Dodgers Nation Highlights Top 10 Plays of the Week

The Los Angeles Dodgers are coming off of a rough week in which they lost four of their six games during series against the Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves. The Dodgers still hold a 3.5-game lead in the National League West, but are hoping to rebound off of a tough stretch.

Here are the Dodgers’ top 10 moments from the past week:

Honorable Mentions: Max Muncy’s Daughter Throws Out First Pitch

When Decoy threw out the first pitch on Shohei Ohtani’s bobblehead night, it was hard to imagine a cuter first pitch. Muncy’s daughter stepped up to the challenge, adorably attempting to throw the baseball to her dad before the game.

HM: Freddie Freeman Receives Standing Ovation In Atlanta

Freeman returned to Atlanta this weekend, where he spent his entire career before joining the Dodgers. With the Braves, Freeman was a National League MVP and World Series champion.

10. Max Muncy Completes Double Play

Facing the Chicago Cubs, Muncy attempted to make a jumping catch on a baseball flying above his head. The ball bounced off his glove, but Muncy managed to still haul it in for the catch. He then ran over to third base, sealing the double play.

9. Tommy Edman’s Run-Saving Catch At the Wall

With runners on second and third base, Ramón Laureano hit Landon Knack’s pitch deep toward center field. Edman jumped to make the catch at the wall. Though the ball would not have gone over the home run for the wall, the Braves would likely have earned another run.

8. CT3 Home Run Robbery

Edman did not save a home run, but Chris Taylor did. In the back of right field against the Atlanta Braves, Taylor climbed over the wall to save a would-be home run. The save did not make much of a difference as the Dodgers already trailed 10-1, but it made the loss slightly less lopsided.

7. Shohei Ohtani’s Game-Tying Double

With the Dodgers trailing 2-1 to the Braves, Ohtani hit a double deep into left field to give the Dodgers another run. The Dodgers went on to win 9-2, their lone win of the series.

6. Yoshinobu Yamamoto Returning From IL

Yamamoto made his much-awaited return to the Dodgers last Tuesday following a lengthy stint on the injured list with a sprained rotator cuff. He pitched four innings, allowing no earned runs or walks while striking out eight. With the amount of injuries to the Dodgers’ rotation, Yamamoto could not have returned at a better time.

5. Dodgers Hit Four Home Runs in the First Inning

After losing the first two games of the series against the Chicago Cubs, the Dodgers rebounded with a 10-8 win in the third game of the series. Los Angeles got off to a hot start, hitting four home runs and recording five total runs in the first inning. Ohtani, Edman, Muncy, and Will Smith each hit home runs.

4. Michael Kopech Escapes Late-Inning Jam

During the bottom of the eighth inning with the game against the Braves tied 2-2, Kopech used his fastball to earn back-to-back strikeouts against the Braves. The Dodgers went on to earn the win in the ninth inning, when they hit seven runs to seal the victory.

3. Shohei Ohtani 50/50 Watch: 47 HR, 48 Stolen Bases

Ohtani continues to inch closer and closer what would be a historic 50/50 season. He is already the first player to record 47 home runs and stolen bases in a season, after hitting one home run and two stolen bases this week.

2. Tommy Edman Hits Five Home Runs in Six Games

The Dodgers might have had a down week, but Tommy Edman did not get the memo. Edman hit five runs over the Dodgers’ six games, including two games with two home runs. These were Edman’s first five home runs as a Dodger.

1. Dodgers Explode For 7 Runs in the Ninth Inning

The Dodgers closed out a rough week on a high note, by rallying in the ninth inning of Sunday’s game with seven runs to earn a win over the Braves.

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