{"id":579320,"date":"2026-04-12T06:40:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T06:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/579320\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T06:40:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T06:40:14","slug":"dodgers-6-3-rangers-12-apr-2026-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/579320\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers 6-3 Rangers (12 Apr, 2026) Game Recap –"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES — \u2014 Shohei Ohtani<\/a> hit a leadoff homer and Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez followed with a three-run shot in the first inning of the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> \u2019 seventh victory in eight games, 6-3 over the Texas Rangers<\/a> on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Emmet Sheehan<\/a> (2-0) pitched six innings of four-hit ball with six strikeouts for the defending World Series champion Dodgers, whose 11-3 start is the best in the majors. Will Smith<\/a> reached base four times and scored two runs.<\/p>\n

Brandon Nimmo<\/a> hit a leadoff homer, another two-run shot and a double for the Rangers, who have lost six of nine with their back-to-back defeats<\/a> at Dodger Stadium. The rest of Texas’ lineup managed just one hit, a sixth-inning single by Josh Jung<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sheehan excelled against almost every Texas hitter except Nimmo, who hammered his second pitch 405 feet to dead center for the 15th leadoff homer of the longtime Mets slugger’s career.<\/p>\n

Ohtani answered moments later with a blast to right for his first homer at Chavez Ravine this season while also extending his on-base streak to 45 games<\/a>. The four-time MVP has four home runs in eight games after starting the season in a six-game homer drought.<\/p>\n

Five batters later, Hern\u00e1ndez brought home Smith and Freddie Freeman<\/a> with a big shot to left, his third of the season.<\/p>\n

Jack Leiter<\/a> (1-1) yielded five runs on five hits and four walks while failing to get out of the fourth inning for Texas.<\/p>\n

Nimmo’s two-run shot in the sixth trimmed LA’s lead to 5-3 and secured his first multi-homer game for his new team.<\/p>\n

Hern\u00e1ndez doubled and scored on Andy Pages<\/a>‘ single in the eighth.<\/p>\n

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts didn’t give the ninth inning to new closer Edwin Diaz<\/a>, who blew a three-run lead in Friday’s victory. Blake Treinen<\/a> allowed two baserunners and got two outs before Alex Vesia<\/a> struck out Danny Jansen<\/a> to secure his first save.<\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

RHP Jacob deGrom<\/a> (0-0, 3.72 ERA) starts the series finale for Texas on Sunday against RHP Roki Sasaki<\/a> (0-1, 7.00).<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

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