SEOUL, South Korea: After chasing Yoshinobu Yamamoto from his main league debut after one inning and scoring their most runs ever towards the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego’s Xander Bogaerts was unhappy to depart the Gocheok Sky Dome.
“We got to come here more,” he mentioned.
Jake Cronenworth tied a profession excessive with 4 hits and had 4 RBIs because the Padres outlasted the Dodgers 15-11 on Thursday night time after Los Angeles fired Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter following allegations of unlawful playing.
Interpreter Ippei Mizuhara was let go from the crew Wednesday following stories from the Los Angeles Times and ESPN about alleged ties to an unlawful bookmaker.
Ohtani hit three deep flyouts on a 1-for-5 night time, together with a sacrifice fly, and was 3 for 10 with two RBIs within the collection. He didn’t converse with reporters.
“I hope Sho is good, but you know, at the end of the day we have to make sure we take care of our jobs,” mentioned Mookie Betts, who had six RBIs together with 4 hits that included the primary dwelling run of the main league season. “No matter what cards we’re dealt, we better go play them.”
Yamamoto and Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts insisted Mizuhara’s state of affairs didn’t contribute to the defeat.
“I feel regret that I just couldn’t keep the team in the game from the get-go, so I do feel the responsibility for it,” Yamamoto mentioned by a translator. “I just got to get ready for the next outing.”
San Diego gained a cut up within the opening two-games collection, Major League Baseball’s first video games in South Korea. After the Dodgers rebounded from a 9-2 deficit and closed to 12-11, Manny Machado hit a three-run homer within the ninth off J.P. Feyereisen.
San Diego outhit the Dodgers 17-16, and Los Angeles made three errors that led to a pair of unearned runs. Luis Campusano had three hits and 20-year-old heart fielder Jackson Merrill acquired his first two main league hits.
Yamamoto (0-1) signed a $325 million, 12-year contract, a report quantity for a pitcher that created excessive expectations. San Diego batted round towards the two-time Pacific League MVP, and he left with a forty five.00 ERA, permitting 5 runs, 4 hits, one stroll, successful batter and a wild pitch. Cronenworth’s two-run triple, Ha-Seong Kim’s sacrifice fly, Campusano’s RBI double and Tyler Wade’s run-scoring single constructed a 5-1 lead.
“Just didn’t have the command and so it’s not about the stuff,” Roberts mentioned. “When you’re a command guy, which he’s been his entire career, his life, and you just misfire, get behind in counts, hit batters, that’s just not who he is. … He’s an easy guy that you know he’ll bounce back from this.”
Bogaerts hit a two-run single in a four-run third off Michael Grove.
Michael King (1-0) received in his Padres debut following his acquisition within the commerce that despatched Juan Soto to the New York Yankees. King allowed three runs in 3 1/3 innings.
Robert Suarez acquired 4 outs for the save after 26-year-old right-hander Stephen Kolek made his main league debut, getting charged with two runs within the eighth.
Padres starter Joe Musgrove gave up 5 runs, seven hits and two walks in 2 2/3 innings.
Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy allowed Campusano’s first-inning bouncer to get underneath his glove and down the road for an RBI double, had Fernando Tatis Jr.’s third-inning grounder kick off his glove into left for an error as a run scored, then allowed José Azocar’s seventh-inning grounder to bounce off his glove for a run-scoring error. Muncy hit an inning-ending popup that stranded two runners within the eighth.
In the second season of the pitch clock, the sport took 3 hours, 42 minutes, a day after the opener lasted 3:05. Bogaerts struck out for the ultimate out within the eighth when a pitch clock-violation was referred to as by plate umpire Andy Fletcher with a 1-2 rely.
Mike Schildt acquired his first win as Padres supervisor.
“A lot of courage, a lot of toughness, a lot of fight,” he mentioned. “A really big identity game for our group.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Bogaerts jammed the ring finger of his left hand whereas sliding into second base when tagging up within the seventh.
UP NEXT
Dodgers: They host the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday and Monday, then play at Anaheim on Tuesday within the annual exhibition Freeway Series. They resume the season March 28 of their dwelling opener towards St. Louis.
Padres: They are dwelling towards Seattle in exhibitions at Petco Park on Monday and Tuesday, then resume the season internet hosting San Francisco in a four-game collection beginning March 28.
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