Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers widens his lead over Aaron Judge of the Yankees in the Baseball Musings Batter Rankings. Ohtani went one for five with a double, while Judge singled in five trips. Juan Soto of the Yankees gained on both, going one for three with two walks in the 6-3 Dodgers Game One win.
Freddie Freeman starred in the game with the highest game score of the day, a 69.he tripled and homered, the latter a grand slam in the bottom of the tenth to walk off the win. The triple was the first of Freeman’s post season career. The home run was his fifth off a left-handed pitcher. A left-handed batter, he is slugging .577 against left-handed pitching, .449 against righties.