{"id":678200,"date":"2026-05-18T07:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/678200\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T07:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:51:08","slug":"sasaki-earns-2nd-win-ohtani-drives-in-2-runs-in-dodgers-rout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/678200\/","title":{"rendered":"Sasaki earns 2nd win, Ohtani drives in 2 runs in Dodgers’ rout"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nLos Angeles Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki (11) throws to a Los Angeles Angels batter during the first inning of a baseball game, May 17, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo\/Jessie Alcheh) <\/p>\n


\n ANAHEIM, Calif. (Kyodo) — Roki Sasaki earned his second win of the season after throwing a Major League Baseball career-high seven innings, allowing one run, as the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the Los Angeles Angels 10-1 on Sunday. \n<\/p>\n


\n Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani collected three hits, including a two-run single, helping the club extend its winning streak to five at Angel Stadium. \n<\/p>\n


\n Sasaki (2-3) gave up four hits and struck out eight, his highest total since moving to MLB last season, without issuing a walk. \n<\/p>\n


\n “I was able to throw strikes where the catcher wanted, and the defense backed me up,” the 24-year-old right-hander said. “The offense gave me plenty of run support, so I was able to pitch in a good rhythm.” \n<\/p>\n


\n Ohtani singled to right field with two RBIs in the fourth inning and went 3-for-5. \n<\/p>\n


\n “The best thing is that I have a good grasp of the strike zone,” Ohtani said. “If I can keep lifting the ball and swinging with a good launch angle, I think the extra-base hits and home runs will increase.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki (11) throws to a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,4034,941,23586,591,85,23587],"class_list":["post-678200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-baseball","tag-japan","tag-latest-articles","tag-mlb","tag-sports","tag-the-mainichi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}