{"id":13216,"date":"2024-10-16T07:48:33","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T07:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=13216"},"modified":"2024-10-16T07:48:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T07:48:33","slug":"will-the-dodgers-move-shohei-ohtani-down-in-lineup-dave-roberts-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=13216","title":{"rendered":"Will the Dodgers Move Shohei Ohtani Down in Lineup? 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I think the guys at the bottom have been doing a nice job of getting on base.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd as far as moving him down, I just don\u2019t want to be too reactive. I don\u2019t really see the benefit. We\u2019ve got to just make sure that our guys are just still swinging the bat well. And quite frankly, I want Shohei to get five at-bats a game. I think he\u2019s our best hitter, and I want him up there five times.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"stream-item-size\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=dodgersnation&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1845936171051847962&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fdodgersnation.com%2Fwill-the-dodgers-move-shohei-ohtani-down-in-lineup-dave-roberts-answers%2F2024%2F10%2F15%2F&amp;sessionId=20da6d8e1e740c748afe3e5bb2f66e2905a00d91&amp;siteScreenName=dodgersnation&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1845936171051847962\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Ohtani was 0-for-3 with two walks and two strikeouts during Monday\u2019s Game 2. On Sunday, the designated hitter was 2-for-4 with two runs scored, one run batted in, and one walk. Both hits came with runners aboard.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers fell behind early on Monday after Francisco Lindor led off the game with a solo home run off starting pitcher Ryan Brasier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI threw some good pitches and he fouled them off, and then I threw a bad one and he did what you\u2019re supposed to do with it,\u201d\u00a0Brasier said.\u00a0\u201cHe barely fouled off a couple of them and then I left a pitch right over the middle of the plate. That\u2019s what happens sometimes when you get a good hitter like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The second inning was a disaster that saw the Mets\u00a0score five runs off\u00a0Landon Knack who was brought in to limit the damage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, that whole second inning, the way it all went down,\u201d\u00a0Knack said.\u00a0\u201cI didn\u2019t set the tone very well for everyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers travel to New York and will immediately prepare for Game 3 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Shohei Ohtani has been leading off for the Los Angeles Dodgers since Mookie Betts was placed on the injured list with a broken hand in June&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Will the Dodgers Move Shohei Ohtani Down in Lineup? 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