{"id":181749,"date":"2025-09-25T22:57:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T22:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/181749\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T22:57:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T22:57:07","slug":"ohtani-hits-54th-homer-as-dodgers-beat-diamondbacks-8-0-for-12th-nl-west-title-in-13-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/181749\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohtani hits 54th homer as Dodgers beat Diamondbacks 8-0 for 12th NL West title in 13 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHOENIX — – Shohei Ohtani<\/a> matched his career high with his 54th home run, Freddie Freeman<\/a> went deep twice and the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> clinched their 12th NL West title in 13 years by beating the Arizona Diamondbacks<\/a> 8-0 Thursday.<\/p>\n

Ohtani’s homer splashed into Chase Field’s swimming pool behind the right-center wall for a 6-0 lead in the fourth inning. The two-run shot gave him 101 RBI for the season and matched his career-best home run total with the World Series champion Dodgers last year. He has scored a big league-high 144 runs.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles, which clinched a postseason berth last week, won its fourth straight division title.<\/p>\n

Arizona (80-79) fell 1 1\/2 games behind the New York Mets<\/a> (81-77) for the final NL wild card spot and also is one game back of Cincinnati (81-78). The Diamondbacks close with three games at San Diego.<\/p>\n

Yoshinobu Yamamoto<\/a> (12-8) allowed four hits in six innings and struck out seven to finish with 201. His 2.49 ERA ranked second in the NL behind the 1.97 ERA of Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Three relievers finished a five-hitter in the Dodgers’ 10th shutout.<\/p>\n

Freeman and Andy Pages<\/a> homered back to back starting the second inning, Freeman’ off opener Jalen Beeks<\/a> (5-3) and Pages against Nabil Crismatt<\/a>. Mookie Betts<\/a> added a two-run single.<\/p>\n

Freeman, who had three RBI, has 23 homers while Pages has 27.<\/p>\n

Arizona finished 43-38 at Chase Field. The crowd of 34,952 raised home attendance to 2,393,773, the Diamondbacks’ highest since 2008.<\/p>\n

Key moment<\/p>\n

After Ohtani struck out with the bases loaded in the second, Betts lined Crismatt’s first pitch for a 4-0 lead.<\/p>\n

Key stat<\/p>\n

Los Angeles was 36-16 against the NL West.<\/p>\n

Next<\/p>\n

Dodgers: RHP Emmet Sheehan<\/a> (6-3, 2.86) starts Friday at Seattle.<\/p>\n

Diamondbacks: RHP Zac Gallen<\/a> (13-14, 4.70) and San Diego RHP Yu Darvish<\/a> (4-5, 5.51) start Friday.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

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