The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Athletics 9-4 on Monday night at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, California.
Shohei Ohtani highlighted the offensive surge with his 18th home run of the season, a three-run shot off reliever Matt Krook in the sixth inning.
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Eight Dodgers players recorded multi-hit performances in the victory before a sold-out crowd.
Key Contributions
Max Muncy hit his 17th home run off Athletics starter Gage Jump in the fourth inning. Andy Pages followed shortly after with his 16th homer.
Left-handed pitcher Eric Lauer earned the win in his return to the starting rotation.
He allowed three runs and nine hits over six innings, improving to 4-5 since joining the Dodgers from Toronto on May 17.
Reliever Kyle Hurt struck out all three batters he faced in the seventh inning. Jonathan Hernández and Jack Dreyer closed out the game.
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The victory marked the 999th career win for Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, as reported by the Associated Press.
Los Angeles now holds an MLB-best 55-30 record.
For the Athletics, Colby Thomas hit a home run. Joshua Kuroda-Grauer recorded his first career hit as part of a three-hit performance.
Athletics starter Gage Jump took the loss, falling to 3-2 after surrendering five runs and 11 hits over 4 2/3 innings.
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Oakland has lost seven of its last nine games.
