Dodgers vs. Twins Game Highlights (4/8/24) | MLB Highlights

The home stand continues in beautiful downtown Minneapolis, the

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looking to secure their first home win of the season as they open a three-

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series with the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers. Bailey was scheduled to leave yesterday, but due to the rain he was pushed. He went back one day so nervous about coming out of a mess, it was really the worst start of his major league career against the Royals. He has the ball against the Dodgers for the first

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tonight. BS is already off to an incredible start tied for first in home runs. He is the first in hits. he's first in wins above replacement already at around 4, that's a walk for BTS and here comes the two time MVP, the biggest star in the game, sh Otani, it's remarkable what you said, that he has never had five consecutive games with multiple hits as glorious as his. his career has reached this point opportunity tonight to do something he still has to do here come the two2 Otani lifts him to center field buckon coming back he's over his head he's off the wall it's another extra base hit for sh Otani tying it with mooki Betts for the major leagues leads his ninth and sixth in the last five games.

It's really interesting to see him play on a day-to-day basis. He hits balls off the bat and the path you go, oh, that's an Adam Ball. It will be an out, but he hits the ball so hard that the outfielders have to come back and usually don't get to it. Peppers blocks everywhere now Freddy Freeman up top, jumps over first and smashes a high ball deep in right center field. he gets there and makes the grab. Here comes mooki Betts Dodgers on the board in the blink of an eye and for the Twins, Danny that was the best case scenario, yeah, no doubt, he ran a good route in that spot and Tony ran the base wrong, he was halfway. to third base, the ball hits off the wall, he's going to score anyway, but he's still on second now.

James Paxton, his first road start for the Dodgers. James Paxton has been here before and remembers all the memorable moments of him here at Target Field, nothing can top it. this was the first game of 2018, then with the Seattle Challenger the eagle and he and Paxton went tight two and two against Margo, two for 11 to start their twin run sharply on the right side and a base hit for Margo. I think sometimes you know he struggled this year, but sometimes facing a team you just coached might be the best way to wake a guy up and maybe that's part of what Rocco had in mind when he hit them with fly balls. , this one to left field for Taylor TRL Carz, first out. surpassed with two outs and a 02 from Paxton, he is down with a high fast ball and James with a strike out to end this inning after the simple initial foul point Vásquez holds, he will throw it around the buzzer in strikeout number two for over and out number one here the second it came out, says crew chief Hunter Westad, good inning for over one, two, three seconds striking out off par as Bet strikes out on a pitch that looked like it was out and has a few words for John Tay's fourth strike. out to obber two up two here in the third to Center and Byron there is another one two three innings for Bailey finished and Martin choosing wisely takes his base since it is a walk at the bottom of the order there is Margo has the

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just hit Martin goes Margo, a drive to left center field, already goes, the twins take a 2-1 lead on the first home run as a twin for medwell.

Margo rucko must have S something today hitting him in the first place, he's two for two, that's a swing. The twins have been waiting for a while and it's technically another former Dodger fighting them. Fredy releases the lead in the top of the fourth inning. The twins two Dodgers one flexes one over third and finds a home in left field. The right side caught the farmer's double play, good play, that ball was a rocket, it went right in front of Bailey, he knelt down and the farmer, playing in the middle, caught it and threw it towards First and doubled Freddy Freeman, good play, the Dodgers have something to do. two men out at first and second Gavin Lux going up one two they struck him out looking tied up on a slider The Dodgers lead two 91 on the fastball strikeout number six for Bailey on 0 for one for Mookie with a walk and one run he struck out with a cutter that has been the pitch Elber worked on all SE, has been effective tonight for five has and seven with lefties back to back.

He looks at Steven Hord, who had very good numbers against lefties last year and I show him Otani to start. this inning in his last five games he hits 474 trying to make five consecutive games of multiple hits he cuts one down the left field line he will fall for another hit in the corner the second goes Otani for the first time in his career he had multiple hits in five consecutive games , it's another extra base hit for the great Otani and now Freddy Freeman against right center field. Otani had to be sure he would go down, so he takes the third hit.

Freddy Freeman has his second hit and they are in the corners with no one out, so the two lefties come in to see ocher and they both hit, so here is one of those right-handed at-bats for Will Smith with these guys batting in front of him, He has two on base and no one out. Smith with an improvised throw that I'll tie this ball game, but a bing bada boom comes right after Steven throws five pitches and three hits tying the run for me. I'm Teoscar Hernandez. Here's the lefty-righty matchup where the Dodgers were probably hoping to get to right center. he's not in time for the double play wow welcome back to five the smile the talent on display once again here in downtown Minneapolis no chance on this ball this thing cutting towards that Gap that's Superman right there what a game Raven on his feet this is something we all miss seeing, not as much as he missed doing it, but we miss seeing that in this stadium, hammering a sword, not a lot of cutters, not a lot of changeups, but a lot more curveballs close to 30% from James Paxton tonight, two up and two down. and now buckon, who is one of two, back to Curve Way, towards the raindrops, he passes the six and, like you said, he could have given up those two races that he didn't give up last time, but this is the more impressive of the two starts James Paxton in a two-six game Jackson is in the M right now his fourth game so far four scoreless innings one hit Milwaukee is struck out five is a strikeout swinging twice at the end of the Dodger lineup looking for their first base runner The last three overrunners combine to send a towering fly ball to right Margo returns to the track, turns and watches it soar home run for James beats the Dodgers They take the lead The first home run of the year through the raindrops makes it three to two in the seven he has had It felt very good, it was a short and compact but very powerful jump-off and hopes that the losing streak breaks two timid.

Otani took three hits to the heart tonight, both doubles, seven extra-base hits in the last five games, the last one in the air to deep. left field Martin coming back pedaling against the wall he left sh Otani not sure if he left now they give him the signal and say yes sir you have added a home run to the two doubles what a game for sh Otani it is amazing how he hits one ball and others it is one out this should look like it should be a fly ball to left no, the third home run of the year has hit Otani and the Dodgers lead 4 to 2 Carlos kareah starts tonight the twins are old for their last 15 and it's Phillips for kareah Jeffers and buckon in the nine two-one pitch smashed bat the roller is short roas He eats it up and throws it out he's an elite pitcher who can do that to that hitter good morning good afternoon and good night 97 diabolical move back to the zone and two up and two down Byron has to reach to extend this inning and give the twins a chance 17 up 17 down from Buck's hit in the fourth inning phips fires Chopper to the third long throw play on the Dodgers takes the first game of the twins 4 to 2 in a fair game where sh Otani starts at the plate