On an evening of imperfection in all sides of their sport, the Dodgers discovered a method to stay good anyway.
These early throwing errors by Max Muncy? Didn’t matter.
Andy Pages’ dropped ball in middle? No sweat.
Blake Snell, the centerpiece of the workforce’s half-billion-dollar offseason spending spree, not having his finest stuff? A fear for an additional time.
And the early five-run deficit they confronted on account of all of it? Seems, it wouldn’t final.
As an alternative, the Dodgers mounted a stirring comeback that pushed their season-opening file to 8-0. They completed the most effective begin to a season by any defending champion in MLB historical past. They took a sport wherein they appeared destined to beat themselves, and located a method to beat the Atlanta Braves 6-5 anyway.
And, on an evening followers lined up exterior the Dodger Stadium gates hours early to obtain his bobblehead, Shohei Ohtani walked it off with a game-winning house run within the backside of the ninth.
Getting there required a herculean effort, the Dodgers digging out of a giant early gap that had been solely of their very own making.
The bullpen mixed for 5 scoreless innings. Residence runs from Tommy Edman and Michael Conforto trimmed the Atlanta lead. Within the eighth, a two-run double from Max Muncy — who switched again to his previous common bat after starting the evening swinging the brand new torpedo mannequin — lastly received the Dodgers again stage.
Then, within the backside of the ninth, Ohtani got here to the plate and did the form of factor that has made him the largest star in L.A., and all of baseball, launching a no-doubt, game-winning solo blast to straightaway middle discipline that despatched Chavez Ravine right into a frenzy.
