Diamondbacks shake off Ohtani's leadoff homer to rout the Dodgers 9-3

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eduardo Rodríguez shook off Shohei Ohtani's leadoff homer to throw six solid innings, Tim Tawa homered and drove in four runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-3 on Friday night.

Rodríguez (8-3) didn’t allow another run after giving up back-to-back homers to Ohtani and Andy Pages to start the game.

Gabriel Moreno had two RBIs to help Arizona to its first win at Dodger Stadium in four tries this season.

Ohtani had been scheduled to pitch, but the Dodgers went with a bullpen game instead as the Japanese two-way star has been dealing with left knee inflammation for at least a month. Ohtani will have his left knee drained on Sunday, and the procedure will force him to miss next week’s All-Star Game in Philadelphia, but Ohtani will continue to start at designated hitter for the three-game series against the Diamondbacks.

Ohtani cracked a 381-foot homer to left center on the third pitch he saw. It was his eighth leadoff homer, tying Nationals slugger James Wood for the National League lead.

Arizona took control when Tawa hit his second homer of the season off a fastball in the fourth inning before adding two more runs in each of the next two frames.

Diamondbacks center fielder Ryan Waldschmidt left in the sixth inning with a right thumb contusion after being hit on the hand by a pitch trying to lay down a bunt, manager Torey Lovullo said. X-rays came back negative for Waldschmidt, Arizona's top prospect who had been recalled from Triple-A Reno earlier Friday.

Will Klein (3-4) took the loss, one of seven Dodgers pitchers used.

Arizona RHP Brandon Pfaadt (2-1, 4.84 ERA) was set to oppose Dodgers RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-5, 2.49) on Saturday night.

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Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani hits a home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Friday, July 10, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani is greeted by teammates after hitting a home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Friday, July 10, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)

Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez delivers during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Friday, July 10, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Tim Tawa (13) is greeted by teammates after hitting a home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Friday, July 10, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Tim Tawa gestures after hitting a home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Friday, July 10, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Kazuma Okamoto hit his 22nd home run to tie Shohei Ohtani for the most by a Japanese-born rookie in a season in the majors to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 5-3 victory over the San Diego Padres on Friday night.

Okamoto drove a tiebreaking, three-run shot into the left-field seats on a 95-mph sinker from reliever Jhony Brito with one out in the fifth.

Ohtani was with the Los Angeles Angels when he hit 22 in 2018. Ohtani, in his third season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, hit his 300th career homer on Tuesday night against Colorado’s Michael Lorenzen to become the first Japanese-born player in the majors to reach the milestone.

Okamoto, 30, hit his first grand slam on Wednesday at San Francisco.

Okamoto’s 22 homers before the All-Star break are the most by a Blue Jays player since Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s 28 and Marcus Semien’s 22 in 2021, and the most by a Toronto rookie in franchise history.

The Blue Jays won their third straight game while handing the Padres their 11th loss in 14 games.

Mason Fluharty (4-0) got the win. Louis Varland allowed a run on three hits in the ninth for his 19th save.

The Blue Jays chased starter JP Sears (2-2) with singles sandwiched around the first out of the fifth before Guerrero greeted Brito with an RBI single.

San Diego's Xander Bogaerts hit a two-run shot with one out in the first, his ninth. It broke a homerless streak of 128 plate appearances.

Toronto's Shane Bieber allowed two runs and six hits in 4 2/3 innings in his fourth start of the season. He didn't make his season debut until June 23 due to forearm fatigue.

Blue Jays RHP Trey Yesavage (4-4, 3.31 ERA) and Padres RHP Walker Buehler (5-5, 5.07) were scheduled to start Saturday night.

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Toronto Blue Jays' Kazuma Okamoto, right, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. celebrate after he hit a three-run home run against the San Diego Padres in the fifth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 10, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Derrick Tuskan)

Toronto Blue Jays' Kazuma Okamoto, right, runs the bases past San Diego Padres' Xander Bogaerts, left, after hitting a three-run home run in the fifth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 10, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Derrick Tuskan)

Toronto Blue Jays' Brandon Valenzuela, right, puts a home run jacket on Kazuma Okamoto, left, after Okamoto hit a three-run home run against the San Diego Padres in the fifth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 10, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Derrick Tuskan)

Toronto Blue Jays' Kazuma Okamoto, right, is congratulated by Ernie Clement, center, as Vladimir Guerrero Jr., left, looks on after Okamoto hit a three-run home run against the San Diego Padres in the fifth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 10, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Derrick Tuskan)

Toronto Blue Jays' Kazuma Okamoto watches his three-run home run against the Toronto Blue Jays in the fifth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 10, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Derrick Tuskan)