26One run is in.
04:27Here comes Hernandez.
04:28Throw is late.
04:30Two run single.
04:31Four run second.
04:32And Mookie Betts comes through with a two out, two run single to make it a four nothing lead.
04:39Mookie Betts in his career.
04:41No stranger to bases loaded.
04:43325 average.
04:45So he's now 40 for 121 at bats with three men on base.
04:50And here come the D-backs.
04:52Two on and only one out for Cattell Marte.
04:54It's the second hit allowed by Yamamoto this afternoon.
04:57A great time to bust out and hit one in the pool right here.
05:01He has done his share of damage against the Dodgers as we mentioned earlier.
05:05He's hit 350 versus L.A. with four home runs.
05:08They need a big swing to get back in this one.
05:10And a pop up shadow left center field.
05:13On comes Conforto with a diving try but he couldn't get it.
05:17He'll get the man in third.
05:19McCarthy between a rock and a hard place there.
05:22What an effort from Michael Conforto.
05:24Doesn't make the catch but gets the same result.
05:26Out number two.
05:27Force out lucky break for the Dodgers.
05:30As Conforto when he dove shielded the ball with his body.
05:34And nobody could tell if it was caught or not.
05:36Chance for Corbin now.
05:38First and second.
05:38Two outs.
05:39He struck out his first time on it.
05:41Corbin swings.
05:41Hits a ground ball to Freddie Freeman.
05:43Freddie up with it.
05:43Underhand toss to the speedy Yamamoto.
05:45Who gets to the bag.
05:47Well in front of Corbin Carroll for the final out of the Diamondbacks third.
05:52D-backs unfortunately get two on.
05:54They do not score.
05:55One out runner at third.
05:56Dodgers already with a four to nothing lead.
05:59One away and here's Ohtani for the third time in the game.
06:02Another chance for Ohtani to extend his on base streak.
06:05Shohei golf swan to right center field.
06:07Headed for the pool.
06:10Splash.
06:11Splash down for Ohtani and Phoenix.
06:14Home run number fifty four.
06:17And the Dodgers lead it six nothing.
06:20Look at where this pitch is located.
06:22Are you kidding me.
06:22Nobody.
06:23No one besides Shohei Ohtani.
06:25He not only hits this pitch but hits it for power.
06:29He ties his own home run record.
06:32He ties the Dodgers single season home run record.
06:36And in doing so he's broken the modern day record for runs scored in franchise history.
06:42A hometown crowd kind of a quiet but Dodger fans yelling out MVP.
06:47Freddie Freeman the batter.
06:49Two outs a man aboard.
06:50First of the three home runs the Dodgers have in this game came from this man.
06:53Back in the second.
06:55Freeman sends one in the air to right center field.
06:57This ball's got a chance.
06:58Carroll to the wall.
06:59It is gone.
07:00It's the second today for Freddie Freeman.
07:03And the Dodgers lead it eight to nothing.
07:06It's a runaway in the desert.
07:08And the Dodgers want a celebration.
07:10And the lifeguard in the pool needs help.
07:12And the Dodgers are just rubbing the Diamondbacks noses in it.
07:16Eight nothing Los Angeles.
07:17Five more scoreless innings for Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
07:21Puts a ZRA for the year at 250.
07:24There's Corbin Carroll facing Yamamoto.
07:27He chases one and strikes out.
07:29Good splitter.
07:29And there it is.
07:31Strikeout number 200 on the season for Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
07:35It's been quite a season for Yamamoto.
07:38And he's given his ball club a chance to win when he takes the mound.
07:42Swing on in this strike three.
07:44There's number 201.
07:45Seventh of the game.
07:46And that one comes on a slider.
07:48His first on the slider today.
07:49Two down for the Diamondbacks.
07:51Fly ball center field.
07:53Pajes drifts back and puts it away.
07:56And Yamamoto caps off his regular season with six scoreless innings.
08:02Bottom of the eighth inning.
08:03Dodgers eight.
08:03Diamondbacks nothing.
08:05Geraldo Perdomo switch hitter batting left against the new Dodger pitcher.
08:08Right hander Will Klein.
08:10Swing and a miss and a strikeout for Klein to open this eight.
08:13One away in the bottom of the eighth.
08:15Five outs away.
08:16Marte goes after the first one.
08:18Rips the ball towards right.
08:19That's going to get down and get all the way to the wall.
08:22Into second goes Cattell with a sliding double.
08:25And with one out the D-backs have a runner in scoring position.
08:28Corbin Carroll swings.
08:30Rolls one to Quique Hernandez at first.
08:32He'll grab it.
08:33He'll make an immediate left turn.
08:35Go step on the bag to get Carroll for the second out.
08:38Now four outs to get for the division title.
08:42Strike three called.
08:43He got him with a curve ball looking.
08:45Oh a terrific pitch by Klein.
08:48And the Dodgers need three more outs.
08:51One more inning and then get them cracking, get them popping.
08:54Thank God they don't have to travel all this stuff up to Seattle.
08:57That would be high, high priced baggage fees there on Air Dodger.
09:01It's Anthony Bondo to try and finish this game off.
09:04Quietly he's been one of the best relievers in the National League in the second half.
09:08A 1-6-9 since the All-Star break.
09:10Check swing.
09:12Did he go around?
09:12Yes he did.
09:14Marvin Hudson, third base umpire on appeal.
09:16Rings up the strikeout.
09:17Del Castillo is out and two outs to get.
09:19On the outside corner, two gone in the ninth.
09:23One out away from the division title.
09:26Jorge Barrosa, the outfielder, batting from the right side with two outs and the bases empty here in the bottom
09:34of the ninth.
09:34Ground ball to third, over to first, 12 times in 13 years.
09:40The Dodgers have won the West.
09:43The 20-25 Dodgers are the National League's Western Division champions.
09:49And they've now won the division title four straight seasons.
09:53Everybody contributed in this clenching win.
09:56The offense, explosive with four home runs.
09:59The ace with six scoreless innings.
10:02And in the bullpen, three shutout innings to preserve a shutout win for the clenching win.
10:08The Cynic actually put in punch in the range.
10:09Yes, you, but do not a tremendous game of the president.
10:09I want you to go down.
10:09I want you sure go down.
10:09Because the districts fromว'seconds he had to manufacture a бан casually spent.
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