SAN FRANCISCO—Shohei Ohtani hit a tape-measure home run and had an RBI double among his three hits as the National League West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers pounded the rival San Francisco Giants 10–2 on Tuesday night, May 14.
Ohtani’s 12th homer highlighted a four-run fourth inning that Gavin Lux capped with an RBI triple.
Teoscar Hernández doubled home a run, and Max Muncy hit a sacrifice fly in the inning, backing Gavin Stone (4–1). Hernández later contributed a two-run triple.
Ohtani’s 446-foot drive landed above the brick facade in right-center field for the longest home run at Oracle Park in nearly two years—since Christian Walker of the Arizona Diamondbacks connected for a 461-foot drive against Alex Cobb on Aug. 15, 2022.
“You don’t see many guys hitting the ball [to] that part of the ballpark that far. Fortunately, I played with one here,” Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts said of home run king Barry Bonds. “That was pretty impressive. ... That’s Barry territory.”
Ohtani thought he might reach the water of McCovey Cove like he watched Mr. Bonds do all those years.
“I thought I hit one today,” Ohtani said, “but I was disappointed it didn’t go over.”
Will Smith hit an RBI single in the fifth as the Dodgers posted a sixth straight victory in the series, dating to last year. Los Angeles has won 14 of its past 17 games in San Francisco and 10 of 12 overall against the Giants since being swept at home from June 16–18.
Heliot Ramos hit an RBI single in the sixth for the Giants, but the Dodgers added on in the seventh when Mookie Betts tripled and scored on Ohtani’s double.
Ohtani’s new teammates are loving his fast start at the plate.
“This is the first year where he’s really got to focus on hitting, so it’ll be a lot of fun to watch,” Stone said.
Miguel Rojas added an RBI double in the ninth for the Dodgers.
Stone allowed one run and five hits over six innings to win his second consecutive start and fourth straight decision. The Dodgers extended a franchise record by allowing four runs or fewer in 21 straight games, winning 17 of them.
Giants starter Keaton Winn (3–6) allowed five runs and five hits in four-plus innings. The right-hander gave way to Randy Rodriguez with two aboard and no outs in the fifth.
Manager Bob Melvin and Dave Groeschner, the team’s athletic trainer, visited the mound to check on the rookie right-hander, who lost his third straight start. Winn left with forearm tightness, the Giants said.
