US EditionMissed chances cost Tigers in Opening Day loss to Dodgers
- On Thursday, the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Detroit Tigers 5-4 in their home opener at Dodger Stadium.
- The Dodgers, who opened the season with two wins against the Chicago Cubs in Tokyo this month and are the defending World Series champions, played in front of a sellout crowd of 53,595.
- Teoscar Hernández hit a three-run homer off Tarik Skubal in the fifth inning, and Shohei Ohtani added a solo home run in the seventh off Brenan Hanifee to extend the Dodgers' lead.
- Blake Snell, in his Dodgers debut after signing a five-year, $182 million contract as a free agent, pitched five innings, allowing two runs and five hits, earning the win and improving his record to 1-0.
- Despite Spencer Torkelson's solo home run in the seventh inning and Kerry Carpenter's sacrifice fly in the eighth, the Tigers, whose starter Tarik Skubal gave up four runs in five innings, went 0-for-15 with runners in scoring position and lost their opening game, leaving their record at 0-1.
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Pacific Daily News
Dodgers edge Tigers, Yankees beat Brewers in MLB US openers
Shohei Ohtani, Teoscar Hernandez and Tommy Edman smashed home runs Thursday to give the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers a 5-4 victory over Detroit on Major League Baseball's US opening day.
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