Ohtani has 2 hits to close on batting leader Arraez in Triple Crown bid as Dodgers beat Rockies 13-2

Shohei Ohtani h two hits and raised his average to .310 in his bid to overtake batting leer Luis Arraez and become National League’s first Triple Crown winner since 1937, helping playoff-bound Los Angeles Dodgers beat Coloro Rockies 13-2 on Saturday night.

Ohtani went 2 for 5 and closed within four points of Arraez, who got a night off from San Diego and is hitting .314 going into regular season’s final day.

Ohtani les NL with 54 homers and 130 RBIs. last NL Triple Crown winner was Joe Medwick of 1937 St. Louis Cardinals. last to achieve feat in major leagues was Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera in 2012.

In dition, Ohtani stole his 58th base of a season in which he became first 50-50 player.

Teoscar Hernández and Kike Hernández each hit three-run homers for Los Angeles, which has scored at least 11 runs in consecutive games for first time since July 21-22 last year at Texas. Teoscar Hernández has 99 RBIs.

Yoshinobu Yamamato (7-2) allowed two runs and four hits over five innings while striking out six, earning his first win since beating Rockies on June 1. Yamamoto was making his fourth start after missing three months with a strained rotator cuff.

Dodgers (97-64) clinched majors’ best record and home-field vantage throughout postseason when Philelphia lost at Washington earlier Saturday.

Ohtani singled in first, grounded out in second, walked and scored in fifth and singled in fifth. He flied out in seventh and grounded out in ninth.

Kike Hernández, who finished with three hits, hit a 430-foot homer to center in second inning off of Antonio Senzatela (0-1) for a 4-1 le. Teoscar Hernández’s career-high 33rd homer in fifth me it 8-2.

Ezequiel Tovar hit his team-leing 26th home for Coloro (61-100), which reached century mark in losses for second straight season.

Charlie Blackmon, who will retire Sunday after 14 years in majors, all with Rockies, was 1 for 4 and scored a run.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Dodgers: Manager Dave Roberts said 1B Freddie Freeman felt “much better." Freeman sprained his right ankle in seventh inning of NL West Division clincher against San Diego on Thursday night.

Rockies: OF Brenton Doyle was out of lineup due to right knee tendinitis.

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Dodgers RHP Landon Knack (2-5, 3.74) starts against Rockies RHP Ryan Feltner (3-10, 4.66) in Sunday’s regular-season finale.