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Los Angeles Dodgers' Will Smith (C) heads to first for a three-run home run as Texas Rangers starting pitcher Dane Dunning (L) and catcher Jonah Heim (R) watch along during the first inning of a baseball game in Los Angeles on June 11, 2024. Mark J. Terrill/AP Photo
LOS ANGELES—Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, Teoscar Hernández and Jason Heyward homered in a seven-run sixth inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the defending World Series champion Texas Rangers 15–2 on Tuesday night, June 11.
Will Smith blasted a three-run shot in the first, giving the Dodgers a lead they never relinquished in the opener of the interleague series. Their 15 runs were a season high.
