When judge Aaron and Shohei Ohtani are involved, the media threshing can actually be up to reality.
The revenge match of the World Series between the New York York Yankees on a visit and the Los Angeles Dodgers began with a roar on Friday, only raising the expectations of what could happen in the intermediate competition of the three -game series on Saturday.
The judge struck a first -round circuit to the central field on Friday on the third throw he saw. Ohtani responded with an explosion on the first throw at the end of the opening round. Not a bad way to launch the weekend.
They became the first pair of MVP ruling MVP to strike a home run in the same round of the same game. Ohtani added another Home Run in the sixth, its 22nd at the top of the major league, while the Dodgers gathered for an 8-5 victory which looked more like match 5 of the world series 2024.
“I have the impression that it is a slightly different situation (from the world series) but it is always pleasant to return from a losing situation and to win the game,” said Ohtani through an interpreter.
On the left to cope with all this power on Saturday will be a pair of second-year right-handers in the Yankees Will Warren (3-2, 4.09 ERA) and the Landon Knack des Dodgers (2-2, 5.22). Warren still has his recruit status after making six appearances (five departures) last season.
In the last of 11 departures in 2025, Warren granted two points on two strokes in four rounds against the Colorado rockies on Sunday. The Yankees won 5-4, although Warren does not participate in the decision. He won on May 20 for the last time when he held the Texas Rangers aimless on 5 2/3 rounds of a 5-2 victory.
The judge struck a home run to help support Warren in this victory against the Rangers. The judge has 19 circuits this season, and he reached the base in 53 of the 56 games and strikes 0.392 with a 1,236 OPS. But making the most of the dodgers turned out to be annoying.
“You know that people ask if it is personal, this and that; each game we play is personal,” said the judge about the face of the Dodgers. “No matter who we play. … Just like these games, each match counts. We could not leave with a victory (Friday), but it’s time to bounce back and recover them tomorrow.”
Ohtani is ahead of his home rate in 2024 – he reached a career summit of 54 – with 22 this season. And he came while performing a double service while approaching a return to the mound as he continues his rehabilitation of an injury to the right elbow.
“I think the two teams started on a very good note,” said Ohtani about Friday thriller. “The momentum is really important in a game like today.”
Knack never faced the Yankees in the regular season, but had an outing of four rounds against them in match 4 of the World Series when he abandoned a single round in the victory of New York 11-4.
After a night at three strokes on Friday, the first goal player of the Dodgers, Freddie Freeman, received prolonged treatment on a tenacious right ankle injury.
“I feel good,” said Freeman. “I don’t think about my ankle at all. I mean, it’s recorded with heels elevators, so we just try to manage it.”
– Field level media