Shohei Ohtani hit a home run for the second straight game and also had an RBI triple as the Los Angeles Dodgers edged the Kansas City Royals 5-4 on Friday for their fifth consecutive win.

The two-way star slugged a leadoff homer to right off a 1-2 changeup from Noah Cameron (2-4) at Kauffman Stadium, going deep for the National League lead-extending 29th time this year.

Trailing 4-3 with a runner on and no out in the fifth, Ohtani then tied the game by lining a drive to right-center for a triple off the left-hander’s 1-1 four-seamer, and scored the decisive run on a Mookie Betts single.

Ohtani went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a walk on the eve of his next pitching start against the Royals on Saturday, his first away game on the mound this season.

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers hits a home run during the first inning of an MLB game against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on June 27, 2025. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tomoyuki Sugano had a wild start and surrendered seven runs over five innings on nine hits — including three home runs — and a walk, but picked up the unlikely win as the Baltimore Orioles roared back to batter the Tampa Bay Rays 22-8.

Jonathan Aranda and Josh Lowe hit a solo shot each before Brandon Lowe cranked a three-run shot to right off Sugano (6-4) in a six-run second at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

Tomoyuki Sugano of the Baltimore Orioles pitches against the Tampa Bay Rays at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on June 27, 2025, in Baltimore, Maryland. (Getty/Kyodo) 

The Orioles scored four runs in the home half and added another in the third to cut the arrears before Sugano allowed his last run in the fourth on three straight singles. However, a Colton Cowser RBI double and Gary Sanchez’s two-run shot in the fifth gave the Orioles a lead they would not surrender.

“In my long baseball career, it’s probably the first time I earned the win giving up this many runs,” said Sugano after his team amassed 14 runs over three innings after he got the hook.

“I was tense and couldn’t get the subtleties of my control right. I know the reason why.”

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