The Dodgers swept the Rockies with a 4-1 win behind Shohei Ohtani. Ohtani homered to start the scoring and Freddie Freeman followed with a two-run lead. Ohtani worked through deep counts and early trouble, including a walk and a hit batter in the fourth that allowed a run and cut the lead to 2-1. Sugano settled after the early homers, limiting damage until a two-out rally in the fourth produced another run. A late inning error extended the fifth, but the bullpen finished strong, allowing only a lead-off walk in the seventh. Andy Pages added insurance with a 13th homer as Ohtani completed six no-hit frames.
"After the Dodgers took the first two games of the season, they had a chance to sweep behind Shohei Ohtani, and that they did. It wasn't always as smooth as the headline implies, but they never felt in a ton of danger of losing this one, as Shohei homered and went six no-hit frames in a 4-1 victory to sweep the Rockies."
"Things started well for the Dodgers against Tomoyuki Sugano, as Shohei Ohtani led the game off with his ninth homer of the year. Two batters later it was Freddie Freeman hitting his seventh of the year to make it 2-0 just like that."
"On the other end, it sounds weird to say given the result, but Shohei Ohtani labored on the mound. A lot of deep counts and falling behind, but overpowering with stuff. In the 1st, a two-out walk helped to increase his pitch count, and in the 2nd, he got a great play in right from Alex Call to start, which helped the two-out walk later in the inning not matter much."
"Sugano then got two-outs in the 5th before an error extended the inning and scared the shit out of me when Andy Pages went down avoiding the tag. That was all for Sugano, but the pen got the last out of the 5th, got a 1-2-3 frame in the 6th, and gave up just a lead-off walk in the 7th. Fortunately, some insurance came via Andy Pages' 13th homer"
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