{"id":75715,"date":"2025-08-10T09:31:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T09:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=75715"},"modified":"2025-08-10T09:31:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T09:31:39","slug":"ohtani-hits-40th-homer-and-snell-overpowers-blue-jays-as-dodgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=75715","title":{"rendered":"Ohtani hits 40th homer and Snell overpowers Blue Jays as Dodgers&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js-article-text\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/08\/10\/05\/wire-101077251-1754800951-209_634x422.jpg\" alt=\"Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani hits a home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo\/Jessie Alcheh)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By ASSOCIATED PRESS<\/p>\n<p>Published:<time datetime=\"2025-08-10T05:17:43+0100\"> 00:17 EDT, 10 August 2025 <\/time> | Updated: <time datetime=\"2025-08-10T05:42:33+0100\"> 00:42 EDT, 10 August 2025 <\/time><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) &#8211; Shohei Ohtani hit his 40th home run, Blake Snell struck out 10 batters in five shutout innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the Toronto Blue Jays 9-1 on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Max Muncy opened the scoring with a two-run homer in the fourth, and Ohtani connected for a solo shot to center field off starter Chris Bassitt (11-6) in the fifth. It&#8217;s the third year in a row and fourth time overall the two-way superstar from Japan has reached 40 homers; the previous three came during MVP seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles broke open the game with six runs in the sixth, as rookie Dalton Rushing and Mookie Betts each had a two-run single before Andy Pages tacked on a two-run double for his second hit of the inning.<\/p>\n<p>Snell (2-1) permitted three hits and three walks in his fourth start this season and second since returning Aug. 2 from shoulder inflammation that had sidelined him since early April. It was his 36th career double-digit strikeout game and first with the Dodgers.<\/p>\n<p>The left-hander signed a $182 million, five-year contract with the defending World Series champions as a free agent last offseason.<\/p>\n<p>Ernie Clement homered against reliever Jack Dreyer leading off the Toronto eighth.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Los Angeles Dodgers&#8217; Shohei Ohtani gestures while running the bases after hitting a home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo\/Jessie Alcheh)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bassitt allowed three runs and six hits in 4 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n<p>Pages singled to start the sixth and the Dodgers loaded the bases with nobody out on a hit batter and a walk. Rushing&#8217;s two-run single made it 5-0 and chased reliever Yariel Rodr\u00edguez.<\/p>\n<p>Muncy has 16 homers this season &#8211; three in five games since returning Monday from a bone bruise.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Jays LHP Eric Lauer (7-2, 2.59 ERA) has three wins in his last four starts. He\u00b4s allowed a combined six earned runs in the last four games.<\/p>\n<p>Dodgers RHP Tyler Glasnow (1-1, 3.06) yielded one earned run over seven innings in a win against St. Louis in his last start.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) &#8211; Shohei Ohtani hit his 40th home run, Blake Snell struck out 10 batters in five shutout innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":75716,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[178,176,177],"class_list":["post-75715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-ap","tag-dailymail","tag-wires"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ohtani hits 40th homer and Snell overpowers Blue Jays as Dodgers... - 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