(Seoul) After throwing Yoshinobu Yamamoto out of the game in the first inning in his major league debut and seeing his San Diego Padres score their highest ever run total against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Xander Bogaerts was sad to leave the Gocheok Sky Dome.
“We need to come here more often,” he said.
Jake Cronenworth tied a career high with four hits and four RBIs as the Padres handed the Dodgers 15-11 on Thursday.
The loss came after the Dodgers fired Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara.
Mizuhara lost his job on Wednesday, after reports by the daily Los Angeles Times and the channel ESPNl were linked to an illegal bookmaker.
Ohtani lifted three balls near the warning track and was 1-for-5, going 3-for-10 with an RBI in the series. He did not speak to the media after the meeting.
“I hope ‘Sho’ is okay, but you know, we have to make sure we take care of our jobs,” said Mookie Betts, who finished the night with four hits and six RBIs for the Dodgers, including the first home run of the season in the Major Leagues. No matter what cards are in our hands, we must play them. »
Yamamoto and Dodgers manager Dave Roberts insisted that the situation surrounding Mizuhara did not contribute to the loss.
“I regret not being able to keep the team in the match from the start. I take responsibility for it, Yamamoto said. I just have to be ready for the next start. »
The Padres shared the honors in this two-game series – the first to be presented in South Korea in Major League Baseball history.
After the Dodgers turned a 9-2 deficit into a 12-11 deficit, Manny Machado hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning off reliever JP Feyereisen.
The Padres outshot the Dodgers 17-16. Luis Campusano had three hits, and 20-year-old center fielder Jackson Merrill had his first two hits of his major league career.
The Dodgers committed three defensive errors that resulted in two unearned runs.
Yamamoto (0-1) signed a 12-year, $325 million pact with the Dodgers, a record for a pitcher for whom expectations are very high. Padres hitters manhandled the two-time Pacific League MVP, and he returned to the locker room with a 45.00 ERA after giving up five runs, four hits, one walk. balls, hitting a batter and committing a passed ball.
Cronenworth’s two-run triple, Ha-Seong Kim’s sacrifice fly, Campusano’s one-run double and Tyler Wade’s one-run single gave the Padres an early 5-1 cushion . Bogaerts added a two-run single during a four-run third-inning spurt against Michael Grove.
“He just didn’t have the control of his shots, so it’s not a question of stuff,” Roberts said. When you’re a pitcher who knows your pitches well, like he did his whole career, and you miss your targets, you fall behind in counts, you hit hitters… He’s an easy guy to manage, you know he’s going to come back strong. »
Michael King (1-0) signed the victory in his first game with the Padres after being acquired from the New York Yankees in exchange for Juan Soto. King gave up three runs in three and a third innings of work.
Robert Suarez got the last four outs of the game to get the save for the Padres.
Padres starter Joe Musgrove allowed five runs, seven hits and two walks in two and two-thirds innings of work.
Mike Schildt got his first victory as manager of the San Diego squad.
“There was a lot of courage and resilience,” he expressed. This is a big game for the identity of this group. »