Shohei Ohtani blasted out his 17th hit of the season with the Sidewinders to "adaptively" conquer the Dodgers

Despite a more thrilling than expected finale, the Arizona Sidewinders embraced a 9-5 win over the Dodgers on Monday night.

The pre-game challenges were sleeving: facing the Dodgers' lavish line-up that had just welcomed back Tommy Edman and Teoscar Hernández, being at Dodgers Stadium after years of trauma, and receiving news late Monday morning that the Dodgers had changed their starting lineup from right-hand landon Knack to left-handed Jack Dreyer.

The change prompted Sidewinders head coach Torey Lovullo to fine-tune the sequence, but it turned out to be irrelevant. In the first game, Dodgers and outfielder Hyeseong Kim missed a regular fly ball in the twilight to score two points, and in the third game, Nack doubled his advantage with two two-point shots.

"Adaptability is the key word in our team culture," says Lovulo, "and the players are quick to adjust, to maintain quality shots regardless of whether they are facing left or right shots, and to trust the follow-up batting, and the results are remarkable." "

By the time Nack landed in three innings, the Sidewinders had a 3-0 lead and then extended their advantage to 7-0 with two two-point shots. "We made a perfect attack on the red mid-speed ball," Lovulo said, "and that's what we're capable of. "

This set the stage for Rattlesnake to release Brandon Pfaadt first. Eleven days ago, he suppressed the Dodgers in 6.1 innings in Phoenix, and this time he took the lead and completed six innings with 95 goals.

"It's not easy to play back-to-back All-Star games," Pfaft said. He didn't hit a hitter in the first 3.1 innings until he was hit by Mookie Betts in the fourth inning, and he was hit three times in the whole game (Bates double bang + Shohei Ohtani 18th hit), but he still won 7 wins and temporarily became the top of the major leagues.

"Playing the line allows me to focus on attacking the good ball," Pfaat said, "but the lead allows me to be aggressive. His signature sweep overpowered the Dodgers in the first five innings, and was a little tired in the sixth, but still held on to the win.

"It's not easy to play two games on the same line in 11 days," commented Sidewinders pitching coach Brian Kaplan. "