Thursday’s game between the Dodgers of Los Angeles and the Athletics of Oakland Sacramento eventually Las Vegas was much better that Wednesday’s game;. Two touchdowns and a field goal better.

No really. That’s not Photoshopped in. That’s the actual line score. Here’s how it happened:

As you can see, Messrs. Max Muncy and Andy Pages both homered, as did international superstar Shohei Ohtani twice, on his bobblehead night, no less.

Worthy of mention, 24-year old Dodgers catcher Dalton Rushing, who was called up from Triple-A OKC earlier Wednesday morning (with longtime popular Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes being designated for assignment) collected his first Major League hit – a sharp single to center in the bottom of the third – with his very proud mom watching on. The Dodgers selected the Memphis, TN native in the second round of the 2022 MLB draft out of the University of Louisville.

“It was one of the better nights of my life,” Rushing told SportsNet LA’s Kirsten Watson postgame. “I think for sure it will go to my mother, she’s here tonight,” Rushing told Watson when she asked him what he was going to do with the ball, which was kept and authenticated.

A better night for all – Athletics fans notwithstanding.

Play Ball!

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